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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28
AN EASY BET TO NlN.
&c Took Only n Short Time TO Coll
"More Than Twenty Fools.

&c Took Only a. Short Time TO Collect
sMore Than Twenty" Fools.
They stepped to the edge of the side
walk and looked long and earnestly in
the direction Of the cornice of one of
the big buildings. OF course under the
circumstances the man who had been
standing in the doorway felt impelled
to join them. He could not see anything
extraordinary at the top of the building,
but he kept his eyes upturped because
they did.
A man who was hurrying along saw
the three, and he at once forgot where
he was going and what he had to do,
and joined them.
81 told you so,' said the man who
had first cast his eyes in that direction.
and he made motion as if to point out
something to his companion.
-Four men who were passing saw the
gesture and stopped TO investigate, and
before they had fairly fixed their gaze
upon the corDice three others joined
them.
You may be right" returned the
companion of the man who had first
spoken. "but you said 20, you know
Six more people, including two wom-
en-, We're now straining their eyes to see
what was wrong with the cornice, and
a rumor was in circulation that some
one had tried to throw child out of
one of the windows This was promptly
denied by the man vino knows it all and
who is always present ON such an coca
sion. He said that gang of counter
feiters had been found on the top floor
and had taken refuge on the roof, where
they were preparing to do battle with
the officers who had been sent to arrest
them.
Meanwhile the little group at the edge
of the sidewalk had swelled to crowd
Of over a hundred.
''Well, are you satisfied now?' asked
the man who had first stopped.
eyes" replied his companion.
"There are more than 90
"More than 30 WHAT" anxionsly in
quired several Of those nearest the two.
Fools" returned the first speaker
promptly, inspired idiots. You see, we
had a dispute as to the number of fools
to be seen on the streets Of great city,
and bet him we could gather 20 around
us in ten minutes by simply standing
out here and looking up at the cornice.
Gentlemen, there are more than 20 of
you here, and win.
Then hundred or more solemn look
ing men, and a. few women, went on
about their business, and they all felt
like kickiEg themselves without inter
mission for period of not less than two
hours. Chicago Post.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28

= He ce4xt OF kzx1 MANIPULATION Of the H&uH-
el Plate Road.
Brice's greatest play was building the
Nickel Plate. He put ia every dollar he
could get, aud there came time when
he had to sell He went to Vanderbilt,
whose road the Nickel Plate parallsled.
Vanderbilt would not buy the Nickel
Plate. He said be could afford to wait
the first mortgage foreclosure and buy
IL from the sheriff. IF you don't buy
it, Jay Gould will, said Brice. ooh,
no, he won't, said Vanderbilt. Brice
then went to Gould. He knew that he
did not want the Nickel Plate, but he
had beautiful scheme to propose. He
knew Vanderbilt would buy the road be-
fore he would allow Gould to get in
Brice thereupon told Gould that if be
would sit silent and not contradict
neither affirm nor deny, any newspaper
articles to the effect that he was going
to buy the Nickel Plate, and after this
clamlike silence had continued for a
week, if he would then rice slowly over
the Nickel Plate IN an observation car,
Vanderbilt would buy the road, and he
would give Gould $500, 600.
1t struck Gould that the whole thing
would be a majestic joke on Vanderbilt
The papers said that Gould was going
TO buy the Nickel Plate. Gould. when
questioned, looked wise. At the end of
week he meandered snaillike, over
the Nickel Plate in the rear end of an
observation car and had all the air Of a
man who was looking at piece of prop
erty. Stories were wired about Gould S
trip from every water tank and way sta
ton along the line, and, before Gould
had reached Chicago, Vanderbilt, in fit
of Mysteries, wired Brice that he would
take the Nickel Plate He did SO, and
Brice was saved. San Francisco Argo-
uaut,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28
DIRECTORY.
prRKELEY COUNTY

