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MIDWAY PLA1sANOE.

Those individuals who are so GnfOr-
tunateIy constituted that they never
see the use of having any fun in the
world have doubtless wondered often
what was the good of vanity fair
Midway Plaisance-at the Chicago
Exposition. If they only knew it,
that agglomeration of grotesqueness
and variety serves a very useful pur-
pose. After walking his feet off and
gazing at miles of wind mills, car
riages, pumps, cars aud locomotive
engines, after doing the heavy bust
ness in the fisheries building, the
agricultural building and elsewhere
how does the visitor to the Worlds
Fair feel? Exactly as if he would like
to hurl bowlder, and a big one, at
the head of the person who asks him
to go to the wOman's building or art
gallery or COW show. He glares about
him as If he would like to eat up some
body or something. At this moment
there before his eyes is Midway
Plalsance. 1t is a journey around the
world except that, instead ofhis march
ing around the globe, the gloLe marches
around him, so to speak.
The amazons of. Dahomey, battle
SCARED and fierce, glare at him. The
Irish castle, with the original blarney
stone to be kissed and make him
sweet tempered. looms up here, with
pretty Irish girls making lace near by.
In the Algerian Village monkeys and
balloons chatter, camels and donkeys
look wise. here and there dancing girls
of the orient go through their PAGES
in a way that is all the more
fascinating to him because he is not
quite sure whether it is proper or not.
Javanese aud Jap, Chinaman, Persian
aud South Sea Islander step out from
the old story books be has read, and
in a moment, as the touch of a
magician's wand, are before him in
real life. He becomes interested in |
spite Of himself Then he laughs.
Then his WEAKNESS and grumpiness are
gone. So says one who has been
there, and this is what the wise men
who planned the fair meant Midway
Plaisance for.
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.FIFTY-oNE DAYS UNDER SNOW
The Experience of Russian Girl, Who
Alive to Toll Her Story.

The Experience of a Russian Girl, Who Is
Alive to Tell Her Story.
An account has been received at st.
Petersburg of a remarkable experience
that befell young girl named Alex
andrina Schitkine, seventeen years of
age, who was recently discovered ly-
ing in a state of complete exhaustion
near the village of BogorodslSa, in the
province of Moscow. She relates that
she fell asleep one evening on a heap
of straw, and on walking some hours
afterward found herself lying under
mass of snow that had fallen during
the night and enveloped her TO the
depth of some three feet. All the
girls attempts to extricate herself
proved unavailing, and she remained
buried among snow and straw for fifty
one days, her only nourishment during
that time being few morsels of bread
that she happened to have with her
When at length rescued, the girl was,
Of course, found TO be in a state of
most complete inanition, and it re-
quired several days of constant care
and nursing to restore her strength.
On recovering she stated that she had
not experienced any excessive cold,
and had only occasionally been seized
with shivering She suffered much,
however, from hunger, and, after her
few crusts of bread were eaten, sup
ported life by sucking the snow. The
girl also described the anguish which
she felt on finding that no one heard
her piteous, half-stifed cries for help
whenever the sound of footsteps in the
neighborhood of her living sepulcher
fell upon her ears
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WHETHER we shall succeed in OBJ
tanning what we ask Of the arbitration
conference, one thing is very sure,
and that is that the fur seal will here
after have greater protection from
poAching sealers than ever before. An
official decree recently issued by Great
Britain prohibits all British ships
from sealing within ten marine miles
Of the Russian coasts on the Bering
Sea or in the North Pacific Ocean,
and within thirty miles of any Russian
seal islands. The value and import
ance of these fur seal hunting grounds
h as been recognized and restriction OF
80 me sort will be placed around them
by the arbitrators.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-07-19

