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, 1892-08-10

Ravachol was executed at Montbrison on
Monday morning His love Of melodramatic
display VS. exhibited in his last moments,
AS he was dressing to 60 to the guilIotine,
he kept singing a song, which had for it's
refrain ''ro be happy, hung the landlords
and cut the priests in two > and this he sang
in the prison van and at the foot # the scat
fold. when the assistants took hold of him
he turned round and cried out, / have moth
ing % say, citizens but he was overpowered
and held fast by his ears. In this terrible posi-
ton he still had strength enough to cry, Viva
la-'before the knife dropped In truth,
Ravachol was an ordinary criminal of the
half crazy type. who had in his c~raziness and
hate caught up a few Anarchist catch words,
and not at all the revolutionary DOGGY into
which the Partisan bourgsoise exalted him.
He cared no more for the suffering people
than does Bill Skies.
, 1892-08-10

Mr.. Cyrus Field though not the richest.
one of the most conspicuous, of American
milionaires, died at New York on Tuesday
ut the age of seventy-three. Mr.. Fields
name will always be remembered in connec-
ton with two things, the Atlantic ca BILE and
the elevated railways Of New York. The
laying of the cable was fraught with count
less anxieties and disappointments, and but
for Mr.. Fields pluck and perseverance, would
have been abandoned as hopeless. For
fourteen years he worked at his enterprise,
often in money difficulties, but never despair
ing. Though there was a time when 9
S., 900 certificate of the Company's stock
York, Mr.. Field pegged on till the annual
valse of the paper thus acquired had bee ONE
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-01
WEST VIRGINIA NEWS.

R. DOUGLASS, an old man of n years
who resides below Ravcnswood, wos strucl
10y an Ohio River Railroad train near the Il
S & G. junction and fatally injury Mr.
Douglass was walking along tho road ant
stepped Ola the track just as tho train cam,
up. The fast line on tho Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad, which left ParlcrsburE goint
Fast, ran over a man rear Petroleum nnt
smashed him to death Tho body has no
been identified.
THE State board Of health has issuol an
order making ii unlawful Tor any railroad
or other transportation company to bring
into III" State of West Virginia any immi-
grant or hi, baggage unless provided with a
certificate from an officer Of the Marine
Hospital service or other competent and re-
cogniacd authority ut the post at which he
she landed, showing them to be free from
cholera. A refusal or failure to obey the
rule on regulation here viii he visited with
the seyerest penalty provided for in such
cases.
THE prisoners in the county Jail at Par
kersburg threw cayenne pepper into the eyes
OF Janitor John Hall as the part of a plan to
escape. Hall fell in an agony Of pain, but
had presence Of mind enough to pull the bar
aud set the combination, thus preventing the
escape 1t took eight men from 10 O'Clock
at night till 4 o'clock next morning to hold
the iauitor, whose screams of agony were
heard several squares. He will lose both
eyes.
o. S. PHILLIPoTT, an architect widely
known in the Ohio Valley, and who has de
tigned most Of the public buildings erected
in West Virginia during recent years, fell
down a flight Of stairs ut his residence in
Wheeling and broke his neck.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-01
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE

The AHcHBIsnoP or CANTERBURY, who
lately gave his sanction to Sunday opening
of picture galleries has offered iu cOuvOca-
tion The petition Of the Sunday Society IN
favor OF opening all public libraries and
museums. IL was referred, on motion Of the
Bishop % London, 70 a JOINT committee Of
tho two houses Of convOcation
MARSHAL MAcM ANON has decided 10 pub
fish his memoirs at once, although 10 had
not intended 10 give them 10 tbs public dur
ing bis life time. The accounts ~ tho
defeat Of the French army as given by IOla,
in his la Debacle have induced tho vet
eran solder 30 clear himself Ia theesiinatinn
Of the world from the charge 81 inconlpe-
tency tacitly conveyed By Zola's book
CHARLES O. wILsos, President Of tho
New York Board Of Health Is tall, wiry
looKing man. His black beard Is slightly
streaked with gray, but bis eyes are keen aud
percin PrsOnf lly, he Is II a CHEEKY ma
lure but can 10 stern When the occasion
arises lie btl ewes IN common sense mo-
thods and Is not afraid Of acting promptly
in cases requiring IL.
ROGER WOLcoTT was born IN Boston, Ju'y
-. 1s47, and Is a son Of one n Boston's most
prominent citizsns, j. H. Wolcott. He e Il
descendant Of Roger Wolcott. who ia lt5
commanded the New England forces that
attacked and captured boui-bnrg, and
another ancestor, Oliver, Was signer 81
toe Declaration Of Independence. he was
graduated from Harvard in 1870.
JoHH Corr sPOOsER, the Republican nom
inse for Governor Of Wkc1usin, 4 a Won ~
the late Judge Philip l.. spO0ner, loading
authority on the law # real estate. re
served during the war ia the Fortieth Wis
eonsin Infantry, holding the rouk Of MAJOR
when mustered up in ls6J lie has served 10
the legislature and Senate u Wisconsin, q
a successful lawyer, and ~ his hfiieth year.
Mr. ISAAC =. MoyTYOnT, an Old gentle
man who lives ia Maeoiuh, ! j., still hos the
mare Nell that he drove all ths way " Phi
adephia IN 1876 and he purposea driving
her in the possession at the dedication cere-
monies Of the Worlds Fair, IN Chicago. He
has owned her thirty years and claims %
have driven her IA & at time about B,VA
miles between the shaft
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-01

