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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
ALumInous Tree.

A very useful kind Of tree to hsvo
III ones front yard isreported as grow
ing near some springs about twelve
miles north Of Tuscarora. III. It's truly
wonderful Characteristic is its lumi-
mostly, which is 50 great that on ths
darkest night it can be plainly seen -
mile away A person standing near
could read the finest print by its light.
II is about six feet high, with trunk,
which ct its base is three times the
size Of an ordinary mans whist Ita
foliage is extremely rank. and its
leaves resemble somewhat those Of tho
aromatic bay tree in shape, size and
color. The luminous property is due
to gummy substance, which can DO
transferred to the hand by rubbing.
The principle objection 10 ths use of
this kind Of tree for street lamp
would seem 10 b. that its luminosity
is probably due to its phosphores-
-ence, and therefore, il il were net
planted in damp place and il the sun
did NOT shine every day it would not
be up 10 candle power at night. New
York World
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
AN INSTANT DEATH.
James Carlin Never Knew What Struck
Him

James Carlin was instantly killed by a
stroke OF lightning at his residence in
Jamaica, L L Death could not have been
more instantaneous had Mr. Carlin sat In an
electrical chair. The lightning struck at the
roof, followed leader down 10 a spot where
it touches the building, ran through the body
from feet to head. cayorted around the room
found egress into the kitchen by an open
doorway, and from thence passed through
another doorway to the yard, where it buried
itself in the ground, after leaving burned
track as though fiery serpent had swept on
the instant through the house.
Cariin's wife saw the lightning strike and
that her husband remained immovabie, but
supposed that be was simply stunned. She
and her little boys put cut the flames and
then went over 10 her husband and tried to
awaken him. bat without success. She chafed
his hands. hut they rena med inanimate She
could not bring bin to consciousness. and
cent one Of the boys for the doctor.
But before the doctor arrived she was salts
ged OF the horrible truth His clothes were
burned and torn and 1t was found that the
skin OF his breast adhered 10 his red wooden
shirt His hods was black The woodwork
of the lounge was spIintered near the head,
the hole in the wall that the bolt made Is no
bigger than Decent pieee.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

Miss JULIA Force, who slew her two sis
sers in Atlanta, Ga, last February, was com
mitted to the State lunatic asylum. She was
accompanied from Atlanta by DR.. 0lmstead,
her family physician, and her aunt, Mrs. ex-
Governor Connolly. Her iron-gray hair was
brushed straight back from high and re-
treating forehead. and a small brown hat,
with a single feather, adorned her head.
When Miss Force was introduced into the
asylum parlor she greeted the superinten-
dent, whom she had known previously. She
told him that she was not and never had been
insane; that, driven desperate by the ill
treatment of her family, she had slain her
sisters that the legal proceedings which
held her back from conviction were accept
able to her family, and she submitted il that
would do them any good. She explained
that she woulG like an occupation while in
the asylum, aud as she was trained nurse,
graduating from a Protestant Episcopal con-
vent in New York, she would do duty in that
capacity. II Is likely that Miss Forces re-
quest will be complied with.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES lectured before the
Kentucky Chautauqua on Uncle Toms Cabin.
He proposed remedy for the race problem,
20 use the millions of public lands in the
West to set up for the negro an independent
commonwealth. Several speakers OF note
from the North were present, and their ex-
preston was of approval, provided the think
ing class of the blacks desire it,
A NEW electric street car motor was sue
cessfully tested at Atlanta, Ga. 1t is the joint
invention of W. E. Moore, OF Greensboro /,
S. c., aud r. J. EdeGfield, an electrician.
The new appliance is 30-horse power and
weighs / ZOO pounds while those in use at
present are 3d. horse power AMI weigh 1850
pounds. The brushes which operate the
commutator are on top instead of underneath
the motor.
DAVID LAVENDER, wealthy farmer who,
in the suburbs of Chattanooga, Tenn, muir
dered R. H. Reed was arrested in vacant
room where be was hiding He acknowl-
edged his crime, and the eoroner's jury found
him guilty, duplicating James Irwin as an
accessory Il dramatic scene ensued when
.he gray-haired father Of the victim con-
fronted the slayer of his son. A telephone
message says that Irwin was shot and killed
by Reeds brother near Their home in North
Georgia
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
An Artist Helps q Fakir.

