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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25

or disinounting the heavy guns there.
The forces fastened into the pen al
Harpers Ferry. and the Confederates
had now all the surrounding heights.
and we could see them placing their
guns for Smelling. Had Col. Miles
in good time withdrawn all his garri-
son from Harpers Ferry to Maryland
Heights and fortified, Lees whole
army could not have captured them in
any reasonable time. In Harpers
Ferry surrender was inevitable. 1t
was only question of time, and a
very short time, too. It is hard to
say who blundered, or whose fault it
was that there was no defense of the
sosf worthy Of the name; but if the
as General Miles he expiated
it with his life. The loss Of 1000
men and much war material was a
hard blow upon the government just
then It was & ss..ismeful occurrence
In the afternoon and for some time
after dark we could hear the booming
of the cannon at Antietanl, and when
it grew dark see the flashes Of the
guns upon the clouds. The one re
deeming thing at Harpers Ferry was
that late in the night the 1000 cav
airy formed quietly into line, marched
to and crossed hepontoon bridge into
Maryland, as noiselessly as possible,
headed by Coles Cavalry, and in the
intense darkness proceeded up the
river, avoiding the Rebel guards or
capturing them, and struck into one
of the mountain gaps and escaped
into Pennsylvania, where in the morn
ing, near Chambersburg, they attack
ed Rebel wagon train and destroyed
some hundreds of wagons. The
enemy was much chagrined when
learning of the escape. They kept
on, however, with their investment of
Harpers Ferry.
ITO he continued
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25
SIZE OF THE UNIVERSE.
An Imaginary Journey to the Earth's
Nearest Neighbor.

y N~@%4
Nearest Neighbor-
It has been estimated that cannon
ball moving with the velocity OF 500
miles an hour, and leaving our earth
at certain time and travelling in the
direction OF the nearest fixed star,
would not reach it in less than i. 500, :
600 years. says w III. Lancaster in
Popular Astronomy. and yet there are
stars in the heavens visible through
telescopes that would require a can
non-ball moving with the same veioc-
ity at least 500. 900. 900 years to reach
them. II was said BY the elder Hers
chcll that it would require light travel
ing at the rate of I85. 600 miles a Sec
ond p 900, 900 years to come TO tie
earth from the remotest luminous
vapors within reach of his 40. foot teie-
scope, and yet. whatever may have
been the efforts of astronomers to
bring the starry heavens as a whole
into view, even with the most power
full refectors. they have so far proved
to be futile Hence, to the minds Of
men, the universe must seem forever
to be and to remain Unreasonable, in
calculable and incomprehensible And
while we may be able to weigh and
measure suns and systems within
range Of our telescopes, there are 9TH
ers so far away and SO far beyond our
powers Of vision and our power Of cal
culation, that even our present sup
posed great knowledge of the sidereal
heavens would dwindle into the thin-
est of mental vapories.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25
GENERAL HARRISON TO WE'D.
He Announces His Engagement to
Mrs. Dimmick.

