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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-06
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES.

The body of hrisian HON cker the lest
OF tn, veins Of the York + rim Coliery e1-
piCsl n, at Pottsville, was recovered.
A BALTIMORE and Oh train backed in.o
crowded plato IN The Grand Central
DEPOT, In Oh 60, and two perso we're
ProOanly fatally injured. A uumt or Of others
We're adly hurt.
il E storage warehous Of the Standard
Cll CompaI at Lud ow, Kentucky, were de-
sttoyed by hire, together with large quantity
OF rosin, turpentii e and benzne and consider
able railroad property.
A WORKMAN in a trench in Pitt>burg
gnted his pipe d en- ssd an explosion by
winch 4 iward Lawler, Martin Lrrkin Thos.
Keenan,, Samuel Sedgwick and Michael Grf-
Ia were seIiously injured
enables L. YCUNG, Button" Hawkins,
James Bush, Louisa Graves and her chi Il
Sarroll, aged six years all cocred, were
drfwned by the caps Eng OF row boat in
Iabin Branch, an inlet OF Gusts Bay, near
Baltimore.
JAMES PILESs. his wi e, mothe-in-law
ana four chi dren were thrown rs feet from
cIiH into the Ohio RIVER at W. ceiling. w. Va,
oy runaway no. Sc. Mrs. Pilens AMI her
m }ther are not expected to recover. The
9the were. less dangerously injured. To
horse was frightened by train.
IHE White Mountain and Portland ez press
on the Rome, Waterovn and Og ifnsDurg
Rallroat collided with freight trtin near
Caiedoni ! Station and DO h trains we're badly
wrecked. No passengers were lniurui AID
trainm escaped with slight bruises.
A TELEGGAM fl ON Boies, Idnh,, says that
three cases OF smallpox have been discove1e
amcng the Japane,e railroai lsborers at
Nampa, l5O japanese being run out of that
place and Caldwell and there will probably
be further uprising q, sinst them llong the
Oregon hore line"
EUGENE LANE had his tight arm blown of
ana was fatally Injured BY the premature ex-
plosion Ct " d. nsmite car ridge on Saucon
creek near Bst lehem, 10. Lane and four
compAn1on' were engaged 10 the unlawful
occupation OF killing Ash by exploding dyna-
mite
A TRAIN on he Florida Central and PENN.
sular kaIiIOal ran tito II washout at Driiton.
tlorldG co'ord Fl emsn was killed ami
al the trainme were more or less injured
Recent rams have flooded nearly 100 miles OF
the or d central Al d PeBinsular truck. be-
tive Tallahassee and Baldwin.
WHILE Solomon Helm wascrossing Second
Mountain, near Ofwigsburg, Pa, with a three.
norse load Of wood, The brake broke and tie
wagon forced the 10. ses into a wild gAllep
Gown the m uniain, finally plunging over ii
nigh cllU, killing the Eorses and severely in.
juring Helm.
An exp.osion occurred in one Of the main
sewers OF ST. LOUIS the other afternoon, ami
Ciri r. Fuchs wholesale liquor hou and
he yard OF TIE Iron Mountain Railroad we're
"recked. Car L Fueh and A bert Mueller,
bar-keepeS were taken from the ruins dead,
end Mrs. John Timpe was killed by flying
deor s. Two unknown men are missing, ana
are thought to have been enguifed II the
wreck of ruch's Ling he explos Oh
was caused By gas generated by escaping
STOCK IT m the rec. mt fire ir the Waiter ? ercs
81 building"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-06
Wonders OF a Watch.

