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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-06-15

The most wonderful forest tree in the
world perhaps is the 'cannibal tree of
Australia, which some one has aptly
called "the most wonderful of Gods
many wonders in vegetable life " 1t
grows up in the shape of a huge pine
apple and seldom attains height of
more than / feet. 1t has a series of
broad, boardlike leaves, growing in a
fringe at the apex, which reminds one
of gigantic Central American agaye.
When sta ling erect, these broad, thick
leaves hide curious looking arrange
ment, which appears to perform the
same functions as those of the pistils in
flowers. Naturally these boardlike
leaves, which are from 10 to 10 feet
long in the smaller specimens and from
10 to 20 in the larger, hang to the
ground and are strong enough to bear
mans weight.
In old aboriginal times in the anti
podean wilds, the natives worshiped the
,annibal tree under the name of the
devil tree" the chief part of the cere-
mony consisting of driving one of their
number up the leaves of the tree to the
apex. The instant the victim would
touch the so called "pistiles" of the
monster the leaves would instantly fly
together like a trap, squeezing the life
,ut of the intruder. Early travellers de-
,lared that the tree held its victim until
very particle of flesh disappeared On
his account it is called the "cannibal
rec "-St. Louis Rennhlic
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-06-15
THE VALUE OF HOT WATER
II Used Freely. It's Beneficial Results Ar
Surprfsing

Surprising.
At this season of the year advice on
the use Of water is always timely. So
many general recommendations are Of
fered to boil water. and SO few people
are found to follow lem, it seems hard
ly wise to continue with well meant
latitudcs which no one hceds.
Boiled water is always fat and insip-
i'd. and few. if any, ever enjoy water SO
treated, as a general beverage. In cities
reasonable care is taken to have good
water, and if it is to be used plain it
had better be fresh drawn and not boiled
or filtered unless the filtering medium
is replaced often or returned. As very
few persons take the precaution to re-
charge filters, the only safe thing is to
do without one. While it is perfectly
true that filtered water will show bright
er than unfiltered water, it is also true
that in passing through a filter which
has been used for two or three months
the water will take up imperceptible
germs far more deadly in their results
than the matters removed
If water must be boiled, it had better
either be used as hot as it can be drank,
or. if drank when cooked, be favored
with a small quantity of some mild acid
to render it palatable.
Visitors to summer resorts are natural
ly concerned about the quality Of water
they are to drink there. Perhaps it is
not too much to say that next to the
lovely scenery of the Green and White
mountions of Vermont and New Hamp-
shire the water supply is the strongest
attraction. With the mountain scenery
and the strong air one finds good water
is nearly always associated. This double
advantage is known to produce the best
type of physique in man, and to yield
results Of equal value in domestic ami
mails kept for profit.
The solvent power Of water makes or
mars the health and happiness of COM
munity. This solvent action explains the
extraordinary effects produced by the
use of well known popular spring and
we'll waters having their sources in the
New England states.
When we remember the enormous
quantity of earth matter absorbed in
our ordinary food, which cannot be
avoided, it becomes matter of supreme
that we wash out of the body as
much Of this as possible by system
attic use of the best of water. The guam
tity of earth matter stored up in the
body determines in marked way the
degree Of health or disease one may suf-
fer from.
Gout. rheumatism, gravel and slug
gish circulation are due in no small de- |
gree to the quality of water used Few
can estimate the value Of the increasing
practice of hot water drinking before
meals. Its benefcent action soothes the |
stomach, promotes active excretions and
tones up all the physiological processes.
The use of pure water in substitution
for much of the coffee and tea now con-
sumed will add greatly to the health of |
the community and the total of human
happiness. Old age is but another ex-
preston for stiffness of joints, produced
too often by an undue accumulation of
water in the body.-Baltimore
A mpripap
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-06-15
A Good Appetlte

Always accompanies good health, and
an absence Of appetite is an indication
Of something wrong. The loss Of
rational desire for food Is soon follow
ed by lack Of strength. for when
the supply Of fuel Is cut of the ERE
burns low. The system gets into a
low state, aud is liable to severe at
tacks OF disease. The universal tesii-
mony given by those who have used
Hoods SarsapariiIa, as to its great
merits in restoring and sharpening
the appetite, in promoting healthy
action of digestive organs. and as a
purifier Of the blood. constitutes the
strongest recommendation that can
be urged for any medicine. Those
Who have never used Hoods Sarsa-
parilla should surely do 50 this sea-
son.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-06-15

