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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-22
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.

THE Sultan Of Turkey has just issued re-
vised edition OF the Koran adapted 10 his
own views
Mn Moody Is growing much stouter than
he was and good deal Of silver has crept
into his hair.
Rev. DR. HOFFMAN, who owns the Hoff-
man House, New York, f. the richest clergy
man IN the world
SIR JULIAN PAUSCEFooTE Is an accom-.
plished musician, and can play anything
from an Erard harp to an end mans banjo,
The now Duke Of Sutherland is said 70 be
one Of the most charming men IN london
society--clever, accomplished aud unaffecte /.
DE WITTE, the newly appointed Russian
Minister of Finance, was fifteen years ago
mere village station master on the railroad
line from Kieff 10 Odessa.
NYMAK PAsHA the senior field marshal Of
the Turkish army lately died at the age OF
10 years. His eldest son, who is over 70, is
also an Ottoman field marshal
MRS. AMELIA BLooMER, who devised and
gave its name to q e 'Bluomer costum is
still living. where she has lived for a genera
ton, at Council! Bluffs, She wears the or
binary fema garb
BISHOP BRENNAN, Of Texas, now Arch
bshop Of the Catholic proync OF Dalla., IS
he youngest man Of his rank in the world,
and his promotion is sail to be Pops Leo's
own personal act.
GOVERNOR Ira =, CHASE, Of Ind ana,
whore care r has been orc OF variel expert
'nccs, ranging from plow-boy to pc itician,
rom soldier 10 preacher, was at one tine a
commercial tourist He Travelled for
g. Louis firm who dealt Ia agricultural i'm
elements, and sod reapcrs, bin !ers and plows
70 hi souriaps,
DR. LEONARD FREEMAN, a prominent
young physician Of Cincinnati and one OF
Ire Cincinnati quarantine officers, has been
trick N with cousu rption. Or. Freeman is
An enthusiastic student OF bacteriology and
aas cen giving esp eial attention to Tho
Koch cures Tor consumption. 1t is supposed
hat through contact with consumption
germs he contracted the disease.
SnAs b. Com, who rec nuy gave $780,
800 toward the bu ldmg fund Of the Chicago
University, is Vermonter by birth, and
went to Chicago when he was OF age without
4 cent in his pocket. He began his business
career as a carpenter and harno SNEAKER,
then took up the shoe and leather business,
and now, at 80, has retired from mercantile
ife.
THE Due d'Aumnle, who ia equally IA
nous as a soldier and as a scholar, Is buily
Engaged on his "History of the Condos"
rhe Duke does his literary work under tho
Inspiration Of tobacco, and the chief orna-
ments Of bis writing table are a bricr pipe
AMI the essential tobacco pouch. 1t will be
remembered that the Duke has bequeathed
his historic lore to the French nation, and
after his death It viii be known as the Conde
Museum
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-22
WEST VIRGINIA NEWS.

A BROOM factory is to bestarted in Mounds.
Vile
The new Moundsville shoe factory will DO
IN operation by January Ist.
THE Wetzel County Fair Association
claims to be out of debt, and with sum
ahead.
THOMAS SKINNER was suffocate in well
at Glenyille, having gone down too soon
after blast
THERE were Q, $50, $50 stogies mauufa tur.
ed 10 this state last month. This beats the
record.
REUBEN DOUGLASS, aged seventy-four, was
fatally wounded at Ravenswood by an Ohio
River train.
The Ohio River Railroad is preparing to
erect large depot and freight bous, at
Moundsville.
Down in Monroe county c. II. Miller dug
evenly bush Is Of potatoes from an eighth.
of-an-acre fed
THERE are 30! prisoners in the Mounds.
Vile penitentiarY, the highest numl er in tho
history Of the insti;u ion.
CAPTAIN JoHN EoND, welto-do citizen
of PendletOn county, was found dead along
a river where he la been fishing.
A COUPLE at Paramount pr cured a m r.
T age 1ics: s., and On the next day the girl
brought it bac.; and wanted another mans
name on it. She bad changed her mini.
A REMARK BIZ Wedding took place at Cliff
Top, Fayetts county. Twin brothers by the
name of Wal up aged twenty years,
married twin sisters, Misses Damhellers
aged sixteen years.
WHILE taking supper at Grafton, a pa.
seager had his overcoat stolen out Of The cor
He telegraphed back, and in thirty minutes
4 B. & o. detective had two men before
Justice They were sent to jail
JESSE GRAHAM one Of tho few survivors
CT the Imprisonment in John Browns fort
at Harper's Ferry during the raid on that
place, is TO exhibit himself at the Worlds
Fair in correction with the old fort build
Ing.
THE Little Kab7wha Lumber Company's
plant, of Parkei sburg, was almost destroyed
by fire last Sunday morning. One hundred
men are thrown out OF employment. The
loss is about 81, 0oo insurance s15. 900 The
came company suffered severely by a fire at
Portsmouth, o.. about two wee4s before.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-22
Tanning Skins.

