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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20
now THE cHlLLFNGE RESrLTED.
,,n Tho DotrnIt rrpp Press.


IL came very near having q duel once Saiu 'ne
Congressman 10 a group OF auditors
"fTrn MS about Il. said they rs one man; ...
when I was about thirty he continued c nuns
nnd brnc from the North did receive az irst tr
agreeable recognition Expected IN mG, s ,hy 20 Oh
noxions that one DAY slapped his jaws This brought
all the respectable people OF the com @ , oy or 70 fonr
anvs when the bottom was knocked ont OF II all ny my
receiving challenge from MIR. Batherskdte II thete
was ANYTHING more than another that didn't want 20
do II WINS 10 fight duel and tried 10 get out OF u
some way but couldn't, and finally accepted MS rtal
icngc and chose douhc-barrclled shoigu.s NJ te,
nac,s / don't know why did, but did. though
.hould have preferred popgrns at mile and ,n.r:
I diin't hear ANYTHING from my man for tweniy'iour
hours. and then had personal call from him
i have come In he said. after Few pren,nniirr,,
rcmorhs to make statement about this duel. Whnt
i've got to say is that shoignns are too doseonsd NOR
tunry for me- and II yOn have no objections III apoo'
gtze and call Il square . ~
Then ] became very brave and clustered s1 ,s'
bnt accepted The situation very gracenny ., I'm,
and stood about we'll In the town rs lie ever dd'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20

ouiriral were equally represented, and the appro,
Quin"@ a,s,o.s - Archbishop Stonor was followed
p,'I an eloquent speech of Count AntoneM in De,
oS "- :, ,%a KIM In Abysslnia the memory OF
,%a oId missionary is revcred to this day By the
nativcs as that of a saint. and the sava ass
subjects of King Menek preserve untouched
,ho humble apartment with It's simple furniture
.no. ros occunied for so many years by the OLD
,o.I,roI rnnumerable are the anecdotes when
o,a ,nId concerning his adventures, his courage
his sagacity and his devotion and his name Is
orsbr,ned m the hearts of all Italians Irrespective
of 1nsfe or creel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20
SIZE WAS PlHTIcULAR on ONE pOIyT.

IrOfn UNTTUIV
The uucenly creature sent by the intel gcncc Office
oyprs ,rd herself rs satisfied with So week. with
olirrnatr evenings 70 herself and the privilege OF
u,iznc the front plrlOr for thr reception Of company
A look OF lncfabc calm perVaded her cOuntrnaurr.
"Ihcrc Is one thing more" She pleasantly Observed
"Of which Imagine II is not necessary FOR me Ia
speak. /"
She cleared her snowy throat
"--assume That your hu>hard-'
The LADY OF the house knit her hrOwS anX'Ou5ly.
"-buds Ia" fire IN the morning.
A sigh OF relief escaped the p- Of III" mistress.
Oh. certainly" she cordially rc,Olnrd. " Yes.
indeed
TIE queenly creature expected as much a. matter
Of course
Whit am getting at" she continued. Is 10 insist
that H. must never use kerosene oil 10 kndlo WITH
cannot tolerate such CarplrssncSs.7
Ioftlly then she murmurcd rrvolr and departed
promising to return for duty The next day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20
TIE PENNSYLVANIA LIMITED

TIE I'I.NNN1 LNNNTN LIMITED
Is the Worlds Greatest Passenger train, and there.
fore the first In public favor II runs TO Chicago
and Cincinnati. =.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-23

