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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-19

We beg to remind Senators Faux
ner and German that the Legislature
of West Virginia has Republican
majority yet neither of them has heard
of any attempt to force "nigger do
nomination upon the people.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-19

The claim is made by some persons
that Washington has 100 cases of
typhoid fever. DR.. Woodward, the
health officer, AYERS that there are
not more than 400, which 10 those of
US living in this valley. where the
disease is almost unknown is an over
abundance.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-19

Martinsburg merchants should re-
member that the Herald is just lit
tie the best medium in which to adj
vertise in this section. Why? Be-
cause it is read and if not commended
1t is cursed. Take it anyway you
will the Herald is read by more peo-
pie than any other paper in the coun-
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-19

Elsewhere may be found the an
nouncement of John w. Snowden, A.
7. Russler, and John f. Oliver as
candidates for school commission
ers, of whom we shall have more to
say in our next issue.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-19

Senator Chandler says the Republi-
cans will organize the Senate; that
there is no way by which the thing
can be avoided.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-19
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ders and shortened labor and lessensd pain. 1t
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for that alone.
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-19

WANTED-SeveraI trustworthy gentlemen
w or ladies to travel in West Virginia for
established. reliable ilonse. Salary s7S1 and
expenses. Steady position. Enclose refer
ence and self-sddressed stamped envelope.
The Dominion Company. Third Floor, Omaha
Bldg, Chicago.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-19

Will the Statesman be SO kind as to
specify in what particular the Board
of Education has introduced politics
into the schools' There is nothing
like being specific.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-19
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

We are authorized to announce
JOHN w. SNOwDEN,
of the Third Ward,
A. T. RUSSLER,
of the Fourth Ward, and
JOHN E. OLIVER.
of the Fifth Ward,
a. candidates for the Office of School
Commissioner from their respective
wards to be voted for at the election to
be held at the Court-H House, on the 5th
day of November.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-19

Mckinley will speak in Baltimore
in the near future.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-19
of the Fifth Ward,

The President is once more in
Washington.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-19

To GERARDsTowN AND HEDGEsvrLLR
DISTRICT TAXPAYERS:
All parties owing Taxes for the years
1893-94 are hereby notified to meet me at
the times and places appointed by law,
to settle their taxes.
All persons falling to settle at that
time will be proceeded against according
TO law. A. CLOHAN, d. 8.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-19

WANTED-Several Trustworthy gentlemen
W or ladies' TO travel In West Virginia for
established. reliable house. Salary $50 and
expenses Steady position Enclose refer
ence and self addresse stamped envelope
The Dominion Company. Third Floor. Omaha
Bldg. Chicago
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-19

"O'Hooligan's Masquerade, at the
Tuesday, Oct. az.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-19

crued TO our people! None Whatever.
1t has simply been a disastrous fraud
placed upon our statutes in the inter
est of getting wealth by accumula-
ton. AS to the 23d, "would it not be
better to let our present monetary
system alone. than to attempt totink-
er and change it to a basis already
repudiated by the experience fthe best
financiers of the world2" Mo- enphat-
ically, no. The Baltimore plan,
though it failed to be enacted into
law, was asystem devised by profession
al money thinkers. There. seems to be
a holy horror by certain classes of peo-
pie that the Government should
supply, though government agency,
directly to the people, monetary
system on basis of two or three per
cent interest whichever prudent ex-
perience may demonstrate the neces-
sity Of The same classes however
are at present recipients of a none
tary system not costing over one per
cent for the privilege of issuing
money, money secured by the gov
eminent against loss to the note-hold-
ers of the said system. The said sys-
tenn however is not so perfect as to
protect individual depositors as fully.
Individual depositors of the United
States in the last twelve months.
though the present system. have lost
twenty-five millions of dollars for the
reason that they have not been secured
in their deposits, according to late
reports by bank examiners.
24th. is it not the duty of every
good citizen to cherish and increase
the confidence Of the people in the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-09
WHAT NoRDAu HAS DONE.
Professor Lombroso Has High Praise For
the Author of nDegeneratiop.n

