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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES

JOHN DAWSON, farmer, was struck by o
train and killed at Northumberla nd, Pa
AN epidemic of diphtheria is raging at
Columbus, Indiana. There are now about
so cases, and a number of persons have re-
moved from the city.
The Colorado river rose between eight and
ten feet within one hour at Austin, Texas,
causing much damage to cotton in the bot
tom lands and to other property.
ENocH J. JONES aged 80 years, was killed
by an explosion OF gas in the Murray shaft,
for 40 years, aud had bsen in Is different
accidents.
A PASSENGER train on the St. Louis and
San Francisco Railway was wrecked near
Phillipsburg, Mo , and two Of the trainmen
were hlle1. Fourteen passengers were
slightly injured.
A LOCOMOTIVE boiler exploded at Palos
on the Kansas City, Ne pphii and Birming-
ham Road, west of Birmingham, Alabama.
and the engineer and fireman were blown TO
pieces.
GEORGE WooD, a student at the Westing-
house Electric Company's Works at Pitts
burg, was killel. While changing wires on
a pole his hand came in contact with an
electric Light wire.
JACKSON ToMPEINs and Patrick LAWN. OF
Litchtield, Connecticut, were found dead in
a field where they ha been shucSing corn.
They are thought TO have Swa owed poison
through some mistake
By collision between a freight train and
a working train on the Milwaukee MOI thern
road, between Elkhart and Plymouth, in
Wisconsin, Thomas Fitzgerald and Nick
Ringle were killed. Four others were in
cured.
A CROWD, which had been attending a
political meeting ct Canton, Pa, was run
into by FIRE gut train, and Z lsworth Cong
don and William Streetsr of East Troy,
were killed, and J. J. Van Kirk was ser.ou ly
injured. A band was slaying and the people
did not hear the tain approach.
THE false work under one Of the spans of
a bridge under construction for the Great
Northern Railroad, across the Wenatchte
river Washington, collapsed, and track
machine three cars, &c, were thrown sixty
feet into the river below. Seven men were
killed, five fatally injured and six others
seriously injured
THE Danville express on the Chicago and
Eastern illinois Railroad ran into broken
switch in Chicago and one of the coaches
was thrown from the track Mrs William
Mcdonald, of Chicago, was killed; jose n
J. j. johnson was fatally injured, and Is
others were more or less seriously injured
A SPARK from backsmith's anvil ignited
g large can Of giant powder and 100 pounds
of dynamite at the sand quarries of l. N.
Foust, near Huntington, Pa, causing an OK.
plos!on that was heard for miles. The shop.
and other buildings at the quarries were de-
molished and Foreman Lsvi Mundorf was
killed
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
THE NEW CoIFFUREs.

The new couture for young ladies IS
copied from the classic simplicity of the
Clytie busts, and IS formed by waving
the front hair in long regular waves on
each side of the parting leaving few
short hairs to break out carelessly from
the rest and fall on the forehead. The
hair is then colIed softly and smoothly
at the back, with few wavy loose locks
in the neck.
Another pretty fancy is that OF dress
ing the HAIR in a long, loose coil from
the crown of the head nearly to the neck.
the heavier part of the mass beino
twisted in the centre and lighter curled
strands being massel at the ton. A
fringe Of curls falls in the neck. Not for
many years have so many and such
elaborate decorations been used as part
OF the couture. Flowers, ribbons. all
manner Of tiIlets, pins. diamond and
pearl charms, amber and gold ornaments.
The girl with the cameo face wears a
single rose, droo2ing just back of her
left ear; the girl with the round and
pquant face wears a ribbon of gold with
pert little outstanding bows, or ieweled
eagles feather adorns her tresses in a
fashion borrowed like most of Our orna.
ments, from our savage sisters. -Dstroit
Free Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05

out older than the actual age that can II
proved by the record in the old famil,
Bible. Therefore, as everyone mentally
adds three or -four years to the uttered
sentiment of a woman regarding ler az,
it behooves her, if she wishes them t,
know really how old she is, to just sub
tract this number from the genuine on,
aud let them add it on, making her GU
just exactly what she IL. Another very
trying thing in connection with this sub
ject is that men, false, tickle and fair, viii
not admire woman SO much who con
fesses to forty even though she looks bu
twenty. The Philadelphia Times thinks
men are superficial critics aud unless they
know for certainty the years that hav,
passed over some golden brown heas
they will be taken by the owner so long
as she manages to look and act youns
and does not acknowledge the age thai
she does not show. No matter how
beautiful she appeared before, once she
confesses to over thirty she becomes I'd
well preserved woman" in his eyes, mol
the adorable bit of feminine loneliness
he has been wont to praise. Therefore,
not innate untruthfulness, but the force
of circumstances compels woman to
tell story on this one topic at least.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
lean WDNfEN

