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The morning call., 1893-07-22
Was Caught Mapping.

Customs Inspector j. II. Harding has
been suspended by Collector Wise for
sleeping while on watch. Mr.. Harding
was on duty as usual early Tuesday morn.
ing at tho Pacific Mail dock and one Of
his duties being to make an inspection fin
the dark under the dock for the detection
of possible smugglers he jumped into his
boat. passed under and was soon fast
asleep. His long absence from the cap
tain's Office excited some curiosity and an
Investigation was made with the result
that the Inspector was caught Mapping.
Mr.. Harding's conduct previous to that
offense has been good. and that has prob
ably saved him from summary dismissal.
The morning call., 1893-07-22
SAVED BY A BABE.
Water in a Gas Meter Nearly Causes
Three Deaths.


A babe was tile means of saving three
lives from death by asphyxiation early
yesterday morning
j. Hagan, an undertaken. his wife and
two children reside at 2OS Van Ness ave-
nue.. The husband, on account of his call
ing. is compel lied TO absent himself quite
often from the family domicile during the
night. and on such occasions Mrs. Hagan
keeps the gas burning low all night.
On Thursday evening Mrs. Hagan and
her children retired early, the little ones
sleeping in her chamber.
1t was nearly / o'clock when the lustv
cries of the baby. scarcely hve months old,
aroused the sleep ug mother.
Mrs. Hapan was hardly abba TO get ont
of bed. The light was extinguished and
the room was ed with escaping gas.
Realizing the danger the mother staggered
over to the gas jet and, after three or four
Intellectual attempts. turned off the gas.
The children were gasplng when the
mother threw up the window aud then
sank helpless to the 1oor.
Al first it seemed strange how the light
could 20 out when there was no draft
the doors to the chamber being closed and
the window. protected by shutters. oman
only few inches.
The immediate neighbors of Mrs. Hapan
quickly advanced a theory. They stated
that they have had considerable trouble
with their gas. as there is water in the
meter" as they express it. They posi-.
lively declare that often when gthe jets are
turned on fullcock, the light flickers so
much as to almost become extipeuished,
Therefore, they say, it Is not surprising
that the light in Mrs. Hagan's room should
have gone out when the gas was only par
TALLY turned on.
The morning call., 1893-07-22
BELLIGERENT MEN.
Two Arrests for Threatening to

j. McGrath, a Ion gshoreman, was ar
rested yesterday charged with threaten.
ing to Kill Bernard McClusEer, a fellow
workman. Both were working at the ship
Ivanhoe at Main-street wharf. McGrath
admits he said to McClusker. "I'Il kill
you," but he intended it only as joke. A
hearing will be had to-day.
He is in the employ Of Harry Chase. the
wel-known stevedore. Hearing of the ar
rest, Chase jumped into his buggy to drive
to the police station to bail the man out.
He had driven only few rods when the
near axle broke, tipping him out and frac-
turing his right leg. He was taken home
in hack.
William Williams. sailor. over 30 years
OLD. belonging to the British ship Cape
Wrath. was also arrested yesterday charged
with threatening to kill W. j. Page f6e M
second officer Of the vessel. Williams
claims the arrest to be merely for the pur-
pose of beating him out of his wages. as
the ship owes him S135 and he has been
unable to get penny.
The morning call., 1893-07-22
Arson Case Dismissed

Some time ago building in course
OF construction on Ashbnry Heights
was destroyed by fire. After an jnvesti-
cation by the FIRE marshal it appeared that
Gustave Niche had had some trouble with
johnson. the owner of the building. and
the conclusion being reached that il was
Meihe who set the building on fire. he was
arrested. On Thursday the case was
called for trial in Judge SeawelFs depart.
ment of the Superior Court. when Assist
ant District Attorney Hinkel moved dis
The morning call., 1893-07-22
PeopIe,s Home Savings Rank

The directors of the Peoples H {ne Say
ings Bank held meeting at the bank ves-
terday afternoon. The business was con-
fined, so said Mr.. Dorm. the attorney for
the institution. to the question of pushing
collections and selling certain securities
with tho object of getting the cash neces-
was adopted dispensing with the services
of four of the clerks during the period OF
temporary suspension. Mr.. Dorm further
stated that the directors hoped I'd reopen
the Peoples Home Savings Bank within
thirty days. and If possible sooner.
PLAIN ana siiver-mounied ladies' pocket.
The morning call., 1893-07-22

missal on the ground that the evidence for
the prosecution would not warrant the
people In proceeding with the trial. The
m otion was granted and the accused set at
liberty.
The morning call., 1893-07-22

