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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-04-21

AT banquet in this city, given in one
Of the popular restaurants, half pint
bottle Of champagne was set beside each
plate. 1t bore French label. but not
zach label as those who drink cham
pagne are accustomed to see.
what kind of wine is thisfr asked one
who could with difficulty tell the differ
ence between champagne and bottled
crab apple cider Of a gentleman across
tie table who has right TO have such a
question pnt to him.
That's what puzzles me-" and he
read the French label with an English
pronunciation. Il never saw that brand
before. 1t is evidently some new mild
champagne, adapted to the use Of those
who would get heady on heavier wine,
drinking it a glass at time because il
has pleasant taste"
Nothing more was said, but the inguis-
tive person pushed his inquiries in an
other direction, a few days later, and
was told that the champagne was made
in 0hio-a pure article, and mild and
palatable one, but it was necessary to
have French labels on the bottles to
make it salable.
And yet ell The speeches on that coca
sion were full ofAmerican srdor. The
American birds plumase was extolled
= the finest Ia the world, but the Amer.
4 4 II. II. - z4r<fI Z
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CHAPTER IL

Let US go back few weeks and con-
meet the chain of events.
The thunder of hundred guns had
been let loose at Charleston, and the
south was rushing to arms. One who
has not witnessed the beginning of war
cannot comprehend the insanity of ex-
element which accompanies the pas
sage of each fateful day. We of the north
were delaying, hoping, trying to make
ourselves believe that war would be
ayerted, though TO one could tell how.
While we were delaying the south was
acting. No man in any southern COM
munity dared talk Of peace. While the
north raised regiments the south put
brigades into camp and planned cam
paign. While the north waited the
south possessed itself of fort after fort
| The streets of every city echoed the
tread of marching men; every village
was aroused by the music of the fife and
drum. That generation knew nothing
of war. Men looked upon the waving
flags and ripping banners, the march
ing volunteers and the holiday attire and
said to each other:
''Then this is war? Men who have
written of war have deceived us. There
is no suffering, no wounded, no dead.
| Let us also join in the march. !"
But historians had not deceived them.
They were deceiving themselves. The
beginning of war is merriment and
feast. The end is marked by thousands
of marble headstones bearing the single
| word Unknown those and Grape
and tears and desolation. 1t is 4 O'Clock
| in the afternoon of one of those never to
be forgotten spring days of 1861, re-
membered now only by gray haired
men and women. The scene is the an
cient town of Winchester, in the beau
tiful Shenandoah valley, the garden
| spot of the Old Dominion. Under cover
of a wooden awning sheltering the front
/ of the old store and postoffice two men
| are seated at table borrowed some
/ where for the occasion. One of them
wears the uniform of a militia captains;
the other is in citizens dress and has a
list of names on paper before him.
/ Hear what the captain is saying to the
men crowding up until they stand six
or eight deep before him.
1--WE want 60 more men to fill up this
company. Within week we shall be
ordered to the front. We want only
| yonng men and good men. Now, then,
you all who want to go to war and see
some fun put your names down on this
paper. Yon, there, Steve Brayton, step
up and sign!"
tHow long shall we uns be gone,
captain?'
Il reckon on 60 days"
"Then I'll put down."
"And IL
And Il"
Say, captain, !" called a young farm
er from the rear rank of the crowd.
cant yo make the time 80 days? The
old mans feelin porely this spring, and
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[To BE CONTINUED. I
A Life Saving Horse.

The following circumstance occurred
at the Cape of Good Hope: In one of the
violent storms that often occur there a
vessel was forced on the rocks and beaten
to pieces. The greater part of the crew
persisted miserably, us no boat could ven
ture to their assistance. Meanwhile a
planter came from his farm to see the
wreck, and knowing the spirit of his
horse and his excellence as swimmer
he determined to make desperate effort
for their deliverance and pushed into
the laundering breakers. At first both
disappeared, bat were soon seen on the
surface. Nearing the wreck, he caused
two Of the poor seamen to cling to his
boots, and so brought them safe to the
shore. Seven times did lie repeat this
perilous feat and saved IA lives: but
alas! the eighth time, the horse being
much fatigued and meeting with for
midable wave, the gallant fellow lost his
balance and was overwhelmed in mo-
ment. He was seen no more, but the
noble horse reached the land in safety
Boston Herald.
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ioaTto 1874 BY ANERlcAN aREss ASSOCIATION.