It Has Seen 400 Years Of Service and Il
sun in Good Condition.
Major Moore has among his collcc-
tion OF curios a due1ing pistol which
was brought to this country from En-
gland By one Of the earliest settlers
Of Virginia. The weapon, which is
q f1int-lock, is fully 400 years old, and
is still in god condition, and il
capped with a bit of flint and loaded
could be fired.
The pistol has q brass barrel, whioh
unscrews about an inch from the
hash-pan. To load it the barrel is
unscrewed, the powder poured in and
rammed down. The barrel Is then
replaced and the bullet, about three
times as large as buckshot, Is
dropped ID. The sight Is on the side
Of the barrel, about midway between
the trigger and the 1nuzzIe. Instead
OF sighting over a point on the ex-
treme top OF the barrel, as one does
when handling a modern revolver,
the old pistol was held so that the
sight was taken over the knuckles Of
the person sighting it, says the Wash
ington Post.
The pistol was manufactured By
kitano s. Co., London, aud was
brought to this country by man
named Mason, who was related to
Lord Fairfax. 1t remained in the
Mason family until l6T0, when it was
gwen to an old fisherman hy Miss
Mason, granddaughter of the man
who brought 1T over from old En-
gland. The old fisherman gave t
away, and 1t finally found its way
into the hands or one Detective Raff,
who presented it to Major Moore.
The descendants of the original
possessor, Mr.. Mason, still reside on
the farm ON which he settled some
300 years ago in King George County,
Va. How many affairs Of honor this
lingering eternity" of a barbarous
custom has figured in is not known
BY its present owner, its history hav-
ing become lost in the recent rapid
changes of ownership
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-23


A gentleman in southern Cbnnectl-
cut not long ago brought home a
collie dog, which, after the fashion OF
Its kind, soon made itself one a the
family, and assumed special responsi.
bi.ities In connection with the Young
est child, a little girl three years OF
fge-
One day the gentleman. returning
from drive, as he neared the house
noticed the dog in a pasture separated
from the road BY a stone wall. From
behind this wall the collie would
tpring up. bark. and then jump down
fgain, constantly repeating the per
Torrance.
The man left his horse and went to
the spot. There he found his little
girl seated on a stone, with the collie
keeping guard beside her. The intel
ligcnt animal wagged his tail. and
barked his delight at seeing his mas
ter.
In the light snow the path taken
by the child and dog could be plainly
seen, and as the father traced it back
he saw where the little girl had
walked several times around an open
we'll Ia the pasture. Close TO the brink
were prints Of the baby shoes, but
sti.l closer, on the very edge Of the
well. were the tracks of the collie,
which had evidently kept between
ier and the well.
The faithful creature seemed to
know that upon him lay the response
Utility of keeping the chi'G m a ter
rible death.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-23
Two New Summer Foods.

Two new summer foods are minated
in recent official publications. Accord
ing to a report made by Vice-Consul
Robinson, OF Colon, on the Istnmus OF
Panama, the business OF preparing ban
ana meal for the New York market will
soon be carried on in that region. He
states that company has been organized
for the purp pose Of drying aud otherwise
preparing bananas and plautains for food.
He says it has been ascertaIned that
while apples yield only twelve per cent,
bananas, with skins removed, yield tweH-
ty~fivc per cent. Of thoroughly Dedicated
fruit. The supply of bananas is prac
ticaIly unlimited The fruit grows to.
maturity all the year round, and mag be
obtained every DAP throughout the year,
50 that the manufacture Of the new food
can be made continuous. New York
Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-23
NiCKNA ES.


They We're Given to Individuals In tho
Most Remote Antiquity.
The origin of the word as we'll al
the exact date of appearance of tho
custom Of 4nicknaming" il Unknown,
says the st. Louis Republic. Sucli
names are as old at least as the most
venerable chronicles, for, upon divin,
into ancient history, we have no
trouble at all in proving that Plato
was called the Attic Bee and Soc
rates "Old Flat Nose" There isn't
the least doubt but that many of our
surnames come from nicknaEes ap-
pied to our ancestors, such, for in.
stance, as "Dollarhide," "Oxenrider,
Bright" "Lightfoot," "Walking.
shaw, "Redhead," "Longfellow, etc.
Julius Caesar was popularity styled
"Baldhead, and even the third Ram
eses is said to have been known by
an Egyptian word which signifies
"Limpy." No one has been able to es-
cape the blighting or benign influ.
ence of the nickname. Kings,
queens, philosophers, divines, states!
men, as well as many other eminent
persons, have been made to prospect
Or suffer by having some appropriate
Or ridiculous sebriquet added aftef
the lawful bestowal of the Christian
name. Boccaccio was styled the
Prince Of Story Tellers,n and erich
ton enjoyed the designation of nd.
mirable," because Of his extraordinary
learning. On one occasion every
member Of the British House of Com.
mons was either called 1.-THE Beast
or 1866, owing to the number of its
members and to the fact that it is tho
number of the mysterious Beast" re.
ferred to in Revelations 10: 10. Crom.
well, of all men, has had perhapI
most nicknames applied to him. He
was known as odd Copperface, "Tha
Brewer, I" His Noseship,' "Old Noll,
saul, and score of others Wash.
ington, Napoleon, several of our
American Generals, as well as many
military commanders Of ancient time,
come in for their share of nicknames.
1t would take the whole of the "Notes
for the Curious department to giva
the nicknames of the famous persons,
without word of historical or crit
ical comment. After all this is said
it must be acknowledged that no one
knows the origin Of the word. One
authority says that mick is to short
en- or cut off name or anything else;
another elieyes that it means Devil.
anmaIr
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-23
LAMPAs IN HORSES.

