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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03

Oh, that scene the natives casting
in the earth with frenzied energy the
torch-bearers standing like bronze
statues, their torches throwing red
glare on the leper's head, now fast dis
appearing ss if sinking in pool of
blood. Then the earth crept up to his
mouth, his nostrils. With a
convulsive effort shut my eyes.
In another moment the noise Of the
shoveling and singing ceased. My
eyes involuntarily opened, just in time
to see the torch-bearers thrusting their
torches in the earth heaped up over
the grave; they gave an angry splutter
and then went out. For an instant
there was utter darkness and silence.
Then came the browning horror. A
vivid flash of lightning lit up the scene.
1t seemed to hang over the spot. And
while the natives were thus en-
veloped with the CHASTITY hue of death,
/ heard--I vow / heard-muffied and
faint as the shrek of gagged man,
the cry of the leper-the echo of q
Voice-the Echo of Lifel Louder
and louder grew that terrible voice; il
roared like cataract, like thousand
peals of thunder; it became thing
tangible, palpable-filling the uni.
verse, pressing on my brain-cr crushing
it till at last something snapped and
/ knew no more.
Three weeks afterward I woke up.
l was lying on bed in my quarters
Henderson was bending over me; he
raised his hand to prevent my speak
ing, saying, with queer little smile j:
'tYes, yes-keep quiet; a touch OF
jungle fever, my boy, that's ala
trife heady; you'll be all right again
in iiffy."
That fifty" was nearly three months.
-Chambers's Journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03
Odd Facts About Beasts and Birds.

Perhaps no birds spend more of
their lives on the wing than parrots
and pigeons, the latter being among
the most graceful and rapid of the in.
habitants Of the air. In New Zealand
species Of parrot is found that, find
ing its food entirely upon the ground
has lost the power of fight. 1t differa
from the rest of the family only in
this particular, and in being almost
yoiceless.
Among recent breeds of pigeons il
the parlor tumbler, which has not only
lost the power of fight, but has very
nearly lost that of walking as well. Its
queer motions when it attempts 20
walk have given it its name, the tum-
bier.
Gas thick as the hair on dogs
back" expresses nothing in Mexico, for
the Mexican dog is utterly devoid Of
hair ON its back or anywhere else. The
hot climate having rendered il super
fuous, Mother Nature kindly Invested
him of IL. Nor does "tho little busy
bee improve each shining hour" in that
country. On the contrary, it soon
learns that, as there is no winter there,
there is no necessity for laying in
store of honey, and degenerates into
thoroughbred loafer.
''As big as a whale, might be rather
small, as there is n species of the ceta.
cean genus hardly three feet long.
GAS cunning as fox" would have
sounded idiotic to the discoveries OF
Kamchatks. They found foxes in
large numbers, but so stupid, because
they had never before seen IN enemy,
that they could be killed with clubs
The birds Of feather" that flock
together" do not belong 10 the pen
gum family, as they are entirely desti.
tute Of feathers, having for covering
o kind OF stiff down. Another pen
gum popularity is that il swims not on
but under water, never keeping more
than its head out, and, when fishing,
coming TO the surface at such brief
and rare intervals that an ordinary OBJ
server would almost certainly mistake
it for fish.
Ducks swim the world over, but
geese do not. In South America do
mestic species is found that cannot er-
Gel an ordinary hen in aquatic accom-
plishments. 1t has lived so long in
country where water is only found in
wells that IL has lost it's aquatic tastes
and abilities entirely.
''As awkward as crab does not
apply on some of the South Sea Isl.
snds, for crab is found there that
not only runs ~ fast M an average
man, but climbs trees with the ease Of
a schooIboy. London Sports Afeld
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03
Odd Dinner Plates.