Open your watch aud look at the little
wheels, springs and sore VS., each an in
dispensable part Of the whole wonderful
machine. Notice the busy little balance
wheel as il flies TO aud fro increasingly,
Gay and night, year in ana year out.
This wonderful little machino Is the re.
suit Of hundreds OF years OF study and
experiment. The watch carried by tho
average man is composed Of ninety eight
pieces, and its manufacture embraces
more than 1000 distinct and separate
operations. Some Of the smallest screws
are so minute that the uuaidcd eye can
not distinguish them FROM steel filings or
specks Of dirt. Under a powerful mag
nifying glass a perfect screw is revealed.
The slit in the head is $1,000 Of an iuch
wide. II takes 30S, 900 OF these screws
to weigh a pound, aud pound IS worth
Sl5S5. The hair spring is strip Of
Che finest steel about ~ inches long aud
LOO inch wide aud 27.10, 900 inch
thick. II Is coiled up in spiral form, aud
finely tempered. The process OF tenn.
pering thess springs was long held as a
secret by the few fortunate ones possess
ing II, and even nov is not generally
known. Their manufacture requires
great skill aud care. The strip Is gauged
to 2O.1000 Of an inch, but no measuring
instrument has as yet been devised capa-
bic OF hne enough gaugiug 10 determine
before hand by the size Of The grip what
the strength Of the finished spring will
be. A 1-20, 900 part Of an inch differ
ence 10 the thickness Of the strip makes
difference in the running Of watch OF
about six minutes per hour.
The value Of these springs whsn Rn-
ished and placed in watches, Is enormous
in proportion TO the material from which
they are made. A comparison will give
good idea. A ton Of steel made up
into hair springs when in watches, u
worth more than twelve and oae-halt
times the value Of the zane weight In
gold. Hair spring wire weighs one
twentieth OF a grain 10 the inch. One
mile OF wire weighs less than half pound.
The balance gives five vibrations every
second. 300 every minute, IS, 900 every
hour, 432, 600 every DAY, aud $780,
900 every year. At each vibration Il
rotates about ono aud ono fourth times
which makes 197, 1000 every year.
In order that we may better understand
tho stupendous amount OF labor per-
formed by these tiny works let rs mako
few comparisons. Take for illustrs-
ton locomotive with sir foot driving
wheels. Let its wheels be ran until thsy
have given the same number u ItYolu.
tons ehat a watch does ia one year, and
they will have covered a distance equal
to twenty eight complete circuits Of the
earth. All this a watch does without
other attention then winding once eTerT
twenty -four honrs.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-06
A WO1dnrful Meteor

The Ti1is KavSaz gives the following
description of a meteor of great brillaucy
which was observed at Tiais. 1t ap.
peared at IL p. NJ. in the west part of
the sky, was of round shape and very
brilliant. Three seconds after its ap-
pearauce part of it separated, moving
toward the Mtatsminia Mou ltain and
disappeared below the horizon, after
Ii Citing the slopes of the mountain, the
central meteor continuin, to move, but
having lost for few seconds its great
brillancy, which, however, soon reap
peared. In about thirty seconds after
the first appearance of the meteor. a
second small part separated from it, ia
creasing in size as it approached the
earth, This also disappeared in the
west, behind the same mountain, after
having brilliantly lighted for two or three
seconds its slopes and gorges. After
that the meteor took first milky color.
alton, but soon became bright again aud
of phosphoric aspect. A third part separ-
ated from 1t, but it was much smaller
and not so brilliant as the two former
Finally the meteor disappeared behind
tue clouds-a white, Hghted blot being
seen through them and gradually faded
away. The phenomenon lastei alto
gether about three minutes.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-06
WORK AND WORKERS.