PITTsBURG, July l9.-Contrary to expec-
tations the dispositions of Confessors Gal
lagher and Davidson, generating Demp-
sey and Beatty from all connection with
the alleged Homestead poisoning, were
not taken yeterday It is learned that
District Attorney Burleigh win request
Warden Wright to permit Gallagher's
deposition to be taken. This will be backed
up by written request from Judge Nc
Clung, and it is not considered probable
that the warden will refuse. It is reliably
stated the Carnegie company will oppose
the pardon Of Hugh f. Dempsey, and that
Captain Breck, who prosecuted Dempsey
in behalf Of the Carnegie company, is now
preparing to fight the application for par
don before the board Of pardons.
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ROME July ia tornado swept down
suddenly on Voghera and c Casteggio, in
Piedmont Hundreds of buildings were
wrecked. In one section of Voghera
hardly a house was left standing. Not a
structure in either town was left intact.
Hundreds of persons we're injured. The
number of dead is not known, as the
bodies are buried i'm the ruins. Only seven
bodies have been recovered The military
have been called out TO help in the work
of rescue, and ambulance corps have been
sent from nearby cities. Voghera is a
manufacturing city with some 10000 in
habitants. Costeggio which is five miles
from it, has about 900 inhabitants.
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BUFFALO, July 19-Erie o. Vaubrock-
lin, the embezzling secretary of the board
of fire commissioners, was arraigned in
the county court on twenty indictments,
divided equally between forgery and grand
larceny in the second degree. Vanbrock-
lin pleaded not guilty and bail was fixed
at S25 GOO
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FRANCE MEANS BUSINESS.



PARIS, July l0.-In the chamber Of depu-
ties yesterday NJ. Dreyfus questioned the
government as to Frances operations in
Siam. M Develle, minister Of foreign af
fairs said in reply to the Interpolation
that the government disavowed any inten-
tion TO interfere with Siamese indepen-
dence
At the same time the government in
tended TO insist that the treaties between
France and Siam be respected. The inter
ference Of a third power in the dispute
would not be tolerated. If Siam did not
make complete reparation for the murder
Of NJ. Grosgurin, the French inspector Of
native militia, by a Siamese mandarin, and
for the other acts for which France de-
manded satisfaction, the French fleet
would blockade the Mekong river.
The foreign minister further said that II
! It became necessary TO lombard Bangkok,
the Siamese capital, to enforce the de-
mands Of France, sufficient warning would
/ be given to the representatives in the city
/ Of foreign powers to enable them to pro
/ tect subjects Of their respective countries.
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SHANGHAI, July The government has
refused to make repsration for the killing
of two Swedish missionaries by mob in
Macheng three weeks ago. Foreigners in
Hankow and Shanghai have called mass
meetings to urge the European powers to
compel China to respect her treaties and
punish the viceroy and the city authori-
ties in which the murders were committed.
The situation promises trouble
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WEST CHESTER, Pa. July 19--The llnowl-
edge of heuous crime having been com
mitted here several days ago has justcome
to light. j. A. Davis was arrested on the
charge of committing an outrageous as
sault upon the 14-year-old daughter of
Isaac Smiley. Davis is a sewing machine
agent here, comparative stranger and
has WIFE, He denies the charge entirely.
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BROOKLYN, July 19-William Conlon,
50 years old, was arrested charged with
having caused the death of Michael Clynn,
q years old, by kicking him in the abdo-
men. The two were playing football aG
Ridgewood Park on Sunday, when, it is
alleged, Conlon knocked Clynn down and
kicked him. Clynn fingered until yester-
day, When he died
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understood word Of his argument fo
half an hourl"
And IT, good-humoredly rejoine
the other, have been out of my dept
for an hour and a half"
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WILKEsBARRE, Pa, July 19.-Charles
Mcclure and wife, foreman and forewo-
man at the lace factory in this city, were
committed to the county prison without
bail. The former was charged with COM
mitting rape upon a girl named Katie
Kelly, aged 10 years. his wife assisting him
in forcing the crime. The details of the
case are the most horrible on record.
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Klned br nn Elsotrio Cnr.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 19.-Isaac and Ester
Kroot, Polish boys, aged respect lively 8
and II years, were run down by an electric
car at Washington and Pennsylvania
streets. Isaac was instantly killed, and
Ester probably fatally injured. Motorman
Charles Peck has been arrested
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Thanl.s for ChaneeIlor Caprlri.

