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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-07-25
PICTURES ~ TELEeRAPH.
a Device Invented By an EIectrzcaa Ex-
part IN New York.

- @F@N1NE AAt&AEI& % Nh AA&&&E4A4e& Ga&
pert n New York.
A New York inventor has perfected i
device for transmitting pictures b.
means Of electricity. ike the telegraph,
from one point TO another.
For years scientists and electricians
have devoted a great deal Of their time
TO trying 70 perfect some snoh method.
The result Of successful elimination
to these experiments would have mil
lions in it. The royalties obtained from
newspapers alone wenEd make the in
yentor's fortune in the first decade Of
its use, and its gradual adoption for
other uses would foIlow. Thomas
@ Brien, al electrical expert Of New
York. has worked out plan which
seems to him to be entirely feasible, ana
be will IN the near future demonstrate
It's practlcability or ITS reverse hy d trial.
The scheme provides fer two disks,
carrying needlelike points situated in
different parts Of the circuit. One of
these disks will be at each end of the
line. and the principle upon which the
points will wers ana be located il anal.
ogous to the interrupting points on the
receiving and sending Instruments az
the telegraph. The disks will be caused
to move spontaneously by means of elee-
trio connections TO the same circuit. The
negative, which contains the picture to
be set. is specially prepared. The gela-
tin film is nonconduetor and this
viii be mounted on some substance
which is q conductor
As every one knows who is familiar
with the rudiments of photography, the
action of the chemicals used in tho de-
velopment of sensitive plate after ex-
posure either tears away entirely or re-
duces to an inperceptihle thinness the
film in places wherein the positive pic
ture is heavy and shadows appear.
Where the high lights are the film is the
thickest.
Therefore. with the negative filn
mounted en- a copper base, the electric
current would be interrupted where tho
film IL thick, aud where by the process
of development it has been removed
the current would pass through 10 the
~NRPSA tA1A GGNNh1&t u IECDTH ana PASS
ing over the wire he recorded at the
other end.
These disks will revolve at the rate Of
1000 revolutions a minute BY means
of mechanism impelled by electricity.
The negative will be given q lateral
motion of about six inches in enc min.
ute, aud it viii be seen that, should
there be six points on the disk, 700
lines will have been copied during the
minute and recorded at the other end Of
the circuit. This would mean that a
copy had been obtained containing lines
finer than 100 tothe inch. which Is made
much finer than the lines Of an engrav-
ing. The synchronism Of the disks could
be regulated By means of small induc-
ton coils, which would be influenced
by small electro magnets specially con
neeted with each other and placed
around the periphery Of the fywhecl,
the motion Of the disks In
such manner that the impulse given
the wheel woald coincide with tho In.
terruptions Of tho circuit taking place
within d certain lime New York
Journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-07-25

would be the worst victims. All
should oppose such disaster to our
business and such dishonor to our
country. and until it is overthrow it
is useless to talk of other political
issues
Ofcourse there are popinjays who
will endeavor to controvert the truths
uttered by Mr. Westenhaver, fell
lows who. if their life depended upon
their doing so, could not tell what
they mean when they glibly talk
about 10 to l."
One of the class referred to was
asked what he meant by 10 to I"
and promptly replied:
why I6 silver dollars to one gold
dollar"
Then you want six-and- fourth
cent dollar, do your"
That's just what l want; cheap
money and plenty of it, And the
fellow continued on his way enlighten-
ing ~ the people.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-07-25
A POSTER ROMANCE.


She posed within poster gown
Beneath poster tree;
A poster background wiggled down
Into a poster sea.
mustered up a poster smile
And said. ooh. queerest lass,
If you decide it worth your while,
Our troth shall come to passiy
She viewed me with a poster frown
And cried, SIT cannot be:
You have no weird, grotesque renown !;
Too plain you are for me"
/ wildly dashed upon my wheel:
scorched it here and there,
Collided, spilled. and, with squeal,
heard my garments tear.
All mud and blood and rags ride
To her who did me fling.
She dropped upon my neck and sighed,
"Ah, now you're just the thingi"
Chicago Record
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nanrer Ina rIrework. rae.ory.

