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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-12-12
Beware of Ointments for Ca
tarrh that contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Sach
articles should never be used except
on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will
do is ten fold to the good you can
possibly derive from them. Hall S
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J..
Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure
you get the genuine. 1t is taken in
ternally, and is made in Toledo, Ohio,
by F. ]. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free.
ma Sold by druggists, price 7sc. per
bottle.
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-12-12
USE BISHOPS
GOLD DUST FLOUR
Vinegar.

Try Billy Rouark's vinegar and you
will never lose your pickles. Don't
use inferior goods and lose your fruit
and labor.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-12-12

To cure all old sores, to heal an in
dolent ulcer, or to speedily cure piles,
you need simply apply DEWITT Witch
Hazel Salve according to directions.
It's magic-like action will surprise you.
L. G. Matthaei
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-12-12
USE PARKS ACME
UT OuD MADE OF CHOICE
I LOU Ii HOMEGROWN WHEAT

The length of life may be increased
by lessening its dangers. The major
ity of people die from lung troubles.
These may be averted by promptly
using One Minute Cough Cure. L.
G.. Matthaei.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-12-12
4. B. SMITH.

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Emust reach US by Wednesday noon,
gEexcept that news items OF great I'M
gY portance win be received until Thurs
day eve.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-12-12

Prevent sickness and save doctors
bills at this season by keeping your
blood rich and pure with Hood S
Sarsaparilla.
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EaTlater than Thursday noon.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-12-12

Cumberland hydraulic cement is
the best for cisterns-Sencindiver &
Stewart.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14

The thin stemmed roses are the most
perishable of all flowers. To this class
belong the Bridesmaid (pink). Mermet
Every delicate pink, the Bride (white)
and tho Perle yellow. Even with care
they will seldom retain their beauty over
the second day. The Cuisine delicate
pink and Mrs. Pierpont Morgan roses
are more enduring and will often keep
three and even four days. The Ameri-
can Beauty will last three and four days,
but after the second day changes color,
the rich red assuming purplish hue.
Violets will often retain an appear
ance of freshness for four and five days,
but after the second day all perfume is
gone. Hyacinths and fresia look we'll for
three or four days, and sometimes even
longer, while mignonette and carnations
can, with little care, be kept for al
most a week. Daffedils have even great
err staying powers and have been known
to look fresh at the advanced age Of
eight and nine days.
Gaslight and furnace heat are poison
Gus to flowers, and they should be kept
as much as possible away from the lat
ter. At night they should be put in a
cool (not freezing) place, with the stems
in water and the tops we'll covered with
wet tissue paper. New York Journal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14
Ahaantminfled.

1t is said that the extempore playing
Of the great Beethoven was marvellous,
but he was entirely without the GOODNESS
and self possession required by per-
former who wishes to render written
compositions with accuracy and finish.
The same fault was found with his
conducting tina orchestra; even before
his deafness he often confused the play
ers by his sudden gestures.
AT one time he was playing one Of his
own beautiful concertos for piano and
orchestra. During long passage by the
orchestra, while the piano was silent,
be forgot disposition and fancying him
self conductor for the moment he threw
out his arms at certain chord, knock
ing both the candles off the piano.
They were picked up, but when the
passage was repeated and the loud chord
REQUIRED he forgot himself again, and the
accident happened for the second time.
The audience, in spite Of their great
admiration and respect for the master
musician, were convulsed with merri
ment, which SO disguised Beethoven
that several strings of the unoffendina
piano suffered the consequences of his
irritation. which expended itself in Q
prodigious humping Of the keys
Youths Companion.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14
HE GoopLY SWORD.
The Egyptians Gave 1t the Name Fifty
Centuries Ago.

