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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-07
ENGLISH AND zULUS.

Count Tolstoi Says They Are the Two
Most Brutal Nations.
Count Tolstoi says the English and
Zulus should both be bracketed together
as the two most brutal nations on earth.
Both worship their muscle, and while
the Zulus go about naked all day long,
English women strip themselves half
naked before they dine.
The count wishes be had time to write
a book about them and their brutality.
Apropos, some one has found time to
write a book about the count, aud it
promises revelations This person is a
lady who lived for ten years as govern
ess in the Tolstoi family.
The following story is told about the
pretended vegetarianism 1.-THE old
count always demanded that vegetarian
dishes should be brought TO the table for
him, while his wife and the rest of the
family ate beefsteaks and other flesh
foods.
''It often happened that the countess
would put little chicken on her hus-
bands plate, but he, with indignant
looks, would push it back, murmuring !:
No, will not eat meat. Absolutely,
will not But have often surprised him
going to the sideboard for piece of roast
beef which the evening before he had
solemnly refused at table. The carniyo-
rous instinct having been awakened, the
enormous piece of meat would be swal-
lowed in one bite by this apostle of veg
etarianisin. New York World Letter.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-07
OXFORD UNIVERSITY.

How the Audience In the Galleries Be-
HAYES During Commencement Exercises.
A bright and observant woman, just
returned from tour of Europe, thus re-.
lates her experience at Oxford ON the
evening of degree day: "We sat in the
great hall where the exercises were to
take place. 1t seemed as if all the dig
nitaries of church and state were pres
ent, besides vast crowd of people who
packed every gallery to overhowing
Professor Roberts sat at the organ wait
ing for the entrance of the faculty and
students. The Marquis of Salisbury,
chancellor of the university; the Earl of
Carnarvon, high steward, and all the
proctors, burgesses, Librarians, keepers,
orators, professors and moderators We're
present. 1t was a dignified occasion.
Suddenly from the highest gallery
came thin voice:
"'Oh, Mr.. Roberts, won't you please
to oblige us all by playing that beauti-
full composition entitled "Her Golden
Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back?'''
Not head was turned in the hall.
The crowd sat in studied silence. |
thought it the most shocking thing I had
ever heard of, but the great people
around me seemed to take not the slight
est notice of it. In a minute or two the
voice was heard again:
'Oh, Mr.. Roberts. are you going to
oblige US with that sweetest of melodies
this evening entitled "Her Golden Hair
Was Hanging Down Her Back?" Per-
haps you have forgotten it, Mr.. Rob-
crisp
Cup arose man on the other side of
the hall
Perhaps the gentleman making the
request of Mr. Roberts does not under
stand that this is too dignified an coca.
sion for the music he has mentioned.
Mr.. Roberts would like to play for us
all a nocturno or something of similar
character.
"But Mr.. Roberts sat still
AT last tie procession entered and
the crowd awoke Walk right to the
front, gentlemen, and don't be bashfcl, :
said voice in the gallery, while from
the opposite side came running fire of
words that were bold, sarcastic and
witty. The graduates read tboir papers
or tried to read them, but not word
was heard from enc Of them. The sallies
from the crowd were so vigorous and SO
constant that they riyeted the attention
of the entire audience. Oneof the grad
Mates ynr. n flaming red neelxtia which
the galleries did not admire.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-07
KOREAN cURlosITIes.


All the Tools Made ~ Hand and Native
Iron Used.
Frank G. Carpenter, writing about
the peculiarities Of Korea, says among
other things;
Zone of orr ponies had TO be shod,
and another time we put shoes on the
bull which carried tho baggage. Tho
pony was FIRST thrown 10 the ground, and
his four legs were tied together 10 that
he couldn't possibly kick.
Then the blacksmith pounded hoop
iron shoes on bis feet with rude iron
hammer 1t was tho same with tho bull.
though one man had to sit ON his head
while he was being shod Tho iron
seemed to be very good, and it comes
from the mines IN the northern part Of
the country. Tho tools Of the country
are made Of it. and tho farming tools
are very ingenious, the three and fonr
pronged hoes being quito as good as
anything we havo IN America. They
were making tools ia this blacksmith's
shop, and all tho tools and plowa are
made by hand
THE blacksmith had a rude bellows,
which was worked by boy who stood
on seesaw and by moving up aud
down pumped the fire into blaze. In
other places saw bellows which boys
worked by pulling a stick ia and ont
like that Of a sqnirigun. and everything
is rude III the extreme
Sometimes horses are shod by being
strapped up TO poles, so that only two
of their feet can rest on tho ground,
and the band which goes around the
belly holds tbs horse mp while he is
shod. "--Roxbury Gazette.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-07
The Diplomatic Clerk.

