Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-04-27
SHARPS AND FLATS.

|SHARPS AND FLATS.
ScintilIations of Wit and Items
of News.
CLEANED FROf1 EXCHANGES.
With Brief Comments Clarifying OBJ
scure Ideas.
Sam Small is retired man. He has
announced his retirement from the
newspaper business and from personal
and public connection with current
politics. He retired from preaching
the gospel some time ago. He purpos-
es to pursue the practice of the law. =
Charles Town Free Press.
Is it not possible that multiplicity
of libel suits were a strong induce
ment to Samuel to retire from the
newspaper business and from politics?
"By the act OF Apr. 3. 1892, the
eagle. or ten dollar gold piece. was
made to weigh 247.5 grains of pure
gold or go grains of standard gold.
The act of 1887 reduced the weight to
25S grains OF standard gold, and that
is the present weight. The English
sovereign, the coin representing the
pound sterling. weighs 1913. 247 grains
of standard gold, little more than
1928 and quarter grains. These
coins are worth their weight the world
over. = Keyser Echo.
We presume Bro. Thompson means
that the coins referred to are worth
their weight in gold.
"Ex-Congressman Bland, of Mis-
souri,, says Mr.. Cleveland s letter to
the Chicago business men has we'll
nigh wrecked the Democratic party.
We thought his administration had
wrecked both the party and country
long ago. "-Fairmont West Virgin
ian.
What pity the old derelict does
not go in search of McGinty. Cleve-
land has done all in his power to send
it to its long home, and indications
are that he will succeed.
Some of the men who are shout
ing so loudly now for the glory of the
American flag and an era of conquest
by the United States were strangely
silent when they had chance to fight
for the same some thirty years ago"
-Shepherdstown Register.
Is it possible the Register has not
been sufficiently trounced' If not,
just wait until next year and another
dose will be ad ministered.
We beg leave to call the attention
of our highly esteemed contemporary,
the Shepherdstown Register, to the
following interesting clipping from
the Washington Post:
The completed returns show that
we had over one hundred bridal cou-
pies in our midst this week
The Democrats hope the tariff is
sue will not be prominent in the cam
paign of 90. they are anxious to
push the silver question to the front
and get the country to forget their
tariff tinkering. But Republicans
will hold fast to the theory of protec-
ton to American labor and American
industries. 1t is still the great issue.
"What benefit will silver Legislation
be to the West Virginia miner or
wood cutter unless along with it
comes a demand for labor. Suppose
the owner of a Western silver mine is
allowed to take his ore to the mint
and get it coined into thousands of
of shining silver dollars, how will the
West Virginia farmer get one of them
unless he works for it or gets it in ex-
change for grain or wool? What we
need is home market and we can
not have that if we give up to the for
eigner. "-Clarksburg Telegram.
Right you are, Senator Reed. Free
coinage would not avail anything I'M
less we have protection from the pau
per-paid products of the Old World
President Cleveland S idea is to draw
attention fromthe tariff issue tofnance,
and we shall soon see Democrats
tnmbling heels over head into the
Cleveland camp and becoming verti-
bic gold bugs.
1--WE do not wish to be understood
as school-master. dictator, or boss
of any kind. In running this paper,
we give our ideas and principles as
they come to us by inspiration.
Some people are very jealous of the
other fellow attributing some sens
tive motives to his every expression
of thought, also they see in others
a manly bearing with chip on their
shoulders defying some one to knock
it off, all of which denotes to our
mind ignorance and a jealous and en-
vious spirit thereby. In running this
paper we first want to be help to de-
velop and build up Frederick County
abroad and draw capital and enterprise
to our borders, and if this pinches some
ones toes, let them be pinched. In pol
itical matters we want to forward and
further Republican principles and pow
er aswe believe for the good of Frederick
County officially. Office seekers and
selfish factions we wish to be clear of.
Principle is first and uppermost. The
word policy we detest, for man that
is honest for policy alone, is to our
mind poor kind of honesty. We
pen these few remarks to thoroughly
define our position. Winchester
Leader.
1t is the opinion OF the Herald that
the fearless, outspoken editor of the
Leader has made himself understood.
But the very fact that the Leader
has opinions and is not afraid to ex-
press them will bring upon its devot
ed editor the jeers of whipper-snap-
pers whose minds would not fill the
cavity of a tobacco seed. The Herald
has been through the mill and knows.
The following is charged up to the