Making leather from the skins of
animals is one of the oldest arts practised
by mankind. In its rudest form among
savages it consisted in removing the hair.
aud then reducing the skin to a dry and
flexible condition, in which pulling it
and working it with the hands were
leading agencies. In tanning as now
practised the hides are first subjected to
lime and water treatment, which
loosens the hair and enables the fat and
loose flesh to be easily scraped off. O:her
preparatory processes follow, but the
chief agency in making leather is the
bark of certain trees which is ground up
and placed in watts, generally sunk into
the ground. Here a thick solution of
bark and water is made in which the
prepared skins are placed and remain un-
til the taunic acid of the bark changes
the entire character of the skin. For
this purpose the bark OF oak trees is pre-
ferred, but the bark of hemlock trees is
also used to a considerable extent. This
latter process formerly occupied year or
more, but at present, with improved
methods, the finished leather is turned
out in much shorter time. Drying, oil
ing, blacNing aud dressing the hides
thus tanned are the finishing processes in
leather making New York World.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-22
ONLY TWO WERE saved.
A Honduras Schooner Lost in a
Hurricane.
Thirteen Passengers, Including Seven
Women and Three Children Drowned.

Thirteen Passengers, Including Seven
Women and Three Children Drowned.
A despatch from New Orleans, La. saws
The Norwegian steamer Washington. Cap.
tain Salveson, from Boca Del Too. arrived
in port Sic reports on October 10th lati-
tude IA 46 north, longitude SO % west. en-
countered hurricane from north northw, s.
around TO west southwest, lasting until 3 A.
NJ. October 18th, accompani d by noun
famous seas. The vessel shipped much water
and boat covers and moveables on d ok
swept away and cargo slightly damaged
The captain and first officer were injured by
being knocked about by the heavy sea and
the rolling of the vessel.
Ihs Norwegian steamer Agnes, a-tain
4. Hanson, from Bluefields Mic lragua, ar
rived. She rep MS having, October 10th, at
T. NJ, encountered hurricane from West
yeering to Southwest and South, barometer
xaA, with tremendous seas hoolng the
steamer decks fere and aft. TIE vessel was
move TO- until Z A M, October Ilth, when
the weather moderat d.
1t also reports that at Z A. NJ. there was
sighted what al pea e 10 ba boat in which
were two men, the waves at the time eng
very high, haule the ship up, and drifting
down to them found they were two .ailoIs
cllngiug to part of boat.
Pass ng near them, The captain said,
I'VE succe sdel in throwing them a line TO
which they chung and were drawn aboard
tho ship in safety.
The men belonged to the Honduras
schooner ranger, which ha capsized at II
P. M. on October 10TH
''She had II passengers, Including seven
women and three children, also a crew Of
five men in luding the captain, all of whom,
with the exception of the two rescued bvus,
were drowned The schooner was bound
from Balize via Ruatan for Buefelds, re-
gstered 80 tors was but a year old and
owned in Ruatln. The men rescued are
Thomas Conner nd Charles Scott.n
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-22
A Very Peculiar Notion.

Some one has estimated that at least
one-fourth of the world knows nothing
Of the use of forks, and fully one-q larter
of the men, women and children in it
eat with their finger. The Egyptians
and Turks pride themselves on then
cleanliness In the use of their dngerI
rather than forks, and give very in
genious excuse for the practice. Forks,
they say, have been in some other man 8
mouth, and you have to depend upon
your servants for their cleaning These
people wash their hands before sitting
down to table or squatting around tht
meal on the floor, and they take up the
morsels of food with thin pieces of bread
rolling it around such food or sopping il
in the soup. They use their hands in
aiding in the carving and tear rather
than cut their roasted fowls.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-22

