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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

AS evidence Of the character Of much
of the legislation of this enlightened
country it isreported from Washington
that the supporters of three bills
namely, the Anti-Option bill, the
Nicaragua Canal bill-and the anti
immigration bill are struggling for
precedence Of consideration in the
Senate. OF these three bills it might
be difficult to determine which in its
way would be worse for the country.
The Anti-Option bill in its prohibition
Of speculative dealings in wheat, corn
and cotton, would do most harm to the
farmers and planters, in whose alleged
interest its passage has been urged.
The bill to prohibit immigration for
year would not only arrest the progress
of the country, but render unprofta-
bic the millions Of capital invested in
ocean transportation. In its present
shape the Nicaragua Canal is an enor-
nous Government job, which threat
ems to rob the public treasury Of UNI
told millions, and at the same time to
involve the Government in vexatious
complications with the petty States of
Central America.
If these three legislative cats should
be shaken up together in a bag it
would be a difficult task to decide
which would turn out to be the black
est,
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

The spectacle of the execution of
eight murderers at once is an uncom-
mon one, and there was something
unique in the atrocity of the killing of
DR.. Hill. The eager desire of many
people in Kent county to witness the
hanging of the culprits next Friday is
not, therefore, surprising. But it is
satisfactory to observe that the au-
thorities do not intend that the spec
tacle shall be a public one, since such
an exhibition would be distinctly
against the law and would accomplish
no possible good. The show of eight
men at the end of a rope before
promiscuous mob is something that
belongs to the brutal era ofJack Shep-
hard and Jonathan Wild when Tyburn
was place of public entertainment.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

Among the Statesmen Of New York
whom the people remember with pride
and affection none has held higher
place in their regard than Chester A.
Arthur, to whose memory a statue,
already completed and paid for, is
shortly to be set up in one of the pub
lie parks of New York city. There
was no parading Of subscription lists;
no appeal to outside sources for funds;
but the money required was raised
quietly among the friends of the de-
ceased ex-President. SO he would
have desired it to be; and in after
years those who may gaze upon the
sculptured figure will be moved to
kindly and grateful recollections of q
pure patriot, a wise statesman; and a
true American gentleman. "The
Metropolis" thus describes the me-
moral:
The statue is 3 feet 2 inches in
height, and the plinth 6 inches. The
statue is to be mounted on a
pedestal 9 feet high. The pedestal is
to be of white granite, with oak leaves
of bronze at the top. The intention
is to place the statue in circular
court 40 feet in diameter. Around
half of the court is to be granite
wall feet high, with seats cut in the
granite. AT each end of the wall
is to be statue of woman in Grecian
robes.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

One Of the most remarkable schemes
Of the day is the plan Of Sir Cecil
Rhodes. the Premier of Cape Colony,
to build a telegraph line from the Cape
to Egypt. Sir Cecil, it is said. is now
on his way to Cairo to look after de-
tails, and the project, chlmerical as il
may seem, has been Endorsed by many
public men in England.
Sir Cecil's proposition takes the
British fancy, because his telegraph
is intended chiefly as the first thread
upon which great British empire in
Africa is to be strung. 1t is believed
in England that the Germans will yet
get ont Of Africa and leave their ex-
tensive possessions on the east coast to
the Union Jack. Then England will
have the unbroken right of way from
the Cape to Cairo, by the way of Zan-
zibar and the district of the Great
Lakes.
This is an attractive scheme on paper
at least, ard the character of its chief
promoter lends interest to 1t. Sir
Cecil Rhodes is the strong man Of
South America. His position there is
similar to that occupied so long in
Canada by Sir John Macdonald. He
is the dominating personality at the
Cape, the chief supporter of the FEEDER
alton Of the British Colonies in South
Africa, and an open advocate of the
extension of British power to the
furtherest limits in Africa. He wants
British empire there which will rival
that of india, and believes an oppor-
tunity exists to found it.
There is some basis for Sir Cecil 8
dreams. The English certainly have
made great advance in Africa. Their
territory in the southern part of the
continent is extending rapidly, and
virtually Egypt is theirs. Thus they
are intrenched at both ends of the con
tnent, while they have vast territories
scattered between.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

