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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.

ANTON DvoRAK, the great composer, who
may come To New York and teach, was a
poor butchers boy in Bohemia. The mas
Uerpiece of this graduate from sweetbreads
is his Suite in D.
Two voters have registered at San Fran
cisco who are as old or Older than the CEN
tury-Col. Jonathan Stevenson, who is
ninety and John Shirley, who is nine
ty-threa. Both Will vote for Harrison.
The KHEDIvE OF EGYPT, has shown many
favoIs to the editors of Ed Ahram," an
Egyptian journal. After honoring the pro
pretor i'll various ways, he has now con-
terred the Chefskat order upon the mans
wife.
MISS SARAH A. COVE, in whose house at
Hampton Falls, II. H, the poet Whittier
died, is descendant of that Edward Cove,
who in 1853, led the armed revolt against
the British Governor Cranteld, and was
tried for treason.
Miss MARY BROwNoLD HAMAKER, a ma
tive OF Staunton, Va, who has come to
Berlin to prosecute her studies on the violin,
has been adm tied to the conserv atory, where
the great master Joachim, presides, although
but fifteen years of age
GENERAL A. W. GREEDY, the head of the
United States Signal Corps Though not of
the weather bureau, as many people still
SUPPOSE, ridcules the idea of signalling the
able assumption to think that planet inhab-
tied by race at all like human beings in in
tellgence and civilization.
Ex-KING MILAN has become a Russian
subject, this privilege having been granted
by the Car. Milan receives 81, 900 month
in return for tine ''condescenSion" from the
Cars pr vate purse but ON the understand.
ing that the pension will at once cease if he
returns to Servia without the Cars sane
ton.
j. PlERPoNT MORGAN, the New York
banker who bought the steamer Stonington
and gave it to the New York authorities for
quarantine ship, has earned his millions in
some memorable achievements. He is the
son Of Junius S. Morgan, who was partner
OF the philanthropist George Peabody In
1863 Mr.. Morgan bent Fisk and Gould in a
contest for the Albany and Susquehanna
Railroad. Shortly after he became the head
OF the New York branch of the firm of
Dre6el, Morgan & Co. In 1878 and 1879 he
formed syndicate that took $3.50, DOC, 900 of
government fouT-per cent. bonds, and h rs
firm made s., 000001 by the deal He won
Nanderbilt's confidence when he bought of
him and sold S25, COO coo of New York Cen
trial stock at raise of ten points and over
He IS brusque in manner, but there are chart
ties that have b ad great many hundreds of
thousands Of dollars of his money.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24
FIGS AND THIsrLEs.

a GOOD habit is always q good
helper.
A BAD man generally hates a good
dog.
IMAGINARY troubles are the mos.
deadly.
To LISTEN to doubt is to listen to
devil.
No MANS character is any better
than his word.
In Christian life we always live as
high as we look.
THERE is never any heavenly music
in gloomy heart.
EVERY Christian ought to have a
Christian character.
FROM what a man says you eau
often tell what he is
The right kind of martyrdom let's
somebody else advertise it.
No MAN who leads Others is Away;
following somebody himself.
TIE devil will not be afraid of your
Bible if there is dust on it,
IT is harder to get away from the
Lord than it is to ind Him.
IT doesn't take hit of meanness
out of a rascal to polish him.
If you want to help the Lord in
/ your own family. don't scold much.
How EASY it is to see where other
people might ecohomize il they would.
EVERY man and woman who is
really good helps to hold Heaven up.
THE man who is willing to have
only little religion will never have
any
SIN would never hurt anybody il it
couldn't lcok little and harmless at
first
WATCHFuL prayer and prayerful
watching are great helps Heaven.
/ ward
Too MANY people are electric lights
I in prayer-meeting and tallow dips at
/ home.
Ne MAN loves God bit who does
not love him with every dollar he is
worth.
DON'T take your religion from PEG.
| pie who never have any trouble with
the devil
/ No CHRISTIAN wants purity ia his
| heart who does not also want it in
1 his Church.
ONE sinner In Heaven would be as
much of start there as the devil
would want.
THE love that men have for little
| sins is the same kind that devils have
FOR big ones.
EVERY sermon ought to have some
thing in it that the devil will have to
try to answer.
IT is not according tG Gods plan
that any Christian should carry al
ounce of weight.
THE right kind of repentance moi
only means to stop doing bad, but t
begin doing better
EVERY gift that comes from Cod
hand is a good gift, no matter how
uncomelY it may look.
THE oniy difference education car
make in sin is to make it change The
manner OF its expression.
If man could go to Heaven on ;
fowery bed of ease he would feel very
lonesome after he got there.
IT never makes us bit broader Il
go up and down the earth declaring
that somebody else is narrow.
IT will be found out some day tina
the only people who are truly rich ar,
those who gave up all for Christi
GOD wants his children to find on
that his hand is always within reach
no matter how dark 1T may look.
THERE are some people who thinl
that sermon is the best which MISE
them and hits all their ncighbors.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