PLAIN ana siiver-mounted ladies' pocket.
books and card-cases at Sanborn & Yaips 81
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-08

We all NIKE and we all meet with
many amusing literary plumbers. The
worst of it is that we readily forget
them. Every one should keepa book
of these delightful things, which
please us with sudden sense OF
superiority. Amorg misprints is
knises. Some swing on hooks, some
run knises through their hands, said
an article in the Edinburgh Review.
Here every ono would amend by
knives or krisses-kniyes was the
real reading. In 1.-The Monastery"
Scott wrote about nursing evil pas
sions.' This was printed "morsing,
and the verb ito morsc,' was de-
Tended by writers in Notes and Que
RES.
1t has lately been pointed out that
in the surgeons Daughter" Scott is
made to say that the "Nautch girls
perfume their yoluptuous eastern
must be perform their voluptuous
eastern dances" But we are not
aware that the coquille has been cor
rected In ~Pendenn s" boy is said
to excel in running and pumping.
This must mean 'jumping,' though
the actual competition would have
its merits There are no rulings in
Yorkshire, triding is the right word;
but there is "World Riding" in Mr.
Morris Heimskringla. - London
SATURDAY. Review.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-08

Explorers have found great many
mummies In caves in cliffs among he
Peruvian mounta rs. How the jndi-
ans who entUm Jed their dead in this
way reached the caves hundreds OF
feet down the sides of steep cliffs, is a
mater of conjecture, A French tray
cler, NJ. Weiner, narrateS a visit to
one OF thes' sepulchers, ard the seri-
Gus danger he was in of en- ing his
travels then AM there. u went viii
twJ Indians. he writes. "to a point
on a high plateau below which wa.
one of the caves, and had he Indians
lower M over the precipicc with
leather rores.
a journey of 4. hundred metres
st Il ght downwa d, made in such a
way, IS extraordinarily long. ar
rived at lat at the TOMB. 1t WAS
half Gle SD vi h rocks. ] went in and
found two skulls and mummy.
tied the skulls to my belt, and taking
tue mummy in my arms gave the 5 s.
nal for the Indians to draw me up
They oocyed, and gradually |
neared the top of the precipice The
Indians had not looked over it, and
had no suspicion of what was bring
ing in my arms. When The yellow
skull of their ancient ancestor APP
peared above the edge of the elf, the
Indians were terribly frightened, and
let slip the ropes.
Il cannot describe my feelings in
the next second. the awful terror Of
teginning to fall. In my fright let 90
Of the mummy, and it was dashed
into a thousand pieces at the bottom
OF the abyss But the Indians had
not lost their hold of the ropes; they
drew me up again, and in moment
| stood in safety at the top OF the
precipice.
"My superstitious Indians explaine
to me that when those good people,
the mummies, are distu bed by In
dians they seize them in fatal EN-.
brace, and they assured me that. as
this mummys head rose into their
sight, it opened its mouth AMI would
have uttered a fearful curse upon
them, had it not Just then been
dashed to the bottom Of the abyss.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-08
Freaks of the Wind.

Cyclones is funny things, said the
man with the ginger beard.
Eyes" assented the grocer, as he
lifted the cat out of the dried apple
barrel, Il guess you are about right.
I've read"
81 don't know just what you might
have read, but | can tell you of things
| have seed. | see little town out in
Kansas wiped azectly half ont by cy-
clone, while the other half want even
touched Place was cut in two list as
if it had been done with knife. Funny
thing; the Mayor of the place was a.
standin' in the middle of the street
when old Cy came along. Now, this
here Teller he had the finest pair of
side whiskers | ever see In fact, that
is how it come that he was Mayot the
women vote out there, you see. Well,
as | was sayin', he was standin' in the
middle of the street when the tw.ster
ccme along. An what does it do but
Just barely reach out to where he WAS
and pull one of them side whiskers
clean of, while the other side of his
face WASH touched. That shows what
a clean and narrer path one of them
cyclones takes So never you mind
what you have read about cyclones in
the lying newspaper No man knows
nothing about them, when you amt
seen one. indianapolis Journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-08
Found Captain Kidd's Treasure.