Usually stories regarding the per-
sonal characteristics of foreign actors
precede their arrival in this country,
but the general rule does not seem to
have been observed in the case of
George Grossmith, the London come
dian, who recently returned to Eng
land after brief engagement i'll the
East. He left many friends and ad-
mirers in this country, and if half the
stories now told of him are true he
must be one a the kindliest of men.
One is related by the Buffalo IN, "
Commercial of his being in an inn at a
well-known seaside resort, one even
ing, when forlorn travelling "reciter, -
of the type as pathetically well-known
to England as to America, gave So
called entertainment i'll the drawing
room. Like some of its sort, it was
YEARLY Misunderstanding, and when he
passed around his shabby hat at its
conclusion it was but to gather a lenten
harvest of half-pence. As, disheartened
enough, the fakir was leaving the
room, Grossmith, Just entering. caught
glimpse of his downcast face and
empty hat Straigntway grasping the
situation, Grossmith signalled him
with gesture to remain, and taking
his stand at the end of the room, said,
Ladies and gentlemen, as the next
number on the programme, I will give
you humorous sketch" and there
upon did so in his most inimitable
style. Amid the rapturous applause
which followed, he proceeded to pass
around his hat, exactly as his prede-
cessor had done. The situation was
appreciated; silver, in coins of gener-
Gus size, promptly weighed IL down.
Grossmith reioined his humble fellow
entertainer; the modish hat emptied
itself into the shabby one, Over them
Grossmith smiled his own sly, quaint
smile; and "Well, we've done pretty
well this evening, haven't we?' said
he, and was off before one could say
"thank you'
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
Cruel Sport in Chile.

The National pastime Of Chile is the
"barro, which is played by the huas
cos, or Chilean horsemep, who are
splendid riders. At every waysidc
drinking shop there is a range Of posts
supporting long rail, to which the
horses are tethered. Whenever few
huascos meet wager for drinks is
sure TO be put up. Then sides are
chosen, and the leaders first take their
places on horseback side 10y side, each
with his horses chest close up to the
bar. The others mount and range
themselves on each side in the same
position. Then the game begins The
objects of each side, according tc
London Tit Bits, is to force its way
along to the further epd Of the bar
against the opposition Of tn" other
party. Each closes sideways with all
his might and digs his huge rowel=
into his horses sides 10 keep his chest
close to the bar until they d-op blood
and the cruel bits are jerked viciously,
Wells OF excitement and rage break
from the players as the pressure in
creases and their legs are crushed be-
tween the horses. The spectators are
equally excited. Even the horses seem
TO take an intelligent part in the strug-
gle, and a well trained mount will FIRE
quently Dust a rival from his place.
Progress along the bar Is. however,
very slow, and when there are as many
as thirty or forty picked players q
whole day may be spent without the
contest being decided Horses and
men both suffer severely. legs are
crushed and broken, and at the end OF
the struggle the riders have to be
helped from their saddles, and then
clothing has often to be cut from the
swollen flesh. Unless a limb be broken,
the tough horseman rs little worse, a
day or two on his back and pure olive
oil restore him to strength and supple
ness.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
A MIsLAID CONTINENT.


Now let us run the list over.
OF men preceding Christopher.
Who came before Columbus came, that lag
gard dull and slow;
Those early Buddhist missionaries,
The rapt religious Missionaries,
Who thirteen hundred years ago discovered
Mexico
An Irishman named Brendin
(The list is never ending)
de crossed the Sea of Darkness, crossed the
wild. untraveled main.
He thought that he would try land
Some miles away from Ireland.
So he, twelve hundred years ago, discovered
us again.
Left Ericsson, the Norseman,
regular old sea-horseman.
Who rode the waves like stations, and
couldn't endure the shore,
Five hundred years thereafter
Said to his wife in laughter:
"1t's time to go and find, my dear. America
once more.
And so he went and found it.
With the ocean all around it.
And just where Brendin left it five hundred
years before;
And then he cried Eureka.
I'm most successful seeker ,''
And then went off and lost it-couldn't find
II any more
They fought the sea, and crossed it,
And found a woodland lost it
Those pre-Columbian voyagers were absent
minded men;
Their minds were SO preoccupied
That when continent they spied.
They absently mislaid it and it couldn't be
found again.
But Columbus when he found US
Somehow kept his arm around u.s.
For he knew he must be careful when he
found hemisphere;
And he knew just how to use IT.
And he didn't misplace and lose it.
And mislay it in a corner where it couldn' I
be found next year.
Like a pretty worthless locket
II didn't put it in his pocket
And drop the New World through hole that
he'd forgot to mend;
But he kept his eye upon it,
And he kept his finger on it.
And he kept his grip upon il and held on 1t
to the end.
Sam Walter Foss, in Yankee Blade.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
CURIOUS FACTS.

