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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-19

Ihe veMink Aha nolh1 q fHsnasi heleaihtAness
and Strangers.
Hon. 5. W. Walker is in Charles
ton.
Mr. Oliver BenizeIl was in winehes-
Ter yesterday.
Miss Clara Cutting . Is visiting in
Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Jno. w. Thompson spent yes
terday in Winchester.
Miss Ida Borkhart has returned from
visit to Cumberland.
Hon. Geo. NJ. Bowers is in Chicago,
taking in the Worlds Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ G. Tabler will re
tarn from the Worlds Fair today.
Messrs. Harry Smith and Frank
Evans have returned from the Worlds
Fair.
Mr.. W. G. Edwards and son Herbert
have returned from visit 10 Balti.
more.
MI q Raymond Duvall is on Wis
il 10 Mrs. VIM. Mann on North Queen
street
sIr. and Mrs A. Staubley are on a
visit to friends and relatives in Con
necticnt.
Nj. Ashby Cunningham, Of Pitts
burg, is spending his vacation with
his family in this city.
Mr.. Robert Criswell, Jr., is another
young Democrat added to the list. Con-
gratulations friend Robert.
Mr.. R. W. Aler, accompanied BY his
sister, Miss Ida, of Washington, are the
guest of their brother, F. Vernon Aler.
Mr.. James Albnrtis, Of the Govern
ment Printing Office, Washington D. c.,
is spending his vacation At his home in
this city.
Misses Bette Wiltshire and Jennie
Crane, have returned from Jefferson
County where they have been spending
their vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. yesterday, Of
Washington, are the guests Of the lat
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs Henry Wi
len, Of this city.
G. o. Scull, Esq, the genial and
affable Genl Passenger Agent Of the
b. & o.. passed through here this week
en- route for Baltimore from Chicago.
Miss May King, an accomplished
young lady Of Baltimore, accompanied
BY Miss Maize Sencindiver, Of Charles
town, is visiting Mrs. Geo. L. Sencin-
diver, Of Maple Avenue.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-19

In store for all who Try Bacon's
Celery King for the Nerves. The gen.
eral verdict Of all who have used this
great vegetable preparation is that il
is the grandest remedy ever discovered
for the cure Of dyspepsia, liver com.
plant, general debility, etc. Baeon's
Celery King for the Nerves stimulates
the digestive organs, regulates the
liver and restores the system to vigor,
Gus health and energies Sample free
Large packages SOC. Sold only by A
NJ, GILBERT & BRO u North Queer
street
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only pay the advertiser, but il lets the
people at distance know that the
town in which you resides 1 prosper
Gus community Of business men. As
The seed is sown. 50 the seed recompen-
ses. Never pull down your sign while
you EXPECT to do business.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-19

When moths begin to get in " Their
work, Y and if you want to save your
woolens, carpets, &c. from the ravages
Of this pest, you can get nothing more
sure to kill them than COAL TAR
CAMPHOR, which is much cheaper
than camphor, and more effective. Va
large supply of above article Just re-
ceived at A. NJ. Gilbert & Bro. IS, Drug
gist, 10 N. Queen street.
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a HINT TO THE WISE.

Were il what Peter Cooper, who
died worth millions, said Of a news
paper. In all towns where newy-
paper Is published every man should
advertise in it, If nothing more than q
card, stating his name and the bust
ness lie is engaged in, 1t does not
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-19
AM ExoELLEaT oPPoRTuKITY.