The Senatorial contest in West Vir-
ginial is interesting outside that State
because it involves the possible loss to
the Senate of one of the strongest and
most useful Democrats in that body
Senator Faulkner has made an unusual
record for alertness in all good causes,
and for great vigor and skill in critical
situations. lie divided with Senator
German the honor Of defeating the
Force bill, and has been particularly
effective leader in the work of battling
the present effort to steal control Of the
Senate by frauds in the Northwest.
His retirement would involve distinct
loss of strength to the Democratic side
of the Senate. The contest for his
seat made in behalf of ex-senator Cam
den, whose candidacy is surprise, in
asmuch as he had publicly declared
that he would not enter the contest.
Perhaps he has changed his mind and
made himself a candidate by way of
getting his force together to contest
for the seat when the next vacancy
occurs.-U. Y. World.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13
FRIDAY. JANUARY 10, 1893,

Pork and beans is an item in the
popular menu generally regarded as Of
the plainest character and within
reach of even the most circumscribed
finances. just now, however, pork
has reached the dignity Of luxury.
Quoted at nearly $40 barrel, for the
first time in many years, there is nat
urally a good deal of excitement in
this particular market. In fact, hogs
have not commanded so much popular
attention since the great Bismarck
made war against the American pro-
duct.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

Secretary Fosters statement Of cash
in the Treasury shows cash on hand of
1929, 092, 58S. If from this be deduct
ed the 800, 900, 900 pledged for the re-
demption Of legal-tender demand
notes, $40, 81 ,4S0 ia subsidiary coins,
1872 on deposit IN national banks and
81, 5S4, 261 Of balances at the DISPOSE
ton of disbursing officers, the really
available cash is less than S4,000,000.
This is an exceedingly narrow margin;
but the Secretarg is as chipperand I'M
disturbed as if he had full Treasury
instead of an empty one. When he
shall hand over the keys to his success
sor he will probably ask him, after the
manner of another Treasury looter !:
" What are you g,ing to do about it 2"
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

Some forty United States Senators
and Representatives, equally divided
in numbers as to politics, propose on
May 2 to set out for Hawaii to look
after American interests in that vol
canic quarters. in the vicinity of which
the Government proposes to expend
$3.50 900 for an island coaling station.
Some of the visiting statesmen have
explained that this May party is not
to be junket yet they have certain
ly selected very pleasant time Of year
for their investigation of American
interests on the tropical islands of the
Pacific.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

It is not and it cannot be made Dem.
ocratic to bestow Senatorship as a
reward for personal or party services.
That is the way Of autocracy.
The Democratic-Republican rule is
to select representative Of the States
and the people for their pre-eminent
ability to serve the public and to ex-
pound, defend and promote the princi-
pies of their partly. Y. World
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

Virginians are pleased at the spread
ing sentiment in favor Of Hon. John
Randolph Tucker for place in the
coming Cleveland Cabinet The Staun-
ton Ne'os says that "Mr. Tucker in the
Cabinet would be of service to the
country and to the Constitution. There
is no brighter or winter star in the ma
tional horizon than the sage Of Lex
ington.'n
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

The Presidential electors who were
chosen at the polls in November last
met at the capitals of their respective
States Monday and cast their votes in
the prescribed fashion, the only nota-
BILE variation in the formal procedure
having been the adoption in the Penn
sylvania college of a resolution of SYM
pathy for Mr. Blaine. The formal
count by Congress will not be made
for month yet. Happily, the result
is so Individually assured that, what
eyer objections may exist in the case
of individual electors, there can be no
ground for disquietude in the interval
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13
FAULKNER HIS OWN SUCCESSOR.