Chicago has between 500 and 500
railway trains entering the city every
day and, tho record OF accidents
caused by them in and about the city
is something appalling. Last year
323 people were kilicdir Cook county,
in which Chicago is situated, by the
roads. or these q were passengers,
81 were employees and tho other 2l3
were unfortunates who happened 10
DO walking on or crossing the tracks
OF the various lines. This ycsr'i
record promises 20 surpass even last
years, and SO far numbers i54. This
does not iaclulc these MANNED, whose
number is reckoned at $50.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

The French navy is the last resort
OF aristocratic France. There are a
number of families in the French
noblesse whose members are willing
to serve the Republic in the navy,
but Echerish the curious fiction that
post in the army or in the civil
service would imply loss Of caste and
acquiescence IN d hated regime. This
feeling does not make the navy popu'
lar with the radical Republicans, and
is undoubtedly at the bottom of the
attack recently made on the minister
OF marine i'll the French chamber OF
deputies, or the uproar which followed
his declaration that it would be sim,
possible to place the navy under the
direction of an army officer "-Phila.
delphia Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24
Guards ACninst Thieves.

The nousebreakcr of the future
will require an outfit resembling the
acrobatic apparatus Of travelling
circus. A complete assortment Of the
anti-burglar contriyances patented in
the course of the last twenty-years
would fill a fair-sizcd museum, and
the French patents alone comprise
arrangements which, If properly ad.
justed, make it almost impossible fol
a would-be rt bier to enter a house
without awakening its tenants from
any ordinary slumber, or rather any
slumher but that of death, to judge
from the sensitive construction and
the startling noisincss of the alarm
apDaratus.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24
WORK AND WORKERS,

Seventy puddlers at the Old Dominion
Iron and National Works, on Belle Isle
We, struck for an increase of wages.
Gen. R1ger has been authorized by the
War Department to reduce the force of reg
uldr troops now in the Idaho mining re
gions.
Delegates TO the National Convention Of
Street Railway Employees, in session in la.
dianapolis have decided to organize indie
peudently of the American Federation o.
Labor and knights of Labor.
The strike at Shoenberger's Sixteenth
street mills, in Pittsburg, has been Dc
AIRED of by the Amalgamated Association
and the men will return to work at the en-
ployer's terms. The work will be operated
independently of the Amalgamated Assoca
ton hereafter
The conference in Chicago between Vic,
Pr, sident Robinson of the Santa Fe and tn,
Grievance Committee of the Engineers anc
fTemen terminated in a partial victory fol-
the men. An agreement was reached on ar
increase of wages and the reinstatement OF
several discharged employees Other mat
ters remain to be settled.
ALL the 5000 coal miners in the river dis
trict of which Pittsburg is the centre, 'sfor.
mally" struck against the one-h half per cent
reduction made by the operators A bon
one-third of the mines have been in opera.
tioa, but these are now idle.
The locomotive engineers on the Readin.
lines held meetings at Shamokin, Tamaoua
Gordon and Pottsville. 1t is understood that
these gatherings are for the purpose of Sc
cur K the opinions of the men as to wha
the rank and tie think is best to be done IL
comeat the companys position toward laboJ
organizations.
Grand Master Wilkinson, of the Order n
IrainmenS G. W. Newman aud D. L. Cease
Aurora; I. 2. Slattery, of Butte, of Mon
tana; F. {. Young, OF Fort William. Ont.
W \ Sheehan, of Galesburg, H.; r, :
Birdinan, of Los Angeles, Cal, all promi
ri s9t III railroad labor organizations, met ii
troubles on the Reading system.
dIspa ch from Concord, n. H.. saws al
agreement has been entered into betwee,
the Granite Manufactures Association ant
the Granite Cutters Union which settles al
matters in controversy which can be ad
lpsted by those bodies. Other subjects il
dispute remain to be settled by loca
branches.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

