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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25
The Sharsshsoter Story.

During the winter Of 81 my company
occupied two islands in the upper Poto-
nae, where they did constant picket
duty, having their posts and "duzoutss
slong the entire south shore of the ISL
snds. The following incident occurred
/ few days after our return from that
wearied forced march of seventeen miles
dong the slippery tow path to Edwards
Ferry to the assistance OF the unfortu-
sate Colonel Baker of the California re-
kiment at Balls Bluff, where, as you
know, we arrived too late 60 afford relief.
Our men were feeling very much dis
gusted ON their return over the unsuc-
cessful result of their march, 30 that the
sight of a rebel picket on the opposite
shore was the signal for the simultaneous
discharge Of dozen rifles, aud you may
be sure they kept themselves well on. Of
sight. We were equipped with the En-
6eld rife, warranted to kill at 1000
yards, and in this respect had greatly the
advantage, and had few casualties to
record on our side. The distance from
shore to shore was about 800 yards.
There had been for some time consider.
able rivalry among our men as to who
was the best shot, and when of duty
they were allowed to practice on range
at target.
One morning a Confederate Officer,
evidently on his rounds inspecting his
pickets, had stopped at house probably
100 yards back from the shore, and was
engaged in conversation with a woman
standing on the porch. The First Lieu
tenant of our company having command
of the lower island, after carefully OBJ.
serving the officer through his glass,
quickly sent for four Of his men vino
had the best record as ''crack shots, y
and selecting rife for himself the five
stretched themselves behind log on
the river bank and deliberately "drew I
bead" on this unsuspecting victim
They fired by prearranged signal from
the Lieutenant at the same moment, and
saw, with no more apparent concerl
than If they had dropped over rabbit
both horse and rider fall together. A fey
weeks afterwards, when our regimen
crossed over aud captured Leesburg jus
after the rear guard of General Hill
army had left it, we found the wounded
officer in the house before which he hat
been shot as deliberately as a hunte
would have shot bear. | believe every
one Of those five men was sincerely glat
of two things, first that they did no
kill their game, although he lost his leg
and second that none of them knew i
this instance who was the best shot, on
bullet only hitting the man, while ever
one of the other four struck the horse
Pittsburg Post.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25
CURIOUS FACTS.

Rabbits are two for nickel in Ne.
vada.
The Romans built the first dikes in
Holland.
Caarlemagne, on state occasions, wore
silk gown worth $4,000.
Five hundred copper cents weigh
nearly three pounds and half.
Spanish sheep were taken to California
by priests from Mexico in 1873.
Samuel Richardson wrote his novels
while attired in a full dress suit.
The largest tiger skin ever measured
was thirteen feet six inches in length.
A live cottonwood tree with petrifei
roots is growing near Atchison, Kan.
Men with gray aud blue eyes are u,u-
ally better marAsmen than those with
dark eyes.
The rats of Ishpsming, Mich, are so
large that they run away with the traps
set for them.
Unbroken four year. old colts, suitable
for military purposes, can be bought in
the Australian colonies at from $50 to
$75 each.
1t is related OF Ms1mianus, the great
Roman Emperor, that he could grind
pieces of hard stone to powder between
his fingers.
The Stupendous Conglomerition Of
Calithumpiau and Pandenoniu Con-
- !
iEatIon of Greene. Ne.
Some OF the flower badges of nations
are as follows: Athens, violet; Canada,
sugar maple; Egypt, lotus; England,
rose; France, feur-de-lis Oily; Florence,
CYCLIC Qily); Germany, cornfower; Ire.
land, shamrock leaf; Italy, lily; Prussia,
linden; Saxony, mignonette; Scotland,
thistle; Spain, pomegrauate; Wales, leak
leaf.
Five hundred thousand lizard skins
we're shipped from the State of Tabasco,
Mexico, to the United States last year.
Thousands of the skins are marketed in
Mexico, while large quantities are ex-
ported to Europe. 1t is estimated that
The number of lizards slaughtered for
their skins in the State of Tabasco last
year was 5000, 900.
In former times live oak was largely
used in naval construction, aad old war
ships had their frames aud plauking
principally of this wood, so that web
of historical sentiment and romance has
been woven about the tree. The wood
=. zk.l =.
building ships, but its value has increased
largely on account of the diminished
quantity now available.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25
Cannot Take the Bit.

