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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30
GREENsB

Pleasant weather.
Mr.. Ellsworth Miller and family
also Charles Miller and family, wers
visiting relatives near Swan Ponc
! Sunday
Charles Ditto was visiting your cor
respondent here Sunday
Rev. cupp. proxy for presiding
elder, preached a very interesting
sermon here Sunday morning. Sacra-
ment of the Lords Supper was also
administered. There will be preach
ing again tomorrow Sunday morning
at the usual hour, by the pastor.
Mr. Jas. Randall is seriously i'll at
this writing.
Mr. McGill Turner is also complain
ing.
DR.. McSherry, of your city, has
been boring for water for some time
on one Of his farms near here but has
not yet succeeded in reaching a sup
ply,
The days are short, the nights are
long. How are the evenings to be
SPENT Would it not be a good idea
to organize a literary society, and
while away at least one evening a
week in this way? We know that
such meetings are useful in training
young people TO think and speak in
public, and with slight effort, we
believe, that one could be successfully
conducted here.
The home of Dr. Stode, at Swan
Pond was burned to the ground Mon
day evening, between five and six
O'Clock. Everything they possessed
the Doctors library, instruments,
their clothes, meat, lard, organ,-all
were a prey to the fames-even the
little ones shoes. DR.. and Mrs.
Strobe had been to her fathers, Mr..
Randall, to partake of a birthday din
ner. On returning home they found
the house full of smoke. Thinking
the stove smoked, the fire having
just been made, they threw the doors
open In few minutes the house
was in flames Mrs. Strobe carried
one child and dragged the other out
in the road just in time to escape the
flames.
The sad news of the death of Mrs.
James Randall arrived here from
Lynchburg. Monday night, filling the
community with sorrow, the deceased
lived in this community before and
after her marriage. She leaves hus-
band and two little ones, one aged 2
years and the other a weeks, to mourn
her early death. S. J. w.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

Look at the the labelon your Herald
and take "a hint
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

Buggies, stick wagons, and harness
at Sencindiver & Stewart's.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

1t has been sometime since the
Herald referred to Louis Brown, but
it was not because he was not busy.
Now he is ready for business and
would be pleased if everybody in the
world except the chewing gum drum
mer would call.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

Miss Kennerly, the manager Of En-
inert & Fiery's Millinery Department,
was in Baltimore Tuesday and We'd
nesday looking up novelties for the
Thanksgiving aud Christmas trade.
If you want the latest things in this
line, you should inspect her stock.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

Mrs. A NJ Diffenderfer has just re-
ceived a new supply of Winter Mill
merry. Call and examine it.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

E0R RENT.-A dwelling on Swartz
i street, also three rooms on Queen
street. w. q. RouARK.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

Do not take any substitute when
you ask for the one true blood purifi-
er, Hoods Sarsaparilla. Insist upon
Hoods and only Hoods S.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30
JOHN HELLER,
Manufacturer Of
rIRST-cLASS BUGGIES AND
CARRIAGES.
ORDERED WORK
a SPEC IALTY.
West King Street, Martinsburg.
West King street. Martinsburg.

UTASTEI}-4severaI Trustworthy gentlemen
VI 81 ladies TO travel ~ West yfrx3nia for
established, reliable horse. Faiarr $50 and
expensss. steady poeiticn. Enclose refer
enee and self addressed stamped envelope.
The Dominion Company. Third Floor Omaha
Bldg .AhIcago.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30
UEsLEC SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE!

| will sell at public auction in the
town of Martinsburg, in front of the
Courthouse, at 2 o'clock p. M, on
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1895
my handsome residence, corner Burke
and Church streets. This is the best To-
Gated and most desirable home in the
town. 1t was built by my father, as a
home for himself, with great care and
cost, and anyone wanting home can
certainly find nothing better nor such a
location. 1t is not on the snowy and
slippery eide of the street, ice and snow
soon melt away. Light, air, and view
not DISTRACTED by other houses. Lot,
40x200, with stabling aud carriage house
for horses, one COW, and carriages,
corn and chicken house; in fact, every
thing complete.
TERMS-One-half cash, balance in
one and two years, or to suit the pur-
chaser, with interest and secured by
lein on property.
JOHN w. WALKER.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30
Largest Line of Lamps in This

City
At Kilmer's China Hall and at Won
derfully low prices. You don't want
to buy lamp until you go to Kilmer S
China Hall.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30
PUBLIC SALES.