"The papers TEEN with advice to stout
women on how to rid themselves of SUI.
perhuous fesh,' said woman. who is
not stout, the other day, "but seldom
find a paragraph on the opposite side of
the question. I should be very glad to
take on few pounds of avoirdupois and
in a recent visit to my physician I asked
him how | could accomplish it. so be-
gin with, he said, don't worry, to end
with don't worry, and between times
don't worry. never saw a thin woman
yet, he went on, who was not ner.
vous one, and worry is a large part of
nerves. Stout women are often nervous
as well, but thin women are sure to be
so. When YOU have become thoroughly
lmbued with the desirability of calm
ness in all emergencies, some other aids
to flesh are plenty of sleep, eight hours
out OF every twenty.four a. least, and
more If you can get it; moderate, rern.
lar exercise, and fattening foods. such as
soups, butter, cream, farinaceous foods
tat, juicy meats, and plenty of olive oil
Eat often rather than much at time.
take warm baths at night, and don't
worry, III ea IN. " Herald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
FASHION NOTES.

Glycerinated water renders the skin
soft, white and supple.
A favorite combination for evening
wear will be pale green and white.
Poplins are very popular, and make
up charmingly in the Russian styles.
Persian lamb is advancing in price be.
cause it is fur that is fashionably wor-
SHIPPED.
Ribbons on the hair, on the gowns,
and on the wraps will be fashionable
this winter.
Use rain water for washing the face
whenever possible. 1t is excellent for
the complexion.
Poudree coiffures with Jet ornaments,
are introduced In London and Paris, and
meet with favor.
White beaver, pale fawn, cinnamon
and dark plum cloth are chosen for
coats, with collar, cuffs and pockets of
velvet.
High jet collars are worn and ietted
lace en- tablier, disposed across the bodice
or front Of skirt for black satin or silk
gowns.
One OF the latest French fashions is to
have the corsets and silk petticoats
match ex lctlyi this has very pretty and
finished effect.
A new use of an old idea is the adapta.
ton of the rosette to lines of hat trim
ming other than silk, velvet and ribbon.
The feather rosette is seen in great
variety.
Cloth crowns and large squares of
cloth for folding upon tur,an frames
have rosettes thrown up in silk moss.
Rhinestone pins are in rosette form, as
also jet ornaments.
Magenta is notable in the feather col
ors because it is old enough to be new.
Pale straw color is effective with black.
Wood color is used repeatedly, and is
combined with every shade.
A fall trimming of novel kind is a
drapery Of velvet worked with silk on
the edge in floral pattern and laid
around the crown of felt hats of the
new shape, shortly curved up all round,
and which, looked at in front, appear
very narrow.
Worth has introduced for carriage,
opera and reception wear white or light
cloth short cloaks, lined with blue, rose
or velvet silk, which is turned up, to
finish the lower edge of cloak, for
quarter of yard, and embroidered in
gold, silver or white floss.
The prettiest new feather is a white
aigrette, curled up in crisp tangle of
feather threads, so fine and delicate that
the aigrette looks as though made of
spun glass. These spun-glass aigrettes
make the tail to some of the queer birds.
One such has brown wings made of two.
fluffy brown chicken feathers, and head
as green as grass.
Violet and green, green with DARK
purple and light lavender, and the latte,
alone, are frequent. A spray aigrette
that is very beautiful is green, with a
CLINT of gold. 1t is made of ostrich
tips stripped close to the rib all the way
up, aud gracefully curlei. Green in
rich shades is, next to brown, the most
universal color.
Beautiful hats are of snow white open
work lace, black velvet, white tips and
aigrettes. and rhinestone jet buckles.
The number of tips and a;grettes on one
hat is remarkable. The broad brim of,
lace, with low, full Tam crown of ve,-
vet, the feathers fastened at one side by
the big buckle, aud turning back ward,
are the special features of these hats; no
strings are used.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05