The chief of the Kansas City (slo.)
Fire Department has invented new
bride for horses, the use OF which
makes it impossible for the horse TO
take the bit between his teeth. 1t has
no bit to take. 1t is arranged with a
strap over the horses nose, and a steel
curb under his jaw in SUCH way that a
hard pull on the reins make the animal
very uncomfortable indeed. The new
bride works to perfection, it is said, on
a practical test, keeping the hors, per-
fectly under control, while giving hnn
the minimum of discomfort. One great
advantage OF the continuance is that it
enables the animal to eat aud drink il
comfort without DISPLAYING the Bride
New York News.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25
The Little But Powerful 'Tisbat Box

! A Young lawyer, friend of mine, who
was making $1,000 year, found himself
suddenly elected to an off e where he
got salary of $1,000. said to him one
day; "You are living at S70J0?' YES
"When you get through with that office
you may not get reelected or reap
pointed. You will fud that you are out
OF your profession, and that it will take
you two or three years to get in touch
with how to earn dollar again. You
should save" He said: "How? Ny
wife SAYS so, but she don't know how"
| said Establish a ''Tisbut box, .
and he said, 'What is thatl' Put box
in the dining room, and whenever you
are moved to spend anything from
twenty-five cents to s25 stop moment
and say, 1T is but twenty-five cents. 1T
is but 81, and l don't need it,, and drop
it in the ''Tisout box" In six months
he brought me $1,000, and l bought u
bond for him; and when he retired from
office he had SIS, 900 and that SIS, 00G
kept him going and gave him II position
until he got very good practice, which
he has to-day.
have no respect for man who Is not
sordid enough to save for his family in
his old age. You say it is harl to save.
That depends upon how many cigars and
cigarets you smoke. 1t depends upon
how many beers you drink. 1t depends
upon how often you are in the saloon
playing pool and drinking at the bar.
Auy man whose habits are right, whose
health is good, WHO can worS, can save.
The great political AMI sociological
economist, Edward Atkinson, lectured
the other day before fashionable audi
ence in New York, and went to hear
him. He had mistaken his audience.
He thought that it was crowd of social
and economic philosophers like himself.
He had 90 suit of clothes which cost
about five dollars. All the men around
we're in dress suits aud all the won IN in
ball dresses. He had in the parlor a
machine burning which he had invented
himself. II was stove. And 10 it he
had beefsteak aud piece OF roast beef
aud a goose and some vegetables and
other things. and he lit it with keros-
enc lamp anu they we're all cooking
together. He demonstrated so that
could see no fsllscy in his argument that
a young man on $3.50 year-that is 81
week-could have fairly good room
IN respectable neighborhood, have tive
square meals and one pretty square every
/ day, dress we'll and be enabled, if he
would take seats in the gallery, TO have
bis best girl accompany him TO the
theater fourteen times during the year.
-Caauncey Depew.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

One of the gtesiext suxiosities In fhs.
mississippi Valley ID neutral ice csvs
which l. located IL the bluifs of the Ioxs
River within less than mile Of DEBORAH,
tho county seat Of Wlnnesheik County.
This unique curiosity Is Indeed natural
icehouse-a cavern in which great iclcles
may b. found a. any season OF the year,
being especially fins In summer, partic-
ularly when the weather Is hot and dry
outside. The blud in which the cave il
located is between 200 aud 400 feet in
height, it being necessary to climb about,
seventy five feet up the side OF the bluf
to reach the mouth of the cave. The
entrance is assure about ten feet in
width and between fifteen aad twenty
feet in height, from which constant
current of COLI air Issues. Thirty feet
from the mouth of the cave the passage
turns to the left and dowuwards, towards
the river bed. The slope is gradual,
however, and the walls and roof are with
in easy reach all the while. After you
have reached spot leo feet from the
opening you entered IL is noticed that
the walls aud roof are covered with frost.
Twenty feet further thin coating Of ice
is noticed, which increases in thickness
as you go into the biuf.-S:. Louis Re.
public.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