BERLIN, July 19-The Reich zanzeiger
publishes a cabinet order expressing the
most sincere thanks of the emperor and
his allies to Chancellor Won Caprivi for his
Iervices in securing the adoption by the
'eicEstag OF ,Ae army bill.
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NEWPORT, r. l., July 19-E. G. Bene
diets steam yacht Oneida paid another un-
expected visit to these waters last night
with President Cleveland on board. 1t is
probable that the cruise will end today.
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PHILADELPHIA, July 19-Alfred SAT
rousky, aged IS, was caught in a coal ele-
vator in the Readings Richmond yard and
horribly mangled. He died shortly after
He leaves a wife and five children.
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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-03-03
IN THE JUSTICES COURTS.

The Beta Family Celebrate the 22nd With a
Row.
George A. Phenix, colored, was
brought before Squire Harrison, yes
terday, charged with breaking into the
clothing store of Fine e. Snyder and
stealing articles of wearing apparel.
Phenix was remanded to jail to await
the action of the grand jury.
A row occurred in the notorious Betz
family on the 22nd, and several of
them were brought before Squire
Trammel, who gave them ten days in
which to furnish bond in the sum of
$50 to keep the peace.
James Betz was in very short time
re-arrested for having forfeited his lib
erty by assaulting his father. While
his wife was gathered in by the police
and lodged in the weat-box for drunk
enness and disorderly conduct.
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A BOUNDARY DISPUTE.

Maryland Claims 100000 acres of West Virginia
Territory
A suit, instituted by the State of
Maryland. is pending in the United
States Supreme Court to have settle
ment Of the western boundary between
West Virginia and Maryland.
The claim of Maryland is that her
boundary extends to the head spring
Of the south branch of the Potomac,
while the claim of West Virginia is
that the boundary is along the north
ern branch of the Potomac. The an
swer traces the colonial history of
Maryland and Virginia from the year
1906 to the present time. The original
description of the boundary was that
it followed the Potomac river to its
first fountain, and hence the dispute
as to which branch was meant. The
answer says the river was surveyed in
1886 by commissioners to establish the
boundaries of the Fairfax grant and
the north branch was determined to be
the Potomac; and in 1746 the Fairfax
stone was planted at the head Of that
branch.
1t is said if Maryland should succeed
in establishing the claim set up in her
bill in the suit it would cut the State
of West Virginia in two parts. The
south branch or the Potomac heads in
Highland county, Va, and the claim
of the State of Nd. forum due north
line from the south branch to the Pa.
line. This would take off all the Co.
of Mineral, nearly all of Grant, those
parts Of Hampshire, Hardy and Pendle-
ton lying west of the south branch and
a considerable part Of Randolph, Tuck
er and Preston, embracing an area of
100000 acres of land, worth several
millions of dollars and containing a
population of thirty or forty thousand
persons, and would destroy the au-
tonomy of the State of West Virginia,
leaving that portion east of the south
branch completely separated from the
other part Of the State.
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A SAD ACCIDENT.

Narrow and Fortunate Escape Prom Serious In
jury.
What might have proved a very
serious accident happened to Mr.. Geo.
G.. Kilmer this morning in the B. & O.
R. R. boiler shop. Shortly after go
ing to work, at o'clock, Mr.. Kilmer
was engaged in hosting huge block
of iron, weighing over 700 pounds; and
after reaching some distance from the
floor the pulley chain broke, In the
fall the iron caught his right foot,
MASKING it terribly. Drs. Myers and
Snodgrass were called in, and found
it necessary to amputate the two first
toes. Mr.. Kilmer is doing very well
at this time, and hopes are entertain
ed of saving the foot. Had he been a
little closer at the time the block fell
doubtless the accident would have
proven fatal
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A GREAT STRING OF CARS.
Thirty two Miles of Cars in Active Service on the
B. o.