Hemmed In by Prairie Fire.
l had an experience In Nebraska In
1855 that ! can see yet whenever I
shut my eyes. ] plotted a party Of
emigrants across the plains and was
returning alone to the Missouri. 1t
was trife risky, but my business
was urgent and I was so we'll
mounted that / had little fear OF In
dams. 1t was in the latter part Of
September, and as there had been no
rain for two moths the tall grass was
like so much finder.
One night / camped on small
tributary Of the Middle Loup. 1t was
a small, springfield riyulet, destitute
of timber and almost hidden by the
rank grass. / had not slept long
when / was Mortified to find the
prairie to the south of me on fire and
a strong wind sweeping it down upon
me. | mounted and started for the
Loup, some FIVE miles north, but be-
fore half the distance was covered
my horse put his foot in a hole, fell
and broke a leg.
The fire hemmed me in by a semi
circle and was coming on with terri
bic rapidity. The whole heavens
seemed to be a sheet OF roaring fame.
/ thought sure | was done for. have
heard that men brought face to face
with death remember every evil deed
Of their lives, but l simply stood
there in the dry grass and watched
the sublime spectacle, | felt that
my doom was sealed and deliberately
waited for it. Suddenly a new dan
ger confronted me. A vast herd Of
buffalo flying before the fire was bear
ing down upon me. was to be
trampled to death and cremated after
ward! As the vast mass came thun-
dering on l instinctiyely started and
ran. Several deer went scurrying by
me, and | fancied | could feel the
hot breath Of the herd Of buffalo ON
the back OF my neck. / was sud-
denly thrown into the air and landed
lengthwise across the back OF big
bull,
l fastened my fingers in his shaggy
coat and managed to bestride him,
and thus mounted | was carried to
the Loup River. where l was thrown
off by the branch Of tree. l man
aged to swing to- it, however, and
thus saved myself from being tram
pled TO death. The herd plunged
across the shallow river, and l took
refuge from the approaching flames
In its muddy waters. Three days
later was picked up more dead than
alive, by an emigrant train. spent,
hrst and last, more than fifteen years
on the plains and had many close
rails, but that midnight ride on
buffalo's back, with the Loup River
In front and the fires of Gehenna
roaring in the rear, was, think, as
remarkable as any of the inventions
of the yellow back literati.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
Lack of Trees Caass of Famine.

'@"NN W US NofSO Va
An article in leading Russian period.
ical attributes the present distress in that
country the terrible famine, with the
inevitable pestileuce following in its
wake-very largely, although indirectly,
to the wholesale forest destruction that
has been going on there during the
present century.
So far back as 1850 report to the
Imperial Agricultural Society predicted
the present conditions unless the de.
structon of the forests was stopped.
"Our country is fat" it said, "and, de-.
nuded OF its trees, Is accessible to every
wind"
The terrible east wind meets with no
obstacle, and destruction follows in its
train. In this wind lies our fate, per.
haps to be encountered in the near flu.
ture.
The forest covering the upper aud
middle courses of the rivers Volga, Don
and Dnieper have, in many sections, dis
appeared, and wasted plains spread in
their place. The rivers grow shalloweri
year by year, and the Yorslla, Gree an
abundant tributary of the Dnieper, and
comparable to the Hudson or Delaware.
250 miles in length, has completely and
permanently dried up.
Other important rivers are meeting the
same fate, so that the physical geography
OF large part OF the Empire is radically
changing. The rainfall is diminished,
and draught, of course, results in fam
ine.
Russia folly and sin are felt by the
rest of the civilized world, for her pow
erty-stricken hordes, driven to other
countries by famine and persecution,
carry with them ignorance, disease and
lower standards of civilization. The.
outlook is depressing.
The Russian Government is now max
ing an effort for forest preservation, but
1t comes too late to remedy the vast evils
wrought.-Europesu Messenger.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05

Ocean study is most interesting.
and surprises Of an astonishing nature
meet one at every step. The ocean
IS supposed TO average three miles in
depth. II so, and the waters of the
basin were dried up there would be
Il layer of salt left 230 feet deep.
The ocean, by evaporation, is reduced
In depth every year by fourteen feet.
Much Of this water is carried by the
Elouds to the land, where it falls in
showers, making the fields fruitful
and the earth habitable, and then by
ltreaIns returning to the ocean again.
The sun, in its eyaporating process,
lifts no particle Of salt draws to the
clouds only the freshest Of water, and
The earth, after refreshing use, faith
sully returns the full measure of the
waters loaned TO her from the seas,
That is to say, the sum of tho waters
pouring into the ocean from tho land
is exactly equal to that water drawn
from the ocean by evaporation that
falls on the land. The sea 10 ALWAYS
giving and ever receiving: it is most
generous, but cnly as the earth ia
generous.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
CRADLE SONG.