Professor Lombroso Has High Praise For
the Author of Degeneration"
In Degeneration he has the great
merit of combating certain dominant
influences. particularly that of mysti-
cism, which, recrudescent in these lat
ter days, thanks to certain Grant ge-
muses., has led astray vast throng of
talents. In this book, too, he is ever
the man of our century who has most
felt the pulse of his times, and he has
not only put his finger on our most open
wound-on that egotism which is steril-
izing our moral sense and rendering us
cruel to one another but he also has
succeeded in finding its explanation in
the special tendencies of the degenerate ;
whether it be the higher class degener-
ates who inyents the strangest freaks to
catch the public eye-as weddings in a
balloon or Cardinal Lavigerie's cru
sades-or the initiative degenerates who
deem themselves original in simply
copying.
Finally he has had the supreme merit
of applying psychiatric research to liter
airy criticism, He has carried this reform
TO its utmost applicability, seeking,
with that audacity, intrepid even to in
science, which he exhibited in his "Con-
ventional Lies" to demolish the repu-
tations most firmly established. And
thus he has been able to overthrow the
work of the French and German SYM
bolists and Decadents, who proclaim
science untrue because in 100 years Of
toll she has not given them the key to
all the mysteries. These pages of his
are among the most splendid written in
this century, such as could be wrested
from an artist thinker by the sight of
four idlers, who insult the legion Of
tireless workers busy in searching and
researching nature. even into her inmost
recesses. And very just is his diagnosis
of tbem-that they have for their char
acteristics nebulosity of mental repre-
sentation, a confused and motley idea
ton, too much eroticism, an abnormal
demotional fabric and an exaggerated
egotism which causes them to observe
things only i'll relation to their own
selves. Nordaa's Degeneration Its
Value and Its Errors" by Cesare LON
broso, in Century
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-09

who are laboring among them, follow
ing in the footsteps Of the venerated
Father Damien, and ready as he was
to accept, if need be, the burden of the
disease itself in their behalf And yet
unhappin ess does not chill the air Of
Molokai. Death has lost it's terror by
reason of its very familiarity, and by
the silver lining their faith has given
the cloud. The Hawaiians are naturally
light hearted people, and even the
shadow of leprosy cannot suppress for
long their buoyant temperament.
In Molozai lepers may be found en-
gagged in pleasant pastimes, and among
them one may hear the light and cheer
full words of greeting and see the sunny
smiles. Horse racing, which is favor
tie national sport, is INDUCED in fire.
quently. Nor are the lepers idlers; far
from it. They work, while able, in the
cultivation of the ground and in other
ways, and altogether lead far pleas
anter and more contented life than
might be supposed. The improvement
of their condition, as compared with
what it was when Father Damien took
up his residence on the island in 1878,
has been chiefly brought about by his
influence and the labors of his success
sors. -Donahoe's Magazine
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-09
CUMBERLAND VALLEY r. r.
" -O--
In effect MAY 20, 1895.
DOWN TRAINS.


No. 4. Mail leaves Winchester 10 a.
NJ. Martinsburg 8 90, Hagerstown 8 40
Chambersburg 80, Carlisle 10 81 arrive
at Harrisburg II 10, Phila. 8 90, BALTIC.
3 10. N. Y. 50, p m.
No. 8. Leaves Winchester 2 80. Mar
tinsburg 20 Hagerstown at A 10 p.
M, Chamber sburg 05, Carlisie6 is, ar.
Harrisburg Z 90, Phil. II IS, BALTIC. 10 40,
N. Y. 8 SO.
No. 10. Mail. leaves Winchester o 10,
p. M, Martinshurg @ 10. Hagerstown
10 %. Chambersburg / 0s, Carlisle 10 on
ar. Harrisburg l2 as, Phila. 80, Balti.
more 0 30, N. Y. z 33.
Through coach from Hagerstown TO
Philadelphia on train No. 4.
UP TRAINS.
No. /. Leaves Harrisburg 90 a. M,
Carlisle AZ, Chambersburg 0 As a. M,
Hagerstown SO, Martinsburg 80. ar.
Winchester 10 so.
No. 3. Leaves Harrisburg z SO a. m.
arrive Hagerstown 10 80. Martinsburg
II 10. Winchester ~ 05 p. m.
No.5. Leaves Harrisburg az IL 10 d.
IN. ar. Hagerstown 2 so.
No. 7, Leaves Harrisburg As D. m.
ar. atHagerstown $50, Martinsburg 10,
Winchester at s 90.
Through coach from Philadelphia TO
Hagerstown on trains Nos. and o.
Additional trains betweenHarrisb
Carlisle and Chambersburg. Cennec-
tons for all trains on Mount Alto and
p. r. system. j. F. BOYD,
w. A. GUARD, Supt.
Agent.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-09