To the friends Of Practical Educa-
ton:
Having been urged time and again
by number Of persons interested in
the matter. to open a First Class Pri-
vate School in our city, | hereby an
nounee, thatIif sufficient number Of
pupils are reported and entered by the
first Of September, J will start snch an
enterprise soon thereafter. have a
comfortable room in my private resi-
dence on West King street, Which
would fix mp and furnish for that pur;
pose.
It is evident that such an enterprise
for our city and vicinity is much need
ed and my record al a teacher should
be sufficient guarantee that my work
win give satisfaction.
/ propose to divide the scholastic
year into four terms Of 10 weeks each,
The tuition for each such term Of 10
weeks will be-
For the Common English Branches,
$500 For the Classics, Algebra and
other Higher Branches, 1925, And %
cents per quarter for incidental ex,
penses.
All parties interested, and willing te
patronize this enterprise, win do vel
to notify me as soon as possible.
WIN. GERHARDT.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-19

Gentlemen would not use Blush Of
Roses if it was a paint or powder, Of
course not. 1t is as clear as water,
no sediment fill the pores Of the skin.
Its mission isto heal, cleanse, and puri-
fy the complexion of every imperfec-
ton, and insures every lady and gem
tlemen clear smooth complexion.
Sold by a. N. Gilbert & Bro. Price
rs cents.
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rHE BLAog ro ao.

Louis Bell has added another first
class workman To his. forsoral force
and wants yon t. give him q call.
Hot and cold water baths daily. If
you want good work 90 70 a first-cla
shop this is the ono to 60 to.
Sim
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BILL oFPARE FOR TO DAY.

The Bon Ton Restaurant will serve
in fine style today Squirrel, Eel,
Bass, Oysters, Soft Crabs, Deviled
Crabs, Hamburger Steake, Spring
Chickens, Ham Eggs, etc. G, r.
Schlotterbeck, Prop'r.
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rHE cHAnProK or THE worm.

The Jewel process gasoline stove Is
the Worlds Champion. Everybody
happy that uses Them. For sale by
j. w. R. Fisher, King Street.
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CALI Oh JOHN HELLER.

Ifyou are IN want Of 4 Buggy, Phe
ton, Surrey, Dayton a top or no top
business wagon have them and mean
to sell. Call on John Heller.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-19

Lee II Gooey defes competition ii
the laundry line. All his work is first
class.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-19

For the best and only steel point and
shear pillow for hard ground, buy the
Tuscarora, built and sold by John
Fitz.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-19

Casting, Pillow Points, and all kinds
Of repairs for sale by John Fitz.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-19

For the best Wheat and Fertilizer
Drills, buy tbe Tuscarora, bailt by
John Fitz. Call and see il.
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PERSONAL nEsrIoR.

he Oomipg and Going 81 Friends. Acquaintance,
and strangers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-16
Mortgage Sale.

Default L.as been made in the conditions OF q
mortgage containing power of sale, dated April
End, 1883, and recorded on the 3rd day of May,
1888, in the office of the Register Of Deeds of Lake
county, Territory of Dakota, now State of South
Dakota, In book "Uf OF mortgages, page 15S,
whereby William b. Wocd and Emma Z. Wood
his wife, mortgagors, mortgsged TO Geo. ii.
Brace, mortgagee, the west half OF the west half
of the southeast quarter OF section {, township
106, Range 81. in said Lake county, 4. D.. by
which default the power Of sale has become oper-
alive, and no action or proceeding at law has
been instituted to recover the debt secured there
by or any part thereof. The amount claimed to
be due on said MORTGAGE at the date hereof 10
$372.25, besides the sum of $50 attorneys fee
stipulated for in said mortgage, 10 which should
be added the taxes on premises described In said
mortgag &c, and amounting to ell "a. Now notice lie
hereby given that by virtue of said power, said
mortgage will he foreclosed, and said premises
sold a, auction by the sheriff of said county, or
his deputy, on Monday, the 28rd day of October,
1893, at 10 O'Clock n. m at the front door OF the
court house In Madison, 8. D., to pay said debt,
| attorneys fees and disbursements allowed BY
law. Dated Sioux Falls, >. D., September 9Th,
1883.
GEO. II. BRACE, Mortgage.
PAUL 8. KNOWLES, Attorney for Mortgage.
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ger, and they bleed too. To add to my
misery, when / cufcorn, which I haven't
Tor several years till this fall, when I
could not get help enough to suit me
and so had to go into the field with my
men, the peculiar rasping sound caused
by the rubbing of the leaves and stalks
together makes cold chills chase each
other mp and down my spinal cord for
the first day or two in a way that is ter
rifying even TO think about.
The tying ofs the knob in the stalk
hand that binds the shocks together il
what does up your hands most, and
splits your nails, and turns them back On
your finger. and makes yon wish your
mAnual appendages were made Of brass
ur steel. Itassalmost as bad as binding
OF with thist1es in them, and that L
tbe most narrowing performance In tn
whole rpund ~ teamwork Hindinf
grain isnpw done mostly BIZ machinsfy
hut1hey Aaxs. not yes ~successfull,
scIye1ke pfoslsn u machine harvest
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constable,s Sale ON Tax Wnrrant.

