Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-12-19
No. %.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.

The Vermont Legislature has pass
ed bill prohibiting Sunday excursion
trains.
Arizona eonvicts have been recently
leased for ten years at 70 cents per
head day.
Four hundred and fifty large caliber
guns were built last year by the Cow
eminent.
An old-fashioned ice palace will be
one Of the attractions of st. Paurs
great Winter carnival
The demand for low-heeled foot
wear is increasing every day, accord
ing to the reports Of shoe dealers.
There are in the Butte Mont. min
ing district 1000 patented claims, 5000
OF which are silver and 1000 copper.
Oakland. Cal, which formerly paid
$500 month to get rid of its garbage.
now receives revenue from its dis
posal.
A century ago there was not mile
OF telegraph or telephone wire in ex-
istence, not foot Of railway nor
steamship.
A barrel of apples for dozen of
eggs was the ratio of exchange be-
tween those commodities in Machias,
Me-, lately.
hetime- honored st. Lawrence Hall
in Montreal is to be torn down and a
fourteen. story modern hotel will be
built on the site.
1t has been judicially decided in
Missouri that the courts must recogr
nize a common law widower the same
as a common-law widow.
AtNcw Augustine, Fla, the Mayor,
sitting as magistrate, accepted five
hogs from negro culprit as security
for the payment of a fine.
In Nashville the patrol wagon is
furnished with pneumatic tires to the
wheels. The wagon is also used as
an ambulance, which explains the
why and wherefore Of the luxury.
The caterpillars are great eaters. the
different species consuming from five
to twenty times their own weight Of
food each day. 1t takes healthy
man four months to eat his own
weight in food.
The Carrots we're originally gro
GERS ard their Baltimore house was
founded in f84o. Their first connec-
ton with the Baltimore and Ohio rail- /.
road was by an investment in its
bonds, which were offered at low
prices.
Chicago has one building, known
as the Green Tree Inn, which has
reached the venerable age, for Chicago,
of sixty-three years. The local his
torical society has been advised to
buy and preserve the interesting relic
of antiquity.
The distinction among animals OF
requiring least sleep belongs to the
elephant. In spite of its capacity for
hard work, the elephant seldom, if
ever. sleeps more than four or occa-
sionally five hours. For two hours
before midnight and two hours after
I o'clock the elephant sleeps.
Forty years ago when pens super
seeded quilts it was one of the myster-
les of the day how the slit was made
down the center of the pen. Those
employed in that part Of the work
were made to take an oath not TO re-
veal the process. Now everybody
knows that the slit is made by pair
Of scissors fixed in press. Men roll
the steel to its proper thickness; then
women cut it in strips the width of
two pens by means Of presses.
The man who immerses himself in
business that he may accumulate vast
property or that his family may live
luxurious or idle lives, has no right
to plead want of time or other
claims. It is not true that he cannot
comply with them, but that he has
chosen not to do so. The woman who,
absorbed in round of gayety and So
ciety, declares that she has no time to
train her children and superintend
her household is uttering an excuse
as vain as it is false. She simply de-
cides to use her time for other pur-
poses. And this liberty of desire be-
longs to every one, in spite OF any de-
s;re or attempt to diSclaim it.--New