jackson was about to speak further
when an aid delivered an order and he
rode hurriedly away. There is 10 more
| fighting on this front To the right and
! left the Federals charge again and
again, but always to be beaten back.
Did they number twice as many they
! could not disiodge the Confederates from
the plateau. Nature made it for the key
of battlefield.
/ 1t is O'Clock, and the fight still
j RACES fiercely. 1t is o'clock, and the
/ Federals are still battering at the slopes
of the plateau. Half ain hour later the
volleys of musketry suddenly increase
in volume, the artillery redoubles its
fire, there is wild cheering all along the
have come up from the valley. He
| throws them into the battle, and the
Federals are driven back. The Confed-
crates push forward in pursuit, and the
troops who were giving way slowly and
retiring in good order suddenly become
panic stricken.
| An army panic is like unto nothing
else in its foolishness, in its madness, in
that feeling of terror which makes serv-
lie towards OF brave men for a few
hours. In so minutes from the first
wild shouts of alarm the highways lead
ing back to CenteIville were choked
with the shattered, disorganized and
fleeing Federal commands. Here and
there feeble attempts were made to
check the terrified mob, but each effort
only increased the panic.
What were they fleeing from? Death?
If so, almost every man of them had
faced death for hours that day without
fiinching. They faced it now, as terri
fed men discharged their muskets and
threw them into the bitches, as remnants
Of cavalry commands dashed into the
mass, as feldpieces and limbers and
caissons, drawn by horses which seemed
to have caught the spirit of terror,
turned in from the fields at mad gal
lop and rode down every obstruction.
Men flee like shadows from plague,
but they know from what they flee.
Rushing into the highways, fighting
each other as they struggled to reach
the van, stumbling, falling, a chill of
fear upon every heart, the army which
had fought 20 well and long streamed
into the hamlet of Centerville. There
was no pursuit. There wasn't brigade
in the Confederate amy in condition to
pursue, nor was the extent of the Fed
eral disaster known to Confederate Off
GERS. Here was a strong position, and
here it was that troops who mad not been
in action were formed across the high
way leading to Washington to check the
panic stricken tho 1sands Mounted Of
fcers rode into the mob and shouted
commands and appeals. The painting
fugitives paused tor moment, but it
was not to listen, mot to obey, not to
feel ashamed of their silly fears. 1t was
to draw long breath and then dash at
the wall of glistening bayonets. The
wall menaccd them, the bayonets point
ed at their breasts, but with one mighty
surge the living wave dissolved the
wall, hurled it down, flung the frag-
ments to right and left, and the stream
of humanity poured on over the hills
and flowed the faster for its temporary
check. 1t could not be checked again
until it reached the Potomac.
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ISABELLA PROCTOR
PRAISE FUH Ti1e ,.-s..a-f cLeRX
sis Predictions Are More Accurate Than