Tic enc really dangerous place IA q
fireworks factcry is The laboratory where
is made the illuminate Ct silver used IN
the tcrpcdccs and percussion shells ana
caps Of all scrts. Muslin and cheese
cloth are used here for tops Of tables, COW
ers fer boxes and everything that has g
come into contact with the explaslEe.
for Just as soon as the sensitive mi
inmate encounters resistance away II
gees, and so do the four walls about Il
The ideal laboratory would be made q
mosquito netting, but this would leg the
rain 10. and the shock Of drop would
make things too liyely. Exchange.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-07-25
a Declaration OF Rights.

The Declaration If Independence II
essentially declaration If rights Ev-
cry line cf it is based upon the assurnp-
ton not merely that this country should
be free from foreign inscrference--for
to the American colonists the English
were not fereigners-but that all politi.
cal power IS inherent III the people and
that all governments de-ive their just
powers from the consent Of the governed
and may be altered or abolished when
ever the people VIII This is the great
principle Of Liberty that Englishmen al
ready had asserted again and again n
their history against yarious kinds o.
tyrailts. Times.
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Mr.. D. C. westenhaver's Opinion

The Baltimore Sun of last Friday
had a dispatch from this city which
quoted Mr.. d. c. Westenhaver, one oil
our leading attorneys, and as is well
known prominent Democrat, as fol-
lows:
The result of the Chicago conven-
ton is a matter of intense regret to
me, as it must be to every sincere
Democrat. Neither the platform
adopted nor the candidate nominated
is entitled to be called Democratic. On
the contrary Mr.. Bryan has been in
alliance with the Populists in his own
State for two years aud has often an
nounced his intention not to support
the Democratic national candidate I'M
less he was for the free coinage of sill
yer. Populists regard the platform.
as we'll as the candidate, simply as an
Endorsement of their principles, and
in this view | fully concur, not only
as to the debasement of our currency
but also in the demand for the unlm-
tied issue of inconvertible greenbacks,
the denunciation of civil-service re-
form and of the action of the national
administration in suppressing the
Chicago riot. Even the tariff plank
is not as a genuine tariff-reformer
would have written.
Nside from the tendency to disre-
gard law and order. shown by the con-
vention, free coinage of silver at Is to
/, means in its alast analysis the de.
basement of a dollar IRON %. az grains
of gold to 10 grains. Such universal
reputation and confscation, such
stagnation and paralysis of business
as this would bring has never been
known. For three years the fear oil
such change has hung over the
country and the effects are known by
all men. In the wreck of business
which would follow, the laborer and
farmer. neither OF whom have capital
enough to weather a financial storm,
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THE MAILS.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF THE MAILS
AT THE PosT-oFFICE AT MARTINsBURG |
w. VA.

al IhE fOoI-OftlCE Al MAhTlNSBUhG
W. VA.
DEPARTURES.
Mail close 81 l0:40 a. m. for Hagers
town, and all points east.
At 0 20 a. m. and and p. m, fol
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia
NewYork and all points East and South
At s 55 p. m. for all points East.
At 90 p. m. for Pittsburg and all 10
cal and through points West.
At p. m. for Hancock, Berkeley
Springs, Cumberland, and principal 10
cal stations on the main stem of the B
& o. and all through points West.
At s So p. m. for Pittsburg and al
places West.
At z 45 a. m. and 40 p. m. for Hag
erstown Baltimore and all Intermediate
stations on G. V. R. R.
At a. m. and $40 p. m. for Win
chester and intermediate stations on tbs
G. V. r. r.
ARRIVALS.
Mails arrive by a. m. from all through
points East, est, and South.
At % a. m. from New York, Phila
delphia, Baltimore, Washington, and
local points on old line of B. &. o. r. R
At 2 and 5 40 p. m. from all points
East and South.
At $50 am. from t.Louis, Cincinnati
and intermediate points.
At z 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 80 a. m. and 2 12 p. m. from
Harrisburg, Hagerstown, and interme
date stations on the G. V. r. r.
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f1 oAnAy 70 AGENTS !!

get Ficn and who has q
little enterprise can secure $40 day i'm the
Dish Washer business 1t is booming now
Everybody wants a Climax NOWADAYS One
agent cleared $50 every day for year: o good
chance: best Dish Washer made; no solicit
ing; Dish Washers sold at home: a permanent
position In town. city. or country. One mil
lion were sud. A wide-awake hustler can
clear SIS to $50 day easy; washes and dries
n two minutes
climax Mfg. GO. ,so1x Starr ave. Columbus, o.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-07-25
RUPTURE CURED AT HOME.