Henry, you haven't room left,
haze your" inquired New York drum
mer of his friend of many years stand
ing on the other side of the counter.
Standing" is used advisedly.
''Not one" replied Henry, but 1 Il
look over the rack again and see if l
can t find you a place somewhere. "
Gan right, said the New Yorker
while his friend gave the slips his anx-
ious attention. Light broke over his
face in moment, and he came back.
"A man up on the parlor floor gave
up his room about an hour ago, but he
didn't expect to leave it quite SO soon.
I'll send up and see if lean t hurry him
a little. +"
The porter's bell was rung, whis-
pered colloquy took place between Henry
and that blue shirted functionary, and
in 10 minutes the man from the seaport
Of which Chicago makes such frequent
use was rejoicing in one of ''the best
rooms in the house. y
But the clerk omitted to inform him
that the previous occupant had given
up his room at the precise moment
when he had given up his life. Ma
tional Hotel Reporter.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-07


All, it will not make any difference
to you or TO me what becomes of this
continent, so far as earthly comfort is
concerned. All we win want Of it will
be z feet by Q, and that will take in
the largest, and there will lie room and
TO spare. That is all Of this country we
will need very soon--the youngest Of us
all. But we have an anxiety about the
welfare and The happiness of the genera
lions that are coming en-, and it viii he
a grand thing if, when the archangel's
trumpet sounds, we find that our
sepulchre, like the Gao Joseph of Arima-
thea provided for Christ, is in the
midst Of garden.
One of the seven wonders of the world
was the white marble watch tower Of
pharos of Egypt Sostratus, the archi-
tect and sculptor, after building that
watch tower, cut his name on it. Then
he covered it with plaster, and toplease
the king he put the monarch's name on
the outside Of the plastering, and the
storms beat and the seas dashed in their
fury, and they washed of the plaster
ing, and they washed it out, and they
washed it down, but the name Of Sos
tratus was deep cut in The imperishable
rock. So across the face Of this nation
there have been great many names
written, across our finances, across our
religions. names worthy Of remembrance,
names written on the architecture Of our
churches, and our schools, and our asy-
lums, and our homes Of mercy, but God
is The architect Of this continent. and he
was the sculptor Of all its grandenrs,
and long after---through the wash Of the
ages and the tempests Of centuries--all
other names shall be obliterated the
divine signature and divine name will
be brighter and brighter as the millen-
NUNS go by, aud the world shall see
that the God who made this continent
has redeemed it by his grace from all
its sorrows and from all its crimes.
The HIightiest Agency.
Have you faith in such a thing as
that? After all the chariots have been
unwheeied, and after all the war char
gers have been crippled, the chariots
which Elisha saw on the morning Of his
peril will roll on in triumph, followed
by all the armies Of heaven on white
horses God could do it without us, but
he will not. The weakest OF us, the
faintest Of us, the smallest Drained Of
us, shall have a part in the triumph.
We may not have our name, like the
name of Sostratus, cut in imperishable
rock and conspicuous for centuries, but
we shall be remembered in better
place than that, even in the heart Of
him who came TO redeem us and redeem
the world, and our names will be seen
close to the signature Of his wound, for,
as today he throws out his arms 10 US,
he Gays, Behold, have craven thee
on the palms Of my hand" BY the
mightiest Of all agencies. the potency Of
prayer, / beg You seek our national vel
fare.
Some time ago there were 1900, 900
letters in the dead letter postoiiiee III
this city-lctters that lost their way
but not one prayer ever directed 10 tho
heart of God niiscarried. The way is I'll
clear for the ascent Ct your supplica
lions hcavcnwaFd in tebalf Of this IA
ion Before the postal communicate
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-07
Careful With Tea.