6is Predictions Are More Accurate Than
Is Commonly Supposed
The weather forecasts are sometimes
complained of rs being not very accu.
ra.e. But it appears from the annual
report of the meteorological council just
issued that the failures are not so numer-
GUS as is generally supposed. A sum
mary of results shows the percentage to
nave been as follows: Complete success,
l6, partial success. 80; partial failure, IA
total failure, Z. This gives a total per.
centage of successes of 10, which in q
climate SO variable as ours mnst be re-
garded as very fair average.
We have on former occasions referred
TO the facilities afforded by the meteoro.
logical Office for inquiries about the
weather. Any person applying at the
Office between IL a. m. and p. m. on
week days and between p. IN. and s
p. IN. on Sundays can be supplied, in
writing, with the latest information in
the possession of the Office and with the
latest forecast issued for any specified
district on payment Of shilling for
each inquiry. Application may also BIZ
made by letter. inclosing 10 pence in
stamps if the reply is to be by post, and
shilling in stamps, in addition to ths
cost of the reply consisting of 10 words
exclusive Of the address,, if the reply i!
to be by telegraph.
ANY person may obtain by telegraph
from the meteorological Office the --latest
information as to the weather in any
district of the United Kingdom by pay
ment Of fee Of shilling in addition t.
the cost Of telegram and reply to any
postofiice The telegram containing tbs
inquiry must be addressed as follows
"To Weather, London" The payment
for the reply should be for at least II
words in addition to the address. APP
plication may also be made for similar
information to be sent either by tele
/ graph or post on some future specified
day. Westminster Gazette.
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Hiatt, men, haiti Those ,cho are not
e0Wdrt's artu fololc mc"
ment, are in front of Jackson's men.
The battery is wheeling into position,
when the Virginia regiment is ordered
10 charge it. With a wild cheer, the
command dashes forward, but to meet
with such a whitening volley from the
western men that it falls back in con-
fusion. Let US follow the company ON
the right. AS it falls back its captain is
left lying on the field. The first lieu
tenant should be in command, but
neither he nor his fellow officer seeks to
rally the disorganized men. The COM
pany is breaking back in a mob right
under Jackson's eyes, when private
seizes the flag from the panic stricken
color bearer and shouts:
Halt, men, halt, Those who are
not towards will follow me!'
II was too late to rally the company
as whole. 1t was breaking back ON
the reserve, headed by its two lieuten-
ants, but at the call TO rally about so
of the men turned and raised cheer
and followed the flag. The sight of the
flag and the echo of the cheers put heart
into the beaten regiment. Something
like order came out of confusion, and a
moment later two-thirds of the regi-
ment were fighting over the guns. The
other regiments of the brigade moved
up, and they came just in time. The
First Michigan and Fourteenth New
York were charging up to support the
Minnesota men aud save the guns.
And now for the space Of quarter
of an hour 5000 men fought with
bayonet, with dubbed muskets, with
whatever weapon they could wound OF
kill. 1t was the fight of a mob. 1t was
a mob which went circling round and
round the battery long ago disabled by
| the killing of all its horses. The Thirty
eighth New York, followed by a portion
of the Fire Zouaves, went forward yell
! ing and cheering. but they came too late
to save all the guns. The Confederates
held the ground and retained three of the
pieces. As jackson rides forward the
company from the Shenandoah valley is
dragging one of the captured guns to the
rear.
"Who commands this company"
asked the general, looking in vain for Q
commissioned officer.
The men halted and stared at him,
but no one replied.
Where is your captaini Where are
your lieutenantss" he demanded.
Cant tell 20, general, answered
a private who was bareheaded and coat
| less, but the bCss we are workin IN
-. s.<.k =. =. - - 4, I. !. II
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Eating.

A common error Of those who have tc
cater TO the requirements of ailing peo-
pie is the singular persistence with which
they insist upon snch people eating
Whether hungry or not, one should eat
is the cry. 1t is perfectly preposserous
to advocate such a theory. because ths
moment that people take into their stom
achs food that is not demanded by ma
tIre that moment they are paying trib
ute to dyspepsia. 1t is not an empty
stomach that demands food, but tht
stimulus of the gastric juices. Wher
the stomach gets out Of order. the secre
ton Of gastric juice is stopped to a large
extent, and to then try to force the stom
ach to work is like asking 4 man with {
broken leg to walk. He can only MAKE
stagger at it and is more than likely tc
add to his discomfort. An excellentruls
is to eat only when you aie hungry
Washington Star.
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bishop, with line OF moss trimming
set down the entire length. This is a
model design and would be quite easy
for the home dressmaker to copy with
good results.
The very newest and most stylish Of
the evening bonnets are made of what
they call spangles of jet. These span
giles are made of some sort of metal
coated with black enamel. They are cut
in fanciful shapes and fastened TO wires
and then punched up into flowers and
foliage or set pieces like fireworks.
These are then sewed over lace and
wire foundation, and they are very tax
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on the slanting ends, a round hole is
punched. and the two pieces are laced
together with silk cord, which is also
arranged as a loop by which to hang the
article up. The face is decorated with
a painted design Of flowers to harmonic
in color with the cord used. Ivory eel
luloid painted with forgetmenots might
be laced with blue cord or lavender eel
luloid and violets used with purple cord.
ISABELLA PROCTOR.
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Whiskliolder.

The whiskholder illustrated is made
of two pieces Of celluloid or smooth fin
ished leather, slanted at the ends to fit
the whisk and pinked or scalloped
around the edge. In each of the scallops,
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Jast Give Them a Change.

indianapolis Journal Rep.l.
There are good many people in
this country who have not voted
against the Democracy this year. bs.t
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10 ONE can walk
about among the
!dry goods districts
now without a real
izing sense that
spring has really
co N e. Su h a
wealth of fender
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9 L. DODD,
Agent Fidelity Mutual Life Asso
citation, of Philadelphia.
Money invested at good rates of interest
Emmert &; Fierg Budding,
Front Office, up stairs.
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WITH HEART OF FIRE
THE OPAL AS A FASHIONABLE JEWEL
AND COLOR.

