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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31
CABLE SPARKS.

Ar the sale of the orchids belonging to ths
late Duke of Marlborough the highest prics
realize was $3.50.
A MAN named Chalet was sentenced to
lang term of imprisonment in Germany for
splitting upon and st king bust of L operor
William.
PROFESSOR CARNEY, who left England for
the bah on country in Africa to study the
language Of monkeys, expects TO return
IN January with gorill fully rainel as
servant
ROBBERS entered he b broom OF Lady
Miles, vie OF Sit Cecil Miles, Of Lerges
court, near Bri>tol, Eng and Stole j wells
valued a 9S5,OoJ, which Lady Miles left in
an unlocked safe
Ar Sydney, n, S W., Maxim and his wife,
he bay farm rs who killed thirteen infants
by piercing their h arts or spi Is with
needles, We're comnitted for tral Both
pleaded not guilty.
ALEXANDER RUSSELL WEBB. recent
United 5 ates consul at MAMMA, has been
converted 10 Islamisn N, and is now in India
collecting funds to convert the psople of the
United States to that faith
DR.. FRANCIS CHARLES ScorTSANpERs
formerly manager II the Tyre Club OF Lon
do :, wa, sentenced to six years penal seryi-
tude Tor having forged the uame OF the Earl
o. Londesborough to a bankers ch ok for
6, 733
The wife of Count de LesseIs, the origina-
tea Of the Panama Canal, believes her nus
band innocent # any criminal acton ia the
promolton Of the Interests of the enterprise,
and says shs is convinced that he IS not
wholly responsible for what has occurred in
he affairs of the canal company.
A CABLEGRAM from Rome stats that the
Pope is pleased with the d cision Of the
Catholic archtishops of the United States
on the school question, and that be W uld
have opposed absolutely any result Of the
confer eace tending to encourage discussion
between American Senti cent and the episco-
pate in this country.
The Berlin correspon lent of tho London
Standard learns from q private lett r dated
at Oar as Saaam on November 2 hat the
rumors Of Emin Pasha' death are erroneous
The lie ter says he is Eow following Staniey's
route through tne Congo State and hut for
an affection Of the eyes, is in exceptionally
good hea tn
A YOUNG woman of Lincoln. England.
named Jane Savage, while cleaning house,
pac her trother's small razor between her
teeth that size might have DO Ii hands free to
take down a shelf As She +, ached for The
shelf the razor sliprel half way down heI
throar. She drew her breath and waIlowed
the razor. Her stomach was opened and the
razor was removed tightly clio, d. as She
swal oa ed it, The woman Is doing well and
VIII probably recover fully in three weeks.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31
ON A LOCOMOTIVE PILOT.
Charles Griggs Struck AMI Carried s <
Miles Unconscious.

Charles Griggs, a drug Clerk was ia Ell
70 his home in Keokuk, Pa, suff.r ng from
the terrific nervous shoe OF a remarkable
escape. He was struck by tho Milwaukee
iimited train on the Northwestern Road,
travelling at the rate Of 45 miles on hour,
and car led miles GA the prot Of the loco
motive in an uuc nsc Gus condition Though
back and Ulue vita bruises not a bone II
his body was broken.
Mr.. -Gri 5 was CT, ssing the Northwestern
track t W ilson avenue when the limitei
which caves e icago at 80 p NJ, whirled
Ii sight simu taneoI>y with a suburban
passens train going rapidly in the oppo-
tite DIR elton. Gfiggs was bewildered
There wa no ii ne to leave the rails. With
only the no % of delaying impending death
Griggs jump,d straight into the air He
was slru:k by the front of the engine ami
1roppe ha t stunned on the pilot his hands
tastlnctively clutchiug the braces. None Of
tae trai men saw the tceident, ard it " as
lot unit the Ii ai,e reacted South Evans
on that they discovered the mans danger.
de was sail unconscious, his han8s gripping
the braces on the pilot with superhuman
strength
To the surpriss OF every one it was found
that not boEe had b en- fractured or even
wrenched. The hair on the right siie of bis
bead was somewhat scorchei, IS result Of
contact with ths boiler
Il jumped, struck the engine and then
everything became blank said Mr.. Griggs.
u Do net remember taken hold OF the braces
OF tho ri OF, but must have done so in
siinctively and ept hanging on. If had
/. so ! would have been thrown off aud
teen killed
The doctors fear be will never recover
from the sbocE
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31
DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Was I. the Re ut of Quarrel or an
AwfuI Blind u