The Egyptians Gave 1t the Name Fifty
Centuries Ago.
Half a hundred centuries ago the
Egyptians gave to the sword its name.
Since those old days the history of the
trenchant blade, stained with blood and
defaced by the scars Of battle though it
is, holds much of the glory, the poetry
and the chivalry of the cruel game of
war.
A friend whose fidelity never wavered
and whose power never failed, it is not
surprising that men endowed the sword
not only with human attributes, but
with the might andmajesty Of the gods
themselves. The old legends abound in
tales Of its magical powers. How the
divine armorers strove continually to
excel some rival in the forging of q
blade Of temper SO delicate that it
might cut thread with the same ease
with which it struck a head from the
body, or hewed through heavy metal
armor. was favorite subject of the old
Teutonio and viking tales.
These legendary blades bore charac-
teristio names, by which they were in
variably known: Graysteel, Wader
Through Sorrow and Milestone Bitter
were swords of wide renown, and we
all remember how Arthur Of the Round
Table took "Excalibur, the sword that
rose from out the bosom Of the lake. !"
Caesars sword was called Crocca Mors
Charlemagne's Joyeuse played no small
part in the setting up of the great Frank
ish empire. Many bold captain went
down before Ell Tizona, welded by the
relentless hand Of the Cid.
The japanese, whose civilization was
old before ours began, have produced
beautiful examples of the swordmaker' =
art The japanese nobleman carried his
swords as the insignia Of his rank He
wore one on each side, thrust into the
folds of his sash.
These swords have been handed down
as heirlooms from father to son, and it
was not unusual for families of ancient
lineage to have as many as 1900 of
them-marvels Of costly and artistic
workmanship-in their possession. The
scabbards are richly lacquered and
bound about with silken cord in a
curious pattern. The blade is curved,
and the round guard is pierced to car
ry small dagger. This guard, called
a tsuba, is decorated with curious de-
signs, and SO great is the ingenuity Of
the Japanese metal workers that among
the thousands Of swords they have pro-
duced it is impossible to find two guards
exactly alike. They are priced so highly
by collectors that large sums Of money
have been paid frequently for an an
tique sword, only that it might be ruth.
lessly torn apart to secure the guard. =
Mary Stuart Mckinney in st. Nicholas.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14
Rural italian Peasants.

We have been seeing the agricul-
sural side of this peoples life in quiet,
little known valleys of northern Italy,
and more and more have they impressed
as by their industry and amiability.
For friendliness perhaps they have no
equals except the Irish peasantry, and
for indefatigable labor of the most
arduous and detailed and mental kind
surely they cannot be surpassed. Every
available foot Of land, sometimes re-
claimed from the barren rock, some
times, as here, lying along the river
bank in flats drained by little canals
cut deep in the soil, bears witness, in
its perfect neatness Of cultivation, to
the patient labor of this people. Women
were to be seen every day in the Val
Violence, not far from Bormio, carrying
on their backs huge baskets of manure
for fields hundreds of feet above the val
leys, up steep zigzag paths. Every few
yards rest is necessary, and the weight
is temporarily removed by resting the
baskets upon the low stone walls, against
which the tired bearers themselves
lean. Thus they gradually, but always
cheerfully, get their burdens up the
mountain sides. In other places, these
baskets may be seen full Of earth, which
is to cover some rocky plateau a few
yards square, and make it ready for
planting. in the south with olive OF
fruit trees in the north with fax OF
grass. New York Post.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14
Ingalls, Ina Fuss,

Speaking Of lawyers fussing il
court, said Chief Of Police Seip, "onr
Of the most violent affairs / can remen
Der occurred about 20 years ago, anG
John ]. Ingalls, and Judge c. g. Fostet
were the principals. Twas sheriff at the
time, and man was being tried OF.
some kind of criminal charge. Foster
was acting as county attorney, and In
gals represented the prisoner. ingalls,
and Foster became involved in an argu.
ment about some point Of evidence, and,
after jawing each other for some time,
Ingalls, finally called Foster liar. Eos.
ter was at one end Of long table and
Ingalls, at the other. Foster grabbed q
huge ink fountain and threw it at In
gals, hitting him in the tho breast and
scattering ink all over judge, jury and
all kinds of legal papers. The late Ma.
than Price was judge, and he fined them
$50 each. They apologized next morn.
ing. and their fines were RENTED. -
Atchisop Globe.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14
couidn,t DO II Himself.