Dec. - Special Commissioners sale
of the Morrow property. See
adv.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30
Highest Of all in Leayenng Pow-Latest u S Govt Report
R3H!a!!! R Bs';iRs
ABSOLUTELY PURE
SOCIAL AND I ERsoNAL.

lFrfends and patrons ,cfH confer a fnuor by
sending us items OF general local interest, es-
peeiaty those Of a social and personal nafure.l
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30
Special Commissioners Sale
OF VARIABLE
REAL ESTATE

By virtue of decree of the Circuit
Court of Berkeley County, West
| Virginia, entered on the 18th day of Sep
TENDER, 1895, in the chancery cause of A.
p DeCamp 0s. VIM. n Morrow ct al,
the undersigned Special Commissioner,
appointed to make sale, viii offer at
Public Auction, at the front door of the
Courthouse, in Martinsburg, West Vir-
ginia. on
Saturday, December 7, 1895,
at 1:30 o'clock p. m, all that tract or par
eel of land, with the improvements there
on erected, situate northeast Of the town
of Martinsburg, in Berkeley County,
| State of West Virginia, and bounded and
described as follows: beginning at a
stake, No. 1, in the road, corner to ID.
Brandenburg thence with his line n.
2734o E. 10 poles, to a stake, 3; thence
/ N. 31o E. As poles 10 stone III a line
of McKinstry's on the south side of a
road thence with his line $. 59o E. 80 8
poles to a stake, No. A, corner to Wellin-
gers thence with his line S. 294o W.
294 poles to stake, 5, corner to Reed I;
thence with his line N. 400 w SO poles
to stake, 6 thence s. 255o w. 49, 5
poles to a stake,7, in road, in line of p
/ Rimels; thence with his line and others,
/ S. 754o w. 27.5 poles to a stone, 8, on the
south side of the road in line of A. Ba-
ker; thence with his line n. 39o w. 80 2
poles to the place Of beginning, contain
ing eighteen acres one rood and four
square poles, more or less. The use Of a
lane 70 feet wide and 225 feet long ON the
LIST and I'd lines is reserved for the use Of
the lot of d. Brandenburg, with this
property, jointly.
1 TERMS OF SALE AS FIXED BY
THE DECREE
One-third cash on day of sale. the res
idue in two equal payments, in one and
two years from day of sale; the purchas-
err to give his note, which shall bear in
terest until all the purchase money is
paid, and the title to said real estate to be
retained until all the purchase money is
paid. U. S. G. PITZER,
Special Commissioner.
| J. v. QUINN, Auctioneer.
| hereby certify that U. S. G. Pitzer,
the Special Commissioner in the above
entitled cause has executed bond as re-
quired by law. w. B. COLST0N,
1 Clerk Circuit Court of Berkeley Co.
Nov. 9, 1895. tbs
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

Mr.. ]. D. Beard is gentleman who
grows some of the finest apples in the
Valley and he knows that the Herald
editor is great loveroi apples. That
bushel of Lady's Bushes which he
brought us were the finest of the fine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

S, S. Felker, the enterprising West
End merchant takes large slice of
the Herald in which to display his
prices of the necessaries of life. S. S.
believesin quick sales and small profits
and it is dull day indeed when he
does not supply the needs Of many
customers.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

If those people who come to town
every Saturday (and some who live
in town as well) would invest their
spare change in Building Association
shares instead of bug juice" they
would eventually be happier if not so
hilarious.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

Nov. ADJUST received and for sale
seven barrels of choice apple cider,
and five bushels of shellbarks.
w. H. ROUARK,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

The sales of real estate published in
this isshe are most important. Farm
lands are rapidly advancing in price
and town property is sure to double
within the next year or two. There
will soon be such an advance here as
will astonish the most sanguine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

Oysters as is oysters is the kind
Louis Brown sells. Louis don't keep
anything but the best, not even cheap
chewing gum.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