If you suffer from rupture in any of
its various forms and desire to be re-
lieved, you can learn how to be cured
by naming this paper and addressing
F. 81. MERRICK, Huntington, w. Va.
he will send full particulars free. 2e
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-07-25
ST. LOUIS.

WANFED-Severa trustworthy gentlemen
w or ladies TO travel in West Virginia for
established. reliable house. Salary $3.50 and
expenses. Steady position. Enclose refer
ence and self addressed stamped envelope.
The Dom inion Company, Third Floor, Omaha
Bldg, Chicago.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-07-25
A Good Time to Go Slow.

A correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun refers to the boom craze which, a
few years ago set the people wild,
causing many to sink their all in
speculations. He was one of the suf-
ferers and has not forgotten his ex-
perience. He says:
However, there is one valuable
lesson my investment brought home
to me, which l think will apply to
money as we'll as lots, and that there
is no stability in inflated values.
| G"Sooner or later the silver boom is
bound to break, leaving as wrecks by
the wayside the wall of the widow
and orphan. the curse of the working
man, and all of us sadder but wiser
/ people.
"God alone knows how long it will
take to rebuild what a wanton hand
at one foul blow would destroy. We
have command over lite, but not over
death, and, the Rubicon gone by,
there can be no return excepting over
Caesars dead body. Let US believe,
with the melancholy Dane:
s'Tis better to bear the ills we have,
Than fly to others we know not"
When reason resumes her sway this
cruel agitation will end.
-.s.
"DIxIE."
The war demonstrated the fact that
the soldiers North and South were
American soldiers and the courage
and prowess of both were tested on
many battle field, and we are always
glad to witness the generous tone and
spirit, which now SO generally prevails
between these former opponents.
Vituperation must give place to sober
criticism. Lee and Jackson must be
gagged by the same standards as are
applied to Grant and Sherman
That they were good men and great
military leaders none can deny, and
all that was best and greatest in them
belongs to our common country. Our
foreign enemies must not ignore this
fact, for in any attack from without
they must consider that they will
have to fight the Grants and the Lees,
and the She1mans and the Jacksons,
who would in such an event stand
side by side. President Lincoln was
altogether right and wise-as he al
ways was-wheu he addressed the
body of men who came to serenade and
congratulate him on the final victory,
a few. days before his lamented death
He listened to their bands play and
said:
"Why, wish the band would play
Dixie; that is our tune now we cap
tured it" Truthful words fifty spoken;
cavaliers may wall, but the logic of
events is plain-for today the chill
dren of Federal and Confederate march
shoulder to shoulder, common citi-
Gems of common country inheritors
ofa common destiny, to be erpetuated,
may it be, for ages to come Loyal
West Virginia.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-07-25
We're keeping RICH, at this
shelf
ef11ptying
-we say tlat Va conIl.Ience.

5000 yards choice Fancy silks, soc
a yard stripes with checlsa between
dollar silks like tlesa for baf price Is
convincing evidence Of advantage FOR
you Il Yon'l u see samnlns.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-08-05
This Il a Choker.

The thorough and impartial inquiries
of the senate committee of finance have
demonstrated the fact that such decline
as has taken place in the price of com.
modities bears no relation to the decline
i'll the price of silver. The fact that
from 1873 to 1877, while silver was COM
pletely demonetized as Il legal tender
coin, wheat ranged from 81 to 81. 30 a
bushel, and only began to tumble in
value when silver money poured out in
torrents under the law of 1878, is a
choke pear to those who argue that the
monetary use of silver can advance the
value OF the crops Passing by that
point. however, the question comes up,
how can the use of gold as a standard
put any strain or burden upon it? The
use of gold as the actual Medium of ex-
change is very limited. That function
in large transactions is performed by
credit instrumentalities such as checks
and drafts. .-Pittsburg Chronicle.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-08-05
Financial Definitions.