A special from Bayou Sara, New Orleans,
gives p rti 'ulars Of the shooting Of Mrs.
Joha j. RacSer wife Of river pilot, and
the suicide of the husband
Rucker and his wife had been married
only six months, and ere devoted to each
other. Rucker was running on the mail
boa. Cleon, bete cen Bayou Sara and Baton
Rouge. The boat landed at Bayou Sara ana
Ruckr went ashore as usual He had dain-
tbs for his wife, who was awaiting him at
the resid nc, Of Mrs. Potts, her aunt
The greet ng etween the couple was most
an tomato. They started to leave for thei r
honla, short distance from the Potts resi-
dei &c, but were prevailed upon TO remain
over night. At al e.r J. our next morn ng
Mrs. Pots found Ruckei in her r, ON He
seemed worreI and in explanation Of his
presence said lie had heard burglar 10 the
house.
RuckeT returned to his room and all was
quiet until dayli- bit When the report Of two
pist / shots awakened the house. The shots
came from the direction Of Ru,ker's room
Mrs. Rucker was found dangerously
wounded aud the husband was dea l. with a
bullet IN his brain Ms. Rucker is not ex
pected to live
Considerable mystery sUrrouu Is the shoot
ing Some incl ne 10 the lelief that the
couple qusrrelled and that the husband shot
the wife in fit of rage and then killed him
self. o hers believe that he fired on his wife
mistaking her Tor burglar and, on fiuGing
mistake, killed himself Rucker was
sober and industrious, aud the more Chart
able theory is generally believed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31

The Yerkes telescope, which will b.
the largest in the world, will be made
by the firm of Warner 8 Sgasey, Of
Cleveland, Ohio, the builders of the
great Lick telescope, the contract being
just made.
1t will succeed the California instru,
meat as one of the wonders of the world,
The new telescope is to be the gift Of
Charles L, Ye:kes, of Chicago, to ths
Chicago University. The gift will also
include an observatory, in which toe
telescope will be placed, the entire
amount given to the university for this
purpose aggregating $5)0,0)0. It is
the wish Of the company to have the tel
escope entirely finished in one year.
The 'Yerkes telescope will have an
object g,ass Of forty inches clear aper-
ture, and the total length of the tube,
with its accessories, will not be less than
scventy-fve feet. Tie instrument com
plete will weigh sixty tons. The tube
alone will weigh six tons. The polar
axis, which carries the entire weight OF
the tube and it attachments, will weigh
five tons.
The driving clock, which is to auto.
rlaticailY move this INN snse tube with
motion corresponding to the e&act
apparent motion of tl5 star being OBJ
served, will weigh one ton. The col
umns supporting the mechanism of the
telescope will weigh not less THAI thirty
tons.
The machinery atfording this variety
of complicated movement necessary can
be operated by the hand of the astrouo-
mer or by electric motor at the will of
the observer. The magnifyipg power OF
the new instrument will range from $50
to 1900 diameters. The second and
third floors of the large shops viii b.
partially removed in order to make room
for the big instrument dlrng its con
structiop.
The arm Of Warner & Sgasey ars Just
completing a twenty-six inca equatorial
telescope for the new Naval Observatory
at Washington. This is now the second
in size in this country, being excolled
only by the great telescope on Mount
Hamilton.-New York Telegram.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31
Mass Stature in Various Countries.