As rule, it Is only among the pros
porous that one finds the pet meapness.
The poor haven time to develop fads
Of any kind; they never have much Of
anything, but they give of their little in
a way that puts their richer neighbors
to blush.
The most amusing instance I can re-
call of the effect of a suddenly acquired
fortune upon pet meanness is that told
by an English a,.thor about an old wom-
an in an almshouse, who came into a
million by chancery decision that had
been pending 100 years. She bought ev-
erything that money could buy-silks,
yelvets, laces, flrs. estates, carriages,
horses, soidisant friends even. She
threw away her bank notes upon every
thing imaginable, in kind of frenzy of
possession. But when it came to tea
she suffered, she debated, she chartered.
but she never could make up her mind
to buy and pay for, at any one time,
more than quarter of pound of
good black Bohea. she would have
felt beggared by ponnd Of any tea at
any price; it had always been SO pre-
cious te her that she h;sd lost all sense of
its intrinsic yaiue. Perhaps it represent
ed to some extent the bright unattaina-
BILE, without which life has no zest.-
Lippincott's.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-07


Take off that red ragi' they called
from all sides. He read on. of with
that red ragi' Get out ard borrow an
other tiei' Wen excuse you for ten
minutes, but for heavens sake get on
another tier 'Wecan stand the speech,
but we cam t stand that tie!' of with
itp
"As the student paid no attention to
these remarks, one Of the gallery gods
leaned over the railing in full view of
the audience, and taking off his own tie
threw it down to the stage, calling out !:
Here you are, my boy. I'll lend you
this till you can get another. Return it
to "a High street.
Late in the evening met several
friends among the faculty and OK
pressed surprise that such interruptions
were allowed.
oh, that is what we so for, ex-
planned one Of the professors. Nobody
cares to hear the papers read. All want
to listen to the remarks from the gal
leries. The wit was not at all up to the
standard this year, not at all. Last year
it was really very clever. Itmade most
of us laugh. ; New York Press
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-07
HOME STUDY.
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. IA. for Hagers
town and ali points east.
At geo a N. and and z p. M. fol
Washington Baltimore Philadelphia
Newly ork and all points East and South
At 55 D. m for all points East
At120 m for Pittsburg and all 10
cal and through points West
AT So. m for Hancock Berkele,
Springs Cumberland. and principal 10
cal stations on the main stem of the B
& o. and all through points West
Ass D. m for Pittsburg and al
places West.
At745a m and 40 p. m for Hag
arstovUn baltimore and all intermediate
stations on G V R R
At11 no and $40 p. 10 for Win
chester and Intermediate stations on thu
C. V, R. R
Mails arrive by a. m. from all through
points East West, and South
At & 25 a. m from New York Phila
delnhia. Baltimore. Washington. anC
local poipts on old line of B. &. o. R. R
At and &C p. M from all point
East and South.
At $50 m. from st Louis Cincinnati
and intermediate points.
Att 30 pm from Chicago. Wheeling
Pittsburg. and intermediate points:
Ats Is am. and 3 90 p. m from Win
chester and intermediate stations on tn
c. R. r.
At1t 80 a. m. and 10 p. m. from
Harrisburg. Hagerstown and interme
date stations on the G. v r. Il.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-07

The very first lesson which an Arab
baby learns when hc begins to talk is
to keep facts to himself 1t docs not
sound very friendly put ID that way,
but it saves a deal Of trouble. Foreign
ers DO not understand Arabs. They ask
them pointed questions and receive PEI
culiar answers. They construe the an
swers to pleage themselves, aud come
away to tell the world that The Arabs
are nation Of liafs. They are not ma
ton Of Iiars Perhaps if they should tell
the foreigners to mind their own affairs
and lot them and theirs alone the for.
oigners would understand tham better. -
'fYamoud, BY Henry Willard French,
in st. Nicholas.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-07