A NEW TEST FoR GEMS


~
ed to Prove Their Genulneness.
An accurate scientific method has AZ
last been discovered whereby ,,rac;ons
stones ,r.r - d;st;ro,,;s,,ad 49,. ~
-. - - $3.50 ~. ~
.-"'u1 sen's WHICH ale 10" 30 na-
inelousiy manufactured In the ianora-
tories OF Farls and other continental
cities This is by testing them for their
specific gravity, but not by the scales
occasionally used for large stones and
which, however delicate, are unreliable.
The new means OF detection Of bogus
gems Is simple and ingenious and is
likely to be widely adopted in the jew
elry trade 1t is the chemist who has
added this knowledge to the lapidary's
art. Several liquids have been discover
Ell which are more than 81 times as
dense as water, and in which therefore
the amethyst, the beryl and other light
stones Will actually fioat.
The most useful OF these liquids is
methylene iodide, which has specific
giavity OF BIB, and in which the tour
maine readily floats Moreover, it is
- = = - ny N~.3S-Se>>'
IL being impossible for the iapldary to
prepare number of liquids each hay-
ing the specific gravity of a different
gem stone, the-methy lene iodide is cas-
lily diluted by adding benzine to it
Each drop OF benzine added makes the
liquid less dense, and SO it may be used
70 separate the tourmaline and all the
lighter gem stones from each other.
II 1t is doubtful whether certain
gem be an aquamarine or chrysoberyl,
al that is necessary is to place it in
tube OF the liquid together with small
fragment OF true aquamarine to serve as
an index. If it be chrysoberyl, which
has a specific gravity of $40, it will sink
ike lead. II it be an aquamarine, which
mas speclflc gravity OF 81, it will
noat. Ii the liquid be then stirred and
diluted until the index fragment is ex-
actly suspended, the gem also will
neither float nor sink, but will remain
poised beside 1t. This method may be
adopted with all OF the lighter stones.
But for heavier gems like the car
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-06-15
THE MAILS.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF THE MAILS
AT THE POST-oFFICE AT MARTINSBURG



ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF THE MAILS
AT THE PosT-oFFICE AT MARTINsBURG
W. VA.
DEPARTURES.
Mail close at 1910 a. IN. for Hagers
town. and all points east.
AT 8 90 a. m. and and z p. m, foI
Washington, Baltimore. Philadelphia
NewYork and all points East and South
AT 80 p. m. for all points East.
At 20 p. m. for Pittsburg and all 10
cal and through points West.
At 5 p. m. for Hancock, Berkeley
Springs, Cumberland, and principal 10
cal stations on the main stem of the B
q o. and all through points West.
At 8 IS p. m. for Pittsburg and all
places West.
Att 45 a. m. and 40 p. m. for Hag
erstown, Baltimore and all intermediate
stations on G. V. r. r
At II a. m. and $40 p. m. for Win
chester and informed stations on the
G. V. R. r.
ARRIVALS.
Mails arrive by a. m. from all through
points East, West, and South
At s 25 a. m. from New York, Phila.
delphia, Baltimore, Washington, and
local points on old line of B. &. o. R. R
AT and &c p. m. from all points
East and South.
At $50 a. ~. from st. Louis, Cincinnati
and intermediate points.
At 7 20 pm. from Chicago, Wheeling
Pittsburg, and intermediate points.
At s Is am. and 90 p. m. from Win.
chester and intermediate stations on the
G. V. r. r.
At II 80 a. m. and 7 10 p. m. from
Harrisburg, -Hagerstown, and interme
date stations on the G. V. R. R.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-06-15

Amount due by G H Miller Ex-sherifr ssT 81 %
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REcAprruLArfoN
s4sOS7 TO-
2a1M ad

The outstanding Indebtedness Of the
County Is for si05 900 bonds issued De-
cember, 1880. part Of the subscriptions
Of the Marinsburg and Potomac Rail
road; payment OF The bonds authorized
10 1890 but not demandable until 1911
The foregoing statement Is made and
published according 10 law and BY order
Of the Court.
Test &. w. DOLL, Clerk.
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BANKS AND BANKING.

W. T. STEWART, President.
jEo. NJ. BvwERs. Vice. President.
tiEo. y. Hill C,anh Ter
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-06-15
FINANCIAL
STATEMENT
Of the Assets and Liabilities Of
Berkeley County, West vir-
GINA, for the Fiscal Year End
ing May 81, 1895.
ASSETS.
June, 1894.