Henry Van Meter, who died in Ban
gor about % years ago at the advanced
age of ITO, was genuine old Virginia
darky who drifted down east in some
mysterious way in the early part of this
century.
He imagined himself charged with
inspiration from various spirits and
was in reality unbalanced in his mind
fol- the greater part of the time, on &C.
count of the superstitious beliefs which
possessed him.
At one time he was summoned to
court as witness in certain case, and
the counsel on each side badgered him
with questions until his wits became SO
entangled that his answers grew quite
wild and preposterous. Noticing the
distress and confusion of the poor old
witness, the judge, who was most
kind hearted man, hushed the lawyers
and put a simple question to the bewil-
dered darby, with the intention of bring
ing him back to the starting point.
This third assault, for SO Van Meter
regarded the kindly judges interposi-
ton, proved the last straw to the old
darby.
"Now, look a-heah, yo' ole gray haired
gemman up on de bench dar, " lie broke
out, shaking trembling forefnger at
the judge, ''don' yo' interfere wild dis
yer bus ness at all. Dis chile's got jess
as much as he can do to take care OBJ
desc two fellers down heah, an dat's de
truf Youth Companion.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-09
WIVES AS TREASuRERS.
A Man Whose Wife Carried the Purse-A
Bachelors Wisdom.

I
Bachelors Wisdom.
Two passengers on New Haven train
approaching the city a few mornings
ago conyersed together in loud tone
that is, one of them, who was bluff,
hearty, stout and a bachelor, talked in
particularly loud voice, while his COM
panion, who was thin, meek and a bene-
dict, answered in lower tones, which
were still not inaudible after the pas
| sengers i'll the seats near by began to
take an interest in the conversation.
No, said the bachelor, "they want
me to get married, but tell them that
I've seen enough of married people and
l don't care to be tied down the way
most of them are. Why, there was a
man down in our place died not long
ago, and the widow came down to get
his wages. He had died on Friday,
and he had weeks wages coming to
him. You ought to have seen that wild
ow when she found out how much he,
got a week. He had been taking his
wages home to her every week and Civ;
ing it all to her to divide, as she sup
posed. But when she found out that he
had been getting SO a week more all the
time she seemed to wish that he were
alive again just for little while, but 1
guess that he would just as soon have
been dead if he had had his choice then.
have heard lots of people say that you
ought to take all your money home to-
your wife, but l don't want any one
telling me how much l shall spend for
carfare or luncheon.
We'll, there is something in that"
said the married man basely. He was
particularly humble looking man, who
crouched down in his seat as if he did
not dare sit upright, but his wife was
far away, and he was emboldened, in
the condolences of talk ON suburban
train, to reveal his woes NOW, do
feel badly sometimes when 1 want to-
take man out to luncheon with me
and spend some money in entertaining
him. If don't do it, cannot very we'll
keep his custom, and if | do it, it costs.
so much money that my wife, who
knows Just, what l receive, thinks I am
dreadfully extravagant, and talks to me
about the way in which. / am wasting
money"
Eyes, that's just it, said the loud
voiced bachelor "If you don't spend
money you lose trade, and yet you mar
ried men are half of you afraid to go
around and spend money freely on your
customers. l know a man in our store
who doesn't dare spend more than 80
cents for luncheon for fear his wife will
find it ont They talk about letting your
wife spend all your money, but for my
part I'd rather spend it myself, and
that's why tell all my friends that I
am not going to be married +"
just at this point the train entered
the Park avenue tunnel and the voice of
the base revealer of secrets, who did
not worthily support the part of the
married man, was lost in the rumble of
the train. New York Tribune.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-09
WHAT A LETTER DID.
How O. Southern Congressman Innocently
Made Lifelong Enemy.