found ons pearl of great price, went and
sold all that he had and bought il.
But what thrills me with suggestiveness
Is the material out OF which all pearls are
made. They are fashioned from the wound
Of the shellhsh. The exudation from that
wound Is fixed and hardened and enlarged
into pearl. The rupturei vessels Of the
water animals fashioned the gem that now
adorns finger or earring. or sword hilt or
kings crown.
So out of the wounds OF earth will come
the pearls OF heaven. Out OF the wound OF
bereavement the pearl of solace. Out of the
wound OF loss the pearl of gain. Out Of the
deep wound of the grave the pearl Of resur-
rection Joy. Out Of the wounds OF q
Saviour's life and Saviours death the rich,
the radiant, the everlasting pearl OF heaven
"And the IL gat es were IL pearls" Take
the consolation, all ye who have been hurt,
whether hurt in body, or hurt in mind. or
hurt in soul. Get your troubles sanctitled.
If you suffer with Christ on earth, you will
reign with Him in glory. Toe tears of earth
are the crystals of heaven. Every several
gate was Of one pearl"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

WHAT is the good OF good that does
not do somebody good?
PURE sugar never sours or gets
mouldy. Pure religion is like it.
WHEN sin tries to hide it forgets
that it cannot cover up its tracks,
If you want to live long, don't try
to live more than one day at time.
THANK God for your trials, and the
grace He gives you to bear them.
WHEN lazy man looks toward
Heaven the angels close the windows.
EVERY step the wicked man takes
is step toward his own destruction.
WHEN you want to see the crooked
made straight, look at railroad map
THE soul that is to live forever
should not try to live on things that
perish,
II does not take an eloquent tongue
to give a pleasant sound to good
news.
JOB had boils to be sure but then
ne didn't have any newspaper por-
trait.
CHRIST will not remain in any heart
where His commandments are not
kept,
A HINT TO churches-ice is never
allowed to stay long in front of a sa-
loon,
COPS work is most hindered by
people who are unfaithful in little
things,
A GOOD man always brings more
into the homes he visits than he takes
away.
THE man who delights in the Lord
can not tind any pleasure in any kind
of sin.
THE fact that a man wants more
knowledge is proof that he has some
already.
If YOU can bear all your small trials
you will never break down under your
great ones.
PREACHING science will never cause
men to give up sin and 60 to loving
one another.
THERE ought to be more religious
poopte WIN hlS lellRlou "ueu tuAuSs
dent go right.
PEOPLE who are rejoicing In the
Lord do not have to have their own
way to be happy.
SIN is its own detective, No man
can escape himself any more than he
can hide from God.
THERE is-nothlng for which men
have to pay SO dear as for the priv.
ilege OF being stlngy.
THERE are plenty of people who be-
come very plous whenever God gets
them IN tight place.
NOWHERE in the Bible are we com
manded to be successful, but all are
expected to be faithful.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25
Age of Animals

Animals hive much longer in doMe:ti.
cation than in wild state. This is
easily understood to be on account of the
better food and the shelter they ge;. A
horse will live thirty years and work
constantly if properly cared for, aud
cases have occurred in which a horse of
this age has never had one days illuess
or been unable to work. Cows will live
and breed aud milk for more t1an twenty
years, sheep have been known to pro-
ducc lambs aud be shoru for thirteen
years, pigs will live ten years, and mule
under good care has lived aud worked
until fifty years old. The possible pro-
ductive l:fe of our domesticated animals
is doubtless twice the present co nmon
average. Dogs live eight or tea years,
and cats even longer. New York Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

