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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-19
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-19
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Whenever sin can hide its head il
feels safe.
The shortest cut to happiness is to try
to give it.
No matter where faith walks it always
steps on rock.
1t is the cowardIy dog who is always
showing his teeth.
Every man hates his own sin when he
sees it in another.
False worship will kill the soul as
quick as no worship.
The only heavy burdens are those we
try to carry ourselves.
One of the most beautiful sights on
earth is happy child.
No one can be made rich wi money
who would not be rich without it.
The man who wilfully continues in sin
is conscious that be deserves no help.
Not one man in dozen will tell the
truth if you ask him why he wears plug
hat.
The man who does his best in his
present place is on his way to better
one.
It is a good thing to know right
principles, but it is better thing to have
them.
With man more money means
more to eat; with woman more to
wear.
The only people who are discontended
are those who are not doing their whole
duty.
It is hard TO believe that sin will
bite when it comes to US with gold in
its teeth.
There are so many reformers who want
10 go as far away from home as they can
to begin work.
The man who loves his neighbor as
himself can put up with thousand and
one things that nobody else could stand.
One of the biggest fools in the world
is the man who thinks he can make
something by only putting seven quarts
in peck.
1t would probably be hard to convince
a bantam rooster that his growing
doesn't have good deal to do vita
making the sun rise. indianapolis Qnd.)
RAMS Horn.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-19
WORK AND WORKERS,

TsE electrical contractors in New Yo K
have refused to receive the representativ s
OF the striking workmen, and claim that the
places Of all the IN IN who have not returned
10 wo have bsen filled
FIFTY ging am weavers in the fremont
and Suffolk Mills, at Lowell, Massachusetts,
went on ttri e. They say that it Is the be-
ginning of the big strike OF Gotten mil EN-
pioyes thr at4ned for some time past. hey
claim that two years ago tiey received 81
cents cut, AMI now they get but 40 and Is
cents.
The labor inspectors at New York found
among the second cabin passengers Of tho
steamship Fries and, 20 glass blowers, who
were alleged to have come over to work for
ri tst urg firm, in violation OF the alien
contract labor law. Tn, men were de.
teinei
The situation at Nav Orleans by reas on
OF the II raj strike is regarded as very SER
lous. On the personal appeal OF the Mayor
the strikers perinitte the electl ic light men
to continue at work, so that the city should
not be lett in darkness and covenantsd not
TO di turb the water supply.
A To- onto despatch says that the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and the Grand
Trunk Railroad Company have just made a
satlsfac o-y rea ustment OF the scale Of
wages for the entire system. There was no
u spuee ana no redt OF trouD Q, and both
sides came together in the utmost harmony.
The new srraI cement will go into effect on
Jan airy LIST, and will extend over a per cd
OF Two year,.
ALL the lines Of the Columbus, Ohio, Street
Railway Conn any were ii up, on account
of a strike Of Il conductors and motor men.
The trouble arose over the discharge OF a
con luctor no had refus ed to receive a mu-
tiaied col frt m passenger This men de-
nand d his re ns atemert by a stated time
hut tn company refused TO do SO until IT.
investigation OF the casa was completed. The
men also claim that they have been unjust
charged with shortages.
ACCORDING to a Pi,tsburg despatch, it S
prob BILE thst the ten weeks strike OF the
Monongshela river miners will be en- led this
week. Oper tors claim that advices from
tue third and second pools are to the effect
that the minets were RENE lining out until the
election was ov,r and u d then 90 b
work. In affirmation Of that statement
large number o. conmun cations were ex-
hihl;ed BY prominent operators from their
d ggefs- announcing III ir willingn IS TO re
sumo work at the three cent "a a
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-19
s186,OOO,Ooo FIR PENSIONS.
A Problem for the House Committee
on Appropriations.