CncurT CoURT Judge, Thirteenth
Judicial Circuit, E. Boyd Fanikneri
Clerk. VIM. B. Colston, Prosecuting
Attorney. u. S. g. Pltzer; Sheriff, L. Y
Gerllng: Deputy Sheriffs, W. II. Lamon,
Elijah w. Vac Metre, Alex. Ciohan
Deputy Sheriff and Jailer, Alexander
Elliott.
Terms Of the Court commence on the
second Tuesday in January, April ana
September.
COUNTY CoURT. President. q. +. III.
ner: Commissioners. H. j. Seibert ana
AIR. Il. Thomas; Clerk, G. w. Doll.
Terms commence, first Monday IN
March, June. September and December.
Commissioners of Accounts. John l.
Picking, Adrian G. Nadenbousch. L.
Dew. Gerhardt; Surveyor OF Land, |.
w. Woods; Assessor. First District. L
L. Nicely; Assessor. Second District
James A. Gageby; General Receiver,
Henry ]. Seibert, Coroner, VIM. Mckee;
Sealer of Weights and Measures, w. ii.
Lamon; Steward of Almshouse, Thos.
Woiford.
LEGAL Board of Health, E. L. Hon
man, John L. Williamson, DIR. ). n.
Myers, the President of County Court
and Prosecuting Attorney.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28
The Wheel and England.

Take the Great North road. Except
upon market days, one might have trav-
eled any 90 miles along it between
Highgate and York without meeting 90
people. Towns which literally lived by
the road had drifted into helplessly
somnolent condition, from which no APP
parent human agency could awaken
them, and the stranger thereto was stared
at as much as if he had been a high
lander or an 1roquois i'll full warpaint.
The highway itself, being Of no particu
lar value to. anybody since the Great
Northern railway began to whirl the
old patrons Of the road along at Do
miles an hour, was allowed to decay,
and in wet seasons or snowy weather
was well nigh impossible.
Tho rage for wheeling has produced a
rapid transformation. Station yourself
at any point you like, and try. to count
the machines which pass on fine Sat-
urday afternoon during the course of an
hour, and you will soon abandon the
task as hopeless. Then, consider that
every rider of every machine spends
something during his trip. even II 1t be
but the cost Of temperance drink.
Consider that very large number of
Saturday riders sleep out and make
good meals during their journey; that
they are constantly spending something
over and above their actual travelling ex-
penses; that the wonderful extension of
our acquaintance with our own country
resulting from these peaceful invasions
of it by the inhabitants, not merely of the
metropolis. but of every city and consid-
cradle town in the land, has led to the
refurbishing up of such local lions as
the castle, or the abbey, or the great
Somebody's birthplace, or the waterfall.
or the view (the inspection of all of
which means the expenditure Of money!,
and an approximate idea may be gained
of the influence upon national trade
which this pastime alone exercises. -
Chambers Journal
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28
sitting Up Late.

There is nothing SO tends to shorten
the lives of old people and to injure their
health as the practice of sitting up late,
particularly in the winter evenings.
This is especially the case when there is
grown up daughter in the family. We
publish this item at the earnest request
of several young men.-London Tit
Bits.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28

Here is Speaker Reeds latest sarcasm !:
It was at dinner in Washington, when
Joseph II. Choate made the statement
that be had never seen a game of poker
played, never attended horse race and
never Travelled On a pass. a senator in
the group regretfully said, 81 wish l
could say that. .
why not? Choate does.'' replied
Speaker Reed.
Il paid dollar and half for this
seat said the angry plebeian in the
front row, land I didn't come here
merely to listen to yonr chatter"
my deah fellaw, !" suavely responded
Chollie from the box, '.theah aw persons
who have gone to the expense of thou
sands and still were unable to get with
in hearing distance of any Of ouah set.
You have bawgain. indianapolis
Journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28
An Eai.or.s view o. al owner. Rights.