but there was more of interest for It in
e'hole in the canon side than for au hit
else, aud on this the eyes were bent.
BY moving the muzzle of the rife two
inches along the top of the rock, it COW
cred the flap of the pocket in the left
breast of the blue flannel shirt.
"Farther than thought for" the girl
said to nearly hundred and
fifty yards. The middle sights the best.
She squintcd through the pin point
hole, aud lowering the muzzle the small
est fraction of an inch, she smiled as the
small round dot of light rested on the
very centre of the pocket flap. At that
instant dark shadow made an inky
patch on the scarp near her, and looking
up she saw big buzzard wheeling in the
air. She smiled again, aud Rugged the
rife butt, which fitted closely against
her shoulder. Her right hand went for
ward little. Her slender forefnger,
held straight, smoothed the black trig-
ger lightly, almost lovingly. The maa
Strengthened up little. The finger
crooked, there was 2 sharp crack, and
the man fell upon his face.
Then she pressed home another car
fridge and clambered up the rock, life
in hand. She leaned over the body. 1t
was motionless.
"You oughter "a been shot in the
back, too" she said, grimly; "but 'Lish
amt no greaser."
She moved away, with light step, hug
ging the rifle under her arm. And the
buzzard circled little lower.-The Ar
gonaut.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-01
WORK AND WORKERS.

The switchmen on the Big -Four, at Alton,
Illinois, have again gone on strike They
demand the standard scale. The company
refuse to grant it.
The striking switchmen on the Texas and
Arkansas branch of the Iron Mountain
Railway, at Van Buren,, Arkansas, have re-
turned to work, their demands having been
granted.
The Mule Spinners Association voted to
ask for an increase of wages ia all the lowell
mills except the Lawrence and Hamilton
corporation, of which Is per cent. increase
viii be requested
ALL Of the telegraph operators and train
despatchers on the burlington and Cedar
Rapids Railway, in Iowa, with one excep-
ton, went on strike for higher wages and to
secure the adjustment Of other grievances.
About 200 men are out
A LOCKOUT Of furniture workers began
in Cincinnati. Tie mon resolved not to work
more than nne hours day at present ten
hour wages, and, the employers having re
solved not 10 pay ten hours wages for nino
hours work, iuliy l,5a1 workfnen are idle
THE brakemen ON the Arkansas Valley
branch Of the Iron Mountain ROAD have
struck a ailist an order requiring freight
trains IL run with two brakemeI instead of
three The engineers, iiremen and condGc-
tors have promised to stand by them.
THE telegraphers of the Missouri Pacific
System have made demand for an adjust
ment of grievances. The difficulty, which.
/ is said, means a higher wage scale, will
Affect !, 400 operators on the Gould lines.
The recognition OF the0rder OF Railway Teie
graphers is also Involved
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-01
Made His Hair Stand on End.

"Did you ever ride on locomotive2"
asked .. G. Haskins, of Western re-
porter. 81 tried it onc9 and have no
desire to re eat the experiment. 1t was
out in Colorado, where you sometimes
run so close to bottomless chasms that
you could drop your hat into them and
make turns so short and sudden that it
nearly disjoints your spinal vertebrm.
The master mechanic was an old friend
OF mine and gave me permission to ride
over the road on the engine of the
lightning express. The engineer did
not appear to fancy my presence much,
but treated me civilly. We were be.
hind time, the night was black as Ere
bus and terrific thunder storm was
raging. The engineer was determined
to go in on time, aud the way he rushed
around those curves and crossed canyons
was enough to make a mans hair turn
gray.
1.-THE peculiar thing about those
mountain engines is that they do not
take curve like any other vehicle.
They go plunging straight ahead until
you feel sure that they are clear of the
track and suspended in mid air, and then
shoot around and leave you to wonder
by what miracle you have been saved.
The trucks take the track in the ortho-
dox manner, but the superstructure is so
arranged that it consumes more time in
making the turn. With the lightning
playing about the mountain peaks and
half disclosing the frightful gorges aud
swollen torrents, the great iron leviathan
swaying and plunging along that SLIP
perry, serpentlne trace. l first realized
the perils of railway travel and the re-
sponsibllity of the sullen man who kept
his hand on the throttle and his eye on
the track. l stood with my heart in my
throat, admiring his nerve, but not en-
wing him his job. At the first stop [
clambered back to the coach and stayed
there. New York News.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-01
TURN-AB0UT AT HOMESTEAD
The Mill-workers Now Have Prick,
Loveioy and Others Arrested.


