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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-30
what's Personal Magnetism,

Among the most powerful of unseen
forces is personal magnetism. Two men
address an assembly on the same topic,
and in nearly the same words; one is
listened to with Indifference, if at all, the
other stirs to every ibre of our being, and
our souls thrill responsive to his lightest
touch. 1t is not what we hear, nor is it
graceful pose or elegant diction. 1t is
nothing comprehensive or tangible, but
an invisible, mysterious force, which we
acknowledge and yield to, even against
our convictions and reason. This strange
attribute is not hereditary nor can it be
acquired. OF two brothers or sisters,
born of the same parents, growing up
under the same influences and amid the
same environments, one will possess this
singular gift, another not have vestige
Of IL
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There's Luck in Friday.

When all was in readiness for the great
voyage of discovery, Columbus confessed
himself to the friar of La Rabida, as did
many of the others, and the feet sailed,
with gloomy prediction of the enforced
crews and the excavations OF their friends
on the shore. This was on Friday, Au-
gust 8, 1892.
1t is a curious coincidence of events and
days that Columbus started on his great
expedition Friday; he first discovered
the western shores on Friday; he COM
menced his return voyage to Spain on
Friday, and it was on Friday that he
reached the port of Palos.
1t must be remembered that the cal
endar has been changed since the discov
cry Of Columbus, and the exact anniver-
sary of the discovery is nine days later,
or October 81 by our calendar. Washing
tons birthday and other anniversaries
have been changed to suit the new calen-
dar, but Discovery Day remains according
to the old chronology.
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Did you ever see the diameter of .
lightning fash measuradf" asked a geol-
ogist. "Weil, here is a case which once
enclosed a fash of lightning, fitting it
exactly, so that you can see just how big
1t was. This is called a 'fulgurite,' or
lightning hole and the material 1t is
made of is glass. will tell you how it
was manufactured, though it took only a
fraction of a section to turn it out.
"When bolt of lightning strikes
bed Of sand 1t plunges downward into the
sand for distance, less or greater, trans
forming simultaneously into glass the
SILICA in the material through which 1t
passes. Thus, by its heat, it forms at
once glass tube OF precisely its own size.
"Now and then such a tube is found
and dug up. Fulgurltes have been fol-
lowed into the sand by excavations for
nearly thirty feet. They vary in interior
diameter from the size of quill Of three
inches or more, according to the bore of
the flash.
But fulgurites are not alone produced
in sand; they are found also in solid
rocks, though very naturally OF slight
depth and frequently existing merely as
a thin CLASSY coating on the surface.
Such fulgurites occur in astonishing
abundance on the summit OF Little Ararat,
in Armenia.
"The rock is soft, and SO porous that
blocks foot long can be obtained, per-
forated in all directions by little tubes
filled with bottle-green glass formed
from the fused rock. scientific Maya
zine
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TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION.
she MAS "a Pullman Car Porser's wife
and csu'd Have the rarth.

she Nss Pullman Car Porser's wife
and csu'd Have the Farth
George Washington Lee laasiy lorncing
over his late breakfast with his wife at
tired in rich morning wrapper, sitting
opposite, constituted an ideal picture OF
elegant ease aud comfort.
GEORGE she said as her hand. glitter
ing with diamonds. toyed with the gold
enamelied crown of the coffee urn, "may
ask small favorsh
Certainly, my dear" he responded
calamity, what is itg'
81 went thousand dollars,
Georges hand went to his vest pocket
and he carelessly tossed the bill over to
her.
"Thank you, dear" she said. sweetly.
"And, George, ! want new pair OF dia-
mond earrings. Those | have are too
small to match the necklace you gave me
last week"
Every well, love, l'n stop at the jewell
er's as go down town and have him send
them up"
"And, George, dear, want at least Ave
pretty, light silk dresses to wear at the
seaside this summer"
az don't see why you shouldn't have an
even half dozen, darling. Go down and
select what you please"
How good OF you, George" she said
tenderly. "And, George, can't have a
cart with russell harness and sorrel
horsef Pm tired OF the phaeton."
Excuse me, dear. might have known
that. You've had that phaeton now al
most three months. BY all means get the
cart" and George lazily broke another
egg.
"And that cottage in the Adirondacks,
George" she ventured, "shall / tell the
agent we will take it at the price he
gave9'
Certainly, dear, it will be such pleas
ure to YOU"
"Oh, George" she twittered, chow
awfully lovely you are and how glad am
that am your own little WHEY"
And we'll she might be glad that she
was the WHEY of a man so lavish in his
gifts, so prodigal in his generosity, for
George Washington Lee was Pullman
car porter and the rich and mighty of
the nation paid tribute to him.-Detroif
Free Press
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The contractor, who in the excavation
for the Montana Club building, finds good
pay dirt right on one OF the principal
streets. Out OF the excavation he has
already taken several hundred dollars
worth OF dust, and it Is believed from
present appearances that the digging
will be worth 500 day in dust for some
time.
The tenderfeet who have heard that the
streets OF Helena are paved with gold are
invited to come to town to see far them
selves. 1t often happens that the owner
OF lot finds gold enough willis digging
the cellar to pay for his house. This is
mot guaranteed to purchasers, but there
are several who have struck that luck
Helena Independent.
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lie was the Chamhermaid.