I suppose that The Pail Mall Gazette
costs its owner, Mr. Astor, good deal
of money, aud, if it pleases him TO pay
for an organ, it seems only reasonable
that be should insist upon its advocating
his views rather than those of Mr.. Gust,
or Mr.. Any One Else. These views are,
in the case Of Mr.. Aston, peculiar, if, as
Mr.. Gust says, be was ordered to insist
that the Radicals lest the last general
election owing to Sir William Har-
courts budget. But what of that? /
have no doubt that they are sincerely
entertained by Mr.. Astor, who is a very
rich man, and who objects to taxation
being thrown ON rich men. If an eel
had a newspaper, its columns would
very probably be largely devoted to the
denunciation Of the habit Of skinning
cells. London Truth.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28
BURNING POWDERED coal.

a.
II Is Done with Blast of Air and with
out a Crate.
Interesting experiments in the use Of
powdered fuel by the Wegener system
are now being conducted in London.
Small sacks Of powdered coal, weighing
about half hundredweight, are put
into conical hopper. The powdered
coal gradually falls out Of the sacks, as
required, into the hopper, and then on
to sieve about . inches in diameter,
with small openings i'll it. The pow
dered coal would not go through this
sieve with certainty without continual
tapping, and this is done in the follow
ing way:
Immediately beneath the hopper, and
level with the boiler house floor, is an
air pipe about 20 inches il diameter,
through which nearly all the air for
combustion enters. AS it enters it is
made to pass through the blades Of an
air wheel or turbine, and this passage of
the air causes the latter to revolye like
a smokejack. On the axis Of this air
wheel there is little knocker which
taps the sieve about $50 or $50 times
per minute, causing the powdered coal
to descend vertically through the sieve,
meeting the air for combustion rs it as
cends vertically. The powdered coal and
air for proper combustion in this way
get mixed thoroughly together and pass
on into the boiler flue, each particle of
coal being surrounded by air.
There is no CRATE and there are no fire
doors, and the ssoking simply consists of
putting sack Of powdered coal from
time to time into the top Of the hopper
and seeing that the right amount Of air
is going in for combustion. If there is
not sufficient air for proper combustion
entering through the main opening, as
seen by little smoke, there are two
other smaller pipes where additional air
can be admitted, each kind of coal re-
quiring a somewhat different amount of
air. The only object Of the air wheel re-
yolving from 90 to so revolutions per
minute is to shake the sieve and cause
the powdered fuel TO 90 into the furnace
in the quantity desired. When more
steam and coal are required, greater
knock is given to the sieve and more
powdered coal is burned when less is
required, less shake is necessary. A
screw adjustment for knocking is pro-
vided to regulate the amount of coal en-
teriDg, which is done by turning with
two fingers a half-inch thumbscrew.
The only duty of the attendant is to
put the sacks Of coal into the hopper,
and he ascends short ladder to do this.
He also has to regulate the amount of
air for combustion and then there is no
smoke. He can therefore attend to sew
eral boilers. An analysis of gases of
combustion proves that the combustion
is excellent, and the amount of carbon
dioxide is much higher than with ordi-
nary furnaces. Philadelphia Record.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28
The Rash Student.

The old gentleman who was principal
of Jesus college, Oxford, had the feeling
that young men were for the most part
pushing and required to be kept in their
proper place, and possibly he was right.
Yet Sunday after Sunday he had under
graduate dinner parties, and gave his
guests freely of his best, both in the
way of provender and of snubbing. At
one of these parties the principal, who
was bit of a gormand, and, although
very short sighted, most excellent and
scientific carver, was preparing to attack
a mighty goose which had been put be-
fore him.
"Will you allow me to do that for
you, Mr.. Principalt' exclaimed a young
Welshman, with more politeness than
discretion.
''Put that bird in front of Mr.. NJ, ,"
said the principal. addressing the but
Ter, but eying NJ. all the time with
considerable disfavor, which eventually
eliminated in a most expressive sniff.
NJ. was rather startled at being thus sud
denly taken at his word, but he set to
work manfully enough on the goose with
the sort of happy go lucky feeling that
where there is will there is way.
But Of few things does that insidious
proverb hold less good than of carving
goose And of this fact NJ. was soon
painfully conscious when it came to dis
secting wing. Fortunately the princi-
pal, after another prolonged sniff, came
to his rescue.
"Take that bird away from Mr.. M.
and bring it back to me, +" and then, ad-
dressing NJ, he added, 81 have often
had occasion to notice, Mr.. M, that
young men are very fond of undertaking
tasks which they have no idea of per-
forming, as well in the matter of cary
ing their personal acquaintance as in
anything else. "-Blackwood's Maya
zine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28