A famous English physician, Sir
James Crichton Brown, has risen up as
an opponent Of the higher education Of
women. Two years ago. he says, he
met high school girl who was reading
"Lucretius" for recreation, but she
failed lamentably when be asked her 10
boil potato. Quite possibly Sir James
would have been equally unfortunate
had he been asked to boil the potato
himself, or. to cite a more masculine
employment, to hitch up his own horse.
1t is impossible for one person, whether
man or woman. to acquire all the &C
complishments, but il woman sue
ceeds with her higher education, as
many Of them have succeeded, she can
afford to pay for having her potatoes
boiled. This is now SO well understood
and conceded that the opposition tc
woman's advancement is confined al.
most exclusively to the ultra conserva.
tives, Of whom Sir James Crichtou
Brown appears to be type. -Philadel.
phia Ledger.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14

The new silks lately introduced for
crocheting and Knitting fashionable
waistcoats forcibly recall the simmer
ing ones donned by our great-grand-
mothers and most likely worked by
themselves in faint imitation Of the
gorgeous articles worn by men during
several centuries. The modern knitter
will probably shrink from vying with
the patient skill OF the women Of for
mer age, but We may depend on the
hand knitting machines and manufac-
turers' frames to revive the idea and
produce marvellous adaptations Of the
once CANDY craze.
Hero is an example of a snowy waist
coat lost in 1712 by Mrs. Beale and
described by Malcolm" as knitted with
green silk and gold and silver flowers
all over it. further enhanced with about
A yards of gold and silver thick lace.
This smart fashion was probably first
introduced from Italy. the country Of
gold and silver weaving. In fact, there
is at the South Kensington museum a
coat Of Italian origin belonging to the
seventeenth century and similar to q
cardigan without pockets. It is knitted
in pale blue stocking web, set of in
front and at the back with wide bands
Of flowers and scrolls wrought entirely
in gold and silver, but whether knitted
with the silk or grated on the webbing i.
not easy to ascertain through the bad
light and glass door. These designs ex
tend about two inches from the shoulder
seams down to three inches from ths
edge, which is knitted with three set
Of dice pattern. The somewhat full
sleeves are headed with several rows Of
garter stitch and finished of with gaunt
let cuffs displaying the fancy device
Blue silk binds the neck and the fronts
over which are either worked close but
tonholes or sewed blue and tinsel but
tons surrounded with the Greek patterr
in chain stitch. London Queen.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14
lie Wanted His Discharge.

In regiment in India private want
ed to get home, and saw no other way
than shamming deafness. He reported
himself sick, and was sent to the hospi-
tai. The doctors tried all sorts of ways
to find him out, but he was too sharp
for them. One day the doctor deter
mined to try him by firing pistol off
just behind him, but he got to hear Of
the experiment, and Of course was pre-
pared for it.
AS he and his chum were sitting on
their cots opposite each other smoking,
the doctor stole into the room, unawares
as he thought. and fred the pistol close
to his ear. He, however, took no notice
Of the report. but on seeing the smoke
he turned to his chum and said:
"Put your pipe out, you fool, the
doctor will be round directly"
His ruse worked. -Pearson's Weekly
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14
She Built a Church.

Mrs. Althia Hultz of Artimus, Ky,
has built a church through her own
efforts alone. A year ago she made up
her mind that church was q need. She
asked help from the miners, but they
were poor to q man. Nothing daunted,
she set to work. She gathered berries,
tramped across the mountains and sold
them. She raised pig and calf and
donated them both. In every way in
her power she toiled for the good end.
Last fall she begged of the miners again,
but this time for work. She met with q
ready response. A tract of land was
bequeathed. Lumber was given. The
little store Of savings did the rest. The
church is now under roof. Little more
has been done, but it is a church which
one day will be complete, and Mrs.
Hultz has her reward.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14
Mrs. Cleveland.