Mrs. Dimmick.
Ex- President Harrison's private
secretary has given to the press the
following:
General Harrison authorizes the
announcement that he and Mrs. DIM
mick are engaged to be married, and
that the marriage will not take place
until after Lent.
Secretary Tibbetts refused to fur
ther discuss the announcement, and,
although the president was up
stairs in his room at the time. he de-
MED himself to all newspaper men.
The attentions of General Harrison
to Mrs. Dimmick have been the sub
ject of some comment among their
friends for several months. but it was
not until the publication 81 a dispatch
from Indianapolis on January 9 that
any definite announcement of the
possibility of a marriage was made.
The indianapolis friends of the ex-
President have beer watching with IN
terest the preparations which have
been making at General Harrison S
home there. Alterations have been
made in its exterior appearance. 1t
has been redecorated throughout and
considerable money has been expend-
ed on making it more attractive out
side and inside.
Mrs. Dimmick is the daughter of
Mrs. Lizzie Scott Lord, who was the
elder sister of General Harrison first
wife. Her father was Russell Lord,
who was at one time general superin-
tendent and chief engineer of the Del
aware & Hudson Canal Company.
Mrs. Dimmick' S mother, who was the
second wife OF Russell Lord, and her
aunt General Harrison first wife),
were the daughters of John Scott, a
Presbyterian Minister in Ohio.
John SCOTS wife was sisterof Mrs.
John Lord, of Honesdale, Pa. 1t was
while the two Scott girls were visit
ing at the Pennsylvania home of their
uncle that Russell Lord met Lizzie
Scott. About the same time Benjamin
Harrison came on from indianapolis
to see Carrie Scott and their engage
ment was announced.
Russell Lord died soon after the end
of the rebellion and his wife took her
two daughters MARY and Lizzie back
to Indianapolis, to the home of her
rather. There Mary Lord became
great favorite Of her aunt, Mrs. Harri-
son. In the early eighties Mrs. Lord
went to Honesdale for the summer
with her daughters. Among the
friends whom she visited was the fami-
ly of Samuel f. Dimmick, who had
been Attorney General of Pennsyl-
vania. His son, Benjamin Diinmick,
was at home from college. He fell in
love with Mary Lord. and after few
weeks they were married. Three
months later he died, leaving her a
comfortable fortune.
Mrs. Dimnick went back to Indian
apolis and made her home with her
mother. When General Harrison was
elected to the Presidency she went to
Washington and became conspicuous
as a member of the White House
household. While she was in Wash
ington her mother died, and after
General Harrison left the White House
in 1898 Mrs. Dimmick went to New
York and has made her home here
since.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25
AFTER MARRIAGE.

On, Mag; you are heavy Tn tired;
Go sit in the rocker, pray;
Your weight seems hundred and ninety
When you plump down in that sort Of
way.
You would better be mending my coat
sleeve;
I've spoken about it before,
And want to finish this novel,
And look over those bills from the store
This dressing gown fits like the ID;
These slippers run down at the heel;
Strange, anything can never look decent
wish you could know how they feel.
What's this bill from Morgan's9 why
surely
It's not for another new dress?
Look herel I'll be bankrupt ere New Year,
Or your store bill will have to grow less.
Eight o'clock! Mag, sew on that button,
As soon as you can finish that sleeve
Heigh-ho? I'm so deucedly sleepy,
I'll pile off to bed, believe.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25
by request.
Tw0 PICTURES.
-
BEFORE MARRIAGE

Ny Maggie, my beautiful darling,
Creep into my arms my sweet,
Let me fold you again to my bosom.
So close | can hear your heart beat
What these little fingers been sewing
Ones pricked by the needles, see;
These hands shall be kept from such labol
When once they are given to me.
All mine, little pet, will shield you,
From trouble and labor and care;
/ will robe you Ike some fairy princess,
And jewels shall CLEAN in your hair.
Those slippers you gave me are perfect,
That dressing gown fits to t.
Ny darling, | wonder that heaven
Should give such treasure to me.
Eight nineteen eleven, my precious,
Time HES SO when am with you--
II seems hut moment I've been here,
And now, must | say it, Adieu.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25
Arden illusions.

Mr.. Jacob KEGS. formerly of this
place, and now residing in London,
Madison County. Ohio, is visiting
friends and relatives in this locality.
He expects to return home Saturday.
Miss Clara Dillon, of Hedgesville,
is visiting the family Of Mr.. D. p
Miller.
Miss Essie Martin, Of HedgesvilIe,
was visiting Miss Margaretta Bofun
Sunday.
Rev. Fur is making short calls IL
this neighborhood this week. HI
preached at this place Sunday.
Mr.. Taylor Catrow's little boy. Wi
lie, is having lard spell Of sickness
at present. He IS improving slowi,
under the care OF DR.. Baker,
Mr.. Geo. D. Pitzer is having hi
we'll dug deeper. This will be grea
help to Arden for it has been very dr.
here during the summer. w F.E.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25
A CONTRAST.
Republican National Debt Payment
and Democratic Debt Increase.