Rocl, rock, rock, rock!
What is the dream am dreaming,
press kiss on the golden crown.
smile at the shower of gold dropping down
Where the cowslip balls are cleaning.
Rock, rock. rock, rockl
What is the future bringing?
And where will the tiny pink stray
To the perfect end OF perfect day,
With the golden sheaves upspringing.
Rock, rock, rocs, rock!
What are the tears I'm weeping
It's ah for the sound OF the waywari feet,
Once soft and dimplel and pink and sweet,
Affair from the mothers keeping.
Rock, rock, rock, rock
This is the prayer am praying
"For patience. Lord, for the weary tins,
For the ruined life and the broken rhyme,
For the footsteps sad delaying"
Rock, rock, rocs, rock!
This is the promise ringing.
II am lamp to the waywarl feet
Weary and fooisore, pink and sweet;
Unto one goal rm bringing
Rock, rock, rock. rock
Sound is the baby sleeping
Soft are the hands ON the baby breast,
Dimpled the feet IN the coy nest
All in the Fathers keeping
Philadelphia Ledger.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05

Exit the fashion of plushl We wore
nantes and cloaks of plush, we garnished
our honnets and gowns with plush, and
our drawing rooms broke out in curtains
and cushions Of the same rich fabric.
Aud then there came day-that day
which always comes, alas !-whea plush
had come down. Then our souls re-
VOTED. Homely serge replaced our
handsome draperles, and as for our per.
sons, they were clad in velvet or
velveteen; in fact, in anything but plush.
Witness the result. Yet, as far as in.
trinsic beauty goes, could there be a
more beautiful fabric than good plush /?
Its durability also is far in advance of its
sisters, velvet and velveteen, but unless
skilfully managed it is apt to have a
clumsy effect when worn. We had he
gun to realize this when Mary Jane an.
peared in her Sunday best profuseiy
trimmed with the same said plush. That
decided us, and for the last two or three
years plush has been placed on the Index
Expurgatorius, and there, until the wheel
of fashion turns round ouce more. it
seems likely to remain. New Y ork
Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
PICTURE HATS.

The large picture hats were much
used at English weddings during the sea-
son, and are finding more and more
favor over here. October will see a
number of fashionable weddings, and
at several of them the English fashion,
number of bridesmaids in "picture"
hats and pages to carry the brides train,
will be seen. The train of an English
brides wedding gown is something to
be borne, indeed. Like their gigantic
wedding cakes, it has never been i'm
ported in its full length. Some striking
bridesmaids hats of the ''picture" sort
were those at recent wedding. They
were of black lace, stiffened, and were
trimmed with white roses aud tied with
green velvet strings. Less striking but
prettier were some others at another cere-
monY of white lace beautifully trimmed
with heliotrope velvet and feathers, and
tied with strings of the same hue. New
York Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
rREFERs sINaLr MONIES rEAcnrns.

Superintendent Lane, of the Board of
Education, approves of Daniel r. Cam
erons proposal to discontinue the en-
ployment of married women as teachers
in the public schools. The supernten-
dent said the other day: GAS rule
married women are not satisfactory
teachers. They are unable to devote all
their time to the work of teaching.
They fill two positions, either of which
demands undivided attention. For
some years the number of married
women in our schools has been increas-
ing. The result has been injurious, on
the whole. believe the practice should
be checked, Chicago News Record.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
A PRICELESS FAN.