State of South Dakota, county Of Lake, So;
Notice is hereby given. That by virtue OF tax
warrant to me directed and delivered, aud now
In my han de, issued by the county treasurer In
and for the county of Lake, in the state OF South
Dakota, upon an amount of personal property
for taxation for the year, A, ID. 1888, q transcient
aud itiDerant stock Of merchandise owned and
possessed by Harper Bros. Il Co., and brought
into said Lake county for sale on or aboat Octo-
Der 10, 1888, I have levied upon the following de-
scribed personal property OF said Harper Bros,
& Co. TO satisfy said taxes and amounting to
$73.O0, 10 wit: twenty-five t22) sacks contain
Ing 100 pounds each OF granulated sugar. And
that shall, on Monday, the 23d day of Octo-
Der, A: D.. 1883, at the hour Of 2 o'cIock p; m. OF
said day. at the front door of Hnbbell Bros.
barn, In the city OF Madison, in said county and
state, proceed to sell all the right, title and in
tereet OF the above4named Harper Bros. d Co. In
and to the above described property to satisfy
said taxes and costs, amounting TO seventy
three dollars, together with all accruing costs Of
sale, to the highest bidder Tor each.
Dated October ~, 1899. n
GEO. MEAD,
Constable In and for Lakeview Township, Lake
county, :. d.
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THE CORN HARVEST.
NO MORE THE ROMANCE OF THE RUBY
EAR, NO MORE THE RUSkiNG BEE.

Since the Advent of the Organ Farmers
Girls Work Not Misunderstanding Corn
a Trying TASK Is-Husking Makes the
Fingers Sore.
The romance of the red ear is gone.
The husking bee, actively participated
in by the young folks of the neighbor-
hood, is a thing of the past. Here and
there, it is true, through the land the
old time custom may be revived occa-
sionally, but a modern "huskin" is not
like one of the fathers time. Then the
primary object of the gathering was the
husking of corn. 1t was expected that
each person present would contribute
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-16
THE RED EAR.