Balamt county by Sheriff on settlement ss4sz 10
CountyL Levy on Reality LIST District, l5Oly t5
a :. Personality LIST Is 4794 s.
as % Reality 2nd - SzaS So
IS " Personality Ind "a Est 81
Martinsburg & Winchester turnpike Co. 6i3 80
Is 4 . X II Tax Bus Room Tax 2Us3 c6
q " d M II II Tax Bus Room Tax Sg5 ~
Amt OF paint orders refunded " 80
:. July fees paid by w. b. Colst0n elk 30 90
Kings Daughters 500 90
The herald., 1895-07-14
HORSE INTERESTS

Horse breeding has always been an i'm
portsnt industry in Orange county. In
the old days, M. A. Forster, of San Juan
Capistrano, counted his horses by the
thouands and sold them in the same
Wholesale way to the government. to
street car companies and to city sale
yards. These horses were crosses between
the hardy native stock and thoroug hbreds,
size being added later by the Introduction
of draft blood.
Trotting and road stock has been ex-
tenively bred for the last ten years and
one of the pioneers in that branch of the
business was W. K. Robinson. who bred
Odd Fellow and subsequently, bought
Othello. by Sultan. and other well bred
stations. Mr.. Robinson has q ranch in
Trabuca canyon, where he continues the
business. He bred and is half owner of
the fast young PAGER Ketchum, 2:l7. Mr..
Forster added a trotting bred stallion
few years ago and now has three classes
of horses on his place, thorough breds and
their descendants. troters and roadsters,
and heavy stock. His thoroughbred geld
ing Nacho b. is known from one end of
California to the other as a fast and game
racer whose forte is a long distance.
r. J. Blee. formerly owned the trotter
Hunter. and his sire, Jerry Lad, and in
1858 brought from the east Prestige, son
OF Onward. Mr.. Blee has band OF we
The herald., 1895-07-14
The Resources of This Fertile County Set
Forth in an Interesting Way by One
Qualified to Write OF Them

and violets. geraniums and the most deli
cate of ferns thrive out OF doors in every
season.
The lands unfit for cultivation are well
adapted to stock raising. ana the mild
climate and nutritious grasses make that
business exceedingly profitable.
Public schools and private colleges are
numerous. and the educational advantages
rank we'll with those OF older and more
thickly settled districts.
Churches and libraries are numerous,
sno the press is we'll represented.
Property values are increasing steadily
and will continue to do SO as the great
resources OF this county become better
known and more highly appreciated.
Orange county. while prolific, has moth.
ing to offer the idler-nothing but weeds
grows there without culture.K KOranges are
not gathered by machinery, nor are wal
nuts or other products secured without
care and labor. but the result is the great
point. Wnen 1t is an establ ed fact
that the revenue from ten acres can be
made as much as from 100 acres in the
middle states. the result has compensato-
ry advantages. To be fully conversant
with the possibilities and certainties OF
this our new county. an offshoot from its
parent territory, Los Angeles, The Her.
aid has cleaned much OF interest to the
home as we'll as the distant reader by
having o representative visit the different
sections OF the county. giving facts and
data as secured from all sources in the
county. which are herein given.
The herald., 1895-07-14
ANAHEIM UNION WATER co.

The officials OF the company are as fol-
lows: e. R. Anierige. president; F. G..
Ryan, vfce-president; W. II. Blennerhas.
sett, secretary; L. Goldwater. treasurer;
directors-E. Il. Amerige, w. +. Botsford,
William Crowther, W. NJ. McFadden, Max
Nebelung, F. G. Ryan, @. Spencer.
Originally beginning with but few
score OF people and irrigating but few
hundred acres OF land, the territory now
irrigated by the bitches of the Anaheim
Union Water company cover 5000 acres
and sustain population of nearly 1000
people. The source of supply is pri.nar-
lily the Santa Ana river at Bed Rock. near
Rincon canyon, whore the company is
entitled to one-half of the entire flow of
the stream, less small apportionment to
the Yorba company.
The main canals of the company are
the Cajon and the Anaheim, tho iormer
being high level ditch supplying the
The herald., 1895-07-14

way identified with OAnahsim and IT,
success.
The Citizens bank (H. Cohen, presi.
dent; L: Goldwater, cashier; capital
stock. $10o. .000;) handles the deposits OF
the citizens and farmers of Anaheim and
enjoys the confidence of all. Fred Mausr
for seven years has been engaged IN the
liquor business near the Southern Pacific
depot. where he has built MP lucrative
business bv courteous treatment OF his
numerous patrons. J. W. Landell is an
old-timer. For twenty-three years he has
been in public life, at present being JUS
tice OF the peace, as well as tho repr esen ia
tive of many leading insurance com.
panies.
W. NJ. Higgins. for twsnty-six years a
druggist and for over forty years q resi-
dent of the Golden state. He is an en-.
cyclopedia Of California events and his
memory is always right. L. G. Maxwell,
one of the best-known hotel men in the
country. has just bought the Com mt ercial
hotel of Anaheim. which ne is now refit.
ting as one of the best hotels in the coun
ty. The Commercial hotel is headquar.
ters for the travelling public, who are az.
sured of good treatment while soiou ming
at the Com ercial.
The herald., 1895-07-14
ANAHEIM