Turks believe that women have no
souls.
The manufacture OF china is The
Oldest industry.
Pigeons were employed in the mail
service in Bible times.
The oldest violin in the world was
found in an Egyptian tomb, dating
about 5000 B. C.
In $40 the King of Northumberland
gave 500 acres of land for one book,
containing the history of the world.
The first steam vessel TO engage in a
naval battle was operated by the Span
ish in the Don Carlos civil war Of 1886
A sponge having circumference OF
five feet six inches has been taken from
the waters of Biscayne Bn,-, Florida
A horse owned by farmer living
near owensboro. Ky, goes without a
master and drives up the COWS every
evening.
The greatest mass of solid iron in
the world is the Iron Mountain of
Missouri. 1t is $50 feet high and two
miles in circuit
The little island of Iceland, with
about 20, 00G inhabitants, has the same
number of newspapers as the great
Empire of China
The Greek statues of marble were
generally painted in gorgeous colors
and frequently covered with a pa
fusion Of tawdry ornaments.
A company of blind men recently
arrived in Birmingham, whittier they
had ridden ON bicycles from London,
distance OF over one hundred miles.
The Roman houses and palaces were
so imperfectly lighted that in many
living rooms the inmates we're forced
to depend on lamps by day as well as
by night.
The ten Sunday newspapers in New
York, together with the three in Brook,
Ign, published one Sunday 400 pages
altogether, aggregating 5000 columns
and 100000 words.
There arc 81 Federal graves in
the seven National cemeteries in Ten.
nessee, and there are perhaps the
bones of many hundreds lying beneath
the sod whose resting places are for
gotten and unknown.
The newspapers of India are published
in many languages, and it is said that
those in the native tongues are more
widely circulated and read, in proper,
ton to the number of copies printed,
than is the case anywhere else in the
world
The biggest waterfall in the world
is the Kaieteur, or Old Mans Fall, OF
the River Potaro, tributary of the
Essequibo. From height of TAI feet
a sheet of water about 300 feet wide
falls perpendicularly into basin and
continues in a series Of rapids below.
Among the many "freaks" offered
for exhibition at the Worlds Fair is
hen that always walks backwards, &
Shetland pony that is so small that
her shoes are made from 500 gold
pieces, a razor that had been used by
George Washington, an Indiana prod
ICY, aged four years, who can recite
"Thanatopsis, and a garment 400
years old.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

of late, and p'raps he'll make decent
sort o husband for you yet. ("
"Oh, father Oh, father!"
'FThere, there, Comfort, don't
squeeze me SO everlastin' close, re-
monstrated the old farmer. But it's
sort O. queer, now, amt it, that We
should both hey' selected the same hid
in place for our things, Ell? Like an
old raven and young I'M, eh?'
And Comfort Rslston hastened Joy.
fully to her mother to impart the glad
tidings.
1T never would have happened,
mother, if you hadn't sold the old
stove! Oh, you should have seer
father face !"
And ever afterward the sound Of
Moses Minton's iangling bells was
music in Comfort Ralston's ears. =
New York Ledger.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
WORK AND WORKERS.