Visitors at Shelter Island should not
iail to go to GARDENERS Island also. 1t
is about seven miles long and varies in
width from three miles down to few
rods, Legend has it that Captain
Kidd buried some of his treasures on
this island year or two before his exc
cution. A commission was sent ont
and dug up chest containing 1888
ounces of gold, $50 ounces of silver and
quantity of diamonds, rubies, pearls,
silk and satin cloths. The Squire $
Hall contains sovenirs of Captain Kidd,
among other things valuable silk
shawl which the pirate gave Mrs, Gar
diner. The present colony on the ISL
and consists of less than 100 men,
women and children, who are employed
at farming, gardening and stock -rais-
ing. New York Tribune.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-08

Ashes are very valuable fertilizer
for onions, for two reasons They are
rich in potash, and, while valuable
fertilizer, they add no seed of weeds,
grass and the like, as is the case with
manures of vegetable origin. AS the
onion is a surface feeder, it is well to
work the fertilizers into the surface
rather than to bury even moderately
Onions should be sown early. but the
seed should be scarcely more than
pressed into the soil, but the pressure
should be strong enough to make the
muck quite firm Onions should be cul-
tivated early and often, even before
they are up, SO that the weeds can get
no advantage. The plan OF mixing n
few radish seeds with the onions when
sowing is good one, as the radishes
come up first, and mark the rows, so
that the weeders can be run between
the drills, before the onions show, and
thus the weeds are held III check before
cultivation could otherwise take place
Besides ashes, poultry manure thor
oughly worked into the soil is valu-
able aid in obtaining large yields OF
onions. Farmers Voice.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-08
TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE.

A well-known authority in referring
to tuberculosis in cattle says: 1.-The
more closely system of inbreeding is
pursued, and the longer il is con-
tinued, the more likely, other condi-
tions being equal, is the strain or breed
to be subject to tuberculosis. The
beef breed which has been most closely
inbred, and which is also most tuber-
culosis, is the shorthorns. The dairy
breed which have been most closely in
bred are the natives of the Channel
Islands, and prominent among these
are the Jerseys" An official of the
Bureau of Animal Industry says that
twenty per cent of the thoroughbred
Jerseys in the Northern States are af.
fected with tuberculosis If the state
ments of our authorities in veterinary
matters are true, and we have no good
reason for doubling them, then the
safest COW for you to purchase would
be common native and of no special
breed, being careful to get one in good
health. 1t is claimed, and on good
authority, that where tuberculosis does
not exist among cattle, consumption
among the human species is an I'M
known disease. No effectual remedy
has been discovered for tuberculosis in
animals any more than for consump-
ton in man, for they are one and the
same; but the disease works so slowly
that few persons become alarmed at
its progress until it is too late for the
use of preventives. New York Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-08
Burning Russians Aliie.

Some twelve years ago the Gar sent
for General Loris Melikoff, the famous
chief of the dreaded ''third section, $
and announced to him that the plague
was raging in two villages of the En-
pire, and ordered him to do Whatever
was needful with view TO stopping
its ravages, at the same time giving
him unlimited powers.
Thereupon Loris Melikoff went first
to the Minister of Finance, informed
him that he should, perhaps, require
u great deal of money in order to
carry out the Emperor commands,
and demanded a credit of twenty-five
million dollars. The Minister Of
Finance made long face, but was UNI
able to refuse
Loris Melikoff then posted to the
villagers in question, and having OBJ
served the situation, he telegraped for
twenty fire engines to be sent from the
neighboring towns, had the pumps
charged with petroleum, and ordered
the tiremen to deluge the cottages with
petroleum, set them on fire, and save
nobody
The order was executed the cottages
and their few hundred inhabitants
men, women. children and cattle. we're
burned to ashes, and these two villages
disappeared from the map Of Russia
and from the registers Of the Empire.
The measure was radical, hut ii
stamped out the plague efectually.
Melikoff then reported 10 the En-
pero- that his commands had been ex-
ecuted. and called ON the Minister OF
Finance to tell him that ont of the
credit of So, 900, 900 granted to him.
he had spent only 800 to buy petro-
leum, and thss consequently His Ex-
cellency, the Minister could dispose
of the balance. New York Dispatch.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-08