call will he issued very soon for meet
ing Of the Houe GO Hm,ttes on Appropria
tons at nom Ga Monda-, November 2sth,
next. Tbi viii give the committee about
weeks me in wh CD to prepare soma Of tho
regular annual appropria; on bis for the
at on Of Congress when il meets for the
second session. 1t Is tn purpose 70 push
rapidly all Of thess ne sures for the min.
tenance OF the government next year, aud,
as the Urea ury Del artfneut ha promised 30
sJbulit the estimates for the Dist let Of Co
lumbia, tie Pension and the Fertilization
Appropriation bills By Novemb 2sth. III, re
seems to he no good rea on why Houss
should not have on j, at least, Of these appro-
priation bills ready for its action as coon az
it meets
The exceedingly heavy payments made by
the treasury during the first qua ter OF the
present fiscal yesr have causei come diSunoy
among The members of The Appropriations
Committee. For the frst fsar months Of
the year these payne its have exceed a by
slh011O00 the expenditures for the CORE.
-pond n eriod II Tbs preceding fiscal year.
which means tosai increass for tie present
year OF SIS 90 690, hiie he appropriation
Tor tte /; ear are rniy lz,UD, 90 Crater than
the appropr at o. tor this asst year
In pain = Il si that means III the essf.
mates Of the committee hold good a def
cheney on account Of pei sions of thirty-sIx
million dol srs which viii have 70 be met
By Congress at the next session, in idition
y an Appropriation for pensions for the next
fiscal year Of certainly not les than one
hundred and 4 ~ NIL lon dollars 70 tbs
total appropriation that Congress must make
for pensions next session viii aggregate rot
lsss than one hundred and ghfg sixTniliion
dollars. With this enormous sum added tn
the other appropriations necessary 10 carry
on the government and decreased inporta-
tons and, cen equently, receipts expected
10 result from The agitation OF 9 tariff
question u VIII Dc So that the Appropria-
lions Committee has good reason 10 feel d.
mayed at this outlook and to doubt their
ability 70 prevent deficiency ia the ma
onal accounts
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-19
TO MOVE on Chill.
Reports Indicate that Peru and Argen-
tine Will Soon Make War on Her.

According to advices from Chill, war is
immiaent between the Argentine Republic
and Peru on one side and Chilli on the other.
The adv .ces say;
Peru IS perfectly well armed and her
forces have recently received 10000 Mann
licher rifles, together with many other ma
c'.ines of war a CHILEAN just arrived from
Peru states that in that Republic the ap-
preaching war With Chilli affords the staple
Of conversation, and it IS fact that a pre-
tense of friendships only put forth as a
means for Sc ming time.
In the Argentine Republic a vigorous re-
cruiting Of both natives and foreigners is
being prosecuted, and the Government IS
With feverish haste arming the troops
There Is no longer doubt that a secret
compact against Gill offensive and defen-
siye, exists ietwe n the two Republics
aMed and they are only awaiting some
thing that viii serve a. a casus belli IN order
TO throw one army into Tarapaca aud an
other upon the southern frontier, while
strong skirmishiny parties will harass this
country from the tordiileras
The Gillian Government has tsrdily
opened its eyes 10 the Threatened invasion,
and has ord red the steamers Of the c. s. A.
V. to be prepared for immediate incorpora-
ton into the navy, cabling TO- the Captain
Pratt to proceed to Valparaiso without mo
ment's delay"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-19
Death ON A LOCOMOTIVE.
Five Men Blown Into Bits by o
Boiler Explosion.
Riding Home in the Cab When the ke-
cident ACQUIRED.