The Legislature of West Virginia
will meet on next Wednesday, the
18th inst. From the reported condi-
ton of Senator Kenna, it looks as
though that body will most likely have
two United States Senators to elect. A
observation-disclosures has obtained wide cir
culation that ex-senator j 4. Camden
has entered the race for Senator Faux
ner's place. We scarcely deem this
worthy OF credence. Mr.. Camden with
drew from the contest last fall in an
emphatic letter and he is too astute to
now begin contest which should
have been waged prior to the Novem-
Der election. 1t may be possible, that
in the event Of Mr. Kenna's death, that
Mr.. Camden will be in the race with
several competitors. We feel assured
that Senator Faulkner will be his own
successor. He has earned reelection,
and assuredly a constituency would
hardly so ill-requite the splendid SER
vices of so able representative in the
National Senate, or so soon forget the
very aggressive fight made by our dis
tinguished Senator in the campaign
just closed. = Charlestoaon Adgocate.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

The snowfall of the past week is one
of the difficulties in clearing tie streets
from which the large cities of France
and England are almost entirely free.
When such fall comes, neither Lon
don nor Paris can adequately cope with
it. Yet in comparing the expense of
cleaning streets here and abroad,
scarcely any of the critics of American
cities allow for this.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

There is an American chapter to the
Panama Canal scandals which has not
yet been satisfactorily explained. 1t is
known that some $2,500,000 of the
company's funds were disbursed in the
United States, but as yet only about
$250,000 of. it have been accounted
for. This sum was expended in salar-
les and other legitimate expenses, but
what became of the remaining So ,250,e
900? It seems unfortunately probable
that it was used corruptly, as salts
factory explanation of its disappear
ance would otherwise have surely been
offered. There is no doubt that the
company was Systematically bled by
the French politicians and press-it is
hoped that the legislators and press Of
America viii not be implicated in the
scandal.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

When it was supposed that the com
pulsory purchase Of all the silver mined
in the country would raise the price of
that metal the silver-producing States
were perhaps warranted in supporting
such legislation as matter of self-in-
terest. But now that it has been
demonstrated that the price cannot be
increased by such policy, what fur
ther interest have the silver producers
i'll continuing the experiment? The
Government only pays the market rate;
and the price depends, like the price
Of other commodities, upon the rela-
ton of supply aud demand. Increas-
ed demand has been met by oversup-
ply. Where's the good of longer pro-
tracing the Sisphian labor of rolling
Il stone up the hill that always comes
tumbling back
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

The Worlds uncovering of big
American end of the great Panama
scandal has attracted widespread at
tention.
The explanations of some of the per-
sons connected with the De Lesseps
demonstration in this country, that
they do not know what became of the
great American corruption fund of
81, 800 900, have simply stimulated
public curiosity to know what use was
made Of it.
1t is intimated at Washington that
an investigation of affairs upon the
Isthmus of Panama, &" as they effect
Americans interests" is likely to be
ordered by Congress.
This may perhaps be wise thing to
do, but would it not be well also to or
der and to make thorough investiga-
ton of the Panama Canal matters as
they affect American honor and the
integrity of our pubic menu
What became of that $4,000 900?
How, as we now look back upon it,
was the surprising change in the atti-
tude Of Congress affected? If the cor
ruption was not confined to France,
the investigation certainly should not
be limited to that country.-N. Y.
World.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

The Neao Y0rk Recorder had made a
valuable contribution to the discussion
of the pension question by raking up
the record of Andrew jackson there
upon, There was an outcry against
exorbitant pension demands following
the legislation of 1920, and in his mes
sage to Congress in 1884 President
jackson said:
{" / recommend that an actual in
spection should be made in each State
into the circumstances and claims Of
every person now drawing a pension.
The honest veteran has nothing to fear
from such scrutiny, while the fraudu-
lent claimant will be detected and the
public treasury relieved to an amount
| have reason to believe far greater
than has heretofore been suspected
President Harrison could not do bet
ter than to send this little Jacksonian
paragraph as Especial message to Com
gress at its present sitting.
If President Harrison should fail in
his duty, we would commend the mat
ter to the attention of the President
elect. The soldiers of the country, who
deserve the name, will not complain
because of n procedure recommended
by one of our first soldiers. Only "the
fraudulent claimant" has reason to
stand in fear.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13
A German chemist has proposed