tWhat odd platesl' The visitor
leaned eagerly forward 10 inspect q GU
rious piece Of deeply bronzed china
that stood within the quaint, old fssh-
toned china chest, With its deIicately
carved dark wood and wide panes Of
shining glass.
The owner Of the plates smiled,
opened the door Of the china treasury,
and took out one Of the much admired
plates. II was deep brown In color,
with q network Of gold and green
bars.
Those plates, said the lady, ''are
relics Of Pittsburg's great FIRE in 1s45.
have two of them You see, and would
not part with them for any money.
They were given TO me by Mrs Col
Inns, who was the mother Of Mrs Judge
McCsndless After the fire they, be
lieve, bought crate Of them as relics
Of the condagrstion. They gave away
9 number Of them I was 90 fortunats
e. 10 be presented with two. When
Daniel Webster was in Pittsburg, re-
member at the dinner Mrs. Collins
gave for him, he greatly admired the
plates, and promised his hostess that
be should have one 10 take home with
him.
Originally the plates we're white. but
they were packed in straw. The heat
and the straw together combined to
give them the coloring and the mark
ing which you 90 much admire There
are, believe, half dozen families in
the city who have plates from that
crate, but do not know who the others
are. Oh, yes. We use them the color
ing has been burned in; there is no
danger Of it coming of, And the
precious plate was carefully placed be-
side its companion in the cabinet. =
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03
Childssh Chatter.

KIND OLD GENT--Well, nay little
man, what would you like TO be when
you grow up? Little man-I'd like
TO lie nice old gentleman like you,
with nothin' to do but walk around
an ask questions.
LITTLE GIRL wish / had a pet
animal OF some kind. Little boy
Why don't you get oneP Little girl
Mamma doesn' tlike dogs, and papa
doesn't like cats. Little boy-That's
easy. Get a monkey.
LITTLE GIRL-That's the second
time your mamma has called you.
Little boy (busy playing)-I know.
Little girl-Won't she whip you if
you don't go? Little boy-No, she's
got company aud she'll say: Hes
been real deaf since he had the
measles, POOR little fellow. Good
News.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03

Harness marks, physical or mental,
come to most men who are busted in
doing the worlds work. Even so light
a task as the handling of pen otter
leaves its traces upon the fingers. Per
haps the commonest result of constant
ly writing with pen is the formation
of callous spots on the middle finger Of
the right hand just where the per
crosses and on the first joint of the lit
tie finger where it is moving in contact
with the paper. Sometimes disease
of the nail of the middle finger results
from the some cause Any carefully
observant person could easily pick out
a penman by examining his right hand
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03
TO SUSPEND COINAGE.
The Carson City Mint Will Be Closed
and 0'her Reductions Will Follow.

Owing to the small amount Of gold bullios
deposited, about s1oo. 900 per month, and
the heavy expenses OF coinage at The United
States Mint at Carson City. New, Secretary
Carlisle has directed the suspension Of coin
age operations at that mint from and after
the first prox.
The suspension of coinage operations al
this mint will involve the reduction OF the
force Of thirtyfve employees. Reductions
IN the force OF employees at the United States
MINIS at Philadelphia and New Dreams viii
probably be made In the near future.
Wish the suspension OF coinage ct Carson
City, tho coinage OF silver dollars viii be dis
continued for the prescott, rs there 10 no de-
mani for this class OF money. Fractional
uncurrent silvor quarters and half dollars arc
now being reeoincd 1t the New Orleans, San
francisco and Philadelphia mints, and gold
q tho saa Francisco ard Phiiadclphs
nina
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03
CURIOUS FACTS.