In response to many inquiries as to
the meaning Of expressions commonly
used in the discussion of issues involved
in this campaign, the "Press" has pre-
pared the following brief table of terms
and equivalents
Free coinage-The melting and
stamping into money, without charge
for the service of all silver bullion
brought to the mints.
Sixteen to one-The ratio sought to
be maintained by law, according
to which sixteen ounces of silver
shall equal in value one ounce of
gold.
Commercial ratio-The ratio of actual
value, the rate at which gold and silver
can be exchanged 1t is now 3 ounces
Of silver to one of gold.
Sound money-A currency of which
every dollar is exchangeable at par with
the standard dollar of the country-in
this country gold dollar.
The gold standard-The measures of
value adopted by the leading nations
of the world as basis for their cur
rency-the coin (gold) in which all OBJ
legations are finally redeemable.
A fifty-cent dollar-One which,
owing to the depreciation of silver, is
intrinsically worth only this amount,
and maintains its face value by reason
of the governments pledge to keep it
at parity with gold.-New York
Press
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-08-05
Consistency 5
A JEWEL

But Persistency as applied to adver-
tising is a Whole Diadem That ap-
plies to us; in that we advertise day af-
ter day, and week after week the great
and good Bargains we have, and all for
good benefit and profit. Some bright
thrifty people come and get them and
save money; others who would If they
knew how much they could save and
how good quality of goods we sell would
come, and still others who do not know
bargain when they see it would
come if they knew, and SO it gives
thousands of dollars wasted every
month in this community for the above
reasons. Are you one of the class that
needs to save your money and make
every cent go as far as possible? See
to it then that you investigate our offer
ings every week. That bogie of poor
goods and low prices does not scare
people who patronize our store, they
see through it. Self interest of those
who cry it. See the money savers for
this week.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-08-05
SHERIFF'S SALE.
LINDSEY LFGsT, Plaintiff,
VS..
REII I,RGRn nafandnnA

DELL LEGET, DEFENDANT.
BY virtue OF an order OF sale in partitiort
duly issued by the Court of Common Pleas oil
washington County, Ohio in the above end
titled action, and TO me directed, / will offelt
for sale at public auction. at the door of thol
Court House, in the City of Marietta, on
Saturday August 22, 1896,
at o'clock, p. M of said day, the followinp
described real estate, towit: Situate in WASH
ington County, State of Ohio, Waterford town
ship, on the peninsula formed by the Musking-,
um river and Wolk Creek, and being part OF
three acre lot No, 10, Town 2. Range TO- Be-
ginning for the description. at point on thel
east line OF said lot No. &c. where the south
line OF the lands OF the GAINESVILLE & Ohio RiverI
Railway crosses the east line OF said lot No. 39;
thence west along the south line of said Zanes.
vile Il Ohio River Railway Company's land 81
chains; thence north ~ degrees west along the
south line of said Railway Company's land IS
links thence south " degrees west SO links;
thence south 55 degrees east 276 chains to a
point l42 feet south OF the southerly line of
said GAINESVILLE q Ohio River Railway Com
pany's right OF way; thence north 2 feet:
thence south SsA degrees east l.5l chains to
the east line of said lot No. 80, to a point in
said east line of said lot l42M feet south of the
place OF beginning; thence north on the east
beginning, containing two-thirds (sS5 of an
acre more or less. =
Appraised at 5000 Terms, one-third cash.
one-third in one year, one-third in two years.
Deferred payments to be secured by mortgage
on premises sold.
WP.DYE
Sherin, Washington County, Ohio
ELLENwooD, SMITH & LEEPER. Attorneys
July 22nd, 1895. 5wks.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-08-05

Chile. Minister Strobel, in recent care
full and elaborate report on the subject,
says:
THE effects of the deprecated silver
and paper basis which prevailed in
Chile from 1878 to the resumption of
gold payments on June [, 1895, were
keenly felt in foreign exchanges and
upon the wages of labor. Wages ad-
vanced slightly during the long.period
OF deprecidted currency, but at no such
rate as to compensate for the diminished
purchasing power of money"
The vice consul at Antofagasta fur
nished table showing wages in differ
ent occupations during 1875, 1885 and
1895. These statistics showed only a
small advance in wages during the first
period of 10 years, when the value of
the peso had fallen in gold from 43A
pence, English money, to 26 pence.
The decline in the gold value of
wages, therefore, was from about SO
cents, in United States money, to 52
cents per peso. while the actual wages
in deprecated money advanced only
from $50 to 400 pesos for blacksmiths
in 1875 to $50 to $50 pesos in lsSh car
penters from 800 to 400 pesos in 1875 to
B.25 to 400 pesos in 1885,. and mechanics
from 800 to 4.50 pesos in 1875 to 800
to $50 pesos in 1885. The wages of
laborers, including servants, remained
stationary at l.50 to LIS pesos i'll de-
preciated currency.
The actual gold value of wages thus
fell in the case of laborers nearly 40 per
cent. and in the case of mechanics, tax
ing the maximum in each year, about lS
per cent. Minister Strobel, in summing
tha ae Il; ;,;a ct
that "The.rise in wages has not CORE
sponded to the depreciation in money"
and calls attention to the fact that sin
a country like Chile, which is in state
of development, it would be natural to
expect an increase of wages in 20 years
from 1915 to 1S95-even if there had
been no depreciation -
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-08-05