The Proud Mother of Two Lovely Girls.
How They Were Each Attired-Summcr
Gowns of Pure white-They viii Give
Work to the washwoman.
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| S. MATHEWS,
THE
LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENT.
MartinsbRrg, ". Va.
Will buy, sell, or exchange. Property
rented, rents collected. Notary public.
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HERBERT L. ALEXANDER,
Successor to ]. S. MATHEWS,
INSURANCE AGENCY.
ofice-l9 West King ST. near st. Clair Hotel.
MARTINsBURG, W. VA.


/ represent the following old, reliable,
and well-known companies:
ErNA of Hartford.
CONTINENTAL :. New York.
GEORGIA HOME Columbus, Ga.
FIRE ASSOCIATION =. Philadelphia
FRANKLIN :, Wheeling.
JEFFERSON Wheeling.
PHOENIX = Hartford.
PEABODY " Wheeling.
ROYAL . England.
A sworn statement of their condition
will be found on file at the office of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court. in compli-
ance with State laws.
Respectfully.
HERBERT l.. ALEXANDER
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copyright. 1891, By American Press Associa-
finn
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-26
Chicago Live Stock.

CHICAGO. Sept. 25. - There was a
steadier tone to the cattle market today.
and that was all, sellers failing to re-
cover any part of yesterdays rather
severe decline. For a Tuesday the run
was unusually large, and the arrivals
for yesterday and today make a total
of some $4,000 greater than for the
same time last week, but for the
remainder of this week moderate
receipts are expected, and the eff
feet was steadying. The offerings
did not include anything nearly as good
as the cattle sold yesterday at s6.45: in
deed, very few Of late were good enough
to sell for as much as So. the prevailing
prices being 81. 75@5.75 for natives and
50 50@3.75 for Westerns. The latter
constituted about one-half OF the sup
ply. OF Texas cattle only a few loads
were received-nOt enough to make a
market. The demand for stockers and
feeders keeps ahead Of the supply, and
those descriptions continue to command
good prices. Quotations range from
$l.25 to $40 for natives. 81. 5O04. rs for
Westerns n s l.50@3. Is for Texans.
The hog market went through the
usual course, opening strong with a
slight upward tendency and closing fiat
at barely the previous days prices. AL
though the receipts we're a mere hand
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-26
WOODWARD & CO
Grain
Commission.
Established 1879.
Minneapolis. Duluth.
Minneapolis Markets.

y1OAAS 4NkuE1ACtSo
May-Opening. Soc; highest. $500
$3.50; lowest. soc; closing, 591sc.
September-Opening, 54Ic; highest,
$3.50; lowest, 54s4: closing, 544c.
MISUNDERSTANDING. 55%c; highest.
55Ac; closing Monday. 56ssc.
On Track-No. l hard, 661Sc; No. l
northern, 55%c; No. 9 northern, sac.
Some Sample Sales-No. l hard, 4 cars.
$500; No. l hard, 4 cars, SIC; No. l
northern, & cars, 55Ac; No. l northern,
car. TO arrive. 554c; No. l northern.
10 cars, SEC; No. l northern. to arrive,
10 cars, SIC; No. l northern, old. 2 cars,
size; No. l northern. 5000 bu, t. o. b.,
57Lc; No. J. northern, sInutty. l car,
531ac; No. l northern, Ii cars. sac:
No. l i.OrtherD. l car. 541ac; No. 2
northern,1 EAR, 541ac; No. 3 wheat,
smutty, 3 cars, SIC; rejected, 2lbs Off, 8
cars. SIC: Nc. 3 barley, f. o. b., 2 cars.
47c; No. 3 barley, 50 lbs, l car, 1870.
Flour-First patents. So. l0@3.40; Sec
export bakers, Sl.90@2. Is; red dog,
81. 70@1.75.
The following quotations are in cot
ton sacks of 9S lbs and 40 lbs: Rye
flour, per Dbl. pure, $40: buckwheat
flour, per Dbl. So; graham flour, 50. 70.
In room zoe extra is charged.
Bran and ShOris-The market Is weak
for both bran and shorts. Bran in bulk,
$40; bran in sacks, l1.50@l1.75; shorts,
common, in bulk. ST.. 50@1l.75; shorts,
fine. in bulk. S12. 50@12.7 rs.
COrn-NO. 3 corn sold at $3.50.
Oats were scarce; demand good. No.
8 white, new, 3l@314c; better for
choice; No. 2 white oats, 3OAc; No. 3
oats quotable at 304c. See sales.
Rye-New rye, 44c, +. o. b., for No. 2.
Market steady.
Barley-Choice No. 3 sold ut 46@47c
for choice. per 80 lbs; No. 4. 45c. No. 2
rOWed barley brought SOC.
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MARKETS.
Reported by the State Ware
house COmIni ssiOn.