his or her share of labor toward a big
evenings work. The finding of a red
ear was only an incident. The merry
romp that followed was succeeded by
great hustling to make up for lost time,
and the success Of the gathering was
measured by the pile Of shining ears
that was accumulated in the middle of
the barn floor when the party broke up.
Such husking bees as are held these
later years are merely social subterfuges
for the most part. Farmers wives and
daughters do not oftefr help in the mems
work nowadays, least of all in husking
corn, for this is wearing on the hands.
Itcauses split nails, and bleeding fingers,
and lame wrists, and sore arm muscles.
The husking bees Of other days were
necessities. The farmers were paying
for their farms, and by all hands in a
neighborhood turning to and helping
each other at night in the husking sea-
son money could be saved and the econ
omy that was so necessary conserved.
But ever in those old days there was far
less of romance at husking bees than
one would suppose from the stories that
have been woven by imaginative fiction
writers who have worked such occasions
into their tale.
1t was not at all common for the wom-
en- and girls to help at the bees that I re-
member, though they sometimes joined
their fathers and brothers for half an
hour or SO, and occasionally red ears
were 'barred" when the girls did take
part. The work of the women was usu-
ally that of cooking and serving the sup
per. Sometimes this was eaten in the
barn and sometimes in the house. When
the parlor organ began to appear In the
f~armhouses, the husking Of corn by girls
died out almost altogether, for fingers that
are accustomed to tearing the reluctant
covering from ears Of corn are not fiex-
ible enough for organ keys, and besides
the same sentiment that caused the
farmer to provide the organ for his
daughter caused him to object to seeing
her engaged in any form of mans work.
The corr harvest is managed quite
differently in the east and the west. In
the west the ears are generally picked
from the stalks while the latter are still
standis I in the field. In the east the
~1In Is CIT first and set up in shocks
around a single hill that is left uncut.
There it stands curing for days and some
times weeks before it is husked.
''It is not fun to cut corn" said a
farmer friend the other day. 1.-The first
day or two in the cornfield strains every
muscle in your body. Your arms, and
your hands, and your back, and your legs
all suffer, and when You come to go to
bed at night You ache from your heels
to your head. If your hands are a little
tender, you are sure to cut them ON the
sharp edges of the bladelike leaves, and
before moor little blisters come in your
palms, to break before night and bleed
the next day. BY the second day cracks
appear between the thumb and forefn.
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WITH A
he passed his whole life, working first on
this farm and then on that, of being the
biggest liar between the hills"
But" Deacon Allen used to observe
philosophically when discussing Joe Mil
ler's tales, This lies don't count, I guess,
fer they don't do nobody no harm, and
they sometimes chirk a Teller up won
derful-wonderful."
There was no stain ON Joe Miller's rep
utation, save these jokes and stories, and
they were never low or vulgar. but he
used to be held up by Deacon Jephson
as one who at the end of life would have
many an idle word" to answer for, and
the good deacon frequently made excel
lent use of these ''idle words" a~sillustra-
tions before his Bible class on Sunday.
Joe cou 1T tell as good stories when
the husking was done in the barn as
when in the open air. He missed the
sunshine, and the azure sky, and the
breezes. The weather was generally
wet and gloomy or cold and the ground
snow covered by the time it was thought
best to haul the corn under cover for
husking.
A good deal of ingenuity has been ex-
pended in attempts to devise effective
corn husking machines, but nome of them
has been eminently successful. The
Smelling of corn, however, Is almost al
together done by machinery nowadays.
Hand Smelling was done in two ways 30
years ago.. The most primitive method
was to denude the ears of their kernels
by abrasion, q cob being held in one hand
and an ear in the other, both being
grasped in a viselike grip.
Later some genius discovered that thu
work could be accomplished with great
err rapidity and Ease by driving q lease
knife" into the end OF q board and rasp
ing the kernels of against the knife. til,
shelter meantime sitting astride tn.
board which projected over the edge o
q basket placed for the reception OF TIL
shelled corn. This method was adopte,
withgreat unanimity after its discovere
FIRST used IL, and 1t continued to be prac
tically the only method until the ma
chine shelter was introduced.
/. D.. MARSHALL
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Wl-tl n
Gospc, of veaIra According TO Hen.
shrain =. Hewitt.