A curious marriage custom is recorded
by DIR. Post as existing in Southern H.
dia among some OF the more on-Aryan
tribes. This consists of wedding a girl
to plant, a tree, an animal, or even to
an iDanimate object, the notion being
that any i'll luck which may follow an
actual marriage may be averted by
union of this kind. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24
The Beginning of A Great Era

The Nation has entered upon a won.
deriul career of prosperity, We have
laid the foundation of a policy whica
will give US a greatness beyond our
most sanguine dreams. To continue the
present administration is to realize its
fruits. To overthrow it is to arrest the
advance and plunge into uncertainty.
With such choice the people cannot
hesitate. Philadelphia penn Press,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

Ii is estimated that 2,5la0lO bushels OF
corn have boon shipped into Mexico from tue
United States during the past seven n,ontbS
The Mexican railroads are blockade with
the increased traffic. Corn is still selling for,
"a hushel in the City of Mexico aud MANY
parts of the Republic, but the suffering Of
the poorer class has b9en cr ,atiy relieved b.
the ire donsslons maize them by the Goy-
crnment
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24
Novel Use for Refuse

The use of the domestic refuse of
Edinburgh, Scotland, for the economi-
cal lighting of the city, is the novel
proposition of Professor George Forbes.
He would burn the waste under boilers,
using the steam for pumping water into
reservoir, and applying the water IN
turn for driving electric light dynamos.
Trenton IN. j. American
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

IT is strange what suddenly in
tensified interest runaway horse has
for most people, 1t is a very similar
trait in the human family which
causes it to discover for the first time
the existence Of men and women
when they go eonsDicuouslY wrong.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24
SURE.

dy thoughts go out like spider>threads
Cast forth upon the air;
Filmy and fine, AMI floating wide,
caught by whatever may betide,
To seek thee everywhere.
IN league with every breezs that blows.
All ways, all holds they dare;
North, east, or south. or west they ny,
And sure. though winds be low or high,
To find thee everywhere.
Love still is lord of space and fate;
All roads his runners fare;
All heights that bar. they laughing climb.
They find all days the fitting time,
And highways everywhere.
Anna C. Bracket, in Scribner' 8
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

A WOMAN is never so apt to wish
she was man as when she sees one
get up from the table. and walk
away without backward look OF
thought of the dishes.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24
Why the Tariff Does Not Tax.

If the tariff is tax, the average cit.
izen doesn't pay cent of it, because
the average citizen uses only American
made goods, upon which there is no
tariff, and he buys them cheaper than he
ever did under free trade or low tariff
administration. Kansas City Ono. }
Journal,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

OF the plants used in manufacturing the
pleasant remedy, Syrup Of Figs, has perma-
nently beneficial effect on tho human system,
while the cheap vegetable extracts ami min
eral olutions, usually sold as medicines are
permanently injurious. Eoiag well informed,
you will use the true remedy only. Manufac-
tured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24
A SnfetY Siran.

A belt or strap for travelling bags
and satchels which cannot be cut by
a thief IS out. 1t consists of tive
bands of leather sewn together at the
margins over two thin slips Of steel
like crinoline spring, but only three
millimetres wide and half millimc-
tire thick. The steel not only arrests
the knife of thief but also warn,
the wearer of the strap.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24
A Musical Watch.