Reported by the State Ware
house COmlni ssiOn.
Secretary Teisberg, of the state rail-
road and warehouse commission, has
issued the following market statement:
Statement showing price Of No. l
hard wheat at Duluth. as compared with
actual sale of 5000 blu Of same sold IN
Liverpool oil Sept. 10. 1894, for London
delivery. made by the railroad and
warehouse commission:
Cents
Sept. 1O.-Price No. l hard in Du-
lutl. .57.3S
Duluth elevator charges, weighing
and inspection co. 5
Lake freight and insurance, Du-
luth to Buffalo. Oh. 90
Buffalo elevator charges and CON-
missions .......... ..Ol.O0
Canal freight and insurance, Buff
falo to New York ............ .03.O0
New York elevator charges, viz,
weighing, transferring, demur.
rage. towing. trimming, etc. .....0 OIL so
Ocean freight and insurance, New
York to London OF. 25
Loss in weight, Duluth to Lon.
........... .OO.5O
Cost in London. sc. i. ."...... 69.4S
Sept. 10. 1000 quarters 5000
buShtlS) SOldi in Liverpool, London
and insurance., for % shlllingS
7% pence per quarter of $50 lbs,
Tor 70% cents per busheD. ....... 10. rs
Profit Oh the transaction. 5000. OF. ~
A trlfle over 11/c ner buShpl.
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NO EFFECT ON COMMERCE,
Unless 1t Be to Increase
Trade, Says Minister
MendOnca.
WOOL FROM ARGENTINE.
Big Demand Which Shows In.
creased Consumption In
the United States.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. Formal
notification was received today of the
a%brogation by Brazil of the reciprocity
agreement. Minister Mendonca says:
"Brazifs action is a necessary sequence
TO the enactment of the new tariff law
by the United States, and there is no
significance i'll the action of my country
beyond its doing its part toward the
termination OF a treaty which the tariff
law itself abrogates. Brazil has acted,
however, in strict conformity to the
original agreement embodied in notes
between Mr.. Blaine and myself, ex-
changed when the treaty was signed.
These gave either country the privilege
OF denouncing the treaty on July l or
January of any given year by giving
three months notice. The tariff law
served to abrogate the treaty without
any notice 10 Brazil, but our govern
ment saw tit to give the full three
months notice. The effect is to make
the new tariff rates exist against Brazil
ian imports since August last, while the
reciprocity rates for American goods
will remain until January in Brazil"
MIR. Mendonca was asked as to the
effect of the change on trade.
1.-The reciprocity treaty worked very
WELL" he said. at was chiefly bene-
fclal to Brazil on sugar. Prior to it
our sugar had only the domestic mar
ket, but the reciprocity treaty gave US
the United States market, and, as a re-
suit, the sugar trade has tripled in the
last three years. 1t promised ever
greater increase when the full benefit of
the reciprocity treaty was understood.
Our coffee trade, which was another
main Item, will not be affected by the
change. On the part of the United
States the reciprocity treaty gave adj.
vantages to this country on manufact-
ured iron goods, railroad supplies, lard
and agricultural products. The rates
Will not be materially raised against
this country. and l am expecting tins
country 10 make large increase in send.
ing manufactured wOolenS to Brazil as
u result OF the new manufacturing
induced by free raw wool in the new
tariff law. Outside of these few
changes will occur by the termination
of reciprocity"
Besides the reciprocity treaty with
Brazil, which will lapse entirely Jan.
l next, the United States has entered
into nine other similar arrangements
with other nations under the authority
conferred 10y the Mckinley act. These
arrangements are with Spain as to Cuba
II Porto Rico, with the Dominican
republic, with Guatemala, with Ger
many, Nicaragua, Honduras. Austro.
hungary. Salvador and Great Britain,
the last named for the British colonies
OF Trinidad. Barbados, the Leeward
islands, Nevos. Dominica, the Wind
ward Islands, British Guinea and
Jamaica. The first of these arrange
ments was made with Brazil Jan. 81.
1881, and the last with Salvador Nov.
20. 1892. AS Brazil was the first to
enter so She is the first to withdraw
and it is expected that her example will