In evening dress Mrs. Cleveland is
the handsomest woman today in Wash
ington. She has beautiful neck and
we'll rounded shoulders, and with the
sparkle Of her jewels makes picture
Of White House mistress which is
simply regal. Her smile is contagious.
for her manners are always agreeably
gracious.
Mrs. Cleveland is seen on the street
occasionally, walking in the mornings
or driving around among the shops. She
is the most devoted Of mothers, and is
never away from the children at night.
This has done away with the little shop
ping jaunts to New York which used to
give her so much pleasure during her
first residence here.-New York Times.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14
THE ADVANCED WOMAN.

She may stand upon the corner in her bloom
ers II she chooses;
She can smoke q cigarette In public, too:
She may think up shocking Thoughts and ded-
icate them TO the mcses--
In fact. do anything that's truly new.
But do not yet repine.
Oh. creatures masculine,
Dor think creations altered in its plan,
For she always wants to do
Things she's not expected to,
And she doesn't care TO do them when she can.
4 foremost place in politics-sheu have it II
she pleases:
She'll worry over bargains in appropriation
bills
And decorate the gavel which untutored man
now seizes
With gilt and pretty ribbons till with Joy
the eye il fills.
She may do il all in style
For n very little while,
But the ultimate result We calmly scan,
For she always wants to do
Things she's not expected to,
And she doesn't care to do them when she can
Washington Star.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14
A NARROW ESCAPE.
How Ex-senator Spooner Of Wisconsin
Squashed His Presidential Boom.

How Ex-senator Spooner Of Wisconsin
squashed His Presidential Boom.
Ex-senator Spooner of Wisconsin mar
rowly escaped becoming a presidential
possibility recently. He was in the east
on political business and was at the
Waldorf hotel, New York. While he
was absent plan was quietly Matched
up to present his name at the st. Louis
convention, with the solid Wisconsin
delegation behind it, and to try to get
votes outside. Mr.. Spooner was in bliss
full ignorance Of the scheme.
The news reached him, and he sud
denly started west. Now it is said that
he effectually quashed his own boom.
Some of the Wisconsin leaders seemed
bent on dragging him forth as favorite
son, and Mr.. Spooner said that he had
no desire to be stool pigeon or decoy
duck for some other candidate. He ex-
planned simply to his friends that his
only ambition was to succeed Villas in
the senate. He was assured of hearty
support in this ambition, and his
boom" has been side tracked. New
York Tribune.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14
Paved with Precious stonea.

William Niven, mineralogist of New
York, has recently found several thou
sand dollars worth of minerals in the
roadbed of the new speedway along the
Harlem river. His latest discovery was
that of a tourmaline crystal, believed to
be the largest in the world. This crystal
has been bought for the American Mu-
scum of Natural History for $3.50, by
Morris K. Jesup and is now on exhi-
bition in the mineral hall Of the muse
um. Mr.. Niven has found many rich
meteorological specimens along the speed
way. Among his discoveries were large
number of xenotimes, worth from $40 to
$40 each,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14
Hit and Miss Mind Reading.

1t is told of young man in this city
that he called ON his best girl the other
evening. As conversation became dull
they sat on the sofa at opposite ends,
and, after a silence of considerable du-
ration, evidently spent by both in hard
thought, she mustered up courage enough
to ask him what he was thinking about.
He, hoping to please her, replied;
II was thinking Of the same thing
you were. I"
She. turning around, answered quicker
than lightning, "I'll slap your mouth If
you try itp-Exchange.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14
A PLUCKY WOMAN.
Mrs. Willis VIII Establish = Bakery
Circle City.