The action of the grand jury in returning
true bills in 1879 Homestead cases has caused
n very profound sensation in that city, not
uumixcd with some apprehension IL was
never for a moment thought that all Of the
charges would be sustained by the grand
jury, and now that they have all boon sus-
tanned speculation a. TO tho possibility Of
conviction is eugrossing many minds.
The Advisory Board has not been dissolved
IN consequence Of the conspiracy suits AMI
IN fact, several new members were added
The members Of the board are confident ttiat
under the act Of 1851 there b "A legal org1ui.
milton, and from Judge POrters rrmarks Iva
the ODonneh bearing they look forward 20
non suits.
PIrrsBURG, PA.-Burgess McI.uclip. ~
Homo,tead, went before Alderman King. ~
the South Side, and made information
/ against Chairman IL. G. Prick, Vice Chair.
/ man Leischman, Secretary Lovcioy, Super
/ intendent Potter, and MesTs. Curry and
| Childs, oil of the Carnegie Steel Company
Limited charging them with aggravated
riot and conspiracy. 1t is presumed tho
charge of riot Is based on the nttompt %
land the Pinkertons on July 10th, tho day Of
the riot.
Secretary Lovejoy was arrested about ~
o'clock and warrants were issued for thu
others.
Information on the same charges we're al
SO made against Lawrence Phillips, w. n
Corey, J. +. Dewey, Nevin Mcconnell, Free
Primer and George Lauder, all employees oi
the Carnegie Company, aud VIM. Pinkertor
Robert Pinksrton,R r. b. Mellon, John Cooper
4 C. W. Beddle, w. II. Burt and Fred w
I Hindle, OF the Pinkerton Detective Agency
1 Secretary LOvejoy was released on e. 00l
bail, and the other Carnegie officials aud en-
: ployes-excepting Iauder--waived hear.
ing aud gave bail in the same amount. Lau-
| the F'nkertons.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-01
a FEARLESS EDITOR SHOT.
He Had Denounced Kentucky Law
Iessn sss and Paid tia Penalty.

Joseph - Rucker, editor and proprietor
If the Somerset Reporter was shot by an
unknown assassin and died shortly after
midnight.
He was on his way from his Office TO his
home and was crossing the public square
when three shots were fired. Two took effect
Fucker had bitterly denounced lawlessuess
in Pulaski, and his fearlessness brought him
many enemies among the outlaws, one Of
whom did the shooting. Pulaski county is
shaken and lawlessnes will now be wiped
out
Ex-Chief Of Police Anderson, Of Somer
sci, is charged with the assassination and is
MT 10 be found. There is a reward Of 81, 600
offered for his arrest Anderson was Chief
Of Police Of Somerset for over two years,
bat resigned about two months ago and went
into the saloon business with Robert Golfer,
who says his partner, Anderson, has skipped
since the tragedy with all the money hs
could rake up.
it0r Rucker had criticised the ex-Chief
Of Police several times for his bad conduct
Anderson has frequently made threats
against the editor, and every thing points W
his guilt
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-01
RUN DOWN BY A FREIGHT
Seven Killed and Many Injured in 6
Railroad Wreck in Louisiana.

OeVeH hlllbu ana man 1HJ uIou III L
Railroad Wreck in Louisiana,
A terrible railroad accident, in which
seven people were killed and several injured.
occurred at New Hampton, La. The dead
are Michael Mcnamara, travelling man of
Independence, Ia; w. Beeman, Lima, la.
Otto Smith, Elma; George Bradhow, Elma
Frank Kubbet, EIma, and an unknown man
Henry Mccarthy, of Elma, had both legs
cat off aad his skull crushed, and died after
being removed from the wreck.
OF the injured, Thomas Gangham, OF
Elma, was hurt internally and had both legs
broken He will die. Owen Conley was in.
jnred in the head, but may recover.
4 work train was standing at the depot at
New Hampton when a through freight came
around the bend at the rate of twenty-five
miles an hour, intending to go by without
stopping The engineer and fireman jumped
and the engine plowed into the standing
caboose, knocking it into splinters and finall y
burying itself III three feet of earth One
man was pinned between the tender and
caboose but was not reached until life was
extinct Some Of the killed were literally
cut b pieces while Others had holes bored
through their bodies.
1t will be two or three days at least before
he wreck viii be entirely cleared.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-01
Sacred aud Neurological Horses.