There are strange chambermaids at
Shepherds Hotel in Cairo. A. lady de-
clares that the one who waited on her
room and attended to all the duties OF the
calling, was Frenchman, dressed as il
for dinner party, with white waistcoat
and dress coat, and having the air of a
refined and educated gentleman. 1t was
really embarrassing to accept his services
in such capacity. One lady, on ar
irving at the hotel, rang for the chamber
maid, and this gentleman presented him
self. Surprising him to be the proprietor,
at the very least, she said:
I" wish to see the cham bermaid."
Madame" said he, politely, in his
very best English" Madame, she am Il''
San Francisco Argonaut.
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PEOPLE WE ALL KNOW.

Hawthorne's tombstone at Concord has
been so mutilated by relic hunters that it
has been necessary to surround the plot
with high fence.
Major Mckinley is a most devoted hus-
band Every minute that he can spare
from his political duties he passes by the
side of his invalid wife.
Col George B. Mcclellan, treasurer OF
the Brooklyn Bridge Company, is said to
be all the time growing more like his dis
tingulshed father in appearance and man
uer.
Robert Garrett, the ex-railroad mag
nate, is recovering his health and with it
his mind For two or three years he was
positively unable to transact any bust
ness.
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II am weak and you are strong.
Why then. why then.
To you the Drawer deeds belong;
And so. again.
II you have gifts and have mono,
II have shade and you have sun.
IT'S yours with sreer hand to live,
It's yours with truer grace to give.
Than !. who, giftless, sunless stand
With barren life and hand.
It's wisdom's law. the perfect code
BY love inspired;
OF him on whom much is bestowed
Is much required.
The tuneful throat is bid to sing,
The oak must reign the forests king.
The rnstling stream the wheel must move,
The beaten steel its strength must prove.
IT'S given unto eagle eyes
To face the midday skies.
-Csrlotta Perry.
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Under some circumstances, as those to
be found in caves, where water trickles
over limestone, the size Of a stone may be
increased, but this is entirely due to out
side action, and cannot in any way be
considered as growth. To imagine that a
stone, II left to itself, will increase in size
is just as sensible as to imagine that gold
dollar If deposited in a drawer, will grow
into an eagle, or ten dollars.
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Near the Mediterranean coast, not far
from Nice, are some grottoes which are
remarkable for the prehistoric remains
found in them. The value of these grot-
toes as field of prehistoric research was
recognized twenty years ago. They were
at that time purchased by Mr.. Emile
Riviere, who, however, neglected to work
them, and sold them again to a quarry
master, who, on removing some of the
rock, unearthed some of the remains.
Since then the grottoes have been In
litigation much of the time, and no one
has been able properly to investigate them
At present three skeletons found there
are figuring in the law courts. One is of
q man whose estimated height is seven
feet nine inches. The head of the skele-
ton is missing. Another is the skeleton
of a woman six feet three inches tall.
and the third is the remains OF youth.
These, added to previous discoveries,
make seven skeletons of prehistoric men
unearthed up to the present time in those
caves. The Italian Government has not
attempted to exercise any rights in the
matter.
Up to 1875 Mr.. Riviere had discovered
the skeletons of one man and two chill
dren, which were some twenty-nine foe,
below the level of the caves and were sur
rounded by undoubted paleolithic impIe-
ments. The bod is a compact one OF i.me-
stone. The skeletons first found are row
in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris. About
1883 an antiquary named Julien uneartheo
in the same cave the skeleton OF man,
six feet five inches, and Rivere made
the legal claim for its possession. The
raves have already prOved the richest in
pre- historic remains yet known and
the pending proceedings are consequently
very interesting Chicago News.
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EiOIeta TO Order.