Mrs. Willis VIII Establish . Bakery In
Circle City.
Mrs. Willis of Tacoma, the first white
woman to attempt a journey through
the widest and most dangerous part Of
Alaska, left the other day ON the steam
er Willapa for Circle City, situated on
Yukon river, just inside the arctic rim.
She made the journey last year and
found an admirable opening for bakery,
and returned for the necessary supplies.
She takes two sleds, heavily loaded,
which will be hauled over the snow q
thousand miles by dogs. With her own
hands she will fell trees and build two
canoes in which to cross Lake Under.
man and go down two rivers to Circle
City. River navigation is exceedingly
dangerous, and in several places it ii
necessary to carry the canoes around high
waterfalls. Speaking of the venture she
said:
Yes, it is quite an undertaking, but
there is no real danger. Hundreds Of
weak men successfully accomplished the
same journey. All it requires is pluck,
energy and plenty Of nerve. Dogs afford
me ample protection from wild animals.
l see no reason why a woman should not
brave the perils of short journey like
this to make stake.
my husband is an invalid, and the
opportunity for the establishment of 9
bakery at Circle City is good. Any hon
est, persevering woman can engage in q
profitable and respectable business there
and return in few years with thousands
of dollars -
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14
Assay, Essayer, Tasters.

"Cups of assay" and casters" were
alike in this, that they were both en-
ployed for assaying or testing the wine,
but in form. weight and value they were
different. A cup of assay was small
cup, into which the wine from the
hanap. or standing cup. was poured.
Sometimes the cover of the standing cup
served for the same purpose. The cups
of assay used at the coronation of Anne
Boleyn were of standard gold, but gen.
orally they were of silver, and appear to
have been from six to nine ounces in
weight. A faster was small. shallow,
circular bowl, with a fiat handle, weigh
ing about three ounces. Notes and Que
ries.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14
TO BOOM THE L. A. W.
PRESIDENT ELLIOTT AIMS TO IN
CREASE MEMBERSHIP TO $4,000.

His Election Was PopuIAr-LIkely Now
That Professional Riders WIN Hsv.
Greater Opportunities Dissatisfaction
Because Of Reduced Value Of Prizes.
The affairs of the League Of American
Wheelmen, guided by new officers, will
be conducted on broad and radical lines
this year. The election Of Sterling Ell
lott Of Massachusetts to the presidency
gives universal satisfaction, and while
from some sections opposition developed
against his election there is feeling
that his administration will be active
and progressive.
As a result of the changes made in
the constitution of the league, the af-
fairs Of the organization will be carried
on in a more conservative way this
season.
This fact will be particularly notice
able in racing matters The action of
the national assembly in abolishing
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14

dent Coleman Of the cycle board Of
trade and President Elliott Of the
League Of American Wheelmen indi-
Gates that the latter is determined TO
take immediate steps to seek a closer
cooperation between these two bodies,
which he says be feels will be beneficial
to the best interests of cycling.
Road improvement. increased men,
bership and the protection of wheel
mems rights will be President Elliott's
chief objects this year. he is planning
to inaugurate a more aggressive policy
In every division, so that the work Of
the organization will be carried ON on a
more uniform system, that will bear
greater results than have ever been OBJ
tanned before. New York World.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14
FROM GOAT TO BOAT.

Even the festive goat IN this vernal sea-
son has his field sport on the common with
a tin can or the butt of a log. From the
sport of the goat in the spring to the varied
sports of the early and late summer, what a
world OF amusement and what a scene of
muscular activity. In all these, ever so
helpful, from the bat in the bali field to the
oar of the boat and the clatter of the turf,
there comes in large amount of penalty
in the shape of serious sprains and trouble
some bruises, but no man is good athlete,
nor does he develop well from such exer-
cises without his full share of both. 1t is a
good thing, therefore, that there is pro-
vided something which, if always Kept
ready. is always ready 10 cure promptly
these sudden and painful mishaps. st.
Jacobs Oil, without question, passes among
all sportsmen as the thing to have, par ex-
cellence, in all kinds of sports. It has
gained its best reputation from its best
cures OF this nature, and the man who
would enjoy freely the summer sports
would be almost foolish not to keep bottle
about him.