Iceland has only two lawyers
Hungary furnishes the best opals.
London has rubber-t tired omnibuses.
Gun salutes cost Uncle Sam $500
day.
England has $4,000 miles of tele-
graph.
We eat 900, 900, 600 bushels of wheat
annually.
Black tea and green tea are the pro-
duct Of the same plant.
The first paved street in America was
Stone street in New York City.
There is a cypress tree in Lombardy
that is said TO be neayly 1000 years
old.
The Chinese have flower which il
white at night or in the shade and red
in the sunlight.
There are Is, 900 typewriters at work
in New York City, two-thirds of the
number being women.
The eastern Gulf Coast is reported to
have the heaviest rain, and Arizona and
New Mexico the lightest.
Mrs. P. Busch, of Columbus, Ind,
is the owner of a parrot that, it is
claimed, is fifty years old.
The most quarrelsome creature in
the world is the scorpion. Two placed
in the same box will always sting each
other to death.
There is hen in Thomaston, Ga,
that is evidently afraid of chicken
thieves She has built her nest in the
fork of tree, twenty feet above the
ground.
What is generally believed to be the
oldest pear tree in New England is on
a farm at Danvers, Mass. The tree was
planted in $780, Over bushel OF
fruit was harvested from the tree last
year.
Magma Charta, the great charter OF
Englishmen's liberties, is preserved in
the British Museum 1t is somewhat
stained by time, but King Johns seal
and name are still quite legible at the
bottom of it.
The flagship of the British North At
lantic squadron is named after Robert
Blake, the famous admiral who fought
for the commonwealth under Cromwell
against the royalists, and subsequently
beat the Dutch in series of brilliant
engagements.
The greatest swarm of locusts ever
known invaded South Africa in 1877.
They were driven into the sen by
north wind and, the waves throwing
them back, bank of dead locusts from
three TO six feet thick was formed for
fifty miles along the coast.
The doctors of Kingston, Canada, are
greatly exercised over the predicament
that Miss Lizzie Mills is in. The young
woman had occasion to prepare nm early
breakfast and while yawning her jaw
became psralyzed and she has not since
been able to close her mouth.
The Santa Catina of the Cathedral
of Genoa, Italy, is an imitation emer-
aid disk, fourteen inches wide and five
deep. 1t was, according to tradition,
given by the Queen of Sheba to Solo
mon. 1t was captured at Cesarea by
the crusaders and given to Genoa in
1901.
Turpentine farmers in South Caro-
lima and Georgia protect their property
against loss by fire in summer by burn
ing the grass and underbrush in mid
winter. The turpentine land is thus
protected by the destruction in adj
vance of such light material as feeds
forest fire.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03

Herr Krupp's gift of his great 1874
ton gun to Chicago is peculiarly
generous. maintains the San Francisco
Examiner, since he cannot expect it to
lead to anything in the way of orders
from this country, and guns are good
cash assets in Europe just now. We
have adopted the policy of making our
own munitions of war, and Krupp has
no market here. Herr Krupp has COM
bined patriotic prudence with liber-
ality. Ii he had presented his gun to
our Government it would have been
mounted at New York, and might
possibly at some time have been di-
rected against German war-ship. AT
Chicago it can never encounter any
enemy but England, and Krupp is
probably willing to take the chances OF
that
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03

The New York Times philosophers
thus: Just as the women, after long
coaxing, have decided to shorten their
gowns, the men, perverse creatures,
suddenly drop the skirts OF their coati
almost to their ankles. And how very
funny they look; so confusing, too;
one is never quite sure if it is a foot
man or just plain man walking il
front of her.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03

If inventors go on making srmor
plate more and more invulnerable and
guns which throw projectile with
greater and greater velocity, the time
may come when cannon ball will have
to be made of something about as hard
as diamond to stand the impact and
will cost nearly as much.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03
RECIPES,

Nut Cake-Three eggs. one and a
half cups of sugar, half cup of butter,
half cup of milk, two and a half cups
of -four, one and half teaspoonfuls OF
baking powder, one cup of the meats
of any kind of nuts.
Strawberry Tart-Line a pie dish
with puff paste and bake to light
brown in the oven. When you are
ready to serve, fill with freshly picked
strawberries. Heap the top into a
cone shape with whipped cream; dot
the cream with perfect berries, and
serve.
Sauce for Braised Calls Liver-MeIt
and brown one large tablespoonful of
butter add to it two tablespoonful of
-four, stir until it is smooth and brown
then add one pint of the liquor straine
from the pan, stir until it thickens
Take from the fire, add one tablespoon
full of Worcestershire sauce; season
with salt and pepper and serve.
Queen of Puddings-Four eggs-the
yolks, one and one-half cups of sugar,
butter the size of walnut, one pint of
bread crumbs, one quart of milk, one
grated lemon bake until done, but not
watery. Spread over the top layer
of jelly or preserves. beat the whites OF
the eggs to stiff froth; add four table
spoonfuls of sugar and the juice of one
lemon and spread this on. Then set
it in the oven again to slightly brown.
Grape Preserves-Select large, well
ripened fruit, pick from the stems,
carefully rejecting overripe and mouldy
ones. Pulp the fruit, placing the shins
in one vessel and the pulp in another.
Boil the latter, without adding any
water, for fifteen minutes, then rub
through q wire sieve. During this
operation cook the skins until tender,
after adding little water. Add the
pulp to the skins and measure, allow
ing three-fourths of pound of sugar
to each pint, and boil together, stir
ring constantly, for fifteen to twenty
minutes
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03