forgings are for use in manufacturing
two eight-inch, fifty six-inch, thirty
five fve-inch and twenty four-inch
breech loading rifles. Although
no limit except the appropriation was
set for the cost of this material, Sccre-
tary Herbert intimated to intending
bidders that he would feel bound to
give no more for naval guns than con-
gress had allowed to the army in
the Notifications act. which was
at the rate of "a cents a pound.
Both bids received Monday exceeded
this amount, except in case of the
two inch rifles and it is possible that
the contracts may not be awarded for
these much needed weapons until con-
gress raises the limit, or the steel COM
panies reduce their bids. The bids
were as follows: Bethlehem Co., 4, 5
and inch forgings, 26.5 cents; 8 inch
forgings 23.7 cents.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-08-05

An honest dollar is coin that will be
accepted for 100 cents in any part of the
commercial world.
The gold dollar contains 1922 grains
of pure gold. Put it in the pot and
melt it into bullion and you do not de-
stroy its value 1t is an honest dollar.
Put the silver dollar in the pot and
melt it down and it is worth about 53
cents. 1t contains 37l.25 grains of pure
silver and passes for 100 cents.
Why does this coin, worth but h3
cents, pass for one dollar?
Simply because the government un-
dertakes to float it at its face value and
relies upon its gold reserve to do so.
Suppose the gold reserve to disappear.
Suppose every dollar in gold to flee the
country. Suppose the government, no
longer ablo to rely upon its credit, can
no longer maintain that silver dollar at
par. What then?
Come, ye farmers of Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland,
among whom the Inquirer circulates,
what would happen?
The silver dollar, which now passes
for one hundred cents. no longer boz
stored up by gold, would be worth exact
ly its melting pot value-its bullion
value at the market price.
With this deprecated currency in
your hands, what would happen to you?
You would be ruined.
That is the long and short Of this free
silver business. Vote for free silver if
you will, but make all your prepara-
tions in advance for bankruptcy.
You We're fooled four years ago by
the agitators. Is it possible that you
can be fooled again ?-Philadelp In
quirer
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-08-05
Truth In "a Nutshell.

In 1878 the total product of silver in
the world was 6l,l0O,000 ounces, and
the silver in 81 was worth 81 04 in gold
Last year the worlds product of silver
was 1865 .000,0 900 ounces, and the silver in
81 was worth only 30 40 cents
In 1894 the potato crop of the United
States was, in round numbers, 40, ,OOO,-
600 bushels and the average price SO
cents.
In 1895 the estimated potato crop was
400, 100000 bushels, and the average
price was 90 cents.
The fall in both cases was due to the
same cause.-New York Times.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-08-05
The Estate of the Late Eugene Field.

CHICAGO, Aug, Am inventory of
the estate Of the late Eugene Field was
filed and approved in the probate court
Monday. In addition to an equity of
$1,000 in the deceascd's Buena Park
home there is $3,sO3 in royalties from
Charles Scribners Sons due the estate;
So, 500 worth of books and furniture
and 500 in cash. The furniture in
cludes Gladstone AK and n jefferson
Davis chair, both of which are men
toned in the inventory
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-08-05
Hagan & Schad,

Pittsburg-C Cincinnati Line of Steamers
Arrive at Marietta, going up. every Saturday,
Monday and Thursday afternoons; going down,
every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings
Jas. A. Henderson, Gen'l Manager.
For further information write or call on JAS
b. Haight, Passenger Agt., No. 254 Front street.
Marietta, Ohio. Phone No. 81.