A German chemist has proposed the
steriizing of rivers by means of an
electric current, which he claims will
kill cholera and other germs. That
water is the medium or contagion in
cholera and certain other diseases is
widely believed but, even assuming
the correctness of the sayant's premi-
ses respecting the susceptibility of the
germs to electricity, the practical value
of his conclusions would lemain to be
demonstrated, Nothing is more GER
tain, however, than the fact that cleo
tricity is developing as clear a relation
to sanitary science as it has already es-
tablished for itself with practical
therapeutics.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

If any one wishes conclusive tes-
timony as to the utter failure of the
sympathetic method of dealing
with crime, it may be found in the APP
palling fact that in this country we
have reached very nearly total of
5000 murders year. Capital punish
ment is practically thing of the past
and the execution of murderer ex-
cites far more attention than the
murder itself. In no country claim
to be civilized is there less security to
life; and the laws against peddling are
better executed than the statutes which
prescribe the punishment of homicide.
Nevertheless, this result does not indi-
cate vicious sympathy with the crim-
nal. A government which is all pity
results as mischieyously as one which
is all force, and any departure from
the divine ideal Of justice and mercy
joined results in anarchy, Unregu-
lated compassion is as destructive of
order and as prejudicial to the higher
interests of life as unrestrained ven
geance. If the results of human ex-
perience are worth anything, then
heaven and hell are necessary CORE
1ativaS Of aarth Il Interior
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

The two new justices are rapidly
catching on to the business and are
already assuming that 4asgrave look so
natural to the dispenser Of justice.
Squire Trammell is ably assisted by
Mr.. w. E. Mckee, while Squire Har-
rison has Mr.. J. F. Roberts with him
in his Office. The new constables look
too happy for anything. We haye a
good joke on Lemen, but reckon it's
best not to give him away this time.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

Additional trains will leave Harrisburg daily
except Sunday at S.25 and 1925 a. M, and 5.15
p M arriving at Carlisle at 9.1O a. M. II 20 am.
and 800 p. m, stopping at all intermediate sta
lions
Pullman Palace Sleeping ears between Hag-
erstown and New York on Nos. 4 and 10 east
and ON Nos. and west.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on Nos and 10 be
tween Philadelphia and New Orleans.
Daily.
T Daily except Sunday.
Connections for all stations on Cumberland
Valley Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad sys
TEN.
II. A. RIDDLE, W. A GARD, j. F. BOYD,
Gen. Pass. Agt Agent Sul T..
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

IF Frenee has learned something by
twenty-one years of freedom, the open
ing of the Panama trial yesterday will
lead to no revolution. If France has
not, it may. 1t is merely question
whether the French people are edu-
Gated to the point at which freedom is
both safe and inevitable now, for safe
and inevitable it must some day be.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

The sum and substance of most Of
the farewell messages Of Republican
Governors are about the same as those
Of Mr.. Harrison's-I everIastingly hate
to let go, but suppose I must.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

Ingersol says "In these times per-
son must do one of three things Tell
what he thinks, keep still, or lie, and
| find that the respectable thing to do
is to lie.' Bob is eminently respect
able. and even popular.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

A Buffalo correspondent of the Neac
York Press states that Niagara has
been harnessed, and will soon have to
begin work. This should not be diff
cult for the cataract, however, as the
plant is calculated to develop 100000
horsepower The correspondent says
that the promoters of the enterprise
have been devoting almost as much at
tention to the study of a method by
which the power may be transmitted
as they have devoted to its develop
ment. They now assert that power can
be delivered in Buffalo at slight loss
of efficiency, and hint that it may be
sent by wire at any distance. This is
very like a fairy tail but the sharp
succession in which electric marvels
have followed each other Of late wear
has demonstrated the thinness of the
partition which separates the realms of
romance from those of science.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