A musical wasch about the size OF
an egg is now exhibited in 81. Peters
burg which performs 4 religious
chant, with scenic accomplishments.
Within is representation of Christ
with the Roman sentinels. On press
ing spring the stone rolls from the
tomb. the sentinels fall down, the
angels appear. and the holy women
enter the sepulchre, and the same
chant which is sung in the Greek
Church on Easter Eve is actually
performed. The watch was made by
an ingenious peasant during the reign
of Catharine Of Russia.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

REV. SAM JONES In a recent dis
course" said: Il love a dead honest
man" But he loves himself better
live one, more or less honest.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24
try Hoods 6arsapa-

MIR. G. w. Doner. and lump in my neck dis
appeared, and soon began 70 gain Ia nesn.
In months there was none OF the disease lert
ia nv systsn, and was as well and strong as
ever.n q. w. DOME, osceola, South Dakota
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24
The True Laxative Principle

The nglish mint possesses m electrical
machine which counts COINS W th precision
and necurtcv.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

WHILE the Prince and Princess of Monaco
were being received enthusiastically bv thei
people after their recent tour Young ma,
rushed into their presence and shot himself
falling dead at the feet of the Princess. Tho
young man had lost his fortune at the gam
ing tables which supply the revenues of tht
Prince.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

Steps are being taken to establish a council
OF agriculture in Tasmania.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

No man who wears a long look on
his face has right TO wear a short
coat.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

IY your Back Aches, or you arc all worn out
rood for nothing, il is general debility
Browns Iron Btters W Il cure YOU make you
strong, cleanse youg liver, and give Z lod APP
petite-tones the rerves.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24
August.
Flower

have been troubled with dyspep.
STA, but after fair trial of August
Flower. am freed from thevexatious
trouble, B. Young, Daughters
College, Harrodsburg, Ky. l had
headache one year steady. One bottle
of August Flower cured me. 1t was
positively worth one hundred dollars
TO me- ". Smith, p. NJ. and Gen.
Merchant, Townsend. Ont have
used It myself for constipation and
dyspepsia and it cured me. tits the
best seller ever handled-C. Raeh.
Druggist, Mechauicsburg, Pa. q
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

ENGLAND rsapa,i : rich harvest by reason
OF cholera on the Coatinant. All the tourists
aud many native Frslcamen aud Germans
spent their outings on the island,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

Hoods pills are the best family catharsic,
gentle and effective. tn a boz. Only % cts.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

S. K. Coburn, Mgr, Cha lie Scott. writes II
find Halls Catarrh Curs valuable remedy
Druggists sell il, zoe.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

The mole can swim excelIently and il often
sinks wells tor the purpose e. obtaining
water to drink
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24
There are 500, 900 blind people in Europ

MEDICAL science has achieved great triumph
in the production Of Beccham's Pills which AL
% cents at box replace a medicine chest.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

Browns Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Main
ria, Biiiousness and General Debility. Gives
Strength, aids Digestion, tones the nerves.
creates appetite The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers. weak women and children.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

The new testament was first printed in
Irish in 1902
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

il afflicted with Sore Eyes use Or. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell il at
26cts per bottle.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24
NATIONAL cnRnrNcr.

3. With sll its cllanities, the war
brought US one great. blessing National
currency. There are many who will say
that 1t was worth tae cost OF the war to
bring about so anspic.ous result to cap.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24
SCrofula

Afflicted me four Years
blotches oil over my
body, swelling in my
neck. end in less than a
year Lad lost 80 lbs. I
vas induced by H. L.
Tubbs, our druggist, to
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24
SIC

Headache. yet Carter's Little Liver Pills are
equally vsluablein Constipation, curing and pre-
venting hisannoying complaint while they also
correctsll disorders of the stomach stimulate the
liver and regulate the bowels. Even If they only
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

sick Headache and relieve all the troubles incE.
dent to q bilious state Of the system, such as
Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness. Distress after
eating, Pain in the Side, &c. While their mosA
remarkable success has been shown in curing
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