Lampas in horses is nothing more than
the swelling Of the soft parts Of the roof
Of the mouth, just behind the upper front
teeth. 1t frequently occurs il colts or
young horses at the time Of shedding the
teeth, and among older ones when they
are afflicted with some digestive disorder.
It is merely the result OF effect of some
injury or disorder, and in itself not a
disease, but through the ignorance Of
man many horse has had his mouth
burned with a hot iron, for this barbar-
Gus operation has long been practised as
an infallible cure for lanpas. IT the
swelling is due to an unsound tooth bet
Ter extract it than to injurc the sofl
parts Of the mouth By burning or other
wise. In severe cases slight scarifyine
or prickiug with sharp knife just
enough to start the blool will give
almost instant relief, without causing
much pain to the animal Where lam
pas is due to digestive disorders, a. il
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-23
ADVANTAGES IN SHEET. RAISING,

One of the advantages in raising sheep
is the rapidity with which their numbers
may be increased. Another is the yearly
revenue they yield from tie annual crop
OF wool, and not the least is the growing
importance AMI increased value attached
to their flesh as food. Mutton is being
more and more valued in the markets,
so that sheep need no longer be raisel as
wool-bearing animals only. That there
are no animals that will so surely assist
in bringing up a rundown farm into a
state OF comparative fertility or prevent
it from getting into an impoverished con-
dition. The manure from flock Of sheep
is scattered in the best possible condition
for the immediate use Of the vegetation
of the pasture, and, unlike that of the
larger animals, does not first kill the
grass on which it falls before any benefit
is derived from it generally. Then they
are the most active weed-destroyers of
all the farm animals, ard in this way by
first converting them to their own use as
food, turn the substance Of plants that
are naturally pests into sources of fer
tility. Then the gregarious habit OF
sheep enables large flock to be trans
ferred from one field to another as easily
as single animals of other species Ole
of the hindranccs in raising sheep sue
cessfullly is the large nu nber of dogs SO
often kept in towns and villages for no
conceivable good purpose. In many
cases this has become such a nuisance
that farmers living in their vicinity who
would otherwise keep few sheep are
prevented from doing so.-New York
World.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-23
The Dynograph Car.


The dynograph car has started frcm
the Grand Central Station on is annual
inspection "trip over the New York Cen
trail Road. This car is the invention
and property of 2. H. Dudley, and it
makes semi annual trips over three or
four Eastern railroads to ascertain and
record on paper the exact condition of
the rails and roadbe1. The car, which
is forty feet long, was built expressly for
Mr.. Dudley, and it is the home of him
self and wife, as well as his workshop.
Il represents, in its present state of eff
cheney, the study and deyolment of TWEEN
ty years.
Mr.. Dudley has perfected an ingenious
electrical instrument which By system
of little glass tubes filled with ink and
tapering to fine panlike points will trace
on paper as the car moves along at any
rate of speed everything that it is iesir-
able to know about the condition OF the
roadbed. The paper used is about
twenty-fcu inches wide and it passes
from one roller to another, both the
rollers moving in connection with the,
wheels OF the car. A strip Of this paper
eight feet long is used to each mile tray-'
ersed, and the points of the little glass
tubes mark on the paper the alignment
Of each rail, the degree of curvature as
we'll as the elevation of each curve, the
speed at which the car is moving, aud
the condition OF the surface OF the rail-
Every variation OF onesixteenth of an inch
and over is recorded
Connected with the registering and
tracing instrument in the car is con-
trivance which automatically elects
drop of blue paint upon eaca joint 10 the
track, where the end of one rail is QUE
sixteenth of an inch or more out of gear
At the end Of trip the exact number Of
such faulty spots is found recorded on a
slip of paper. Trackmen are sent out on
the various sections after the car has
passed and the loose joints marked by
the blue paint are properly adjusted.
Mr.. Dudley has fitted up very com.
Portable quarters in his car for his wife
and himself, including a welI-equipped
kitchen, library, and sitting room, in
which Mrs. Dudley has her piano. Mr..
Dudley is an Ohio man, but is we'll
known here and elsewhere as a scientific
student. He is member Of the Acai-
envy of Sciences and is Vice President Of
the American Microscopical Society
His dynograph car is Of much service to
the railroads on which he operates it,
New York Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-23
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