The steel mills Of the Illinois Steel Com.
pany, a. Joliet, Illinois have closed ds~a,
throwing ont 800 mea.
ALL Of The glass factories and iron and
steel works at Muncie, Inftana, closed down
throwing 900 men cut OF employment.
TIE 5000 coal miners Of the Birmingham
district, in Alabama, made contract vita
the operators. thus preventing the strike
which was feared.
The Eve daily papers in Denver have
asked their competitors 10 accept reduc-
tIon from 50 a. 40 cents a Thousand ems. Tbs
printers say they viii not eecspi-
The Bay View mills Of the Illinois Steel
Company, IN Milwaukee, closed down the
company refusing 70 pay the Amaigsmated
scale. About 1000 men are throwa out
A DEsPATcs from Uniontown, Penns.,
SAYS It il understood the large Ike opera
tors IN the Conne.isviIie region are going 70
make an agreement to put the price Of eoks
down. This s made q necessity because Of
the strong emp tition Of West Virgin a
feds.
The cooperative pottery works Of East
Liverpool, Ohio, are 70 Be removed 70 B1f-
faIo. \. I. A grant Of eight acres of land
on the eastern boundary Of the city, and
s75 900 in cash, was the iHducemenf made
TO the company to remove.
The Executive Board Of the American Fed
Grafton Of Lstor at a recent session In New
York adopted resolution 70 the effect that
the Executive Council arrange for an inter-
view With President Cleveland for the pur-
pose Of arguing the adoption OF an eight
hour law and also to protest against any IN
dersfanding between the United States and
China TO asnul or modify the Chinese Ex-
clusiOn act
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
FIGHTING In BRAZIL.
Another In,ureoiiOn Reported to Havs
Broken Out in Rio.

The iusurrection in Rio Grands do Sui has
broken out again at Baga. The railway has
been cut and the city Of Rio Grande has been
invested by the rebels. General sarraiya,
the insurgent leader, is marsbaling his forces
at Pelotas.
hundred armed passengers, led by the
insurgent Admiral wandelkolk. boarded the
steamer Jupiter at Buenos, and when out nj
sea oyerpowersd the crew and took the yes
sel into Rio Grande.
The Central Government has ordered the
squadron to be- prepared to blockade Rio
Granje do Sui. Admiral wandelkolk with
the captured steamer Jupiter has joined the
Federal flotila. General Castillo il reported
TO be sending troops for tho defense Of tho
ssfe
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
ATTACKED BY A LION.
Darling, the Tanner, aad Bloodhound
Subiued the Rsast.

During a performance in Hagenbeek's
arena. at the Worlds Fair. Daring, the lion
tanner, was attacked BY Pasha, one of the
biggest lions The beast sprang on him. and
with one blow. ripped the tanners clothing
into shreds.
A big bloodhound seized the lion br the
throat. and the man beat he animal INTO sab-
lection with heavy bar Over 1000 persons
witnessed the accident. SeseraI women
tainted. Two COW boys rushed W to the
arena, with reviewers and only with difficulty
were prevented from shooting the lion. Ths
man was badly scratched The incident alb
ruItiy ended the performance.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
Achievement of a Blind Student.

AT the university in Berlin student
named Max Meyer pronounced with
such brillancy and intellectual power
his thesis ON the differential calculus
that the examiners hailed his proves
with acclamation and at once pro-
claimed that he was deserving of q
special degree as doctor. The point
of the story lies in the fact that Max
Meyer is blind and has learned to
read by touch alone. Detroit Free
Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
AncIent Christian Nnnnscrlnis.

The most ancient Christian manu-.
scripts III existence are tho three great
goddess OF the entire scripture tne
Vatican, tho Ale1andrino and the
Sinaitic codex. They were written. it
Is conceded, in tine Fourth Century
The Vatican dodeN has been for cen
turtles in thu Vatican Library and il
looked on as the most precious of the
three. The AiexandrlHc, so called be-
cause it wss brought to England from
Alexandria abou; the middle of the
Seventeenth Century, is kept in the
British Museum nj LONDON; and the
Sinaitic, SO called because discovered
by Tischendorf about iorty years ago
in the convent of Mount Sinai, IS pre-
.erved at st, Petersburg Chicago
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
Captured by Sleeping Beauty.