The question of relative stature pre-
sents some singular contradictions. The
mean stature in France IS notably less
than that of other civilized Nations.
Still, men, and even women, exceeding
six feet are occasionally seen in the
streets of Paris. The number of small
men in France who are hardly small
enough to be called dwarfs is great. Ia
Paris alone there are several hundred
The Americans exceed considerably the
French in average stature, yet it is this
country that has produced the greatest
number of real dwarfs-that is, so far
as the fact can be determined in the alb.
sence of statistics. Spain, Italy and
Greece cannot be numbered among the
giant producing countries, though the
people are Of good average stature and
well formed in general. The question Of
climate and food is and has always been
intimately connected with that of
height. 1t is only natural that the
peoples of Germany, Scandinavia, Eng
land and Scotland should be taller than
those about the Mediterranean. The life
OF their ancestors was harder. They
passed a more active existence in forests
and in the chase. The comparatively
easy life of the inhabitants of warmer
countries, with a greater proportion Of
vegetable food, produced contrary re-
suits, the effects in either case being
prolonged from age to age by heredIty.
The occasional appearance OF dwarfs
among people above the average size,
or of very tall men and women among a
people smaller than the average, as in
France may, perhaps, be attributed to
some ancestral popularity reappearing in
the family after the lapse OF several gen.
erations. The matter in all its aspects,
though suffi ciently curious, has never
seriously engrosSe1 the attention of
scientists, who, occupied with studies
regarded as more important, have never
had time properly to attend to it.
That the average stature of man is less
than it was in ancient times hardly adj.
mits OF question. Ga the other hand, the
mean diminution during the past 4OJ)
years is, as nearly as we eau determine,
hardly appreciable. We are, Therefore,
at liberty to conclude that at the rate st
which the diminution has proceeded
several times 1000 years must pass bsfors
our descendants will BE- reduced to the
stature of Commodore Mutt aud other
microscopic specimens of hu nality.
Herein, at least, is a grain OF comfort
San Francisc) Chronicle.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31

Once there were two tramps who
were actually looking Tor work, In the
course Of their wandelings they cam
upon a pile Of coal il. 'front.' Of palatAl
residence.
Said the tramp with dc inferior in;
tellect: "Let US engage ourselves to
stow away this fuel at price of twenty
five cents. "Nay, lay said the
tramp Of superior intellect; "let me 60
within and negotiate"
And he did negotiate and secnre the
job at rate Of fifty c.nIs, of which
sum he gave one-half to hi7 compsnion
to perform the necessary manual labor,
reserving one hale unto himself for
experimenting operations.
Whereat he Of the inferior business
ability, though he had received twice
the amount OF work he expected and a,
his own rate of compeuse ton, lifted up
his voice in '-rath and sworc by varioua
deities that he had been bunkoed. Was
he right9-Indianspolis Journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31
NoY,l Way of Collect 9 Deb.

: A story tod recently waq of n big
burly feloA who used to drive a team
from the Koaue5eo Valley into Plsca
taquis Colu5y, selling crackers foe a
bakery. Ga one of the outlying farms
on his road lived a small man who hal
won almos. S;a,e reputation for bent
ing his creditors lie met the peddlar,
who did not know him, aud bought q
barrel of crackers to be paid for when ne
came back along on his return trip. -
that time the peddleI was posted on tbs
peculIaritios 81 h.8 customer. He was
told at the house he was out in the feic
and went to seek him. When he asked
for his pay the little fellow cooked his
head on Que side and looked up at him
with leer ''Who are you2' he lispei.
al don't know you, never bought any
crackers of YOU Tae peddler grabbed
him by the collar an / began to swish the
air with him. "Don't know me, do
your Amt acquainted with me, hcy}
Don't know who ! an2 Never bought
any crackors Of me, hsJ2' Eyes, yes,
yes, " the victim began to yell, 81 knog
you now. l remember you. i'll pa7;
IN pay" The pcddler dropped him,
accepted the prodcroi money, and drove
on as If nothing unusual had happened
during his call.-Lewistou Journal
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31
swgErEN LEE WITH KISSES.

swEETEN LIFE WITH KISSES.
A goodbye kiss is little thing.
With your hand on the door to go,
But takes the venom out of the sting
Of thoughtleSs word or a cruel fling
That you made an hour ago.
a kiss of greeting is sweet and rare,
After tho toll of the day,
aud it smooths the burrows plowei D
care,
The lines on the forehead you once calIel
fair,
In the years that have hown away.
lis little thing to say, ''You are kind,
! love you, my dear" each night,
SUIT it sends thrill through the heart, [
find;
FOR love is tender, as love is blin1.
As we climb iiie's rugged hight
We starve each other for loves caress
We take but we do not give; y
t seems so easy some soul to bless,
But we dole the love gru lgngly less and
less,
ill tits bitter and hard to live.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31
CURIOUS FACTS.
! over 100 different kinds Of soup arc