was 90 easy. and long $50 s. ]. rock 100
feet high On the coast q England there
was barrel fastened 70 d post, and iii
great letters on the side Of the rock, So
it could be seen far out at sah, were the
words Postofiice. and whom ships
came by boat p%t ont to take and fetch
letters. And so sacred were those de-
posits Of affection in that barrel that no
lock was ever put upon that barrel, al
though it contained messages for amer
lea and. Europe and Asia and Africa
and all the islands Of the sea- Many
storm tossed sailor, homosick, got mes
sages of kindness by that rock, and
many a homestead heard good news
from boy long gone Would that all
the heights Of our national prosperity
were in interchange Of sympathics--
prayers going up meeting blessings com
ing down, postal celestial, not hS
storm struck rock on a wintry coast,
but by the Rock of Ages.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-07
rHE THREE GREATEST ACTRESSES.
Bernhardt, Modjeska and Duse Said to
Have No Living Rivals.

Bernhardt, sIodjeska and Duse Said to
Have No Living Rivals.
There are perhaps only three living
actresses now in active life to whom the
title great would be applied by COM
mon consent. These are Sarah Bernhardt,
Helena Modjeska and Eleonora Duse.
Janauschek, alas although still upon
the stage, belongs to the past, while Ell
len Terry, with all her dainty skill and
radiant charm, has not yet reached those
heights to which genius alone can as
pire. Each of them excels in ways Pc
culiar to herself
Bernhardt, after carrying off all the
laurels offered in the artificial and de-
clamatory school of French tragedy, has
devoted her maturest powers to the IL
lustration of the most violent passions
conceivable by morbid imagination. Her
achievements in this direction have been
extraordinary, and her dramatic genius
cannot be disputed, but some of her lat
est triumphs have been won in defiance
of most Of tho laws of nature and many
of the rules of true art.
Modjeska, if less potent in the inter
probation of the fiercest emotions than
her French rival, need fear no compare
son with her in poetic tragedy, while in
the field of poetic comedy she is I'M
rivaled. Her performances Of Juliet,
Rosalind and Ophelia are almost ideal
ly beautiful
Eleonora Duse, whose fame has blazed
up with meteoric suddenness, is pre-
eminent above all actresses of her time
for versatility, that rare gift of imper
sonation, still rarer among women than
among men, which can conceal the real
beneath the assumed identity without
resorting to the common expedients Of
theatrical disguise. The phrase that such
Or such a part was assumed by this or
that actor is heard every day. 1t is q
convenient, conventional and meaning
less expression. Iu the case Of Duseit is
used correctly and signifies jnst what
has happened. =" Eleonora Dnse," by
]. Ranken Towse, in Century.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-07

Blenheim il one Of the biggest and
most beautiful places Of the kind in
England. and the expenses o. keeping
it up are enormous The hate Duke Of
Marlborough used 70 say that it cost
$500 year in putty, aud this may DO
true, since there is great deal n glass
about the place.-London Tit-Bits.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-07

Acre once meant any field. 1t is still
used with this significance by the Ger
mans, who speak of Gods acre, allud-
ing to the cemetery.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-07

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.
PEABODY :" Wheeling.
AGRICULTURAL +" New York
GERMAN +" Wheeling
LANCASHIRE " England
NORWICH UNION . England
WESTERN $ Canada
MUTUAL LIFE s. New York
and number of others.
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.
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CONGRESS- SALUTED.
fEv. DR.. TALMAGE breaches A SER
MON UPON A TIMELY THEME.

de shows How We Have Been Blessed by
God In the &st-Earthiy Comfort and
the Rest That Shall Come to Those That
Believe.
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DIR ECTORS.-
H.J. Seibert. Geo. S. Rousch, g. W.McKown.
A. ]. Thomas. J. Gassman, l.. @ Gerling,
Jas. 4. Thompson. f.. c. Williams,
Jr, w. W. Housewortb, q. l..
Hensel e. W. Vanme-
tire. J. G. Frazer.
DISCOUNT DAY DAILY.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-16
Against Heavy Odds.