distressing acci lent occurred on the
PhiladelpNia and r aiding Railroad at t'o
O'Clock ia the morning at Corners crossing
a short distance north of Schuylkil Haven,
when the boiler OF mogul engine No, 563 ex-
ploded, Ii ] ng five men aud probably fatally
njpring auo.hsr.
The killed are;
Henry G. Allison, engineer Of 56S, residing
at Palo Alto, leaves wife
vii lam Msesey, fireman OF 56I Port
Carton, leaves wife and one child
William Cowhey, an engineer, on way
home to Mount Carbon, leaves wife ami ten
children.
William Kendr OK. conductor, Of Port
Carbon leaves wife and four children.
William Meyer, Cowboys fireman, Palo
Alto, single.
Besides the above, Michael Dobbins. Of
Mount Carbon, brakeman, of engineer cow
bey's crew, was badly scslded, and will
probably die.
Engine 563 was nor;hbound with heavy
train Of emp'y ears William Cowhey, with
his crew, had brought up a train Of empties,
and after running them into the CrCssona
crossing, with thu intention Of reaching their
homes in that way, AMI, as 1t is customary
took ossessi n OF the cab. Dobbins, who
escaped instant h, was crowded out Of
the cab and was sitting on the tender.
Tie men had bare y been on the engine
two minutes, when, ar.ng the wagon
crossing at Conner a.half mile north OF
Sc uylki Haven Station, without any
warning, the terrible, fatal explosion occur
rel, throwing the crews into the air IN
directions and to ct, rnity. The boiler aud
fire box were Town clean Off the trucks, aud
the tracks wei so badly damaged that traffic
was considerably delayed. The north aud
south-bound midnight Buffalo trains were
compelled to run via the Little SchuylkiU
Branch from Tamaqua to Port Clinton.
From person who were neRrlthe scene OF
the cccldent 1 is learned that the train had
come to standstill because OF the lowness
OF steam, and the blowers had been put on.
II was during this process that the boiler ex
pho led. Dobbin, the injured man, had a.
light d pTi r thereto, aud it Is evidently due
to til TACT that he was not killed outright.
The engine was one OF the ~ class and
the impress ion Is that the explosion occur
red because Engine Allison had allowed
the water in tue boiler TO run too low in bis
endeayor TO reach his terminal at Palo
Alto.
The men were horribly mangled, two Of
them being blown to atoms. Cowhey and
his fireman were blown up against a high
'mbankment, and the formers face was
crushed to jelly, while Meyers body was
bad battered. The bodies of the victims
were removed to their homes during the fore.
noon.
The engine ha only left the shop two
We ks ago, when slight repairs were made.
II is peculiar concident that all OF thl
Reading locomotives that have exploded Of
late have but short time previous been
- a a &c.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-19
CURIOUS FACTS.

The original pin was a fish-bons. 49,
EU.ss. Flagg is on the pension list.
IA penny was recently found imbedded
b the heart Of peach. -
The shark is worshiped by some OF
he jewellers along the African coastss ~
"a new folding baby carriage is one
That can be folded up to 60 in trunk.
An English company is being organ
zed for the acclimatization of elephants
South America.
At the siege Of Sancerre, 1872, the
Huguenots, to economic their powder,
used sings and bows.
Homer says the Greek bow was used
BY placing one end on the ground to Sc
cure steadiness Of aim.
/ The shield of Charles v. was inlaid
with gold and contained over 600 fig
ares engraved on its face.
A corn stalk bearing several ears, sew
snteen feet high, is the tallest product
rom the Chino Ranch, at Pomona, CAL,
asst season.
A squash weighing 2S3 pounds was
recently displayed by farmer at Pom
ona, Cal. 1t IS four feet in diameter at
the smallest part.
The Beautiful Blue Danube" espe-
:ially where it flows through Vienna, is
aot at all romantic looking. An Amer.
lcau traveller states that its hue is rather
yellow.
The first ship canal on the line of the
present Suez Canal was projected by
Necho, an Egyptian king, about 500
;. C. The two seas were actually united
no B. C.
rhe men in the Union Army Of for
sign birth numbered twenty-five per
cent. and the native horn seventy-eight
per cent. of every one hundred who went
forth to the field of battle.
There is 10 China secret society called
The "Triad." 1t is a capital crime to
belong to it, yet it has more than thirty
millions of members. Its object is to
overthrow the present dynasty.
The term ''tabby cal" is derived from
Atab, a famous street in Bagdad inhabited
BY the manufacturers of silken stuff called
Itibi or tiffety. This stuff is woven with
waved markings of watered silk resem-
bling "tsbby" cats coat.
Gutta percha was first introduced into
Europe from Malaga in 1912. The au-
DUAL consumption now amounts to A.
900, 900 pounds, and the East Indian
trees which supply the demand are dim
inishing at an alarming rate.
King Kalakau's coffin was made of goa
and kou wood of about 800 pieces; even
the handles were made of wood No
metal of any kind was to be seen, except
the inscription plate, upon which the
crown and the Hawaiian coat of arms
were engraved with other suitable in.
scriptions.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, the New York
millionaire, is the possessor of a $500
whip-a driving whip of silk thread,
with richly carved ivory handle beau
tifully engraved. 1t is gold mounted
and has the name of the owner artistic
ally set in diamonds. 1t has touched up
many handsome nag.
The word "blatherskite'' is of Scottish
origin. Blather, blether or blither is
found in all three forms in iunumerable
places in the writings of Scottish authors,
meaning to talk nonsense, while skate,
corrupted into skite, is an untranslatable
term of contempt. The original mean.
ing, but little changed in the present
usage, is "one who talks clustering nom
sense
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-19
VOL. XII
BEYOND THE LIMIT,