over 1900 different kinds Of soup arc
known.
There are orange trees in Malta over
200 years old.
Millions of butterflies are eaten every
year by the Australian aborigines.
Several thousands Of hair pins, in
many styles, have been recovered from
Pompeii.
The tallest man IN the G. A. r. is
William P. Boyne, of Green County,
Pennsylvania. His height is seven feet.
Greek handles, like Aleibiades, al.
lowed their hair TO fall on their shout
siers and at night rolled the curls round
stick.
A fruit grower, Of Windsor. Conn,
has barrel Of Russell apples of the crop
of 1891, which have been kept in cold
storage.
Nalentia, the Spanish theologian, died
of grief because he was accused by tho
Pope OF having taisiied passage in st.
Augustine.
On Philadelphia's police force is
man worth $3.50, 600, whose income Is
about SIS, 600 yearly, outside OF his SD
a week salary.
The feeces of ten goats aud the work
Of several men for half year are re.
quired to make a genuine Cashmere
shawl yard aud half wide.
A Kansas farmer who had had much
trouble in shipping eggs at last succeed
ed is getting a consignment delivered in
good order by marking the box "dyua-
mite"
Wild hemp is growing in great hxuri-
ancs along the valley Of the Colorado
River aud promises % become one OF tha
most important agricultural products in
Arizona.
There is an old married couple in
Porter County, Indiana, who. it Is
stated, have not spoken TO each other for
twenty-five years, although they live 10
the same house and eat from the same
table.
A singular and fortunately unusual
circumstances was reported By farmer
IN 1866. 4 wheat Geld Of seventeen
acres near Kingston, N. Y, was found
to have no grain in the ear, aud was
subsequently cut down for straw.
The talest soldier Of the British
Army, trooper in the First Regiment
OF Prussian Guards, is six feet eight aud
q half inches high. When he presented
himself for his uniform a special inStru-
meat had to be procured to take his
measure.
All bookkeepers are well aware that Il
is difficult to draw straight lines on tho
pages OF large ledgers, on account Of the
convex form which the page assumes
when the book is opened. TO meet this
difficulty Frenchmau has devised a
flexible ruler which readily conforms 10
a curved surface.
The Uaitei States gold dollar contains
25.S troy grains. rha Ordinary pound,
avcirdupois, contains 1000 grains, taero.
fore 81, 900, 600 in gold coin weighs g.
6s6,4 pounds avoirdupos, or over ton
and a half. The standard silver dollar
weighs 4l2.5 troy grains, and 81 ,00J, 900
in the United States silver coinage will
weigh So, 9Sl pounds, or nearly twenty
eight and aquarter tons.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31
Sham yiolets.

seven the violet, thai flower typify-
ing all that is modest, sometimes proves
a sham" remarked she to friend, as
she fastened an odorous purple bunch to
her corsage. II always get mine at a
reliable place. Otherwise you are apt to
be deceived. You select bouquet,
smell of it and it seems delicious, when
after half an hour in the open air all the
perfume has vanished. Why is thisl
Because its sweetness was not real, only
borrowed from the extract bottle. I'm.
derstand2'-New York World.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31
POPULAR SCIENCE.


covered with spiral spring.
More than 1900 varieties of roses
worthy Of cultivation have been produced
during this century. -
1t is said that bicyclists who ride to
excess become afflicted with catarrhal
laryngitis, caused by rapid breathing
through the mouth.
Statisticians have proved beyond dis
pute that the average of human life in
this country at the presant time is longer
than it has ever been.
There is a new running gear for wag.
ons, IN which diagonally disposed springs
cross each other aud are held in place
by means of flexible connection.
A medical journal asserts that people
who drink COWS milk are more prone to
consumption than those who use the milk
of the reindeer, the buffalo, the ass, or
the goat.
Petrifed insects are worth some money.
A collection of butterflies was lately sold
in Vierpa for $4,000, and the price paid
was no regarded by naturalists as ex.
orbitanJ.
Important works are likely to be COM
menced shortly at Havre, France, in or.
der to render the port accessible TO large
ocean steamers during six hours of every
tide, and 10 enlarge the entrance to the
.harbor.
The great advantage of electrical
power at present is that it can be stored.
Neither steam nor water power in :hei
old-time form can be kept Tor any length
of time without entire loss. Steam be
comes cold water when the fire goa
down.
Foreign physicians are agreed almost
unanimously as to the importance oil
adopting, Immediately, the repressivG
treatment of cholera By opium, acting
upon the theory which assumes the
worst symptoms Of cholera To be the re-
suit of loss of fluid.
The use Of the old saw clt.of ma.
chimes for metal is becoming as commoa
as that for wood. 1t is used not ONLY
IN the form where the saw is revolving
disk, but also in the form of band.
saw, and it is expected that in this shape
it will be possible to do work in iron OF
the same character as that done in wood
by the scroll saw.
! As rule, the land stretching toward
the South forms p3ninsulas or narroHs
off into points. That extending toward
the North spreads itself out bodily, as
may be observed by looking at South and
North America, Africa and Asia, Indio
and Greenland. India, South America
and Australia have their southern parts
tipped with islands, as Ceylon, Terra del
Fuego and Tasmania.
Watcher at the poles Or tle equator,
the worlds people are really travehnI
around the sun, with the earth itself, a
the rate of about IS. 900 miles an hour.
The earth's motion Is one of compar-
atively slow rotation, yet Of swift pro-
erosion on its orbit Tlis motion is
not pcrceptible, any more than a passen-
ger at sea, VINO is smut up in his state
room below, knows how fast heis going.
DR.. S. P. Chan Her, Of Cambridge,
discoveted, last winter, that, instead OF
being stationary, the earth's pole moves
through a circle with Il radius of forty
five feet during a period Of 427 days.
This circle is not an exact one, however,
but is subject to a perturbation of about
five feet. He has lately discovered that
the pole has another motion during u
years time through circle with di
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31
SHOT WIFE AND STEPSON.
Charles Hazard, Settles Quarrel with
His Revolver.