The whole COW pea plant is we'll
balanced feed for horses, having nu-
tritive ratio of / to ass, the normal
ratio being to s. That is, one part
OF heterogeneous matter to 81 of carbon
aceous. The grain is much too rich in
nitrogen to be fed alone, having ratio
of l to q. But as corn has ratio OF
to 81, the two grains mixed would be
exactly right, being equal to l to 81.
The whole plant when cured might be
crushed in one of the fodder mills
which grind whole corn ears with the
husks, and when thus coarsely broken
up would be more digestible. The
more finely any grain is found, and
when the meal is fed with moist cut
fodder, the better it is digested, and
when fine meal of any kind is fed alone
it is not so well digested as the whole
grain The addition OF salt to cut
feed aids its digestion. New York
Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-08
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Fattening hogs will not eat bran.
The corn outlook is low said to be
favorable.
In cultivating onions, shuttle hoe
is the best
To succeed in hog raising, the best
stock should be used.
Tomatoes require plenty of sun with
thorough cultivation.
The smaller the weed the more
readily it is destroyed
A gentle disposition is prime
requisite in dairy COW.
There is more money in strawberries
than in any of the other small fruits.
Seed stalks of rhubarb should be
pulled out, as they exhaust the plant.
Hogs will fatten when very young il
proper care is taken in feeding them.
The last quart OF milk that the COW
gives is three times richer than the
first one.
If only a lew sheep are kept, the
mutton breeds will be found the most
profitable.
Plant corn, peas, beans, radishes and
lettuce at intervals, SO as to secure
succession of crops.
The well-cared-for dairy COW is most
profitable to her owner between the
ages of six to twelve.
White-heshed turnips give better
yields than the yellow-fe varieties,
and white carrots better than the yell
low.
Scours in calf can usually be cured
by little parched wheat -four. The
calf must be given little food and kept
warm.
Coal ashes are valuable for strewing
in the paths in the winter to keep
from slipping, and in the spring for
making and mending roads.
Frequent shallow cultivation in dry
weather makes a mulch which checks
evaporation and keeps the moisture in
the soil for the use of the crops
A calf started we'll on milk and fed
with grain and skim milk all the sum
mer will, when six months old, be
worth as much as one year old i'm
properly fed.
As soon as symptoms ofstiff neck are
observed in sheep, the animals should
be given an ounce of sulphate of
magnesia with a teaspoonful of
powdered gentian root
Seeds of cultivated plants carried by
birds into the woods and dropped
there will doubtless explain the
superiority of some wild fruits over
others of the same family.
There are instances where a breed.
ing SOW has been kept dozen years
or more, but, rs rule, it is believed
that seven years is the limit of useful
ness as breeder. When she holds up
her head like COW when feeding ii
shows that she is losing her teeth and
not to be .ept longer for breeding pur-
poses
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-08

The buffalo in the United States
Is bison; the partridge" of Michi-
gan and the pheasant" of Pennsyl-
vania and other States is ruffed
grouse; the rabbit, SO plentiful in
the market at times, is hare. Both
species of grouse, the ruffed and PIN
mated, are called pheasant, par
fridge" and ''patrige, and the pinnat-
ed grouse is universally referred to as
the "prairie chicken. Prairie
chicken" is not bad name for the
pinnated grouse, for it is original and
does not confound it with other birds,
but it is not right, to use the names
partridge" and pheasant" when re-
ferring to our grouse, for these are tho
correct names of European specimens.
New York Commercial AdYsrtiser.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-08

The complaint often made that ma
nuring the orchard often goes only to
the production of wood foliage rather
than fruit need not prevent manuring
after blossoming. There is still time
while the trees are dressed in white
and pink to materially aid them to per-
feet large crop. But it must be re-
membered that mineral rather than
heterogeneous manures are chiefly needed,
and these mineral fertilizers must be
in available form A mixture of some
quick-acting superphosphate with
hardwood ashes is best. If there be
any sod around the tree either pillow or
spade it under beyond the reach of the
limbs. Then work IN literally the
mixture of phosphate with ashes,
drench the whole surface and cover
with any kind of mulch. One will be
surprised at the difference this treat
ment will make in the size and crop of
fruit. Often the fruit should be
thinned besides, but the extra manur-
ing is always needed for trees produc-
ing crop Boston Cultivator.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-08
SCAB IN SHEEP.