The visitor must leave his fan in the
lntechambsr, and, entering the recep-
tion-room, seat himself respectfully on
his heels in front OF the shrine. If there
are three kakemonos (pictures on rollers,
he must examine first the central one,
Then that to the left, and, lastly, the
one on the right hand He then is sup
posed to signify his opinion as to the
exact degree of admiration to be ex,
pressed according to the laracter Of the
specimens. discriminating gush il
not permitted in polite circles. The
respectful inspection over and the proper
things said, the host presents to his
guest, on a tray, cut flowers AMI
branches, a knife, scissors, small saw,
vase, and "A napkin, at the same time
rolling up tue kaaen)nos, ''as it is con-
,iderei e. BE- demanding Jo) much Of
visitor 10 expect him 10 eytemporizs
n flower arrangement 10 harmony, but
the guest may face the difficulty aud re.
tain the unfamiliar background.
The master Of to house now offers
one Of has most precious vases suitable
20 the season and the flowers, and the
visitor pleads his inability to do justice
TO so beautiful a receptacle, but il
pressed to make use Of ia he must thea
take care that the Arrangement is simple
and unobtrusive, 80 as no, 10 distract at
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-22
NO. 6.
CABLE SPARKS.


AFTER impressive services the BODY Of
Lord Tennyson, Englands roet laursa q,
was deposited in the grave in the poets cor
ner OF Westminster Abbey, next the grave
OF Browning.
NEWS has been received in Lisbon that a
terrific cyclone asset over tha Care Verde
Islands MANY h uses were demolished,
many plantations devastated, hundreds q
hsa Of cattle were killed, and that several
vessels fOundered.
THS residen-e OF Rev. Mr. Philips. an
English missionary at kleng Yong. m Fu-
ken, China, was set ON fire hy a mob Of ma
tlves and destroyed completely. The mis-
sionary and his wife mad a barrow escape
from death at the hands Of the mob
NJ. TIRARD formerly French minister Of
hnanc. NJ, l.irondalr1ilcs, director Of the
French mint and ~ Foviile an official OF
the ministry Of finance Of France, viii rep
resent that country In the international
monetary conference which will meet In
Brussels on November End next
HENRY B. RYDER formerly American
consul at Copenhagen, Denmark, who was
arrested some time ago for frauds in cen
ncction with the admlnlstraii n OF estates
entrusted to him in his official capacity, has
been released on giving bail in the sum of
5000
DISSATISFIED at being compelled TO attend
a number OF extra drills which they claimed
was unnecessary, the soldiers Of the thir-
tenth company Of the British army service
corps, stationed at Portsmouth. Eng, re-
volted against the treatment by cutting the
harness belonging to the horses of tho COM
pany.
TROUBLE Is feared at Carmaux, France,
where the coal miners and glass workers
have been on strike for some time past
The affair has taken political aspect and
every member OF the Chamber OF Deputies
Of the country, who is in sympathy with the
strikers is now in Carmaux.
WoRKMEN digging in the garden OF a man
sion in the most fashionably part OF Glas-
gov, Scot and unesrthed the dismembered
and disemtoweled body Of women. The
family who occupied the house was absent,
and & young gardener named McEwen, in
whose care the place had been left was miss.
Ing. An examination OF his room showed
the floor and walls marked with blood stains
The police are looking for him,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-22
WORK AND WORKERS.

TRE telegraph operators Of the Bait imore
and OHIO Railroad have asked for an in.
crease OF pay.
The tending boys in the Vine'and IN J)
Green Class Works struck against a reduc-
ton of wages.
AT a trades union meeting, at Chicago, a
committee of u was appointed to rails fun Is
Tor the Honest ,ad strikers.
THE Iowa Iron Works, Of Dubuque, has
received the ontract for building the vessel
William Window for the Federal Govern
ment.
TIE yardmen employed on the Big Four
Railroad at Columbus, Ohio numbering
about 95, struck work for the same rate OF
wages as are paid in Cincinnati and Pitts
burg.
NOTICES have been posted at the Crescent
Steel Works, Pntsburg, announcing reduc-
tion OF l0per cent in the wages paid to en-
p,oyees. The reduction, it is said in the
notices will take effect this week.
FIFTY-FoUR moulders employed at the
Pitts Agricultural Works, Buffalo, n Y,
quit work because the company introduced
a new automatic time recorder the com
pany expect the men to retarh ald anticipate
no trouble
The building trades section Of the Central
Labor Union, Of New York, has requested
that organizers be mt {, Philadelphia to
unionizs the building trad 5 The Union
decided to first request written atament
from the United Labor L ague
IMMIGRANT Inspector A. J. Lester, who Is
IN charge Of til prosecution of cases arising
under the Alien Contract Labor law, re-
port to the Treasury Department that there
have been LEI such cas- tried, Of which the
Government woa Isl and lost 10, the other
six having beea discount lued or compromised.
The first of a series of census bulletins
upon the mechanical and manufacturing in
dustries Of various cities has been issued by
the Census Office. The report eiates to New
York tity, and shows these perc .ntag,s of
increase over the previous census: Number
Of esta b!ishments 1903 IS; number of hands
employed, 1898 ard wages paid, 127s9
tt e average yearly wages per hand increased
from 1927 il 1852 TO 1858 in 1890
A MEETING Of st. Lcus labor unions or
dere that copies of the 70 lowing resolution
which was unanimously iopted, should be
ent 10 all labor organizat ons in the coun-
ry: I'VE call on al. labor organizations to
take such action as will tent to prevent in
the future the calling out of any armed
bodies, State militia or Otherwise, TO be used
for the purpose Of forcing American work
men to comply with the demands of brutal
an tYranDiCal capital
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-22
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES

MARIA VoLENCIE, Of Pittsburgh, bound
Tor Agram, Austria, was found dea d In bed
at Jersey City hotel She had blown out
the grs on retiring.
WILLIAM SWEATER, of Bloomsbury Nj.
was knocked down and run over in the ard
OF the Central Railroad OF New Jersey. at
Philipsburg His head was cut from the
body.
The burning of the barn of NJ. C. Plum
NOR, at Frederic sburg, Iowa, resulted in
the death of Mr.. Plunmer's young son AMI
hi nephew, who were playing il the struc-
ture
BY an explosion of gas in the Champion
Tunnel Nine at Durango, Colorado, Andrew
Shore and NJ. J. McCluskey We're killed, and
VIII am GIL and Thomas Gill were badly in-
jured.
ENGINEER SAMUEL MILLER, Fireman c.
{. McCune and Head Brakeman Archie
Buchanan were killed in q feight wreck on
the Santa Fe Railroad, near Pueblo, Color
ado, on Sunday.
MICHAEL FURLoNG and W fe were killed
ct New Brunswick, New Jersey. They were
walking on the Pennsylvania Railroad track
and, to avoid freight train, step;ei to an
other track, and were struck by an express
trair.
The body Of Mr.. Captain D. Sheppard, of
BrocSway Centre, NJ chigan, was picked up
en- he Leach Ieir Go erich, Ontario. This
titles the question of TIE fate of the crew
OF the It amer Nashua on which she was a
passenger with her husband.
SURFACE settling of the worked out We MS
OF III etra Mine unde lying the hyde
Park ction OF Scranton Pa, has caused
damages TO st PatrickS Catholic Church,
Ut. Patrick's Orphanage and the psrochial
residence of the Rev. j. B. WhelaI
FREJGuT t.a >, on +lo Gar.o
ran into cable car at the Fifteenth street
crossing, Kansas City, kill ng William Bar
Der, gripman, CYNTHIA Rev IS, E lward Nc
Kinney AMI jefferson Secrist The fagman
was absent from his post attending to his
lanterns when the accident occurred.
Two di-esters in the Bangor Pulp and
Paper Company, mill It Oytno, Maine, ex-
2 oded4 killing Richard Zn ami William
Eddy and badly injur ng Walter Smith, Aus-
Il Whtttemore and William Blu hanan The
digestars were valued at ;9J 00O and the to-
tai loss from the accident will reach $780,
900.
MACK WATRoUs, l3-Year-old boy living
near Bnghamton, New York, met death in
singular manner few days ago. While
driving COW to pasture he attempted to
lasso inc animal, first fastening one end Of
the rope o his waist. He succeeded only
too well. and when the rope was fastened
around the cows horns 1t frightened her 80
that the animal started on wild run, drag
glng the boy after her. II was so badly
mangled that he lived hut a short time.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-22

Dinner at the Bottom Of the Sea-
Some time ago the labor Of deepening
the harbor OF Ciotat, France, was com
pleted. On that occasion the contract
or gave TO the members Of bis staff and
the representatives Of the press a ban
quet Unprecedented for it, originality.
The table was set eight metres below tho
level Of the sea, at the very bottom Of
the harbor, inside the ''caissonp 10
which the excayators had been at work,
aud only the narrow walls OF this Gals.
son separated the guests from the eEor.
nous mass Of water around and above
their heads. The new. fashioned ban.
quoting hall was splendidly decorated
and lighted, and, but for a certain buz
ling 10 the ears caused by the pressure
Of air, kept up 10 the chamber 10 order
10 prevent the thrush Of water, nobody
would have suspected that the slightest
interruption in the working OF the air
pump would have sufliced to asphyxiats
he whole party. After the banquet an
lmpruvised concert prolonged si.@ feass
witty for several hours, after which theJ
reascended into the open air.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-22
BLOWN UP BY BOYS.
Two Youthful Burglars Use Giant Pow
der to Hide Their Crime.