I Dogs were first admitted to the
court OF England in the reign OF
Henry VIII. Under the present
reign three dogs have been elevated
no the highest canine diguities on &C
count OF their aristocratic families
and their own peculiar merits. The
names OF the aristocratic trio are
Marco, Roy and Spot. Marco is the
Queens fayorite, and he used TO be
very Jealous OF John Brown. HIS an.
cestry can be traced back to the cru.
saders. He is what they call ia En-
land a Pomeranlan, and at one OF tho
recent dog shows won the first prize,
the mug Of honor The other IA.
FORTE, Roy is a collie, and Spot is a
fox terrier with record Of twenty
two rats in quarter Of an hour.
These canine lords have their rest
dences with their special names Ter
maiestys dog place is divided into
three parts, the Queens veranda,
collie court and umbrella court. The
yeranda is the principal one. 1t is
a covered gallery around the kennel,
and the Queen likes TO walk there.
Each kennel has dining room and
a bedroom. The floor OF the dining
room is separated from the yerapda
by an iron grating. 1t is paved with
red and'blue bricks, and the furniture
consists Of trough, always full OF
fresh water. The bedrooms have
two large windows generally kent
open for the purpose OF ventilation,
and In snug corner in each room
there is low bed with mattress of
fresh straw.
Umbrella court gets its name from
the big umbrella in the middle OF II.
under which the dogs can shelter
themselves from the sun and rain.
A host OF servants wait upon the
canine nobility and the Queen is
very severe with the officials who do
not pay proper attention to her dogs,
A chef is provided for them. and his
Instructions are to vary the menu OF
the dinners Of her majesty's pets
and to consult their tastes,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25
Never shiny,s Chitarens Hair

uThe hair of children saoald never be
shingled," says al authority, referring
TO the to-aud-fro motion of the shears
used By BARRIERS in cutting the hair, ''as
that tears and roughens the hair. The
hair of children, whether they be boys
or girls, should be kept short uatii the
seventh or eighth year. as toe growing
hair is drain upon the nutrition Of the
BODY, and at this tins OF life all the nu-
tritive forces should be expended ia the
growth of muscle and bone. The hair
OF gill after she has reached her eighta
year should be sllo<ea to grow, a. tue
less the hair is cut the softer aud mote
beautiful il is.-Sew York Post.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

dams who claim that disease is always the re-
mlt of transgrcsson of Natures laws The
roprietors of Garfield Tea are both phys clans
how to avoid sickness by following Natures
avs. They give away with every package OF
Garfield Tea little book, which they claim
rill enable nil persons, II directions are fol-
owed. 10 avoid sickness of all kinds and To
fave no need for Garfield Tea or any other
Medicine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

As mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange The whole sys-
TEN when entering it through the mucous sur
faces such articles should never be used ex-
cept on prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive from them.
Halis Cstarrh Cure, manufactured by f. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo. O., contains no mercury,
and ts ken internally, and acts directly upon
The blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
The genuine, 1t is taken internally, and made
In Toledo, Ohio, by L. j. Cheney d. Co.
W Sold BY Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

To make it apparent TO thousands, who
think themselves i'll, that they are not feet
ed with any disease, but that the systs IN
simply needs cleansing. is to bring comfort
home 10 their hearts as q costive condition Ia
easily cured by using Syrup OF Figs. Manu-.
isttured ~ the California Fig Syrup Co.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

They have what are known as twenty
three-eent restaurants in Paris. "Pleasc
bring ME nap.;ir, said customer to
the waiter. ''jIst now they are all in
use" replied the waiter. PLEASE be
patient; you shall have the FIRST one avail
able" Then bring me toothplck vita
which to kill time, said the customer.
Impossible" exclaimed the waiter;
"for the moment they also are ia use. -
Chicago Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

ent for the relief OF HOa rseness or Sore Throat.
they are exceedingly effective. - Ctristian
iTorld, London, Eng
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

SORE eye hates
the light.
COP never fails
Ito promote the
faithful worker.
CULTURE is
only polish. 1t
does not change
the heart.
The man who
most deserves y
monument does
not need It.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

The output of the Minneapolis -four
mills for 1892 will exceed $3.50, 900
bushels, against 1878, 900 bushels for
1891,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

DUKANE-I believe the physician
Is right who said cholera Is a crime.
Gaswell-That accounts for the effort
being made TO arrest 1t. -Pittshurg
Chronicle.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

a Kew industry of Southern Idsho j.
said to DO the shipping of elk TO Eastern
Ststes.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

The Lansuednc snip Canal, in France,
by short passage of 14S miles, saves q
sea voyage OF 20ou miles By the Straits
of Gibraltar.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25
COMMON THINGS.