/
A sharp kink in pigs tall is said to
indicate good health.
Planting cucumbers for pickles should
be done as soon as possible.
Egg plants may now be set out with
out any danger of their being injured by
the weather.
The proper temperature for cream
churning in winter is from sixty to
sixty-four degrees.
A great deal Of dirt is carried from
the milkman's wagon to the kitchen
when milk is served in open dishes or
pans.
The sweet potato, in addition to being
a good food for man, is delicacy for the
hog. II there is any left over give it to
them.
Too much caution cannot be given on
shearing ewes about clipping the teats.
A eve with clipped teat is ruined for
breeding purposes.
The Punic bees are the tamest and
gentlest of all the bee family, and their
sting the least painful. The sting of the
Syrian bees is the most painful.
The mutton market is growing more
particular all the time. The people who
eat mutton begin to know the good from
the poor by looking at it and touching
it.
A rich and occasionally good food for
cows is cornmeal fed with hay and we'll
mixed. A too frequent diet of this
will, however, produce fat instead of
milk.
Do not neglect to chop some onions OF
onion tops for little ducks and turkeys
every day or two. They are relished By
them and will do then very much
good.
The best way to make dry goods
clerk of your boy is to give him choice
lot of seasoned elm chucks to split, with
splintered ak helve, the FIRST warm day
in spring.
Do not let little chicks go hungry.
They will gather all they caa, if they
have all they want to eat, while if
hungry they will peep round the coop
and not grow.
Make the home the centre of youl
farm work. Make every effort to add to
its beauty and it, purity. and the home
will in turn make your field work much
lighter and pleasanter
The best results will be obtained by
changing the seed OF potatoes every few
years. Potatoes SOON deteriorate, and
by introducing new varieties occasion
ally better crop will result.
Good land may be stocked with sheer
at the rate of five head per acre of pas
ture and eight head per acre of plowe1
land. With what stock can the land be
made to earn more than in this waya
For the proper aud successful cultiva-
ton of asparagus, the soil should be a
rich, well prepared loan, and care
should be taken that the roots are
spread and well-covered. Salt is thu
best fertilizer for this plant.
A crop which should be largely grown
by farmers is that of Canada field peas.
This is valuable as a forage crop. max
ing palatabe and nutritious hay, with
heavy weight per acre. 1t also serves
the double purpose of improving the
land while making good returns.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-23
SPRAY YOUR ORCHARDS.

Have you sprayed your orchards to
protect them against the insectsl II not,
don't expect much fruit. This should
be done soon after the blossoms fall.
Use one pound Of Paris green or London
purple to $50 gallons water. 1.-THE Lon
don purple is used, put two quarts Of
thinly Stacked lime into the solution to
keep the arsenic from burning the. fol-
iage. For the aphis insects use kero-
sene emulsion. 1t is made by mixing
one pint Of kerosene, two quarts hot
water, one quart soft soap; churn or
agitate it until an emulsion is formed,
which is to be used in water, one pint
TO ten Of water, and spray on trees. To
prevent the apple scab apply the follow
ing, as soon as the apples are the size Of
peas: three ounces carbonate copper
three pints ammonia tor one pound car
Donate ammonia) dissolved with two
quarts hot water. then add thirty gal
Ions water and spray the trees every ten
days If weather is warm and wet. This
is good for mildsw and black rot on
grapevines. New York Independent.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-23
A German schnnImastnr.