When | was last summer in Den
mark, went to Primkenau, where the
Dukes of Augustenburg had their resi-
dence. The Empress Augusta Victoria
WAS born and brought up there. The
Empress, as child, had known, was
told by member of the little ducal
court, the Emperor in childhood. But
going to Cassel, and then to Bonn as a
student, he lost sight of her The
acquaintance was renewed under
romantic circumstances. When he
was twenty, or thereabouts, he was
sent in the early summer on tour to
Holstein, and extended it to Prim-
kenau. The young Princess was a
finely grown girl and blooming as a
rose. She somehow heard who was
coming and dressed in her best to re-
ceive him. Growing tired of waiting
she got into hammock swinging in
an arbor, which was scented with
freshly blown lilac. There she fell
asleep.
The wandering Prince came by the
arbor, saw the sleeping beauty, and
was conquered. 1t is said that as he
was gazing on her she was dreaming
that, more fortunate than her mother,
she was being waited to magnificent
throne, and that an imperial crown
had descended on her head. William
did not mean to disturb the sleeping
beauty, but, as usual, he was in uni
form, and the dragging of his sword on
the asphalt of the summer house sad
the clanking of his spurs betrayed
him. She awoke and saw pair of
eyes that looked love at hers and then
she rushed away toward the residence.
Presently her governess came to tell
her that the Crown Prince of Prussia
was there. Her mother, the Duchess
dowager, being i'll, it devolved on
Augusta Victoria to do the honors.
She fastened to welcome the illustrious
visitor. He lost no time in declaring
himself her lover, and they were
engaged before he left the house. -
London Truth.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

lNKLE, tinkle,
tinkle I"
1t was no sound
of sheep-b bells on
the Apennines. no
Ginning of the
Angelus at twilight
across empurpled
vineyards and Pom
time 11,orcbao ,a+
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

Mira James Lanier. of New Yorh
City, is an expert whip, nd drives =
handsome pair Of high step ping poniea
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
THE BURNED ByILDINs.

The cold storage warehouse was 1870 by 255
feet. 1t cost $3.50, COO, and was built ofwood
and staff, and was stored with meats, vege-
tables, fruits and wines belonging to the
restaurants on tae grounds. 1t had a mas
i've tower 260 feet high. The establishment
was ID with complete apparatus Tor
the manufacture of ice, refrigerarinS, &c,
and was on the grounds as an exhibit. An
artificial ice rink in the top story had just
been comp. ted, aad the place was usually
thronged with sight seers.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15
." Old Rags and Bottles, "
BY AMY RANDOLPH.

INKLE, tink1e,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-15

it had CHEEKY echo under the white
blossomed elderbushes and close to
the old farm, even though it was only
string of bells stretched across a
wagon and agitated by the jog-iog of
an ancient white horse, that was as
blind as the little god of love, while q
shrewd old man trudged beside him,
guiding his devious way
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-05-04

CONGRESSMAN Joseph w. Bailey,
the young Texas statesman. is boom
ing secretary of the Treasury Carlisle
ior the next President. lie says that
Mr. carlisle Is easily the greatest man
IN THIS country and the peer of any in
any country.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-05-04
An Extra Session.

WASHINGTON, April 2G.-There will
be an extra session of Congress called
not later than September, and possibly
sooner.
Congressman Buck Kilgore of Texas
called on the President this morning
ana aSked the pcint-blank question:
why do you want to know p" asked
Mr.. Cleveland.
because. If you are going to call an
extra session." answ cred the Congress-
man, 81 want to rent a house before
go home, and be ready to bring nv
family Oh when | come"
"Y our reasons for knowing are not
very sinister" laughed Mr.. Cleveland,
and such honesty should be met with
honesty. Yes, there will be an extra
session called, and | see no reason whv
the business men OF the country should
not know 1t. 1t will be called between
the lst and 18th Of the month, and if
there is any special urgency 1t will be
called sooner"
- This Is the first time that President
cleveland has stated positively that an
extra session would be called. His re-
ply TO MIR. K!lgore has not been made
PaDiic, and 1t was only tonight, in the
metropolitan lobby, that the Texas
congressman gave out this important
piece or neWs.-Columbia State.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-05-04
Gale 10 His Harvard

SPARTANBURa, April 27.-Dr. Will
liam Whitetord Smith died this morninn
at his home in this city. lie had bee,
IN Feeble health Tor mum Der of years
and for several months has been con-
fined to his bed; so the end was OF UNI
anticipated. His remains will be INC
tered on Sunday next. DR.. Smith wa.
born in Charleston November 8, 1872
and was graduated from the South Cars
DINA College in the class of Governor
a. C. Magrath. Joining the South
Carolina Conference in 1888 nc was en-
gagged in Christian work for near half a
century. In 1855 he came to Spartan.
burg, as the first professor of English
literature at Wofford COLLEGE, he filed
that chair acceptably for twenty.eight
years. For number of years Dr..
Smith was one of tho most prominent
figures in the Southern Methodist
Church and was one Of it's most popu
lar as well as eloquent divines.-Statc.