THERE are now over 10. 600 men in the
building trades on strike in New York city.
SEVERAL section gangs Of the Vandalla
Road in Indiana have struck for increased
wages.
VALUABLE deposits Of nc, ,qaal in rich
ness 10 the famous Missouri ore, are reporie
to have been di covered on the Ouch ia river,
in Texas.
Tbs 800 sprners In the Dolphia jute m lie.
at Paterson, New Jersey, returned to work
having accepted the company's terms-55i
hours pay Tor 81 hou s work.
A STE KE of carpenters is threatened at s..
LOUIS TO compel Employers to cease using nom
unto made doors, frames, etc. The planning
mi employees are already out.
THE Peoples Parry st te Convention of
Washington adopted resolutions extending
sympathy to the men locke ont at Home
stead an ia tn. CGeur d'A enc mines"
EIGHT hundred employees of the Gilkey and
Arson Lumber Company, at Merrill, Win
conin, have struck for 10 hours work instead
OF II each day, without any reduction of
wage.
A CONFERENCE of delegates representing
various labor organ zitions held in Pitt.
burg to consider pla for the formation of
en- international organ zatior which would
Keep in touch the various la lor organizations
OF the word.
Acc rDGNe tc despatch ON FL Reno, J..
r. Shannon and J. L. lIoil yield OF Purcell,
have organ zed large colony OF dis 1pnointed
Oxlahoma HON seekers to locate In Central
America. The colony II go via Galveston
to Nicaragua, where they have secured per-
manent employment on coffee plantations.
A PROTEST was sent hy 100 Reading work.
ing men TO Governor Pattison, of Pennsyl-
van a, declaring that hey had been reius, d
wo k at the new Safe Asylum buildings. al
Wernersyille, rpd alleging that s. Italians,
who we're not taxpayers. were employed there
The Governor Is aske to give the matter bis
attention.
THE Peninsula Copper Mining Company
at Houghton. NJ chigah, says n telegram from
that place, will close down In abont one
month on account Of the low price Of copper
This will throw n bout 20 men out of EN- oy
ment Il is thought that other mines, which
have in years pa rad dividends. must close
or call for assessments.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-06
How Carrier Pigeons nre Trained.

The training of carrier pigeons is
based solely on the strong instinct that
all pigeons have to return to their own
loft or dove-cote. In them, love to To-
cality is, perhaps, stronger than in any
other living creature. In every pigeon
house the pairs settle down each in its
own compartment, aud if any other
pigeon attempts to take possession of a
box already occupied there is a stubborn
fight. Carrier pigeons are simply those
in which this love of home is combined
with more than ordinary intelligence
and strength Of wing. They carry mes.
sages only in one direction home.
If you want TO send letter by clrrier
pigeon from Little Rock to st. Louis,
you must come to St Louis aud get
pigeons that have their home here, take
them to Little Rock, tie the letters to
them and turn them loose. The stronger
and more intelligent of the birds will be
back in their loft or pigeon house in S..
Louis in comparatively few hours. A
few years ago some interesting expert,
ments were made with carrier pigeons
taken from the vicinity of New York
City to Georgia and Florida and there
turned loose. Though the distances
we're 500 or 800 miles, some OF the birds.
if We rene n0er rightly, were back home
within forty eight hours, while others
did not show up for several weeks. The
wonder Ia, How do the pigeons find
their way back2 That they are guided
largely by the sense of sight is generally
admitted, and probably those of them
that do not strike out in the right direc.
tion at first fly immense distances in var
ious directions in search of some familiar
object by which they can steer home
ward. No doubt, also, they are aided
by the same instinct which directs mi,
gratory birds in their annual journeys
from North to South and back again. -
st. Louis Republic.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-06
WEST VIRGINIA NEWS.

THE Prohibitionists Of The second co'zrcs-
sional d strict have nominated d. J. Gibson
for Cong ess.
THos. DAILY, of rarkersburg, committed
suicide by blowi his brains out with
pistol.
ONE day last week a little girl in fayete
county. w. Va, a,cd thirteen went after the
COWS, and falling to return her parents went
in search Of her They found her head and
feet the toiy having been deyourei by
bear or panther.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-06
CABLE SPARKS