"Violets while you wait" will be one
of the inventions OF the near future, and
our pretty pre- conceived romances about
the modest little flower will vanish like
the William Tell legend, for an unpoeti-
cal man in Paris has succeeded, by means
of electricity, in forcing violets, and sent
bunch of mis- first successes, four hours
old, to ex-Empress Eugene, who H
always surrounded by the fragr.,~ {
blooms in the days OF her glory.
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HER WEAK POINT.


taste for color that was fine.
az - the range Of beauty in lineI
s9s -, ,..,stunes that were fetching she was
Az - Z, bevond all catchins. and her bonnets
We referred 70 as divii.e-
,-,s,r the subtle art OF woman trilis.
s1s -,,5sed all the coquetry that kills.
~. =, s,f,. of all she carried she was
~. ,.,er mover married. for she didn't
80 .he cash 10 pay the bills.
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American Girls it customary for
some one to give the bride away at we'd
ding in England?
Englishman-Yes.
American Girl-But the bridegroom is
not given away?
Englishman-No, but he is sometimes
sold.--N. Y. Press.
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No NoveI.- There.

"If were to ask you to marry me what
would you say?"
"Why, Mr.. Jonesby," she faltered,
Greatly this is SO sudden"
81 thought So" he answered; "that's
about what they all say. Much obliged"
And then ne said it was time for him to
GOV Washington ar.
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Question of Finance.

Hobbs-I suppose you will pass the
summer with your fnsncee at the sea-
shore, won't you?
Dobbs-I shall II can marry her at the
end OF the first week.-Life.
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II Works Both Ways.

First Old Chum-Say, old man, why
haven't you ever got married.
Second Old Chum-Why, the fact II,
I've never given the subject any thought.
First Old Chum-That's the very reason
! got married.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-30

Envelopes were first used in France In
the time OF Louis XIV.
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Pay promptly; You will save interest
thereby.
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three HUMOROUS titles.

Among the whimsical titles which ap-
pear on the pages of national history,
few are more apparently frivolous than
the Duke of Marmalade, the Count Of
Lemonade and the Earl of Brandy.
They are, or were, however, real titles,
bestowed by genuine monarch on
three of the favorites, and that, too,
during the present century. In 1911 a
revolution occurred in Hayti and Chris
tophe, negro, declared himself en-
peror. Through conspiracy and plot,
his life often attempted, he retained
power till 1920, preserving to the last
the appearance of a royal court and Gre
ating a numerous ability.
Among them were the three already
mentioned, and the oddity of the titles
has suggested to many writers the friv-
olousness of the African character. In
fact, however, all three names were
those of places, the first two being origi-
nally plantations. but latterly towns of
some importance. This fact not being
generally known, a misapprehension has
arisen with regard to the titles them
selves, which, however absurd, are
scarcely more so than some which were
bestowed in France and Germany dur
ing the Middle Ages.-Boston Tran
script.
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PRICE ONE CENT
THE EVENING PRIMROSE.