Chicago opened her big show with /,
population, visitors not included, O
about /, $50, 900, or about 600,0 be
hind that of New York. Philadelphia
estimated population is 1,160, 900
Brooklyn's, 1000, 900; Baltimore's
511, 800; Boston's, 475,00O Cincin
MATHS, 1926, 900; Cleveland's, including
a recently annexed suburb, 1922, 900
San Francisco's, 100000; Buffalo's
300, 900; Washington's, 263, 900, snd
Detroits $50, 900. Most of these are
moderate official estimates, and they
show that the chief cities of the country
are growing with even more than theil
usual rapidity.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03

In Australia, it is said, telephone
messages have been successfully trans
mitted over wire fences. The mar
who thought of this device utilized thu
top wire-of the fence and carried tn,
wire across the road on poles. In thi
way he connected one station with an
other at a cost of So per mile and, az
he carries an instrument in his buggy,
he is able at any point to communicat,
with either station.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03

The business of colonizing Africa
with white people goes on apace. An
expedition left England some weeks
ago for Mozambique as advance party
OF settlers who are to COLOMBO some 800
square miles of territory between the
rivers Zambesi and Sabi.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03

In recent work on criminology the
learned investigator says that out of
ninety-eight young criminals forty
four per cent did no. blush when ex-
amined. OF 122 female criminals,
eighty-one per cent. did not blush.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03

The New York Herald states that it
was the opinion of many who saw the
recent naval review in the North River
that some of the luxurious steam yachts
of New York's millionaires were the
most beautiful and graceful of all the
craft ahoat.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03
500 OUT OF WORK.
A 100000 Firs at Winston, N. c.,
Wrecks Two Factories,

Winston was visited by a 200. 900 fire. II
originated in an old wooden tobacco ware
house on the corner Of Third and Church
streets, which was burned to the ground
p. H. Hans Il Co. s mammoth plug and twist
factory was Quilted, as were also the ware
house and brick building OF R. J. Reynolds.
tobacco manufacturer.
AT least 500 peoPie are thrown out of en-
ploymsnt. Several fremen we're overcome
by heat and several were painfully injured
by falling brieks- The insurance vim reach
tl5o, 900.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03
OPENED TO THE SEA.
Dsllax, Tx, Celebrated an Important
Event Of Her History.

Tventy-h e thousand people celebrated
the opening OF navigation OF Trinity River
from Dallas 10 thesea, the occasion being the
arrival OF the Harvey. a steamboat Of 500
bales of cotton capacity.
Speeches were made by the leading men Of
the State. The demonstration vas the great
st ever seen In Texas 1t included . pro-
cession FIVE miles long Of all classes Of basi-
neeA
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03

And now it is discovered that Column
bus started on Friday on his world
finding voyage and actually sighted
land on the same unlucky day, which,
in the opinion of the New York Times,
should forever rid it of its ban to
Americans.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03
VOL. XII.
so LITTLE

Hereafter, when sleep beneath the grass in
yonder churchyard plot,
and what was, or might have been, Is then
that which is not,
II you should come In kindliness to stand
there by the spot,
And sometimes think Of me
Is il were not better than you thought, but
that were less bad,
kno-7 in that dark, dismal grave Of mine /
should be glad
Through all eternity.
w. J. hampton, in New York Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03