C8DLERA has broken out In Roumanis.
THERE is much exeitem mt In Tangier
'yer q reporie advHhc, of the ybetorious
'cbels on the city. The people are preparing
flee from the city.
The ST. ?, tershurg Noyosti says that Herr
Arurp, the German gun manuteetu' er. has
arranged with the Russian government to es-
t1tli,h WORKS for the manufaciu of guns at
Lkaterinoslay.
The Cologne Gazettee SAYS that Baron Won
:ulow, commander of the @ rman 10 ces in
.he Moshi territory Of Africa, was killed In
oattle with toe nutiyes rs was Lieutenant
Wolfram and twenty Soudsnese soldiers
EIGHTY rso swerc iuiurel by the faii OF
! tier of seats during q theatrical perio m
Ince at Rueil, France. Lnvestis cation by he
police Ell tuat some one had iooseEtd the
crews and bolts in the framework that sup.
ported the seats.
OWING to the GU. break Of cholera in
aumoer of places in rus il serious disturb
snees have oeeurrel b cause If he rebellion
Of inhabitants against the SAM airy measures
adopted y the suthor.lies,
ANNE SoEGE, Of st. Joseph, No., an
Amer can tourist was drowned in Lake Lu-
'ernce while cur bo ttlng tn party Of
friends. The boat was caught in an eddy
and driytn beneath the span of bridge
where 1t sunk. The others we're eseued.
Tue Get man government has been holding
frequent confer, nees with the sanitary au-
thorities throughout the country as to the
best methods 10 be adopted t. combat cholera.
1t Is fe red that if the present warm weather
continues in ST. Petersburg the disease will
appear IN that city.
THE 6 eat ngir Island, of the Malay
Archipelago was desiro ed by an eruption Of
GuGona yo.ean. Immense masses of stones
we're thrown from the crater and falling OF
The dwellings crushed them. Many persons
look 10 the hills, but were killed by the
9;ones. Ii is estimated thit over /, 900 lives
were lost.
SIXTEEN anarchists were convicted in
Brussels on a number of chsrg,s Including
that OF conspirng to steal explosives to de-
stroy property. The leader was sentenced to
twenty five aTs' penal seryitude, and his
followers TO terms ranging from twenty to
three years.
THE petition for the pardon Of Edward
Parker Deacon, Of LostoD, Mass, serving q
year, sentence at erase, + rance, for shooting
and killing Emile Abeille, who he found III
his wIfe's bedroom at the Hotel Splendid,
Cannes has been rejected. Deacon will be
ekre led from France, 1t is said, at the exri.
ration of his sentence.
A WOMAN of the village Of Guheen, in
Balygarnon, county RoscommCa, Ireland
having become insane, seized her three chit
dren, one after the other, and he'd then
head downward in a pot OF boiling water
uatil they we're dead. The woman then at
tempted to commit suicide in the same man
ner, tut WAS discovered teiore lie was eG'
iinct though not unit she was so severity
scaided that her recovery IS i'm BOSS BILE.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-06
House.