The people living in the vicinity Of Capt
toll Hill, Col, was startled by terrific e1-
plosion, which shook the houses for several
blocks. On investigat on 1t was found to
hay. occurred at the residence Ct Herman
Trueman
Mr.. Truemans little son and boy named
Sam Davis had dug hole about 10 feet deep
aud had run two small drifts, which they
called their mine. The next move the young
mel made was to get a quantity Of giant
powder. This Is What caused the town TO
tremble.
Adam S. Trueman, fathe OF the boy, Is
q wagonmaker, and had between two and
three hundred dollars in gold locked up IN
the horse This was known to the young
miner WHO secured the same in the early
the drawer in which IL was concealed. His
next move was 10 blow up the house, which,
at the time, contained his father and other
persons. In this be was successful. Mr.. and
Mrs. Trueman were seriously injured. The
little daughter Of Mrs Thomas Reed was
badly cut in the arm by glass. Mrs James
+. Butler, residing on West Ninth street,
was struck BY window which was blown
into her dining-room.
Many minor accidents occurred within
radius Of 3, 600 feet from the house Il b
thought that the boys were the victims Of
their own folly, and hat instead Of making
away with this money, they were blown 70
atoms by the explosion intended for their
parents. The lads cannot be found.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-22
GREAT STORM IN COLORADO.
Snow, Rain and slset- Horses Killed
By Falling Trolley Wires.

An unprecedented snow, rain and sleet.
storm prevailed in Colorado From what
meagre reports that can hs obtained from
points in the State it is shown that the storm
IS general in Colorado and also in parts Of
Utah. All communication by telegraph to
towns in Colorado has become entirely in
terrupted.
In Denver signs were blown down, cor
mic Is blown off aud hundreds Of trees were
either uprooted or split BY the wind. $ .veral
Pc ms were hit BY flying objects, but so
far as has been learned 20 fatalities have oc-
CURED. Probably the greatest damage was
done by falling electric light and s.reet-car
trolley wires, for at least a dozen horses were
killed by being struck by these.iive wires. As
the ANNA were beng driven at the time Of
their being shocked TO death il viii be seen
that their drivers were in imminent danger
Of meeting the same fate as consequence
OF breaking Of theSe wires The electric
cars on many Of ths lines are at and.
still
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-22
An Olive I,lantiiinn-

The finest plantations of olives are in
the Nablus district of Palestine, but
nearly every village has its larger or
smaller grove. There is no doubt that
the olive tree is one of the most valuable
products of the country, and that it
could be made a still greater source of;
revenue than it is at present. 1t requires
but little and lives and yields fruit even
when neglected. 1t only requires graft
ing and a little digging up and clearing
out, and this done, 1t yields plentiful
crop in return for the small amount of
pans bestowed upon it. The fellaheen
saw that the vine is sitt-a delicate
town lany who requires a great deal of
care and attention. The fig, on the con-
trary, is fellaha-a strong country wo-
man who can flourish without such ten
der care; but the olive tree is bold
bedawije, who, in spite of neglect and
hardship, remains strong und useful
Arab wife.
The olives ripen towards the end of
the summer; the trees are then beaten
with long sticks, care being taken not to
destroy the young leave and shoots. The
fruit is collected and spread out on the
roofs or other convenient places, and them
put into heaps for little while in order
that it may slightly ferment, after which
it is taken to the oil press, where it is
crushed under heavy milestone, and,
packed in little straw baskets, is finally
pressed. The oil (zIyD runs into lit
tie cemented clstern, from which it Isl
drawn in leather bottles or large earthenI
jars for carrying away.
The fellah uses it both for light and
nourishment. If he has nothing better
he contents to eat some bread soaked in
oil. 1t is also used great deal in town
cookery, but as means of light it has
been almost superseded by petroleum.
Much inferior olive oil is exported to
France and Italy. The jirt, or refuse of
the oil, is used for fuel, having great
properties of heat.-Detroit Free Press.