Thirty-two Miles of Cars in Active Service on the
B. & 0.
One Of the best posted railroad men
in the country says that if the freight
cars that are used in America were
placed in line they would reach from
San Francisco to Hawaii. The Balti-
more ond Ohio has over 80 miles Of cars
always in active service and twice as
many miles Of cars laying idle in the
yards along the main line. They are
called idle cars, in as much as they are
being paid for by consignees, to whom
they are being shipped, but these same
merchants are compelled to pay the
contingent rate of loading and by so
doing the price Of a single car is paid
for in very short time. 1t is said that
there are at least % miles of freight
cars lost every day on the two great
trunk lines the Baltimore and Ohio and
the Pennsylvania railroads.
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THERE WILL BE NO PULLMAES,

People Going to the Chicago Fair win Have to Go
With the Crowd.
A large mum Der Of prospective
Worlds Fair tourists will be disap-
pointed in the expectation of the man
ner in which they will go to Chicago
and the manner ia which they will live
when they get there, when it is known
that the pullman Palace Car Company
had decided not to charter any of its
cars for use during the continuance of
the big show, and also that the rail
road companies could not furnish
track room for them. No formal an
nouncement has been made by the
Pullman Company, but it is under
stood that it has been promulgated.
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FARMING ON A BIG SCALE.
Syndicate Farming Deeerous to the Interest Of the
Individual Farmer.

Syndicate Farming Deeterious to the Interest Of the
Individual Farmer.
1t is announced that an association
of foreign capitalists has just conclud-
ing negotiations for the purchase Of
1900, 600 acres Of excellent cotton
lands in three adjoining counties in
Texas, with the intention ofraising the
stable on large scale. Abiding to
this projected enterprise, the Mobile
Register says it is questionable whether
the South should favor the cultivation
of cotton by great foreign syndicates,
who with steam plows, commissary
stores, picking machines, and oil com
press, will be able to reduce the cost
of making cotton so low as to drive
out of a race the individual farmer and
mule. "Syndi cates might make good
INTEREST," says the Register, ION this
investment, with cotton at five cents
a pound, but what will become of the
great multitude Of small farmers? 1t
might be better for them to go back to
hog and hominy and raising hay and
mules, but it seems to us that the
wealth and prosperity of the South is
in the Independent and individual
farmer, who drive his own mule and
runs his own press
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THEY WON'T GET DRY.

A Milwaukee brewing company,
which has obtained the contract for
selling beer at the Worlds Fair in
Chicago, will fix mp beer bars in every
building and in various booths,
making 81 places where beer can be
had on the grounds. These with one
or two ice water fountains, are
expected to keep the proceedings from
becoming too dry.
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A eAUeER APPLICANT.

Us. Humphreys, of Barbour county,
writes us that he is an applicant for
the place now held by Gauger V. W.
Kittle at the Martinsburg distillery.
Mr.. Humphrey is an old time Demo
crat. has always been hard worker
for the party and We should be glad to
see him appointed to the place.-Daris
Times.
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FAREERs INSTITUTE.
oaOsrs Elected Yesterday for Another Year
Resolutions Adopted.