The signs of this trouble of neglect
ed flocks are at once apparent in their
wretchedly ragged appearance, their
constant rubbing against any convent
ent object. The itching in hot weather
and when driving the sheep so as to
warm them up, is intense from the I'M
comfortable disposition to rub them
selves with vigor and persistence. The
remedy best suited to destroy this fast
breeding torment, as every ten or fif-
teen days brood after brood are
Matched. A most efficient remedy is
the following: Tobacco, sixteen
pounds, or tobacco stems, twenty
pounds; oil of tar, three pints; soda
ash, twenty pounds; soft soap, four
pounds; water fifty gallons Boil the
tobacco and dissolve the other agents
in few gallons of boiling water, then
add up water to make fifty gallons, re-
tanning temperature of about seventy
degrees Fahrenheit. This will suffice
for fifty sheep. Each sheep is kept in
the bath three minutes, two men mean
while breaking up the scsbs and work
ing the liquid into all parts of the skin
When taken out the sheep is laid ON IA
sloping drainer and the liquid squeezed
out of the wool and allowed to flow
back into the bath. After shearing, a
thin ointment, composed of lard, CON
tanning an ounce of sulphur to one
pound of warm lard may be smeared
over the sheep. american Agricul-
turist.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-08
GOOD NIGHT"
Deep and Tender Meaning Has This
Often Used Expression.

Deep and Tender Meaning Has This
Often Used Expression.
There is a tender sweetness about
some of our common phrases OF affec.
Tomato greeting, simple and unobtru-
sive as they are, which falls Ike dew
upon the heart Good night" The
little one lisps it as, gowned in white,
with shining face and hands, with
prayers said, she toddles off to bed.
Sisters and brothers exchange the wish,
parents and children, friends and friends.
Familiar use has robbed it of its full
significance. We repeat it automati-
cally. But consider. We are as voy-
ayers, putting of from time to time upon
an unknown sea. Our banks of life set
sail and go on into the darkness; and
we. asleep on our pillows, take no such
care as we do when awake and journey
Ing by daylight. OF the perils OF the
night, whatever they may be, we take
no heed. An unsleeping vigilance
watches over us; but it is the vigilance
OF One stronger, wiser than we, who is
the eternal good. Good and God spring
from the same root and have the same
meaning. "Good-by" is only God be
with you" Good night" is really God
night, or God guard the night" 1t
would be churlish household in which
those gentle forms OF speech were ig-
nored or did not exist. Alike the happy
and the sorrowful day by day may say
as the shadows fall towards twilight,
Good night.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-08
MYSTERY OF rnAyoRrra CHEESE


One of the most important parts OF
the manufacture of cheese has yet
to be learned BY Americon ehees =
makers. This is how to produce the
flavor in cheese made of SKINNED
milk. The question has been raised if
it is impossible to get fine flavor in a
skimmed-milk cheese, and an expert
replies that it is impossible, for the
reason that flavor in cheese is the
product of bacteria and these organ
isms will not live or grow without
moisture, aud skimmed-milk cheese
does not retain moisture rs q whole
milk cheese will.
This is an extraordinary belief in
iacs of the fact that some of the most
highly davored and high-priced cheese
il made Of skinned milk, as the Par
N san and the Gruyere and many
other kinds thst are wholly skinned,
and the Roquefort, that is partly
SKINNED, and is, nevertheless. the
highest-priced and most delieately
favored of all 1t lis, however, wholly
unfounded, for the very simple reason
that it is one of the easiest things in
the world to make the cheese during
its curing as moist as may be
needed for the highest happiness and
prosperity of the most exacting Of bae-
terra This is done, and may be done
by the mere use of warm water, IN the
WAY in which the Roquefort cheese is
iraatad for the cultivation af thu
special germ that produces its fine
quality. And it is remarkable mis-
take TO make when ii should be known
that the vast manufacture Of cotton is
only possible In the presence OF
moisture that is supplied in the fac
tories by steam discharged into the
work-rooms SO that the tenacity and
softness Of the fibre due to this
moisture and indispensable for the