The Gospel oT WeEIria According to Hen.
Abrain :. Hewitt.
The man who robs you OF freedom of
action - that is, the right to acquire
property - is the enemy of society. :
do not care in what form it is discussed.
Men may persuade themselves by q sort
of sophistry that they have q right to
restrain their neighbor in the exercise
Of his faculties and III the right to gain
an honest livelihood. but such q con-
clusion is against human nature. |
know that | am created free. and no
man has a right TO restrain my free
dom of action. Only society as whole
is invested with this power. So while
men must combine together, must have
trusts and associations and trades unions
and trade organizations. they are all
parts OF a progress toward a plan of
civilization. Yet, when they are abused
so as to take away from any man the
natural right to do with his own as he
will, believe me, human nature may be
trusted t assert its inherent right, and
1t does assert itself whenever the issue is
fairly made.
Now, | do not think the men who have
the great fortunes in New York are
doing their full duty to the community.
| say it frankly. but there are many
noble exceptions. ! know Of one man
in this city. a rich man. | mean by a
rich man a man worth $4,000, 600. This
man inherited this sum. He did not
make it. No man ever made SO, 000, 900.
He deliberately said, Il have got
enough" Every dollar of his income
beyond that which is required for q very
modest support of his family is appro-
priated to public and private charities.
That man, Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt. has
q proper conception of his duty.
/ do not wish to preach what may be
called "the gospel Of wealth." but ]
know that when those who work shall
have educated themselves up to q com.
p~rehension of the fundamental princi.
pies upon which society rests-then
know that the rich man viii be educated
pari passu and will recognize the fact
that as to this excess of income over any
ordinary requirements for q comforta
BILE or even a luxurious life they art
trustees responsible in this world Il
public opinion, and in the next world t.
God for the way in which the trust ha.
been executed.
What. then, Is the remedy for the evil
which demagogues handle with such ad
vantage to themselves and so much dan
ger to the community? They are play
ing with fire. The remedy Is education
first and thrift next and last of all asso
citation together for the discovery of cor
rect principles, for the discussion o
grievances, for the representation o
wrongs to those in authority, for secur
ing in the public halls of legislation mel
who are fit to represent an educated
community and not, as they are Otter
now, representing the worst element O
the community.
On education, thrift and association
base all my hopes for the continued prog
ress of society, and / believe that unde
this potent influence the evil incident t
the rapid accumulation of wealth in tn
hands of men who do not ~appreciat
their opportunities and duties vii disaI
pear.-Ex-Mayor Hewitt of New York.
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g Of .orn, and I'm afraid they never

ing of sorn, and I'm afraid they never
will"
The strain on the hands in husking
corn Ii greater than in cutting it, and
when | was a boy and had to join my
grandfather's hired man in the work we
used husking pegs to part the husks at
the point OF the ear. The nan or boy
and / believe it was a boy-who invented
the husking peg is deserving of all the
blessings that We're showered upon the
imam who first invented sleep" by San
cho Panza. A husking peg is about six
inches long and should be made of hick-
DRY or ash or oak or iron wood. 1t is
sharp pointed and polished and FASH
toned with infinite care.
Each husker of the old days used to
like to make his own peg, and there were
many animated discussions among them
as to the proper form to give it. Some
liked straight pegs best and some curved,
and there were preferences in the matter
of material hat have been known to lead
to fist fights and a p~rofusion of language
not suited to representation by means of
printed characters. At the stores 20
years ago iron pegs were sold, and the
first year they were added to the stock
at Deacon Jephson's establishment they
went off rapidly. But they did not suit.
There was no give to them, and they
were SO heavy that they tired the hand.
If the weather is not too cold when
the work of husking corn begins, it is
p~leasanter to husk in the field under the
dreamy blue Of an Indian summer sky
that is warmed by the yellow light of
the sun of October and early November.
1t is possible to talk at your work IL you
are a husker of sufficient experience to
have trained your hands to operate auto
m~atically, and if the party of field husk-
ers include one man who is q good story
teller the hours pass fast enough once
the cracks and wounds that come to your
hands during the first few days have
closed up.
by human lips have been told around the
growing piles of husked ears of corn,
and the quaint and piquant phrases with
which they are related add immensely
to their effectiveness. | knew a hired
man a scoreand a half of years ago whose
stories told during husking time would
make the fortune Of any writer who
could put them into a book without los.
ing their charming rustic flavor. They
abounded with quiet humor and subtle
wit. and it was not every one of his rural
auditors who could appreciate them
Curiously enough, the name of this hard
working raconteur was Joe Miller, but
his jokes were always fresh, and HI
never told the same story twice unless
he was urged to do SO. This fact gave
him the reputation in the valley wher'
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In both France and> Germany one-
fourth reduced to a decimal Ia written
as0.25. In England it il writren O;26
always with the period at the top Of the
tine) aad In the United States in this
way-0.25. Sir Isaac Newton is given
credit Of originating the present English
method Of nsing the decimal point, hia
reason bang that by placing it at the
topof the line II, could be distinguished
sss glsance from the full stop puncto.
alton mark.