Amongst the treasures belonging to
Adelina Patti is one that she values
above all others-namely, a fan which
bears words written by almost all Euro
pean sovereigis. The Queen of En-
gland has written; ''If King Lear spoke
the truth when he said that sweet
voice was the most precious gift that a
woman could possess, you, my dear
Adelina, must be the richest woman in
the world" The Emperor and Empress
OF Austria have simply written their sig
natures. Kaiser William l. wrote.
"Der .Nachtigall aller Zeiten." The
Car: t'Rien CONNIE votre chant.n The
Queen Regent of SPANS words are: :
ga L'Espagnole, une refine, que est flere
de la compter au nombre de SEES sujets, !"
and the Queen of the Belgians has writ
ten the first bar of the "Russwalzer. ~
Chicago Herald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
August
Flower

What is August Flower for ?"
AS easily answered as asked. 1t is
for Dyspepsia. 1t is a special rem
edy for the Stomach and Liver
Nothing more than this. We believe
August Flower cures Dyspepsia.
We know it will. We have reasons
for knowing it. To-day it has an
honored place in every town and
country store, possesses one of the
largest manufacturing plants in the
country, and sells everywhere. The
reason is simple. 1t does one thing,
and doesitright Itcures dyspepsia
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
THE DROUTH AND FIRES.
Water Famine Growing Worse and
Burning Mountains Unquenohed

All over Western Pennsylvania much in
convent nee IS occasioned by t! drying up
Of the sources of water supply. At two
roints on the P tt burg division of the Penn
sylvania Railrc al it has been found neces-
sary to bring v alter mills hy train. One is
Grapevile Lear Greenburg. Daily ira II
makes several tIips between Walls, where
he East P,ttsburg Improvement Company
has reservoir, and Grapevile half d. zen
mil al art.
At Gallitizin, water is also at a premium
and the supply is rought from Portage, ten
miles distant.
TIL city reservoir in Altoons, is proving
entirely inadequate TO upply The city, and
the reservoir of the Pennsylvania Railroad
told in 9th towns.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
ORNAMENTS I'm rae noueu, !"

Two of the most beautiful articles of
feminine adornment are singnlarly ugly
and unattraetive in their crude state.
Tortoise shell, as it comes to market
from the West Indies, is coarse, dirty
and lustreless, and only the most skilful
and patient manipulation makes it the
rich and beautiful material it eventually
becomes. Ostrich pluLnes, as they arrive
in this market, look like bedraggled
turkey feathers, and they pass through
a score of hands before they become the
fluffy and graceful adjunct to feminine
attire.-New York Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
SHOT NIECE, WIFE AND SELF
A Jeanette Survivors, Mind Becomes
Unbalanced.

James r. Bartlett, one of the survivors of
the Jeanette expedition, shot and billed his
wi'e's niece, Lottie Carpenter, shot his fe
in tho shoulder, and then shot and killed
Ii mself ct San Francisco, Cal Mrs Bart
let was aroused by tie pistol shot in her
niece's room, and, as she rushed out into the
hall, she met her husband, who, without
word stOt her through the shoulder, infic-
ing a painful ut not dangerous wound
Then he shot himself through the head
When neightor rush d in they found
Mi Carpenter dead by the side of her be
where she had dropped when shot as she
was ying to escape Since his return from
the Attic regions Bartlett's mind has been
weak, as result of the hardships expert
cnced.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
Lifting the Hat.

The custom of lifting the hat had its
origin during the age of chivalry, when
1T was customary for knights never to sp .
pear in public except in full armor. 1t
became custom, however, for knight,
upon entering an assembly of friends,
to remove his helmet, signifying, al am
safe iR-@he- presence of friends"
The age of chi<slE5 passed. away with
the fifteenth century, but among the
many acts of courtesy which can bs
traced back to its Influence none sSn
more direct in its origin than that of lift.
ing the hat to acknowledge the presence
OF a friend. Detroit Free Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05

People overlooked the importance Of per.
man0ntly beneficial effects and were satisfied
with transient action, but now that It Is GEN
orally know that Syrup Of Figs will perma-
nently cure habitual constipation, well in
formed people will not buy other laxatives,
which act for a time but finally injure Ia e
system.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05

Fire is an essential in some wed.
blRs celebrations In Persia the
seryice is read in front Of a fire. In
Nicaragua the priest, taking the
couple each by the little fingers
reads Them to an apartment where a
hre is lighted. and there instructs the
bride in her duties extinguishing it
by way OF conclusion, In Japan the
woman undles torch, and the bride.
groom lights one from it, the play-
things Of the wife being burnt then
and there.