After teaching school for fifty-ona.
years johann Jacob IIaberle, Of Ger
many, died some years ago, and his
dairy has just been published. in
which the punishments he admins
tered are all noted down. He gayo
oil, 5l7 strokes with the stick, 240,-
100 "smites" with birch rod, 10, 1856
hits with ruler, 1875 hand
smacks, 10, slaps on the face,
1906 boxes on the ears, lis, 800 blows
on the head, Il. tasks from the
Bible, catechism, the poets, and
grammar every two years he had Is
buy Bible To rep ace the one so
roughly handled by his scholars TT
times he made his pupils kneel on
peas, and 5,00l scholars had to do
penance with a ruler held over their
heads. As to his abusive words, not
third Of them were TO be found in
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-23
MS Method.

4 good teacher never begins his
work by impressing his pupils with a
discouraging sense OF his own knowl-
edge, as compared with their ignor-
ance. He knows better way than
that.
"How dye take T. tn new teacher
we've got daown 4 Number o, Billy"
inquired Mr.. Eben Hobbs of his four
teen-year-old nephew not long after
the commencement OF The "fall
term.
"Pooty far T. middlin' scholar, 1
goess he is, replied Billy, diplomatic
cally
aWhy, Ia course, / cal'late he'd hev
t. be t hold sech p'sition as he
does,s responded Mr.. Hobbs. "But
what / near is, haow much be We
goin' T. learn firm the chap"
"Why, Uncle Eb." said the boy,
with shrewd smile on his freckled
face, @it don't appear t. be no special
'caount what we boys an gals git T.
know, s'fur's | can see. The main
pint is fer us t git where we'll jest
be baowed daown relizin what a
heap he knows. An when he's learnt
us that much | guess he'll quit Num-
Der 8, an light about fer mother
school,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-23
yashinrton.s Falso rec,r,.

The patent Office at Washington
has one curies ty which is OF no little
interest to dentists and the manufac-
turers Of artificial teeth. 1t is set
of ivory teeth made for Gen. George
Washington In 1890 by dentist L,
New York named John Greenwood.
Greenwood was one OF the first den
fists in New York City, settling there
about 1856, and two years later carv-
ing the double set Of teeth for tho
Father OF His Country" He made
two sets, the last being manufactured
in 1895, after the first gave out, and
it is said that the last set was buried
with Washington. The first set was
returned to Greenwood, and after his
death was placed in the Government
museum.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-23
SOIL FOR CELERY CULTURE.

Mr.. Stuart. OF Kalamazoo, Mich, who
is successful grower Of celery, that de-
licious vegetable product, as well as au-
thor of reliable work upon celery grow.
ing, makes the declaration that the peat
lands SO common, and usually known as
waste lands, swamps, mireholes, and
good only to hold the world together,
when suitably reclaimed, ARE the choicest
locations upon which to grow celery, be-
cause they can be quickly worked and
done SO easily after one once knows
how. There is constantly increasing
demand for this product, and if the
profits from its culture will encourage
the reclamation of the unsightly swamps
whereby they may be made to contribute
to the expenses of the farm, or add to
the income resulting from labor, some
good will be accomplished. As rule,
peat boys or swamp lands are the residue
Of decomposed matter, such as grasses,
weeds etc., and are veritable store
house of nitrogen in latent condition,
only requiring retaining to bring it in
TO energetic activity through the chan
mel of crop production. New York Oh.
server.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-23
The Oldest CITY.

Damascus is the Oldest city in the
world. Tyre and Sidon have crumbled
on the shore. Baalbcc is a ruin; Pal
myra is buried in desert; Nincveh
and Babylon have disappeared from
the Tigris and the Euphratcs. Da-
mascus remains what 1T was before
the days of Abraham center for
trade and travel-an is'c OF ycrlurc
in the desert; "a Presidential capital, +"
with martial and sacred associations
extending til 0 'gh thirty centuries.