From Californis standpoint Anaheim
IS very old place, having been laid out
In 1869 oy German colony, who engaged
at once in vine growing, adding some-
thing each year in the way OF citrus and
deciduous fruits, all proving hardy and
prolific. Grains as we'll make handsome
returns. and the saying everything
grows about Anaheim" is a trite one.
The city emerged from quiet village
into bustling city during the influx OF
abe many thousands to Southern Califor-
MIA few years ago, until now. with its
modern i'm provements. it has all the re-
quirements OF bustling city. A few
years since. a. an experiment. the cul-
ture of sugar beets was tried, proving of
exceptional merit from the first crop;
1896 will produce 1900 tons of beets av-
ting to the grower $3.50 per ton, rev.
enue OF SIPS, ono from this industry alone.
The population is now quoted at 5000.
Two large schools, having eight teachers
and 775 pupils. Presbyterians. Episco-
palians, Methodists. Evangelical. Luther
an. Catholic and Christian demon ina
tions, all have places Of worship fairly
attended. The Southern Pacific has been
granted q franchise through the city,
which will make new artery OF the sys-
tenn extending east through the oil sec
tion Of Puente. continuing on to Chino
and Ontario. Anaheim has the require-
ments OF city. and we'll merits much
more extended notice than possible at
this time. The news of this section is
fully set forth each week in the Gazette,
one OF the best weekly newspapers on the
coast. owned and edited by the KucheI
brothers, who are up and ready to show
the advantage OF their city and surround.
ing country. The Gazette is the oldest
paper In Southern California, having been
first issued in 1870, appearing each week
since with loss OF but one issue in that
time. Although swept away by fire, new
material was secured and the paper re-
established with the loss of but one issue.
The Independents, another newspa per-.
has just fallen into new hands, who are
making it a better paper than it ever was
before.
Among the business enterprises we note
the Anaheim broewery, built in 1870,
building l20xl40 feet, owned by F. Con-
rad, large institution making eighty
barrels OF pure beer each day. which finds
a ready market in all the cities of South.
e.n California. Mr.. Conrad is in all re-
spects . worthy citizen and a member OF
tbs board OF town trustees, and in every
The herald., 1895-07-14

Pacific ocean with Newport az the receiv-
ing and delivering point of large consign-
ments OF freight chief among whi ch Ia
lum Der form the far north.
In population the county can Justly
claim at least 10000, possibly more.
which is yearly being largely augmented
by new people from all parts of the
world. MANY come to Southern Califor-
MIA but none 60 away, "ais applicable in
its fullest extent to Orange county, for
from the first settlement in the section at
Anaheim in 1857 to the present the first
people with their offspring can be found
save as death has claimed them. Good,
economical administration of affairs has
made Orange county favorite with the
new man in California who Is only too
willing to escape among other ills of his
snow covered or malarious native place
the excessive taxation which to Orange
pountyhas never::proved burden. 4
1t has a delightful climate. Delicate
flowers bloom in the open air from New
Years day to the 31st Of December Nest
the daisy and the violet. while beside
them the Gala lily flourishes. gera aniums
bloom the year round. Sitting beneath
his own vine and fig tree the fasmer can
Zee his oranges. lemons and lines ripen-
Ing, while me hears the tinkling bells as
h,s cattle peacefully Craze upon the rich
alfalfa fields. The temperature is seldom
cold enough for fires and never too hot
Tor woolens. Heavy winds. malaria and
. mosquitoes are unknown, and the rain
lall, with the conditions existing. 10 ade-
auate to insure abundant crops.
i has good soil, and lots OF it. The
valleys and foothills will grow almost
n "a a orQt to
zone. Oranges grow side by side with
peaches, plums and pears; olives hedge
in fields of wheat, OATS rye and barley.
There is an impression among many
outsiders that, while Southern California
70 especially adapted to oranges and other
Iemi-tIopical fruits. it is not well suited
10 thu culture OF deciduous fruits. es.
pecially apples. There are some portions
pf Orange county where apples are
grown which vie with the best products
pf the eastern states or Oregon in size,
havor or appearance.
Large orchards are annually being
planted to almost every variety OF fruit
that is known.
Among those fruits which are especially
adapted to Orange county. and are very
prohtable. because they can be success
tully grown in few other places, is the
sprloot;; me dried apricot is perhaps the
when canned is always in demand.
When evaporated it commands the best
price in the markets OF the world.
Potatoes and the ramie plant jostle each
pther; squashes hide under canopies of
Bolden-tasseied corn apples and figs wal
puts and .prunes. ounces and the pome-
Eranate ripen in the same orchard; corn
grows amongst the wine-vInes; currants
in the shadow OF the mulberriee. and the
black berries climb over fences that bound
bean helds; roses and heliotropes, pansies
The herald., 1895-07-14
The County in General and
Its History
THE HORSE AND
OTHER INTERESTS
What Can Be Done and What. HISS Beeu
Done, and the Personality Of the Men
Who Have Helped Develop The
Vast Enterprises Now to
BE Found There