The Churchman refers to the Protes-
tant Episcopal church as "the Anglo
Saxon church in this country" which
leads The Congregationalist to ask if the
pilgrims were Celts.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28

A fossil dragon fiy "a inches long.
armed with big jaws and teeth, has
been found in the coal measures OF Com
mentry, in the department Of the ALTER,
France.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28
They VIII Ont.

sob, baroness, have you heard it
YETI"
"Is it a secret, your excellency?"
Eyes. -
"Then I have heard it already -
Fliegende Blatter.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28

What advantage do spiritualists
have over other mens"
Their FIRST wives always advise
them to marry again. - Chicago Rec
ord.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28
wonidn,t Need Il.

The Syracuse Standard tells of an
amusing correspondence that recently
took place between a Wisconsin farmer
and a local boiler firm. The farmer
wrote as follows:
DEERE SIRs-I hav a LOCO akors Of trees that
want cut. I'm pore but I'm willing TO pay too
hundred dolers fer an engin that viii do my
work.
Tho boiler firm saw that the engine
necessary to accomplish the devastation
of his virginia. forest would cost So, 600,
and they informed him to this effect.
A week passed and then the follow
ing pithy epistle came from the Wiscon-
sin woods:
DERE SIRs-What in hi wud l want Of an
engin or biler if he'd 49, e007
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28

Wyoming has Liza persons engaged
In manufacturing and makes 2,367, col
worth of goods.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28
Conjugal Felicities.

mabel, sometimes think you only
married me for my money.
"Those lucid intervals are encourag
ng. Harlem Life.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28
West Virginia Central and Pitts
burg Railway Company.
rs EFFECT APRIL /. 1891.

After Sunday, April 5th 1898 and IN
til further notice sunday trains will be
run.
G. L. HfsETZ. q " HARRISON.
Gent Mar 6e81 Pas ARf
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Cumberland
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Steam Dye
Works 49,.

We respectfully call atten-
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Ladies' Dresses, Capes, Shawls.
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Send for catalogue and price
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28

The salary of the major general com.
nnanding the army is $500.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28
Piles
Piles 4 % common that

Flies Is 50 common IHat
every other person you meet is
troubled with it more or less. 1t
seems to be a little thing and usual
II gets little attention. It may not
be serious at first, but it makes a
man sick-makes him nervous,
cross, irritable-unft for business.
1t robs him Of sleep. takes his APP
petite--cuts down his flesh-and
yet he is careless about it.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-28

South Dakota employs 2,423 hands in
her factories, with 50, 682, 748 worth Of
product.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-21