Between August 81, 1865, the date
upon which the national debt reached
its highest point, and March j. 1893.
the amount Of the Governments out
standing obligations was reduced by
1881, 367,s73. To accomplish this
remarkable feat of debt paying, bonds
were purchased before their maturity
and cancelled to the amount of S77o, :
Soc, $50. The reduction Of the nation
al debt by fonr-year periods is given
on March j Of each fourth year, as fol-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25
READ QUICKLY.
DIR. NicoIIs Tells What Is Best in

Nj. T. w. Higginson has been tell
ing the young people the best one
hundred books to read in the Ladies
Home Journal. In London, DR..
Robertson Nicoll, the editor of 1.-The
British Weekly" and 1.-The. Book
man, has been interviewed lately by
an English woman, and asked to give
his opinion OF the books that had in
fluenced him. In doing this he gave
ADVICE about books and reading, and
his suggestions should prove valuable
to the young woman WHO'S really anx-
ious to read something good" and
does not know where to begin.
He says: Tell them to read, pri-
marily, Hamerton S intellectual Life,
book not very widely known, but an
excellent work on self-culture for
young people photographed works,
Loekhart Life of Scott Mrs. Gas
kell's Life of Charlotte Bronte, Bos-
wells Life of Johnson, and, of recent
works, Edward Fitzgerald's Letters
70 Fanny Kemble one should
reaa iris choice and beautiful book.
may add in the same breath
that young women can not read bet
ter work than Mrs. Gaskell's on Char
lotte Bronte.
"My favorite authors arethe Brontes
and Scott. OF the formers books
like Shirley and The Professor best;
of SCOTS, Rob Roy The Anti
quarry Heart of Midlothian and
'Ivanhoe. For restful half hour give
me Anthony Trollope, whose, Bar
chester Towers appeals to me most.
A novelist who is very much neglect
ed by women readers of to-day is Mrs.
Gaskell / can not pick out any sim
gle book others for particular mention,
because l am in love with them all.
but talking about novels and now
ell reading reminds me that very few
of US possess the art of reading quick
ly. People should practice this art.
An average six-shilling book should
be read through in six hours without
skipping ! often see people saying
the words softly-just moving their
lips as they go on. This is very
silly habit, and only INDUCED in by
very slow readers. It is a habit as
unnecessary as that of running your
forehnger along under each line. So
what | repeat is: Practice reading
quickly. very often start book at
o'clock in the evening, and finish
tiff it holds me-before go to bed
81 find it an excellent plan to take
an author-say Carlyle-and make a
special study OF him all through one
Winter. First read all the critical
and biographical works you can get
about your author, and then read him
through book by book. Ofcourse, do
plenty of other reading as well, but
make a speciality of one. Last Win
ter I took Goethe; this Winter / am
taking Dickens. feel that Dickens
wants a good looking up again. This
is why / am making him my special
study for this Winter. People talk
very sweepingly about the decline Of
Dickens but the truth is that the de-
cline so-called is limited to his later
works. The phrase ought to read.
The Decline of the Later Dickensr 2
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25
Eczema
All Her Life.


Here Is smother case showing that
there are few remedies which cure deep
seated blood diseases. Eczema is enc
of the most obstinate blood troubles.
S. S. 5. wipes ont completely this dis
ease, as well as all other evidences Of
impure blood whether obstinate or mild.
There are few men better known all
over DeKaib county thQn Air. r. ID. ten
kins who resides at Lithonia Georgia.
He is the owner ct quarry Of
the celebrated I.ithonia granite. which
Is so extensively used in several
States, aud is acknowledged to have
no superior as a paving stone. His
family has lived in DeKalb for forty
years and everybody knows them.
Ever since she was year old, he
said, ia a recent interview, tiny
daughter, Ida, has suffered from Ec-
zema, and have never head of worse
case Of this dreadful disease. For thir-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25
HOME STUDY.
THE MAILS.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF THE MAILS
AT THE PoST-oFFICE AT MARTINsBURG
DEPARTUREs.

AT THE PoST-oFFICE AT MARTINsBURG
W. VA.
DEPARTURES.
Mail close at 1910 a. m. for Hagers
town, and ali points east.
At 9 20 a. IN. and 5 and p. m, fol
Washington, Baltimore. Philadelphia
New ork and all points East and South
AT SIS p. m. for all points East.
At 90 p. m. for Pittsburg and all 10
cal and through points West.
At D. "a. 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 55 p. m. for Pittsburg and al
places West.
At745 a. m. and 40 p, m. for Hag
erstown, Baltimore and all intermediate
stations on G. V. r. r
At11 a. M. and 40 p. IN. for Win
chester and intermediate stations on tht
G. V. r. r.
ARRIVALS.
Mails arrive by a. N. from all through
points East. West, and South,
At 8 rs a. m. from New York. Phila
delphia. Baltimore, Washington, anc
local points on old line of B. &. 0. r. r
At and 40 p. N. from all point
East and South.
At $50 a. m. from St.Louis, Cincinnati
and intermediate points.
Att 29p.m. from Chicago, Wheeling
Pittsburg, and intermediate points.
At 10 am. and 90 p. m. from Win
chester and intermediate stations on tn
G.. v. r. r.
at II 80 a. m. and IL p. m. from
Harrisburg, Hagerstown, and interme
.diate stations on the G. V. r. R.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25
Virtues of Sparaqus.