COMMON THINGS.
Give me, dear LORI, Thy magic common
things
Which all can see, which all may share,
Sunlight and dewdrops grass and stars and
sea,
Nothing unique or new, and nothing rare.
Just daisies, knap-weej, wind among the
thorus;
Some clouds to cross ths blue old sky
above;
Rain, winter fires, a useful hand, heart
The common glory OF a woman's love.
Then, when my feet no longer tread oil
paths
Keep them from fouiing sweet thin IS any
where.
Write one old epitaph in grace-,it words:
'tcuch things look fairsr that he sojourns0
here"
The Spectator.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

IfAshicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp.
son's Eye-wator. Druggists soil at &c. per bottle
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

What is done cannot be anione, espec ally
it is hard-' oiled egg.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

JId-DAsefS0 music is the Kind that
reaches the sole. -YOnkers States.
man,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

Clothes may not make the man, but suits
make The lawyer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

The mother tongue is probably The an
-uage OF Mars
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25
FIGS AND THISTLES,

Short Sermons from the Epigranamarfe
Rams Horn.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

When one woman praises another, folks
think she is sarcastic.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

A first.class 'cllow-The freshm n,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

Ato-.c was killed by bees at Leslie, Ca
tcrently.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

1t is said that the harp and lutte were in
vented from the fact that in Egypt the Nile
overfowed its banSs, aud when the waters
retreatei tortoises were left by the million
on all the lands, nd these tortoises died,
and soon nothing was lett but the cartiiages
and sristie of these creatures, which tight
ened under the heat into musical strings
that when touched by the wind or foot OF
man vi6rated, making sweet sounds, and 50
the world took the hint AMI fashioned the
harp, and am not rigat in irving TO maks
music out OF the shells AMI lifting then as a
harp. from which to thrum the idniiant
praises of the Lord and the pathetic strains
OF human condoences
But find the climax OF this concho.oyy OF
the Bible In the pearl which has this distinc-
ton above all other gens-that it reu1irss
no human hand to bring out its beauties.
job speaks of il, and its sheen is in Christ's
sermon, and the Bible. which opens with the
onycha OF my text closes with the pearl.
OF such vllue is this crrstaceous proiu-c |
do not wen Ter thst for the exclusive right
of fishing for il on the shores OF Csyion a
man paid to the English Governm ent s5),-
coo for one season.
so exclusive is tbs pearl d. not wonder
that P.iny thou ,hs il was made ous % a
drop OF dew, the creature rising to the sur
face to take il and tue chemistry OF nature
turning the liqdii into a solid. Hon will
see why the Bi5ls makes so muci OF tds
pearl in its similitu les it you know how
muca it e1sts to get It. Boats with divers
slil ous from ths island OF Ceylo3, tn
divers TO esca boat. Thirseal men
gu do and N mage the boat. Do@a
,Ito the dangerous deatas amid
diver. while 6).0D people anxiou<iy gazs
on. After three or four minutes aAssncs
IRON the air the diver ascends, nne-se lths
strangaiagai and bod rushing from ears
and nostriiF, and finslng his perry treasure
on tie sand falls into Inconsistencies.
Oh, IT Is an awful exposure and strain and
peru 10 flsn for pears. an / Yet they do 50,
and is il not wonder that 10 get thst wnie
the Bible calls the pearl Of great pricr, wort
more than all other pearls pas together,
thsre shoalf be 50 little anxiety. 50 little
struggle, - little enthusiasm! Would G1i
that We we're al IS visa as the merchantmen
Christ commanded "aha when be ha