The alleged oppression practiced on
merchants by the Standard Oil COM
pany in this state is liable to result in
the orgar alton of a state company
to compete with the Standard. 1t is
OF course understood that the bigmo-
nopoly can afford to sell oil cheaper
than any state organization, but the
consumers, it IS alleged, are becoming
SO disguised with the practices OF the
Standard that they will be willing be.
fore long to contract for their oil and
gasoline at Il price that will allow
merchants to live, notwithstanding
the Standard people will offer oil at a
still lower figure. The largest indie
pendent concern in the state was the
Coats & Sells company OF Sioux Falls,
and this succumbed to the Standard
in a short time. Yankton, Mitchell,
Huron, Aberdeen and many other
towns are said to be getting on their
ear and the Standard may yet lose its
unchallenged title to the state.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-16
Dairying In South Dakota.

Dairying in South Dakota has as
sumed such proportions, says the
Minneapolis Daily Journal, that the
state agricultural college will insti-
tute a series Of practical lectures on
the subject, and will instruct dairy
maids OF the state in the art OF butter
making that will sell for thru times
the price OF the article they have been
producing. There has been a very
remarkable growth in the creamery
industry in Sou n Dakota this year,
and TINS move Oh the part OF the state
school is merely an indication of it's
strength. New creameries are being
erected in all the southern and east
ERR counties, and are dotting many
to %wnships. The number OF COWS is
rapidly increasing and their value is
growing, since they are productive of
more income. The creamery idea and
diversified farming, which also is meet
ing with great favor now in the Dako-
tas as well as in Minnesota, will
change nightly the agricultural pros
poets OF the three states in a very few
years. Indeed, the effect is already
to be plainly seen in any part of the
northwest where the one crop idea
has been abandoned a season or two,
in better buildings, more bank depos-
it's, more thrift in the towns, and an
air of prosperity that wheat, alone,
does not bring in these times OF over
production and consequent very low
prices.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-16
Makes Me 1ired

To many people Spring and its duties
mean an aching head, tired limbs, and
throbbing nerves. Just as the milder
weather zones the strength begins to
wane, and THAT tirel feeling" is the
complaint of all.
The reason for this condition is
found in the deficient quality Of the
blood. During the winter, owing TO
various causes, the blood becomes
loaded with impurities and lcses its
richness and vitality. Consequently,
as soon as the bracing effect of cold
air is lost, there is langour and lack of
energy. The cure will he found in
purifying and enriching the blood.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is the greatest
and best spring medicine, because it is
the greatest and best blood purifier.
1t overcomes that tired feeling because
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-16
The Editorial Excursion.

The excursion train which will car
~ the members OF the South Dakota
Press association to Hot Springs for
the annual excursion Of the associu-
ton, will arrive ut the Springs Sunday
morning, June %. A business meet.
ing will be held next day, and then
numerous and varied excursions and
expeditions will be made throughout
the entire Hills country, one of the
most wonderful and richest countries
in the world. 1t is thought that fully
100 members with their wives and
sweetbearts will 90 on this jaunt. Ho-
tells have made reduced rates for the
e~xCursloniSts.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-16
Geological Survey.

1t has been decided by the trustees
OF the state school OF mines and the
board of regents having in charge the
educational institutions in the Black
Hills to run a geological survey from
Rapid City to the coal deposits on
Grand river. Prof. j. E. Todd, state
geologist, will have charge OF the de-
tion, and Prof. F. c. Smith, OF the
school OF mines, will look after the
economic and mining departments.
The same faculty has been retained
at the school OF mines Tor the ensuing
year. The schoolhas during the past
year shown marked advancement and
has had the largest registration since
the foundation of the institution.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-16
Two South Dakota Mines.

Work at the Keystone mine has
been shut down, it is reported on ac-
count OF some difficulty between the
owners The shutting down OF this
mine following so closely upon the
shutting down OF the Holy Terror has
had % depressing effect or the Key
stone camp, where these two wonder
full mines are located. The Keystone
management was engaged in putting
the shaft down 100 feet farther, and
was working two shifts of twelve men
each. The latest reports from the
United States mint OF the affairs OF
the Holy Terror mine show that the
mint returns amount to SAG, 3O6.97
while the outlay is only $14,256.46.
The Sioux Fails broker who original
~ had the privilege of disposing OF the
property for $4,000 net has been
wired that he has the same chance rs
ever and will have for thirty days.