Pegasus C''born near the source of the
ocean" was the winged horse of Apollo
and the MUSES.. Bellerophon rode this
animal when he charged the Chimera.
Sleipnir C'the black horse of odiu")
had eight legs, aud could carry his mas
ter on sea as we'll as land. This animal
is believed to typify tee wind, which
blows from eight principal points.
Al Borak C'the lightuius"j was the
horse commissioned by Gabriel to carry
Mahomet to the Seventh Heaven. He
had human face and the wings of an
eagle. Every step he took was equal to
the farthest range of human vision.
According to Thessalian legend the
first horse was miriellously brought
forth by Neptune striking a rock with
his trident.--St. Louis Republic.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-01
Islands Named for Dogs.

There are dozens (some say scores) of
islands of greater or lesser dimensions
known as ''Little Dogs" "Dog Islands,"
"Bjg Dogs" etc. An island in the
Thames, now part of London, is called
the elsie of Dogs" Carlyle alludes to
it when he says: "Tell us first whether
his voyage has been around the globe Or
only from Ramsgate to the "Isle of
Dogs" Three lofty and rocky islands
near st. Thomas Virgin Islands), are
known as the "The Great Dog, ""George
Dog" and the "West Dog"
These are "Dog Islands" in the May.
Ian Archipelago; on the coast of Name,
off the coast of Franklin County, Florida,
and another in the Serawati Group. On
the cost of Kamschatka there is an ISL
aud known as "The Island of Talking
Dogs" The curious story connected
with this little spot of land, and the one
which gives it the pane it bears, Is this,
according to an odd Asiatic legend:
The first inhabitants of the far North
did not employ dogs, but drew their
walrIs-rib sleds themselves. After ages
had elapsed, men made an attempt to use
the dogs of that region-which, by the
way, talked just as men do--as beasts OF
burden. The talking dogs, however,
argued the case with their would, be
masters, and were not long in proving
thH they had enough to do to catch game
for themselves and the children of men.
But the men soon lean ID the use OF the
bow and the spear, thus running the oc.
cupation of tue talking dogs. Again an
attempt was made to harness them to
sledges, but the talking CANNES rebelled
and all swan out to the island, after.
wards known by the title given in the
opening. Here game was scarce and the
dogs soon turned cannibals, and by the
end of the first winter there were only
seven left. Some human Kamschatkans
volunteered to row out to the island aud
bring off the remnant Of the dog colony.
But the dogs refused to leave their bar.
rem island, each earnestly asking: "What
people are you2 We have never seen you
before" For this untruth Chami, the
dog god, took their voices from them,
aud until this day they have been the
dumb servants of man. St. LOUIS Re-
nubljc,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-01

1t was a month after they had laid the
old man in the white earth, and the
wind was whispering through the sage.
brush aud scattering its gray leaves on
his grave.
'Lish was up in the canon, behind the
very rock where she hid found her dead
father. The canon draught was CRATE
full to her after the hard ride over the
heated plain. She drank in long
breaths of it, but all the time her eye
was on the hole where her father had
made the one great strike of his life and
bad died for it.
"Strange he never comes roun'-that
greasy faced Jose Garcia. Twas him
that did it. P'raps he's waitin' Ter us
TO move away He'll wait long time
till he's dead"
She let her glance fall for an instant
to the something that CLEANED along the
top of the rock. That something was
the barrel of her fathers rife. The
wind rustled snake skin on the rock at
her side, and ''swift" darted into the
shade and looked at her With unwinking
eyes.
Then a dark, squat figure stole out of
the canon depths and up to tho wlne.
The girl did not start, but a smile passed
her lips. The figure moved about as
silently as a shadow. 1t turned swart
face toward the spot where she lay hid,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-01
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
An Old Man Killed While Sitting in a
Room.