Speaking of stenographers, said a
gentleman we'll known in Washington,
who for number of years represented
Louisiana district in congress, 81 once
had a secretary, an unusually careful
and competent fellow, too, whose slight
slip in typewriter letter to a constitu-
emit of mine cost me that gentleman S
friendship, friendship valued much
more highly than I can express.
"This is the way it came about: At a
time when was we'll nigh submerged
with committee duties received let
ter from the head of one of the most in
fluential and widely respected families
of the state. His residence had Just
burned down, he wrote me, the loss
coming at moment when it affected
his financial matters to no inconsidera-
BILE extent. Could he not presume upon
our many years of friendship to the ex-
tent of asking a loan of $3.50, until the
insurance companies should settle his
claim? was deeply moved to learn of
his misfortune, and Immediately dictat-
ed, along with number of other let
tiers, the following lines to him:
"'My Dear Sir-I am greatly panied
to hear of the calamity which has come
upon you. 1 regret l have not $3.50
in available funds at present; will send
check in day or two.
Promptly enough the check went, but
with equal promptness it was returned
to me, with no word of explanation. ]
own was surprised, but concluded he
must have received his insurance mon
ey. and the circumstance was gradually
forgotten. But it was very forcibly re-
called to my mind when next paid a
visit to my home, for he did not call
upon me, as he had always been wont
to do. On the contrary, he stunned a
meeting with me.
"Imagine my dismay upon finding
that the letter I had sent him, i'll the
most kindly spirit possible, contained
these words: Il regret have got $3.50
in available funds; will send check in
a day or two In vain I explained,
apologized, implored. To his dying day
he never forgave what he termed my
studied and unwarranted affront.
That is what the touch of finger
upon wrong key did for me, and for
years have never mailed letter, long
or short, without first subjecting it to
the most rigid scrutiny. / tell you, sir,
it pays to be watchful in this respect. 4"
Washington Star.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-09
3 81 3
Only One-~H

Special item in Dress Goods
from among hundreds, all
wool materials, 2oc, z5c,
35c, to $3.50. do we call
special attention to this week,
and every woman who can
not come we ask to write for
samples Of these new all-wool
Two Toned Diagonal
Suitings, so inches wide,
soc a yard.
We think without question
the greatest Suiting value ever
sold-here or elsewhere. They
are combinations of red and
black, green and black, blue
and black, brown and black,
red and blue, and mixtures Of
brown and black and blue and
brown aecked in bright con-
trasting colors-just enough OF
the yellow, red, green, white, or
blue to give character to these
soft all-wool Dlagonals-5C
inches wide, SOC a yard.
They'll sell at sight, and
quick action required if you'd
get gown by mail order
write for samples at once.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-09
WESTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD
ule of SER. 20. 1895.

Trains leave Cherry Run 10 and II 25
a. M. Williamsport AZ and II SO, arrive
at Hagerstown 655 and 10 13. Leave
Hagerstown OF a. m and 00and A 10
pm. ar at Highfield7 so and 2 80 arrive at
Baltimore at 10 81 a. m. and 81. rs
p. m. connecting for Washington, Phil
adelDhia and New York.
Leave Baltimore 4 30. 8 I la IN. and 408
p. M, arrive at Hagerstown at Z 30 a. M,
IL 10 and . 90 p m, and at Cherry Run
at As a. M, 20 and 0 90 p. m. Con-
meet ON u. 4 o. East and West; con-
meet at Highfeld for Gettysburg and
Hanover and over the main line for
Emmittsburg, Westminster and all
stations.
b. q o. passenger trains leave Cherry
Run for Cumberland and intermediate
points, No. 10, daily at S57 a. IN. For
Piedmont and intermediate, No. IL,
daily except Sunday, at 90 p. m, and
Chicago Express, No. 7, daily at II OF
pm.
Leave Bruceville for Frederick OF
and 0 40 a IN. and 40 pm. Leave Bruce
I willie for Taneytown. Littlestown. York.
lWrightsville and Columbia at "A a. m,
and As p. m.
p. & r. X. Trains leave Shippensburg
at 6 90 a. M, and 90 and 5 Is D. M.
Leave Hagerstown for ShippensburR at
IS and II 10 m. and 7 90 .. M, daily.
except Sunday.
i'm. HOOD, Pres.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-09
MISSING WORD sWINDLEs.