Sad Evening Primrose. with your silkeu stole
Hung delicateiy snnwari. what soul
Looks from your Is0tient eye, How frau and
pale
You stand among the iiancretsl and your bowl
Shows like vanishing phantom of the grail.
Young buds that poin, a finger to the blue
Crowd ON your stem. and yuath and hope are
new,
While the sap runs: yet scarcely has the sun
Warmed twice upon your petals ere their hue
Falls into pallidness of death bcsan.
And strewn about the grass the blossoms hide
The poor discolored fragments OF their pride.
Or hang disconsolate with draggled vest.
And cllnRing. sodden cerements. To abide
The gradual workings OF the Alkahest.
Was IL for this you struggled into lightp
That one brief day should crown q tedious
nfghts
Was Ii for this you felt your way along
Tho peths of natural growth, that from their
height
shrill death should echo In your triumph
songl
II may be so. There are who say the bliss
ReQuites the pain: yet could IL be for this
tGod knowsl you opened your sweet. patient
eyes
To see the suns face once and die in HIS kissl +
For me-you bloom again In Paradise.
Nina Layard In Longman's Magazine. +
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Names nnd nnslnn.se..

There is at times a peculiar coinci-
dence as regards the name of man
and his business. Such an appropriate
ness of name TO calling is frequently
quite accidental. Sexton Brothers.
Undertakers and Upholsterers, Is the
wording of sign at Long Branch, and
a dressmaker on Clinton street, New
York, bears the name Of N Nadel (the
German for needlel To those who un-
derstand German, Schneider will seem
an equally appropriate name for a dress
maker, and there are plenty of butchers
in town named Metzger, while at least
one barber glories in the name of Scheer-
er, But it seems odd that Baecker
should deal in meat, or that even an
Avenue A. Barber should sell beer.
However, when we hear OF Taylor 81
Cutter" a firm of clothiers, or find that
"Stickwell 81 Co." are mucilage makers,
there is a strong suspicion of an inten-
tional manufacture of appropriate firm
names. And that story abont the bro
ker firm of ~. Ketcham 81 l. Cheatham"
has been told so often that one hardly
knows whether TO credit it or not. New
York Times.
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Centrallra,lon or aorernment.

The history of the federal govern
ment is one Of growing strength and In
fiuence. The difference between the
intention of the founders of the system
and of the existing fact is nearly as
great as that between the opinions OF
jefferson and moderate Federalists.
From the first organization of the gov-
ernment to the present time there has
been almost steady advance toward
Capitalization. This advance has been
both aided and retarded by the supreme
court; but in the legislative branch OF
the government and in the popular mind
the proportions of the federal govern
ment have constantly grown larger. It
has not been the tendency of the people
of the republic to strengthen the local
government at the expense Of the general
government. On the contrary, the gen.
eral government has grown at the cost
Of the states.-Henry L. Nelson in Har-
per's.
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Major Allatt warns MS against some
stories regarding long flights by trained
pigeons which have been put forth ON
high authority. 1t was at his sugges-
ton that an apocryphal tale of pigeons
sent out to and returning from the arctic
regions, which has even been imposed
npon Yarrell, was expunged from the
last edition of that writer's British
Birds" An equally false account of q
pigeon flying 1900 miles In America is
also extant.
Major Allatt believes the greatest dis
tance pigeons have flown of which we
have any accurate record is in the races
which have taken plSce two or three
times from Rome to Belgium, distance
of between 800 and 800 miles. But In
every one Of these cases very large
proportion of birds have been lost
London News.
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sov FoR sAlDHeAps