The mystery of tine retention of
Raum at the head of the Pension Blu
reau will probably be no longer mys-
terry when the Ways and Means Com
mittee shall have finished its explora-
tions into the condition of the Treas
ury. Some curious facts with relation
to pension expenditures have already
been developed. For example, be-
tween the time when President Harm-
son was renominated and the Novem-
Der election 10000 names were adde 4
to the pension roll, or at the rate OF
nearly 1000 names per day-an un-
usual rate Of speed. A brake was
only put on the outturn when, after Il
Cabinet consultation, it was found ne
cessary to slow up because of the con
dition of the Treasury. There was not
money enough in sight to pay the new
pensioners.
Another significant fact has cropped
out as 70 the distribution of pensions.
They seem to have been put, like Cakes
Ames' Credit Mobiher bonds, "where
they would do the most goodn This
is illustrated by the following figures
for four of the principal States of the
North
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

Ex-senator Pierce, of North Dakota,
who is afflicted with disease Of the
throat which the blizzard ridden eli
mate of his State has only aggravated,
has been nominated by Pre- ,ident Har-
rison to be minister Resident to Portu-
gal. One by one the jobless states
mea, ailing in health, are being dag
nosed for counselships; and the Re
publican administration is also evil
IDENTIFY determined to conduct the dip
lomatic service on humanitarian dis
pensary basis, so long as the far cor
ners of the earth shall continue to hold
out their allurements.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

On sunday will stop on signal or to let off
passengers
Additional trains will leave Carlisle daily ex-
cent Sunday at So a. m, II. 30 D. M $40 D. M,
stopping at all intermediate stations, arriving at
harrisburg at 640a M, lbs p M, and .33 p. m.
No. runs daily between Harrisburg and
Chambersburg
Daily.
| Daily except Sunday.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

Indiana and Ohio were considered
missionary ground in the recent con
test. If Harrion did not get as many
votes as he expected, it was no fault of
Raum's. In Indiana and Ohio there is
one pensioner for every three soldiers
sent to the war in Illinois, one for
every four in New York, only one for
every six ! How may this disparity
be accounted for. except upon the
ground of gross preference, or worse /?
When the true history of the Pen
sion Office shall have been written it
will disclose scandalous mismanage-
ment. The bounty of the nation has
been prostituted to the uses of party
which since 1876 has kept its control
of the Government in despite Of the
actual desire of the people. Raum
stands explained.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

It's early in the year yet, but some
of those good resolutions are beginning
to feel the strain.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13

~ Louis 800 p m; Cincinnati SIS q
rives At Martinsburg 2:39 a. m. Wrsh ..S a.
BALTIC. go: Phila. 915 and New York II < S'to,
No. 10. Cumberland and Baltimore . =, a
moaatlon, DAILY leaves Cumberland go IA ~
arrives az Martins burg $50 D. m: Washino+n1
$40 Baltimore 1000 p. M; Phlladelnhia 1s "
m; and New York 7:10 a. N. Stons a. az ri
stations west Of ashington Junction. Gomez e.
al Harper's Ferry for Winchester al Wevs,ls
Ior Hagerstown, and Washington Junctior t f5l
Frederick, except Sunday Aor
No. IA: Piedmont d Baltimore acconrnoaa
toa, daily, except sunday, leaves Pieirnonv,u Z.
a;I0 a. m, arrives at Martinsburg at lilo M a.
arrives at Baltimore, via old line at 4.3O n ~
stops at all stations and connects at Wever4 -,
LOT LOT Hagerstown ana at Frederick junction foT
No. 50. Martinsburg and Brunswfck acoo-,
notation, Daily leaves MartiIsburo.s = AZ i1i
a. m arrives at Brunswick at GA a. m /. ary
connects at Harper's Ferry for Lexington sn5
Baltimore, and at Weverton for Haeerstown "'
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Gen. Pass'r A'g'u. Ticket 49,,
d. L. O'DELL, General Manager,
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