18TH DAY.-In the House there was an
exciting fl hit over the World's Fair amend.
ment to the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill.
Brief remarks were made by Mr. Caruth,
who formerly voted against the proposition.
Mr.. Bowers, Mr. Houck, OF Ohio, and Mr.
Hopkins, o: Ill nois, in favor OF the appropria-
ton. and by Mr. Milen against IT, Then
came vote on n proposal to reduce the ap.
preparation to So and this was voted down by
a decisive majority. 1t was not test vote
but it was one which showed large attend
ance. Then came the vote on receding from
the disagreement TO the Senate amendment,
and the friends OF tie measure were success.
full by majority of twelve. But Mr.. Holman
moved reconsideration, and this motion,
afording Jasis for filibus;ering, was fol-
lowed by dilatory motions until the hour OF
adjournment.
15sTH DAY.-In the House, E. i. An.
thony was sworn in as successor 10 Roger Q.
Mills. Mr.. Wheeler tried to reply 10 Mr.
Watson s speech ms a privileged question, but
was ruled out. The motion 10 adjourn On
Saturday at two O'Clock was carr ed, after
several attempts TO amend When the pend
ing business, the motion to table the mot on
10 reeonsi Ter by which the House decided Ia
recede from its agreement to the Worlds Fair
amendment, the Republicans reiraned IRON
voting, and filibustering tactics were INDUCED
in until the House adjourned.
18TH DAY.-In the House, G n. Wheeler,
arising 10 question of priv lege quoting
C larges made In a book published by VI.
Watson, e4-Georgis, charging the members OF
the House generally with drunkenness, Mr..
Watson, taking the opportunity to reply,
reiterated the charge, aud said every state.
ment in The book was trle. Aiterm king the
statement, III House refused 10 allow him tc
proce d, IN a motion W carried 10 appoint
committee to investiga the nth OF the
Oh rye and, also, whether Mr.. Watson had
violated his privile es rs a member OF the
House. The Wtrd' Fair amen lment to tins
Sundry Civil bill came up, and the filibuster.
ing WIS egur.
160TH Day-Aher ome 6libustering, the
death OF Representative Craig was an
ouncei, and the House adj urned.
lit DAY.-In the Hou-e 8 spicy hal
hours's debate pre- eded the passage by this
House Of 10 Mt resolution ex vending until
August 4th the appropriation embodied in the
Sundry Civil bill of last year. There were
r. crimina iots INDUCED in on both sides, but
the in ulgence was principally for party
fleet. The Wold's Fair appropriation did
not come up, but bill was passed changing
The datr OF the de lieGtory ceremonies. Moth,
ing further was done.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-06

searching for 'nigger head, the leaf of
the cactus plant About daybreak l
found one. shot several holes through
it, and WITH the barrel of my rifle broke
the leaf off. cut pieces off with my
knife and che we'd them. got my hands
full of thorns, but did not mind that
There was moisture in the fcshy leaf,
and it seemed TO allay my thirst.
HDuring the day | remained near the
nigger head. Toward evening l dragged
myself upright with the help of the
mesquite bush, and looked all around,
hoping to see something living. My gaze
was arrested by line of low hills on the
southern horizon.
81 was startled by their resemblance
to mau's face. 1t seemed to be turne /
directly toward the sun. | was weak
aud dizzy, and | almost tainted when |
SAW the features change before my eyes.
The corner of the mouth seemed to turn
up and the eyes wrinkled. l knew Twas
going mad Madness comes before
death on the desert, you know. l stared
at the hills. The great face was dis
torted with hideous grin. Thought
malignant giant was laughing at my suf-
ferings. knew l was crazy, and held
on to the mesquite bush lest l should
run out on the desert shrieking and dash
my brains out against a rock The hor-
ror of 1t all drove the dizziness from my
brain. Then in an instant | saw that the
grin was simply a ravine in the hills
which the sun made prominent, and the
wrinkles about the eyes were caused by
the same combination of light.
at was relief to know was sane.
"Along about two o'clock in the morn.
ing | heard a peculiar noise. | reused
myself and listened. 1t sounded like
mule braying. | fired my rifle, but heard
nothing more. | fired again. Then |
heard a shot. Again | fired, and that
time there was another shot aud Waer
hallooed. l was not SO far gone that |
could not recognize his voice. raised
myself on my elbows and tried to reply,
but | was too weak. remember saying
something, but what l don't know. In
little bit Waer was by my side. If it
had not been for my gun | would not be
alive. God bless that little gunr'
Van Horn is quite weak yet, but will
be about in week or so. Waer, who
remained behind to attend to shipping
the wagon home, reached Tucson yes
terday, He locks little the worse for the
trip.-San Francisco Examiner.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-06
CURIOUS FACTS.