But seven years have passed since by
an act offthe legislature the southern part
Of Los Angeles county was empowered to
formulate ana sustain separate govern
mont which was named Orange county
2 and from its inception has proven one Of
tho gran dest sections OF prolific and pros.
porous Southern California. fllly enti.
tling it to the title of 1.-The Gem County,"
The county contains 429, 2s4 acres OF land
ranging from the rocky broken foothills
on tho east to tho phenomenal peat lands
on the west, where for ages the constant
growth OF rank vegetation has formed
layer upon layer to a thickness Of ten feet
4 soil where without irrigation, grains
are grown in such quantities as to make
the sveracity Of the observer seriously
questioned, yet SO fully verified in every
way as to make the seemingly fabulous
statements true to the letter.
Tho Southern California. the Southern
Pacific, and the Santa Fe and Newport
railroads have a trackage of over 100
miles in Orange county. making every
portion Of it easy of access to the trans.
continental lines where the varied fruits
and cereals are loaded for shipmentSto all
parts Of the country. To the west is the
The herald., 1895-07-14
SANTA ANA

Al the capital Of the seventh county in
the state OF California. Santa Ana Justly
bears the credit bestowed upon it for its
thrift and beauty. Schoolhouses in plenty,
churches the same. a well supplied H.
brary, all tend to impress the visitor that
Santa Ana is inhabited BY people whose
tendencies are moral as we'll as cultured.
Although the cry OF hard times is heard
In the streets Of Santa Ana. the cause is
hard to find. for blocks OF fine business
houses are here with stocks OF goods
equal to those of Los Angeles, These
stocks are sold rapidly. being replaced by
direct purchases from the far eastern
markets. BANKS, electric lights. splendid
system Of water works. gas, hotels. lodges.
paved streets. street cars. in fact every
thing to meet the requirements and de-.
sires OF an enterprising community near
ing the 5000 mark IN population. The
Southern California occupies commodious
depot privileges on the east side of the
city where also is the depot uf the Santa
side Of the city are the Southern Paci fic
dspots. All lines have harbor connec-
tions giving to Santa Ana and Orange
county the benefit OF ocean travel as we'll
as water rates on freighty to and from all
parts of the world. Assessments for 1895
show heavy increaseiin values. Asse ssor
Frank Vegely, having just completed his
canvass of values by a competent CORPS OF
assistants makes the following report, of
interest to all interested in Orange county
or the state of California:
The total increase in personal property
10 500, co., while the total assessment for
the county is increased $6S8, 000.
The items represented are az follows:
Real estate outside OF incorporated cities.
l806 - NJ o70; 1894, "a, S9S, 4o5; improve.
The herald., 1895-07-14

Fullerton and Placentia country, while
the latter supplies Anaheim and Vicinity
The Anaheim canal also has one intake
just above Yorbs, where on additional
supply OF water is obtained whenever
there IS sufficient water in the river to
reach the lower point. The mileage Of
main and lateral bitches is as follows
Caion canal, l4.7 miles; Anaheim canal,
9.S miles; distributing laterals under the
Cajon canal, 33.4 miles; distributing lat
erals under the ~Anaheim canal, 27.6
miles; total, 85.5 miles.
Within the last year extensive improve
ments have been made in the cementlng
OF nine miles Of lateral bitches and half q
mile OF main ditch at the head OF the
Cajon canal and the construction of two
of the largest wooden fumes in southern
California On the line of the Caion.
The question Of admitting more terri
tory within the boundaries of tho COM
pany will be considered at the next an
nual meeting of the stockholders. A
noted improvement in the Fullerton area