his expectcd cruise in his newly acquired yacht
Aida Yacht is the proper word. despite the fact
that the Aida up to week ago was the pilo;-boht
Ezra Nye. one OF the most noted members OF the
famous New-Yoi pilot fleet. In fact while she was
one of the Oldest members Of the flee.
the pilots looked upon her as a masco', Tor
cruise where she would she was bound TO
meet a ship Mr.. Crawford. VINO Is alive TO
all the romantic Influences OF the sea. smiled
as he impaired this statement TO The Tribune
reporter. who had called upon him for some In
formation about his proposed trip, and on sea or on
land a mascot is certainly good thing to have In
the family.
AT the prcsen. time. despite her somewhat too
solid lines tC MI the idea Of yacht. the Aida Is
one of the most picturesque objects 20 he seen In
all the South Brooklyn anchorage ground. She has
becn overhaued her spars and decks scraped, and
her hull painted white. The scraping OF the wood
work on deck and below showed that she had been
cited with the best quality OF oak trimming, and
this wood by reason OF long exposure, has seasoned
until 1t IL as hard as iron and takes finish as
rich as mahogany. The vessels new name mas
puzzled good many people. a rich marine picture
framed In the cabin explains II. Aida Is lcelandic
for wave. SO. in the vernacular. she would be
known as the Wave
81 expect" said Mr. Crawford. TO sail about the
last OF the week for Naples II Is my intention now
to make for the Azores where shall put In TO get
fresh water and fresh vcgea bies articles that
highly necessary comfortable living the water.
Leaving the Azores. we shall shape our course for
Gibraltar and there we shall stop long enough 10
bend or the new suit OF sails have provided. The
Old working suit will do for the trip across but
must 20 down the Mediterranean in style. / have
really done very little 10 the boat you will
should ecu chance TO visit her. When bought her
sh. was covered all over with green and blue and
some other kinds OF paint, for the pilots not
much given TO style In decoration. and this had to
be removed Then has her spars scraped. For
the interior fittings | shall walt till get over
After leaving Gibraltar think I shall go right TO
Naples Ny wife and family are iiviaS at Sorrento,
lust opposite. My wife may Wish make sug-
gestons regarding the nttlngs 81 the -abin and as
she will cruise with me during thc sd.smer want TO
have II just as she likes II.
"Oh. have been about boats more or less ever
since was child" Mr.. Crawford said in reply to a
query. There Is no place like the to rest a
man and get him away from his work. You can't
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-21
HTDEOUS BILLS FROM DETECTIVES.

INTELLIGENT CITIZENS DIsGUsrED AT THE DIS
CLOSURES MADE BEFORE JUSTICE PRYOR.
The disclosures which were made In the man.
damus proceedings before Justice Pryor in the SUI
prene Court in relation TO the expense bills which
had been audited by the Police Board have caused
a change in the opinions OF great many intelli-
gent New-Yorkers as TO the merits OF the dispute
between the Police Commissioners and Controller
Fitch. Judging by talk which heard about town
yesterday. Many persons who had been inclined to
believe that the Controller at fault in with
holding money from the exhausted contingent fund
OF the Police Department said that the revelations
OF swndling and Of the most shameful and abomi-
nabe methods In the work OF obtaining evidence
agans, dsorderly houses shocking to
deserve even stronger censure than that expressed
By Justice Pryor
Many philosophical citizens declared that with
the evidence furnished by the audited bills OF the
Police Department the Controller could not be
blamed for holding back money. The bills. II was
serted were evidence that the detectives had either
squandered money most recklessly and outrageousy
when they sent TO get evidence. they had
put in false bills with the intention of putting
OF the citys money into their own pockets For
that reason It would be unfair the city TO pay
such bills unless they had been sworn to in detail
materially reduced.
President Roosevelt. OF the Police Board yester-
day made long statement. in which he declared
that the police would be powerless TO control DIS
orderly houses II they could not spend money to
secure testimony: that the Police Board had
Trained from publishing items Of the expense ac-
counts because OF desire to avoid sensational
statements about criminal proceedings: that the
expenditure OF over $4,000 for evidence against dis
orderly houses covered a period OF four months
that increased number OF convictions % keepers
OF dlsorlerly houses had oeen obaIned account
OF the evidence; that the work OF the Department
had been seriously crippled by the Withholding OF
money for Incidental expenses. and that IL the
Controllers position proper the police could
keep practically restraint the dsoriery houses
In the city.
put in by certain detectives. and the proofs OF
sw ndlIng in these bills. were d!sgraceful that
many NEWCOMERS remarked that Mr. Roosevelt
was in the wrong. and that such practices as
those 10 which the detectives confessed ought 10 be
officially approved.