a Cinnamon rides wheel in San
Francisco. ~
| London is larger in area and in pop
ulation than Pekin.
The Gar OF Russia is the largest indi-
vidual landholder in the world.
At the 1876 centennial at Philadel-
phia an electric light was exhibited as
curiosity.
Tiles are said to have been first made
in England about 1246. They were taxed
in 1874, but the tax was repealed in
1888.
India rubber trees grow wild all over
Leo County, Florida. At Fort Myers
they are the chief shade aud ornamental
trees.
Horticulturists tell us that the orange
was originally pear-shaped fruit about
the size of the common wild cherry. Its
evolution is due to 1890 years of cult
walton.
1t has only been eighty one years
since the first tomltoes were introduced
into America. The original plant was
cultivated as vegetable curiosity at
Salem, Mass.
The average length of life is greater
in Norway than in any other country on
the globe. This is attribat ed to the fact
that the temperature is cool and uniform
throughout the year.
The greatest days run of an ocean
steamship was about SIS miles. The
steamer in question was 5b2 feet long
and had previously bsel known to
make 500 miles per day for three days in
succession.
The Government tele grapl service Of
Great Britain operates about 3J,0)0
miles of line, AMI handles nearly 49,
100000 kilograms year. Last year g..
600, 200 kilograms were handled in Lon
don alone.
Mummie3 taken from the E :yptiau
tombs, beaten into tine powder anl
mixed with oil for paint is Que of the
latest industries at Cairo. The color of
this human dust paint is rich brown of
lively tone.
A wire netting fence 500 miles long is
one of the late Australian wonders. The
fence separates the colonies of New
South Wales aud Queensland, and its OBJ.
ject is to keep the rabbits out of the
latter country.
AT the castle of Simonetta, Italy, there
is az an gle in the building which re-
echoes a pistol shot slxty-one times.
The echoed reports from twenty one to
thirty-three are always louder than the
report of the shot itself.
Remains of prehistoric man of the
oldest stone age, consisting of rudely
Clipped flint implement among bones OF
reindeer and other Arctic animals no
longer found in that part of E Irope, have
just been discovered in Hermanu's cave,
in the Harz.
-Four different PEAKS in the mountains
of Idaho are from thirteen to twenty
three feet lower by actual measurene
than they were fifteen years ago. Ge.
ologists DO not attempt to explain the
why of their settling.
CtterDillars fro six inches to a foot
long are common in the vicinity of the
Darling River, Australia. The natives
twist them together and boil them in
kangaroo grease. Travellers who have
tasted this dslicacy say that it is not al
together unpalatable.
The Eiifel Tower, at Paris, is now the
highest clock tower in the world. A
gigantic clock has been placed on its
second platform, and scientists daily aud
hourly take observations on the motion
of the pendulum, it being their idea that
the revolution Of the earth on its axis
may be visibly demonstrated By the ex.
pertinent.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-06
A JURIST TIRES OF LIFE.
kx-Judge Parramore, Of Virginia, Drown
Himself In Folly Greek.

kx7Judge Parramore, Of Virginia, Drown.
Himself In Folly Creek.
EE-Judgs Thomas c. Paramore, of Acco-
mac committed gu ei e BY browning in Fol y
Creek, broad snd deep estuary on the sea.
side of Accomac.
Judge Parramore vas 10 the six.y-frsi year
OF his sg', and had been prominent ~ a
lawyer and politi ian. lie repres nted Ac-
comac county in the State legislature durir z
and after the Civil War, and soon after the
pres nj State col siitution was adopted he VS.
elected judge OF Ace niqc County Court.
which pc ition he Fl ed till 1888 He had
been in de'iuiug health + the past six or
seven years, and at one tim suffered a severe
sroke Of paralysis, from which he never fully
recovered.
Judge Parramore belonged to one Of The
eldest and most honorable faIpii es IN tie
Eastern Shore OF VIRGINIA. BE ore di.ea.e
Undermined bis constitut on he wss msn Of
superior ability. He had many excellent
personal traits and g host o. friends. who will
hear With deep regret o. BIS death