Rev. Henry Thomas will preach
and administer the Holy Commun-
ion in Christ Church, Bunker Hill,
next Sunday December l, at 3 O'Clock
p. m.
Mr.. E. c. Henshaw, of Hedgesville,
calls the attention of stockmen to his
recent purchase of shorthorns. He
bought cheap and will sell likewise.
See his advertisement.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

We acknowledge the receipt, from
Mr.. ]. H. Keesecker, OF well written
obituary notice of Miss Ella Kennedy,
deceased, which we could not publish
for the reason that another lengthy
notice was already in type.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

If we get move on ourselves we
can lay it over to our neighbors both
north and south.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30
vANCLEvEsyILLE.

We are a glad to hear that Mrs.
Janney is convalescing.
Little Boydie and Hilda Mckee who
have been suffering from scarlet fever
are much better.
Mrs. Creamer, of your city, is the
guest of Mrs. Einnie King.
Rev. B. P S Busey commenced a
protracted meeting at the U. B. church
Thursday, Nov. ri. He was assisted
by the missionary board from Cape
May-Rev I. E. Richards, Prof. Hand,
and Miss Josephine Young. They are
three expert musicians and worthy of
every ones most earnest approval.
They assisted Rev. Busey at Inwood
and had sixty conversions. Why
should not we have such a meeting
here as they had there? 1t is not be
cause everyone is too good-that is
assured
Rev. T. F. Richards will preach the
dedicatory reopening sermon at the
U. B. church Sunday morning, Dec.
1. Everybody is cordially invited tc
attend.
( Services and music at the U. B.
church every night and three times
on Sunday. Some people tried to run
the music but they found to their dis
may that the music ran them.
Nora.
The Shakers have made discovery
which is destined to accomplish much
good. Realizing that three fourth:
ofall our suferings arise from stomach
troubles, that the country is literally
filled with people who cannot eat anc
digest food, without subsequently
suffering pain or distress, and thai
many are starving, wasting to ner.
skeletons, because their food does
them no good, they have devoted
much study and thought to the sub
ject, and the result is this discovery
of their Digestive Cordial.
A little book can be obtained from
your druggist that will point out tht
way of relief at once. An investiga
ton will cost nothing and will result
in much good.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30
LITTLE LOCALS.

LII LIE LOlALc.
| Bishop Fowler Saturday evening.
You want to hear him.
Bishop Fowler Saturday evening.
You want to hear him.
Bishop Fowler Saturday evening.
You want to hear him.
The nights are long.
Tuesday was blustery.
Toys and dolls at Browns.
How the fat turkeys did suffer-
Simmons and possums are ripe.
Monday was thedarkesto Of the year
Chip in and help the town to grow
Did you give thanks? If so, for
whato
It is good crop of colds SO the
doctors say.
Hagerstown streets were very mud
dy Tuesday.
Sausage and pudding are staple
commodities.
A paper mill would be a paying in
vestment here.
The editor who tries oplease every
body usually fails.
Now it is Christmas which worries
the boys and girls.
That sausage and pudding which
but we promised not to tell.
Teachers who want candy with
which to treat can be suited by Louis
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

Bishop Fowler missed his train and
could not get here Friday evening.
He will be here Saturday and will de-
liver his great lecture that evening.
Everybody wants to and should hear
him.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

Children all hate to take Castor Oil
but not I.axol, which is palatable.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

Teachers who want candy with
which to treat can be suited by Louis
Brown.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

It is said there is reason in all
things. but in our opinion there is no
reason or sense either in men coming
to town once a week, as it appears.
for the sole and only purpose of get
ting drunk. 1t does not pay anyone
except the saloon keepers and even
they do not like to have drunken men
around.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

That sausage and pudding which
but we promised not to tell
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

Berkeley county farmers should take
1000 shares in the Building Asso-
citation. 1t will pay better than dol
lar wheat or so cent corn, not to men,
ton so cent wheat or rs cent corn.
Don't fail to see the great stock Of
Ladies Jackets, Cloth, Plush, and Fur
Capes, Just received at Emmert & Fl
ery's, at greatly reduced prices. This
is their great Offering Of the season.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