A dream lay ON the rim
% the horizon far and dim.
Whe<e the sea and sky together
Shut in the golden weather;
The ships with stately ease,
Close to the steady breeze,
Drew on, and on, and on,
Pierced the limit and were gone.
The headlands in the sheen
OF orchards waxing green.
/ Were like pillows o. rare bloom;
The air was all perfume;
Great sea-birds overhead
On silent pinions spell:
All was so sweet and calm
+, That mere living was a balm.'
But somewhere. far away,
A hint of sorrow lay;
A vague, deep longing stirred;
Some strain, as yet unhearl
tOf music strange, to shake
The heart till it should break),
Was just beyond the rim
OF the horizon far and dim.
o landi o skyl o sea-
Is there no peace for ma?
What shadowy dread is this
That hovers round my blissg
Far as my vision goes
My tide of pleasure flows;
What lies beyond the rim
; OF the horizon far and dim,
Maurice Thompson, IN the Century.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-19
CRUISER CINCINNATI.
Another Of Uncle Sans Warships
Glides from the Ways.


Glides from the Ways.
A continuous downpour Of rain and a cold
northwest wind was the weather which pre-
val e in Brooklyn, NY, upon the occasion
Of the aunchi of the United Stat cruiser
Cinci matt from the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The new cruiser. from stem TO stern, was
decorated with flags. As che rested on the
ways the Cincinn I'll presan ed beautiful
sight Atoys the water line she was painted
white and below it an orange red. Her
sharp and extremely graceful ines at once
struck the eye. At the bow a grand stand
had b en- erected, about which flags anil
bunting ere nrran ed. II had been found
nece airy, ow n to tie rain, TO cover an
enclose this stand W til canvas. 1hs unusual
numbr OF warshipi in the basin made tbs
scene additionally attractive The st OF
these vessels inc uded the cruisers PhiladeI-
phin and Atlanta, the ouble-ufrettei mont
tor hantonomah, the dynamite csu ser
Vesuyius the d patch ss-l Dolphin, tho
training ship Portsmouth and Giovanni
Bausan, the Italian cruiser which repre-
Sented italy in the late Co umbus fetes In
New York.
Mi Mo by, daugh er Of the mayor OF
Cincinnati who was ssectel to christen tho
with numb of prominent citiz ms Of Gin
cinnati, with the mayor Of the city at their
nead.
Secretary of Navy Benz. T. Tracy arrived
81 the yard rom the st. g orge Hotel ut
noon, an Ma or Mosby, of Cincinnati and
his daughter, Miss Stella, came at the tame
hour.
At12:10 O'Clock Secretary Of Ntvy Hon.
b. +. 7 acy was saluted withseventeen guns
fired from The Vermont At this time the
rain had stopped but was still c.ouIy and
raw, and it was pc sible for the crowd 10
stand in the open air with some degree OF
com ort.
Soon after 1876 P. NJ. the word was given
by the Secretary Of the Navy, the side piece
was out and the handsome cruiser com.
menc ID TO move. NJ So Mosby stepped up
with b tile OF wine wrapped In a minia.
ture flag 10 her light md, and, uitering the
words appropriate 10 tie occasion grace
full y smashed the tottle on the vessels steel
bow. The vessel slid down the ways with
lncr asing momentum, while the band PLAYED
the S ar Spangled Bannern She sh 4 out
into the stream almost as far as the old Yer
mon, which lay near the Cobb dock. She
was then take in charge by tbs navy-yard
tugs Nina an Nsrkietl and toued back to
the wharf.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-19
Iceland's Milk White Lake.