Achsthey would beslmostprice thosewho
suffer from this distressing complaint; butfortr-
nately theirgoodneesd does notend hero nndt those
who oncetry them will find these litto pills alu.
able IN 90 many ways that they will not DO viii.
ding to do without them. But after alIsick head
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-24

in the palacel
Home ought to be clstie. 1t ought to be
the residence OF everything royal Kind
ness, love, peace, patience au1 forbearance
ought to be the princes residing there, au1
yet sometimes dissipation craws W into
that home. and the jealous eye comes up
and the scene OF peacs and plenty becomes
the scene Of domestic jsrgoa and dissonsnce.
You say, What is tn, matter vita the
house, [ will tell you what is tie matter
with it. spider in the palace.
A well developed Christian character is a
grand thing to look at. You see some man
with grea intellectual and spiritual pro-
portions. You say, How useful that man
must ba' But you find amid all his splen-
dor Of faculties there is some prejudice.
some whim, some evil habit that a great
many people do not notice, but that you
have happened to notice, and it is gradually
spelling that mans cnaracter-it is grad
uaily going to iujure his entire influence.
Others may not see it, but you are auxi1u
in reSar to his welfare an 4 now You dis
cover it. 4 dead fly in the ointment. A
spi Ter in the palace.
Again. NY text teaches me that perseve-
rsnce win mount into the Kings palace It
must have seemed long distance for that
spider - climb in Solomon's splendid res
denca but it started at the very foot of the
wall an went up over the panels of I.eba.
non GEAR, nlgner am nlgdec, until NJ StOO
higher than thu highest throne in all the ma
tions-the throne of Solomon. AMI SO God
has decreed it that many OF thoss who are
down in the dust OF sin and diShonor shall
gradually attain to the Kings palace We
see it in worldly things.
Who is that banker in Philadelphia
why, he used to be the boy that held the
horses of Stephen Girari while tie million.
aire went in 10 collect his dividends. Ark
wright tolls on up from a barber shop un-
I'll he gets into the palace OF invention.
Sexsus tolls on up from the cffice of a
swinehett until be gets into the palace OF
Rome. Fletcher tolls on uo from the most
Insignificant family position until he gets
into the palace of Christian eloquence. Ho-
garth, engraving pewter pots for living,
tolls on up until he reaches the palace OF
worl1 renowned art.
The spider crawling up the wall of Solo,
mons palace was not worth looking after or
considering as compared with the fact tnao
we, who are worms of the DUST, may at lasc
ascend into the palace of the King Immor-
tai. BY ths grace of God may we all reach
If. Oh heaven is not dull place. 1t is
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-05
BACK TO HER HONE
\ Missing Girl Turns Up un-
harmed.
JENNIE sTEvENsoN's JOURNEY
shs csllsessd Money pus Ha pssA<a
and Wa Af1sad 10 CO Hena
Rsn Away 10 Jsckssu.

Jsnnis Stevenson. the l3year. OLD
glgi vhe disappeared from her hon.
Of YpsliAan few a4ys ago. las bee
found - Jscksen. where shs we wis
frisndA The girl had formerly been
employed IN the hss factory in Yps
isat. eut Vas discharged fer com
trivial reason about the middle Of d.
esnbsr. Her parents we're not aware
1t this facs. - jennie WAS AFRAID Of b.
ing punished. She has been in the habit
Of leaving home At the usual nour ev.
cry morning. leading her parents 10 h :
Iieve enc Was stlil employed ~ the boa
factory. and returning to her meals ..
7suai- Every saturday night she would
eve her mother money which abe Oh
aimed BY going 70 the different stores
shich employed Mr. Stevenson ~
saschman. giving each receipt for
The Gum thus received. and ~ her
father WAS IN the habit OF sleeping in
the day time, all went we'll unnl Tues-
day forenoon. when Mrs. Stevenson
went 10 one of the stores 20 collect
some money, and the stofekeerer ap-
prised her Of the fact. When Jennie
arrived home at noon Of that day she
was severely scoldcd by her mother,
and fearing whipping from her father
when be awoke. abe Immediately went
70 the Michigan Central dep t aud pur-
chased ticket for Jackson, where she
has relatives living. Mrs. Stevenson
has been very Ill on account Of the
girPs escapade.