It is a good crop of colds so the
doctors say.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

The nights are long.
Tuesday was blustery.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

MARTINSBURG, w. VA.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

Toys and dolls at Browns.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

Did you give thanks9 If so, for
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

Now it is Christmas which worries
the boys and girls.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

Chip in and help the town to grow.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-30

The editor who tries toplease every
body usually fails
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-05-16

I'm Neeuab bat ii@ bic Gor
@tber @alep 9elepbone SO. nit $10,z
600 capital gebilbet, UNI etnen lota=
len Sci epbonbienft ein5uri@ten.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-03-27
The HimalaYaa.

If, geologically considered, the
higher the mountain range the more
recent. it is then the Himalayas are
the adolescents. It is the constant
factors of mechanical abrasion or So
luton or transportation by the wa
ter, or the snow, or the ice, or by the
action of the wind that have never
ceasing tendencies to lower the lof-
test mountain peak. That the Hima-
layas are still unstable quantities is
shown by q mountain fall of 1898,
where there was the most gigantic
of landslides. One hill, the Maitha-
ma, 1000 feet high, a spur of a
mountain mass, pitched over into the
valley. From computation made
the weight of the fallen mass was
800, 900, 900 tons. Mr.. w. M. Con.
way, in The Contemporary Review,
writes that the Himalayas are pass
ing through their dramatic geolog-
ical period" How did primitive man
manage to escape mountain slides in
the early period? He could no more
getrid Of terrestrial oataolysms than
we can today.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-03-27
Tho Work Of OXYGEN.

The oxygen gas Of the air ID at
once the great stimulant and tho
great destroyer of life. In fermenta.
ton, growth, putrefaction, combus-
ton and oxidization, which are
merely different rames for the same
process in different forms, oxygen
is doing its universal work. It is no
metaphor, but a chemical fact that
our world and everything in 1t are
burning with a greater or less degree
of rapidity. It is only when the
process becomes very rapid that We
can see the flames. So instead Of
saying that we are in the midst Of
everlasting fire-a saying which
might alarm the timid-the scientific
merely say that oxidization In its
various forms goes on without oes.
sation.-Chicago Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-03-27
NAPOLEON B0NAPARTE.
Premonitory Symptoms Of I'm
perial Impetuosity.
DISMISSED FROM THE SERVICE.

Participation In the Corsican Uprising
Costs His Commission In the French
Army Imbued With Revolutionary
Idess-vagaries Of o Genius.
copyright, 1895, by John Clark Ridpath'I
VL-GENIUs In A QUANDARY.
At this stage, rapidity becomes the
chief characteristic Of Bonaparte de
darts from place to place with astonish'
ina celebrity, and In many instances with
Insufficient or undiscoverable motives
Of transit.
His flights are like those Of bird;
say, an eagles. Thus during his stay in
Corsica he suddenly springs of. in %
tober of 1887. and Is at Paris for more
than a month. But at Christmas be Is
back at Ajaccio with an extension OF bis
leave Of absence. Again, during his stay
at Auxonne, be speeds away for fifteen
days to Seurre, in command OF small
detachment to suppress a riot These
movements are premonitory Of those ex-
traordinary Imperial flights with which
he subsequently startles all Europe and
the world. >,
The stay at Auxonne extended with
the brief interruption referred to, from
May Of 1888 to September Of 1850
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-03-27
sbak..ne.re,. Married, Life.

On what basis does tho theory rest
that Shakespeare was not happy In
the later years of his married life7
writes DR.. William j. Rolfe in Tho
Ladies' Home Journal. As we have
seen, his wife was about eight years
older than himself, and the nuptials
had been celebrated in some haste.
He had gone to London few years
later, leaving his wife and babies in
Stratford. The "Sonnets, which,
to my thinking, are unquestionably
more or less autobiographical, indi-
cate that he had not been able to re-
sist thetemptations of city life, that
he had sinned and suffered and re.
pented.
Note that terrible outcry Of re.
morse, the one hundred and twenty
ninth sonnet. It assures as that
whatever his errors may have been
Shakespeare repented Of them, and
his after life shows that he brought
forth fruits meet for repentance. He
never lost his love for his Stratford
home. We have seen that as soon
as he began to be prosperous in Lon.
don he bought the dilapidated New
place and as fast as his means allow
ed repaired the house, enlarged and
improved the grounds and gradually
made it the elegant, delightful homo
which must have been his ideal from
the very first.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-03-27
Mileage Of the Blood.