Resolutions Adopted.
The West Virginia Farmers Insti-
tute met in the court house yesterday
at 80 o'clock, ". 7. Noll presiding.
A large number Of farmers were in
attendance. John A. Myers, Phi. D.,
director Of the West Virginia Agrieiil-
tural Experiment Station, delivered
lengthy and very interesting address
on the WASTES of the FARM DIR.
Myers detailed the many wastes that
occur on the farm which in any other
business would result in bankruptcy.
He urged upon the farmers the necees-
sity of stopping the leaks if they would
be successful in their occupation.
Prof. F. W. Rane, hortlculturist and
microcopist of the experiment station
then read an interesting and well
written article on Pomology or Fruit
Culture which was listened to with
closest attention. Prot Rane also
gave his experience in fighting insects
fungers, blight, ETC., by spraying.
A vote of thanks was extended to
DR.. Myers and Prof. Rane, after which
the institute adjourned until to-day at
10 o'clock a. M, when the session will
be resumed with other noted lectures
to instruct the farmers. d.. Myers
and Prof. Rane left yesterday evening
for Morgantown.
The Farmers Institute met in adj
journed session yesterday afternoon,
j. H. Light, vice-president, in the
chair. Mr.. Light read valuable ar
ticle ON ''The Importance of pure blood
in stock bleeding" The reading of
which was followed by general discus
sion.
A resolution was adopted to con-
tinue the Institute for another year
and proceed to collection of officers
which resulted as follows: President,
E. w. Lupton; Vice-President, J. Han
son Light; Secretary, Jas. M. Strib-
ling: Treasurer C. j. Seibert. Execu-
tive committee: d. P. Lemaster, Geo.
0. Spercw, j. 7. Janney, Gray Silver,
Philip Showers, j. E. Seibert, A. Clio
han.
A very interesting paper on fruit
growing was contributed by G.. p Mil
Ter.
The following resolutions were offer
ed by C. j. Seibert and adopted:
WHEREAS, The condition of the
roads of Berkeley County are in sucl
a condition that some steps should be
taken for theirpermanentimprovemen
Resolued, By the Berkeley County
Farmers Institute that meeting to bt
called for the purpose of organizing {
County League for good roads. an(
also to formulate some plan to recon
mend to our County Court for perma
nent improvement.
Resolued, That said meeting be calleC
for Saturday, March 18th, 1898, at
o'clock p. M, and all persons interest
ed in good roads are requested to b.
present at the meeting
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THE INAUGURATION.
ter.

Plenty of Money Subscribed to Meet All Ex-
penses
One hundred and fifteen organiza-
tons have been accorded position in
the parade, and so far fifteen States
and one Territory will be represented
in the civic procession. There will be
seven divisions each containing about
1000 men A silk banner bearing the
name of the State from which the DIFF
derent organizations come, will be car.
ried at the head of each state delega-
ton.
Over $50, 2O6,75 have been contri
buted to the fund to meet the expense:
of the parade.
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A DISASTROUS FIRE.
A Large Barn With its Entire Contents Entirely
Destroyed.

A Large Barn With its Entire Contents Entirely
Destroyed.
Another very serious and disastrous
fire occurred yesterday morning, near
Spring Mills, in the northern part of
this county. Mr. John S. Ropp, an
extensive farmer, and one of our best
citizens, lost his large barn, together
with two crops of wheat, and his crops
of corn, oats, hay, etc. The greater
portion Of his farm machinery, with
harness and wagons, were also com
pletely destroyed. Mr.. Ropp at the time
was in another section Of the county
attending a sale, and was there Motif
ed of the fire. By the time he reach
ed the scene, it was completely de-
stroyed. We understand the loss will
exceed $4,000, and that none of the
property was insured. This is, indeed,
a sad misfortune; and should be
moral for Others to insure, and at
once.
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A SINGULAR DEATH,

twenty-five Physicians Bafaed by the Peculiar
Disease.
Owen Bissett, residing opposite Har-
per's Ferry. on the Maryland side of
the Potomac river, died Wednesday,
aged about 80 years. Mr. Bissett was
a well-known fisherman and gunner.
The cause of his death baffied no less
than twenty-five physicians who had
been called to his relief. An enlarge
ment of the neck appeared several
mouths ago, the glands swelling to an
extraordinary size, and finally result
inc in his death
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-03-03
DEMAND FOR STAMPS.

The Columbian stamps were in
great demand among the people of
the United States last month. A state
ment by Postmaster-General Wanna
maker shows that in comparison with
the sales OF 1892 three of the new
stamps were sold in January, 1898, to
every one disposed of in the cores
ponding time last year.