M. Jules Simon declares that the
way to reach old age is to keep the
mind actively employed all the time.
This, the New York Recorder thinks,
is why newspaper men live SO long.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03

y N DE II 81 N,
''what's t h e
m e aning OF
'SumajA, Ell ?
Early t h i 8
morning l was
W a n d e rim g
about a mile
out o n tn e
K i s t a p o r e
road, Just on
the edge of the
jungle, y o u
Enorv and ron
across some ten
or a do z e u
natiyns in q
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03

Queen Christine, of Spain, believes
that children could be brougn M
with much greater ease if each mother
were allowed to punish. not her own,
but her neighbours children.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03

In portions of Africa sugar of re-
msrkable degree OF sweetness Is now
made of cotton seed,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03

FRosss In Japan hsve Damaged the tea
plants snd aik coccJns % he sxsent Of GEO.
90 Yen
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03
"SUMAJH."

FL STANLEY GIBSON.
~ ENnED ON
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-23

REVIVAL OF GOLD MINING.

1t can be truthfully said Of Montana,
as it has been Of California, that the au
rirerous ground Of the state has been
presence of rich gold deposits in the
state IS not a matter Of speculation
the fact is known to be true. The gold
output of Montana in 1892 was, in round
numbers, 100000. Though this is a
small sum compared with .he silver out
put for the same time it is an item not
to be despised, and with the depression
of the silver mining industry there
should be a corresponding revival OF
gold mining, as the San Francisco
Chronicle says there is in California:
"That the appreciation in the value
gold, that is, its purchasing power, is
felt in California is evinced in the re-
newed activity displayed in gold mining
hot in hydraulic mining particularly.
for that is in its tentative and expert
mental stage under the recent legisla-
ton in congress, but in drift mining,
pocket mining, placer mining, and the
working over Of long since abandoned
dumps and taiiings piles. Gold has
become SO valuable of late that a very
little of it goes a long way, and hence it
pays to hunt for it carefully and to rake
the ground as with q f~ine-tootlied comb.
"The heavy producing gold mines of
California, that is, those which are gen
orally and publicly known, could be
almost counted or the fingers of both
hands, and yet the output of gold from
all the mines, under a very conservative
estimate, is over ~$l,000,000 a month,
which shows that the mines which
make the least show are among the
greatest producers of gold in Califor-
MIA"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-23
NOTICE.
NOTICE.
A.. A. Csmpbsll is the only authorized travel
ing agent OF this paper.
CRIME IN THE SOUTH.

An unusual number of heinous Of
lenses committed In the south by col
ored men, following in rapid succession,
have been avenged by the whites Of
the respective communities in a man
ner not less heinous than the crimes.
In consequence, the latent antipathy OK
listing between the two races has been
famed into tho white heat OF frenzied
hatred and an alarming state OF affairs
prevails. The wholesale lynohing OF
colored men for no more serious otfense
than relationship with some other COL
ored man actually guilty of a crime can
not be justified IN law, reason or n
science. 1t is a barbarism, the moro
revolving because the guilty murderers
OF the mob will never be brought to an
accounting before the law, the benefits
of which they so brutally denied their
poor victims. 1t is small wonder the
colored people Of the south believe that
laws are made for the whites only, and
considering themselves outside of the
protection Of the law and the officers
they have too often become a law unto
themselves, and many q crime is COM
mitted in a spirit of vengeance and re-
venge.
Many southern communities have ap-
parently made little progress in the So
luton Of the problem Of living as law
abiding people should, and at the same
time by preoept and example inducing
their neighbors to do likewise. They
attempt to inculcate respect for the
law by the most revolving violations of
it themselves, by the horrors of the
rifle, the gibbet and the stake. That
they fail utterly of effecting any good
results by suoh criminal and horrible
methods is not a matter Of surprise.
The one result accomplished is to put
their neighborhood in a state Of terror;
women dare not go abroad by day nor
men lsy night; every black man looks
upon every white man as his mortal en-
envy; rapine, murder and lynchings are
common crimes. Fortunately this state
of affairs is confined to small communi-
ties, and they are the chief sufferers,
The trouble is Of their own creation,
and their affairs have only q passing in
terest to others, except that all good
men must regret the existence in the
country of such a disgraceful and bar
barous state of affairs.