Worth Living for Many.
The wind has long been tempered to
the shorn lamb, but the baldhead has
special dispensations in the matter Of
weather have been made on his account.
He has had TO look out for himself, and
the fact that he survives so numerously
is perhaps better evidence of his hustling
ability than of his innate goodness.
Why, no one appears able to tell, bat
certain it is that from time immemorial
there has been none to do the baldhead
reverence.
1t will be remembered that when the
original baldhead was making his way
toward Bethel the children by the way
side requested him TO 'go mp" This
expression has no place in modern slang.
but compliance with the order doubtless
involved journey to sections not down
ON our list of desirable habitations. Be
that as it may. the fact remains that the
caput destitute of hairy adornment has
all along been the butt for universal
ridicule.
But it is q long lane which has no
turning, and the baldhead's turn has
come ut last. Some enterprising philan-
thropist has invented polish for the
hairless crown which is warranted to
turn it into thing of beauty and joy
forever. This blessing comes in the
shape of polish, which is easily APP
piled by q barber and imparts to the al
ready shining crown shine so brilliant
that it dazzles the eyes and so smooth
that upon it no fly can gain foothold.
Those who have never experienced
the joys and sorrows of badness may
not be able to appreciate the value of
this discovery. The value is there just
the same. With little care the polish
can be made windtight and mosquito
proof, and the baldheaded man will no
longer fall an easy prey to the influenza
laden hreezes, while he can lie down to
dreams unbroken by the assaults of
| winged things. Surely the baldhead
millennium is at hand.
The direct moral influence of this dis
covery cannot be overrated. With his
sparsely matched crown protected from
the attacks of envious Cascas the bald
head will recover from his tendency to-
ward the use of unauthorized expletives,
and he may even rise to the point Of
taking a front seat in the sanctuary in
fly time Relieved of the necessity for
turning his skull into q block upon
which to butcher the musca domestica,
etc., he will be able to turn his whole
thought to the sermon, thus setting q
worthy example to the congregation
while absorbing truths of which he has
long stood in need.
If there is justice in all things, the
man who makes two blades OF grass
grow where one has grown before will
have to take back seat when the In
ventor of the polish for baldheads comes
| in for his reward.
Verify, these be glorious times, and
the baldhead is one of the chief partici-
pators in them.-Troy Times.
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Unlike most other countries England
has repeatedly been governed by for
eigners, who thought so little Of their
people that they did not even take the
trouble to learn the language of their
subjects. Most of the Danish kings
knew no English, and IL William the
Conqueror, William Rufus and others
knew the language they kept the fact to
themselves.
The early French kings, in fact, re-
garded England as a conquest and
France as their home. Richard /, for
instance, spent but a few months Of the
ten years of his reign ON English soil.
In modern times George neither knew
nor cared to learn English, and George
II spoke it very imperfectly. st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
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a Cruel rest.

A good looking, well to do young
was being teased by the young ladies of
a club for not getting married. He said:
"Tll marry the girl of your club whom,
On secret vote, you elect to be my
wife" There were nine members Of the
club. Each girl went into corner, and
used great caution in preparing her bal
lot, and disguised the handwriting. The
result of the vote was that there were
nine votes cast. each girl receiving one.
The young man remains a bachelor, the
club is broken mp and the girls are all
mortal enemies, united in the one de-
termination that they win never speak
to that nasty man again. Detroit Free
Prnss
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ch,nese ana tha relsphons.

According to telephone authority,
the easiest language for telephoning is
Chinese. It is principally monosyllables,
and is made up Of simple rising and fall
ing infections. German, it seems, is
not as bad language for telephoning as
might be thought French is not bad,
but it is almost as sibilant as English
Yankee Blade.
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A shrewd Investment.

The investment Of GA 600, 900 made by
the British government in the Suez
ranal shares viii in year or two, ac-
cording to Mr.. Goschen, be worth R10,-
00O, 900, which proves it to have been an
excellent stroke Of business as well as Of
New York Times.
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FOR SALE

A Wheeler and Wilson No SEWING
MACHINE, in complete order, with drop
table, three drawers--good as new. Cost $65.
Price $40. Apply at this Office 8 %
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lnvfQorafes the liver and Kidneys, pTIfles
tse blood ard cleanses and renews the whole
system For all scrofulous humOrs and
blood -fainfs, and even consumption Tor lung
strofula), II taken IN time, it's positive
remedy. It's guaranteed one. In all dis
esses Of the liver, blood and lungs, it's war
rauted TO benefit or cure, or the money b re-
funded. No other medicine Of its class is sold,
through druggists, ON this peculiar. plan.
Yon can Judge why. You only pay for the
good you get
m other words, it's sold on trial.
No other medicine Of IT'S kind h.
And that proves that nothing else u i" JUS
. good a. the !. Discovery.
The dealer Is thinking OF his profit, not OF
nDurs. when be urges something else.
Judge for yourself which y likely 70 % fne
better medicinA
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HORSE AND PHETON CART. A
nobby and convenient turnout, suitable for
family purposes. the horse being perfectly
gentle. Also good in saddle. Reasons for
selling given on application. lrquire at Car
IrAL Office. 10