Though missing word contests"
were declared Illegal six months or
year ago in England, and were supposed
to have been definitely stopped, they are
still being carried on. Unfortunately it
is only the fraudulent ones that are now
in existence. The missing word con-
test" was SO popular for many months
after it was introduced that it is not
surprising that it has been kept up even
against the law. 1t never attained any
great popularity in this country. A sem
tence was printed with one word left
blank, and the first person who supplied
the missing word by mail got the chief
prize, other awards being made up to a
considerable sum. Each competitor sent
in something like shilling as entrance
fee, and the total amount received in this
way, generally an enormous sum, was
distributed among the winners.
That was the way the competition
went when it was managed fairly. But
the most of the missing word games. if
not all of them, that are now running
are managed on no such principle. The
periodicals now conducting them are
generally printed somewhere ON the con-
tinent and are scattered broadcast On
British soil In many cases they are not
periodicals at all, but merely circulars
sealed up as letters giving the terms CT
the competition and the sentence to be
completed.
An instance Of how one of these swim
dies works is that Of a workingman who
sent shillings abroad to contest. A
few days later he received in reply a
letter marked Private, ostensibly
from an employeesof the foreign con-
Germ, which offered in revenge" to
supply the missing word secretly for 20
shillings, or about So. The deluded me-
chanic sent on the money and received
the word. Shortly afterward he got a
letter from the company, saying that
! he had won, and that there were several
hundred dollars standing to his credit.
The only trouble was, so the letter ran,
that another competitor had lodged a
complaint and claimed 60. If he was
willing TO buy the man out, sending 60
by postal, the prize money would be
forwarded to him in full
The workingman started to pawn
clothing in order to raise the money,
when friend suggested to him to have
the company send the prize money
minus the 81. He wrote to that effect
In answer came letter stating that he
need not send the money, as it had all
been settled. But they had a charge on
their books against him for "notorial
and other costs of currency" amount
ing to shillings. Would he send that
over Immediately for expenses? Confid-
ingly he did so and never heard from
the company afterward. New York
World
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-09
A Dog In n Crowd.

1t is really cruel to take dog, and
particularly small one, into crowd.
No one possessing any imagination
would ever do it. Can you fancy what
the feelings of little animal must be
when it finds itself in perfect forest
of legs, each leg provided with foot
shod in hard leather and liable to come
down on one of its poor little paws? Its
small brain must be in ferment of APP
prehension all the time, and if it could
command any language it would prob
ably be of a powerful kind. -Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-09
A CENTURY HENCE.
Samples OF Items That May Then Appear
In the Papers.


~ 'n' p
a horse' an animal salo 10 nave once
peen qulte common III our clty slree's'
was seen III Inns Guy yesterday. ne at
tracteu much curiosity ana ne was ioi-
lowed wherever ne went ny immense
CROWDS. IL Is aiinost lnnpossiple 10 pe-
hese 'iiae our ancestors couIu nave trust
co thelr ilVes 10 SO iormloaole a crea,
ture. l. is UNDERSTOOD tnaG tne ahinai
escaped from .he Equine rooo aoattoir
III DflSntoh.
AN ailhosu unpreceuehteo event nap
pened IT thls CITY last evening, When
Mr. ana MIS- 1onn broWnsmltn cele-
praeed the anniversary OF thelr mar
rlaee. Inc bro"nsmlths were married
year ago. IL IS quite remarkaple 1or a
couple 10 I'VE SO long together IN the
state Oh "eoiocK, ana tnelr ceiepration
naturaliy GREW 10 tneir residence
aeise 'hrong Oh aonllring Irlehos. Con
sratuiatiohs were poured upon the nap
py palf' Win WISHES 'nae .hey miene
continue together long enough 10 o.
serve tne second anniversary Oh thelr
wedding.
Inc directors Oh ,he Eurlpldes manu-,
1acturing company nave peen convicted
VI the charge OF iaiiure 10 examine lhto
the accounts Oh lhelr treasurer ana nave
seferaiiy peen sentenceu 10 in prison.
tnene III 'he s'ate prison Ior d term Oh
nVe years. Ihelr counsel argued that,
ihas,iiuch DIS the treasurer 8 accounts
as SHOWN " expert eAaiiiiiiasioh' "ere
iaui'iess curing ms Ten years oi sefv,ce
ana .nae no suspicion had ever iaiien
upon iii,' 'iie sentence siioui0 nc hsn'-
e. pue 'he court very justly remarkeo
Una. .i,e onehse was 'ne same as II .ne
,esui' iiau Deeii sewers loss 70 eie s'ock-
hoIuers.
RI ~ was curious 70 see a PEDESTRIAN ~
", Washington slree' 'ouay' .he sirs1 one
'hae mas geen seen III 'iie Guy ior many