Charles c. Hazard who has an Insurance.
effice III Cincinnati, Ohio, While ind the
Afueace Of liquor shot his wife and stepsen,
Galr.el Benson. Mrs. Hazz RI was shot
twice, an Benson t rec times Both of them
are in critical condition
Benson came to Cincinnati from Indiana
polls TO visit hs Hezz ards. He Rad dis
pute with Hazard, an Mrs. Hazzari took
the young mans Fars. Hazard .becams
furious, N drawing revolver commenced
firing ct both of them. The peliee arrested
Hazzard.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31
A SOUTHERN BLIZZARD.
Charleston Covered With Snow aid
sleet-- Fort Monroe Showed un.

A b zzard struck Charleston. s. G., snd
for the irst time within the Iast Is years
housetopa were covered With thin coat ng
Of snow and sect. The mercury averaged
ab7nt three or four degrees below freez ny
point during the day, and the pedestrians
not being accustomed 70 ice had hard
time getting alorg he sid walks.
The orange trees in the city are iajure,I
som y hat and will prot bly, bear only one
crop TINS year. !. ey usually bear two
crops. Planting and truck farm crops are
not far enou h advanced .to suffer anF dam
age Strawberries are wei protected and
The plants wall escape without severe trouble.
FORT MoABoE SNOW BOUND.
FoRT MONROE VA-The worst blzz ,rd
m 20 years struck this vicinity about mid
night The electric car Inns to Hampton Is
bloeksd AM navigation Is suspended.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31
Grass Always Green In Gotham

New York is probably the only place
in this country Of an equally high la:l-
tude where the grass is always green.
Have you ever noticed that factl It's
so. just look at the squares or parks
the next time you pass one. They are az
green in winter as in May. We have Sc
much rain here of late years and SO little
snow that the grass does not get even
chance at winters rsst.-Nsg York
Herald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31
Under lose Meat Not Wbolesom, ;,

at is fallacy to suppose that under
done meat is wholesome" said a physi-
cian SIT is distinctly unwholesome.
All food-meat, vegetables and breads
must be properly cooked If they are
to be properly disested. In schools,
especially, half cooked beef Is frequent
II given TO boys, with the idea that it Is
strengthening. This is a mistake; it is
never half as wholesome or digestible as
if thoroughly cooked. 1t is true that
sometimes shredded raw beef Is given ia
exhausting diseases, but this is as a
medicine, and, like most Incidence it's
positively injurious to healthy persons"
New York Tribune.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31
THE SAVINGS BANK.
rT BERTHoLD AUERBAcu.

on know that
l lost my father
and mother in
my infancy, and
that l had not a
relative in the
world. l was
W il d a n d
t h o u htless
when 1 began
my apprentice
ship as a lock-
at X
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31

Mrs. McGlone says she can never rust
Ger husband out Of her sight ness sae
Il with him. boston Transcript.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31

Three times as many herring are con-
eumed as any other kind Of isl.