The mileage of the blood circula-
ton reveals some astounding facts
in our personal history. Thus it has
been calculated that, assuming the
heart to beat 60 times a minute at
ordinary heart pressure, the blood
goes at the rate Of 207 yards in the
minute, Or seven miles per hour, 1853
miles per day and $3.50 miles per
year. If man of "a years of age
could have one single blood corpus
Gle floating in his blood all his life,
it would have travelled in that same
time 5, $50, sos miles.-Exchange.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-03-27
Tho Creeping Of Iron Rails.

It is we'll understood fact that
railroad rails under certain condi-
lions will move lengthwise for a
considerable distance. This is due
partly to gravitation and partly to
the jar and push of the wheels of
passing trains Where the travel is
in one direction the rails may move
backward unless there are frequent
stops, when the great strain on the
wheels from the brakes counteracts
the backward tendency. On roads
where there are many up and down
grades the wheels may pull so strong
~ upon the rails as to cause them to
creep upward, and when the top of
the grade is reached and the descent
begins the tremendous grip of the
heavy locomotive is able to throw
the rails behind 1t, as it were, thus
making them creep upward from
both sides of the grade. It has been
said that one rail creeps faster than
the other, and that there are mag
netic or other scientific reasons for
the fact PROFESSIONALLY one rail
does sometimes creep ahead, but this
is owing entirely to the fashion of
handling. The line rail, as it is call.
ed, receives the most attention and
is, as a rule, much moro securely
fastened than the gauge rail; conse.
quently the latter is more likely tc
get out of bounds.-New York Led.
ger,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-03-27
LUCK AGAINST HIM.
Tho Story Was Funny Enough. but They
Had Heard It Before.

The Story Was Funny Enough, but They
Had Heard It Before.
cHAPTER1
Jimpson was sitting in his Office,
and the clock was striking 9.
The clock had a habit of striking
9 twice every "a hours.
There was no one present, so jump
son sat with his feet on the desk.
He was shaking and chuckling all
over. Every few minutes he would
become grave and then break out in
renewed chuckles.
For Jimpson had just heard 9
brand new funny story Of the rich
est kind.
A hand was at the doorknob. and
man entered. Jimpson half wheel
ed in his chair, his face wreathed in
smiles.
"I,ye called about that Biggs
case, said the man.
The two plunged into business.
When it was over and the visitor
arose, waiting to depart, Jimpson
stopped him.
"I've just heard an awful good
story" he said. Its about Rick
etts."
"Oh, that one," interrupted the
caller. That's a good one, amt it2
Heard it yesterday. Good day."
CHAPTER III.
Jimpson returned to his desk with
look of Indignation on his face,
which look soon melted away, CIV
ing place to more chuokles.
His lawyer entered.
"Say," said Jimpson joyously,
tive got an awful good story about
old man Ricketts,. You know
"Oh," said the lawyer, "I'veheard
that. Funny, amt it? Ha, hal"
Jimpson's demeanor was cool
when they parted.
CHAPTER ~.
| As the clock struck and Jimpson
was ready to 60 home his face had a
weary and oareworn expression.
Through the deserted hall Of the
Office building he walked with down
cast head. He had that story still
untold.
Suddenly q solitary figure appear
ed at tho end of the hall.
A fierce light of determination
came into Jimpson's face. He sped
up to the stranger and in husky,
hollow tones said:
II heard a funny story today"
The stranger paused and smiled.
"What was it?" he asked.
tits" stammered Jimpson Joy
ously, gasping in his satisfaction
"it's about old man Ricketts, and hi
partner
"Oh, that one," said the stranger
in disappointed tones, and as jump
son tottered on his feet, I'm TIL
man who started that story. Chi
cago Record.