Herr Thoroddsen announces that he
has found ga very long lake." stretch
ing from the margin of the mighty
glacier which forms the western side of
the Vatna-Jokull, in Iceland. 1t is milk
white, from the glacier water Of which
tits composed, and has been named the
Langisjor. The scenery around it is de-
cribed as very beautiful, though the dis
coverer aida that vegetation is quite
absent" On the other side of the chain
which terminates the lake in the south
there is an extensive plateau, on which
was seen the glitter of large water
course, probably the Skapta, aud far t,
the south some great lava stream, dot
ing, probably, from the 1888 eruption.
Chicago Herald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-19

At first cottonseed oil was tried as a
substitute for all the more expensive oils.
1t is intermediate between the "drying'
and "non-drying" oils, so that it is diff
fcult to substitute it for linseei oil,
which should dry quickly, and still more
difficult to adapt it for fabrication, where
a perfect non-drying oil is required. By
different processes of refining aud mau-
ipulating it succeeded, in small way,
in both of these fields, but its
greatest success was at first as sub
stitute for, or adulteration of, olive
oil. In 1872 the production of cot
tonseed oil in the United States
was 1880, 900 gallons, half of which
was exported, mostly in crude state,
to Italy, France and Spain, where it
was refined and made into SOLVE OIL"
The business fiourished on this de-
mand until 1880, when the production
was 10000, 900 and the export 7,O00,-
900 gallons. Olive growing countries
becoming alarmed at the extent of tbs
cotton oil trade, levied heavy duties
upon this product, and thus for time
depressed the business, reducing our ex-
ports for the fiscal year of 1928 to less
than 500, 900 gallons, though. the pro-
duction had grown steadily up to 49,
100000 gallons.
Refined cotton oil is still used IN
Europe for adulterating olive oil, aud
also used in the pure state as substi.
tute by the poorer classes in Southern
Europe. 1t is used in Holland in the
manufacture Of butter and cheese, and
in America in the manufacture of butter
substitutes. 1t is largely used in all
countries for soap-making, one of the
most widely advertised brands of soap
containing it in large proportions. But
the most important use of cotton oil now
is the manufacture of "refned lard" in
tina United States.
Stated in general way, the process
of making refined lard consists in press.
ing the oil out of pure lard and supply.
ing its place with cotton oil, which is
cheaper than the lard oil replaced. Oil
is expressed from the caul fat of beef,
and the residue, known as oleo-s tearine,
is mixed with the above compound to
make it firm and to bring it up to its
specific gravity aud melting point to
those of pure lard. Cotton oil generally
enters into the programme to the extent
of forty per cent. The United States De-
partment of Agriculture has taken up
the subject of lard compounds under the
general head of FOOD and Food Adul.
terations," and nost careful review Of
the work done in this line, with full
discussion Of the physical aai chemical
properties of lard, cotton oil aud other
substances used in the compounds, has
been published. Engineering Magazine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-19
A Bread.Naking MACHINE.

A bread-making machine company has
been organized in Western city with
seven women directors. The machine
can be operated almost entirely by wo-
men. Loaves of bread, perfectly kneaded
and shaped, are turned out from the
material almost as rapidly as newspapers
are issued from press. The loaves are
lifted into the oven By means of auto
matically opening and closing slides, aud
the molds and pans are cleaned by re-
volving brushes.-Chicago Herald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-19
JUSTICE MERRIMON DEAD.
One Of the Most Distinguished hen in
North Carolina.

Augustus summerislI Merrimon, chief
justice Of North Carolina, died At his homo
IN Raleigh, aged sixty-two. The cause Of
death vas dia.etes. He he bsen in poor
health three years. He was born in Bun
connie county, aud had hiisd positions as
rnemtsr Of legislature sol citor, Superior
Court tudEe, and ~ 1872 MAS elscted United
states SENATOR, defeating u. Il. Vance He
served in tue Senate with great ability, aud
a. the close OK bis term resumed practice II
law here. Nice years ago be was appointed
as as ociate justice and two years ago chief
ju-tice, and soon after, by an immense ma
lority, was elected to the latter position.
justice Shepherd, Of the same court will
succeed him.