John shaver, 70 years old, WIS kil'e'i b. a
stroke Of lightning in his coftage in 5ehe-
nectady, y. Y.
During violent thunderstorm last Sum
mer, Shavor was sitting OF IN open win low
II his house, when lightning struck the hous
AMI set it on fire When the flames were <
tinguished Mr.. Shsyor was found still RI
ting by the window, his right side being
paralvzed On his right cheek, Just bsiow
The eve. was a scarlet circle the size Of a
silver half dollar.
a heavy thunder shower passed over town,
and after terrific crash, Mr. Shayors
daughter ran 10 his room to find thai he had
been struck dead by lightning in The sane
room, and almost at the same sp,st where he
received the first shock.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-01

Is il dreamg The day is done
The long, warm, fragrant summer day,
Altar beyond the hills the sun
In purple splendor sinks away;
The cows stand waiting by the bars;
The FREELY lights her floating spark,
While here and there the first large star
Look our, impatient for the dark;
A group of children saunter slow
Toward home, with laugh and sporty
word,
One pausing, as she hears the low
Clear prelude of an unseen bird
'tSiceet- s,Ueet-Slcest--
Sorrotgfut-sorro1ef,sl
Alb, hist that sudden music gush
Makes all the hearkening woodland still
1t is the vesper of the thrush
And all the child's quick pulses thrill.
Forgotten in her needless hand
The half-tilled berry-oasket swings;
What cares she that the merry band
Pass on and leave her therel He sings!
Sings as seraph, shut from heaven
And vainly seeking ingress there,
Might pour upon the listening even
Hislove. and longing, and despair
Northumberland
SorrogIul- sorroWful- orToWfuu'
Deep in tho wood. whose giant pines
Tower dark against the western sky,
While sunsets last faint crimson shines,
He triIls his marvellous ecstasy;
With soul and sense entranced, she hears
The wondrous pathos of his strain.
While from her eyes unconscious tears
Fall softly. born of tenderest pain.
What cares the rapt and dreaming child
That duskier shadows gather rounds
Sire only feels that food of wild
Melodious, melancholy souul-.
"iSlocet-Slceet-stv
SorroUfuL-SorroVfUl
Down from immeasurabe heights
The clear notes drop like crystal rain,
The echo of all lost delights,
All youths high hopes, all hidden pain,
All loves soft music, heard no mora,
But dreamed o. and remembered long
All, how can mortal bird outpour
Such human heart-break in a songp
What can he know of lonely years,
OF idols only raised to fall,
OF broken faith, and secret tearsf
And yet his strain repeats them all
''Stceet- Stceet-sweet-
So7rowfuI-sorroioful-SorrowJuIr'
All, still amid Names darklins pines.
Lofty, mysterious, remote,
While sunsets last faint crimson shines,
The thrush's resonant echoes hoat;
And she, the child of long ago.
Who listened till the west grew gray,
Has learned, in later days, to know
The mystic meaning of his lay;
And often still, in waking dreams
OF youths lost summer Zines, she hears
Again that thrilling song, which see ms
The voice of dead and buried years
"SUeet -stCeet-Speet-
Sorrowful-sor' o'efr'-soyromful!'
Elizabeth Aksrs, in the Century.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-01

Before going down to breakfast open
wide the window, aud for ten minutes
go through the following exercises.
First, stand perfectly straight, with
heels together and initiate the lungs with
the pure morning air, drawing in the
breath while fifteen is being counted;
repeat this eight or ten times. Then
bring the arms forward at full length
with the palms together and then throw
them vigorously back, trying to touch
the backs; at first it viii seem impossi-
bic, but after few days practice it can
be done. Philad elphia Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-01
RAIDED BY RATTLERs.
People and Animals Dying from Their
Bites In North Carolina.

l. te-N@ $AA+tA+AN+A" - J -t-f1 ++'---
Bites in North Carolina.
Tho drought in the southeastern part Of
the State has caused some or the s'Tampa 10
become almost dry, particularly in Bruno
wick county, and the monster rattlesnakes
peculiar to that section have crawied all
through the neighborhood-
They have bitten and hiiie'i a white woman
and three negro men and have also killed
scores Of horses, mules and cattle, as well a.
great numbers Of dogs.
The snakes crawl into or under houses,
and cattle are now kept ia pens 70 protect
them.
Many persons, thoroughly frightened, have
moved away from the vicinity Of Smiths
Swamp, near WaccafDaB River.
Rafting can be heard there at all times
and immense serpents are killed IN tho
roads, come over . feet long and inches
thick.
Mrs Morris, the white woman killed,
heard noise in her room at night, got up TO
zee what caused il and was bitten as soon as
she stepped on the door. Death ensued N
three hours.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-01
'LISH, OF ALKALI FLAT.

CLUMP Of scraggly
cacti grew against
t h e S hack, an d
scratched its I'M
painted side when
the wind blew hard.
But it was not blow
ing at all now, and
the same heat that
throbbed over the
desert and warned