However we may differ as to its va
ne as food, all doctors agree as to the
therapeutic virtues of asparagus, re-
ferred by Piiny and Galen, and known
as asperigine by modern chemists.
French doctors use the root extensive
~ in kidney diseases. and recommend
its free use by people of sedentary
habits. They claim that it is a diu-
retic, a lithic.s and an anti scnrbutic;
that it is good for dropsy, but bad for
govt. DR.. Broussais, Of Paris. also
believes in it as a sedative for heat
paipitation, and though We are famiI-
lar with the term doctors differ, .
there seems to be wonderful unanim-
ity Of opinion in the medical world
as to the merits Of asperigine.
After al General Harrison IS can
didate for makrimony.
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Total reduction


On March /, 1865, the national debt
hadbeen increasedby sIo5,3zs, ia. and
on December /. 1895. by $s7,273,47o,
making the total iacrease under the
present (Dernocratic) administration
s16a, 6o2. "a .--New York World.
To this frank avowal Of Democratic
deficiency and incompetency, we must
now add another 500. 900. 900 Of debt,
authorized BY the Democratic Secre-
tary of the Treasury on anuary6. 1896,
making the total Democratic debt
sz6z. Coz. 245 within thirty-five months,
as compared with the Republican de-
crease OF debt Of s. 1881 367. 1873 within
$50 mouths. the monthly averages be.
ing
Republican Monthly Decrease
Of Debt. is65-I8o5 sS,7oI.II4.77
Democratic Monthly Increase
ofDebt, Ise3-Is96 81. 500. ezf. zs.
American Economist.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25
sprocIset Chain Displaced.

An ingenious Frenehmnn has in
vented continuance to do away with
the bicycle chain. It consists Of
flexible steel brand brazed together
at the ends so as to beeontinuous like
baud saw Holes are punched in
this at intervals to receive the teeth
of the sprocket. as the chain does now.
is claimed that the new device
needs but little cleaning and oiliug r
Hardware.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25

The French say " II IS the impossi-
bic that happens. This has proved
to be the case with the Aiouat Lebanon
Shakers. The whole scientific world
has been laboring to cure dyspepsia,
but every effort seemed 70 meet with
defeat. The suffering from stomach
troubles has become almost universal.
Muititndes have no desire fof food and
that which they do eat causes them
pain and distress. sleepIess nights
are the rule and not the exception.
and thousands d sufferers have be-
come discouraged
The Shakers or Mount Lebanon re-
Gently came 10 the front with their
new Digestive Cordial, which contains
not only food sIready digested, bat
a digestef CT food.
It promptly relieves nearly ali forass
Of indigestion. Ask your druggist for
one Of their books.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25
The Turk refuses to admit the Red

The Turk refuses to admit the Red
Cross to his domains. He knows a
good thing when he sees it and that
is why he closes the door. It suits
him better to go on butchering Ar
menians. He might be embarrassed
to have the army led BY Miss Clara
Barton ministering to his victims.
Nevertheless, Miss Barton will strive
to break down the barrier Islamisn
has erected.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25
flake Yourself strong

If you would resist pneumonia, bron.
chitis. typhoid fever, and persistent
coughs and colds. These Ills attack
the weak and run down system. They
can find no foothold where the blood
is kept pure, rich and full Of vitality,
the appetite gosl and digestion Wig
orous. with FOODS Sarsaparilla, The
one true blcs,d purifier.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25
FACTS!
Positions Guaranteed,

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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25
Literary Exercises at the High
School.

Last Friday afternoon the Literary
Society of the third room of the High
School, Miss Alice Wilson, teacher,
rendered a programme gilmore than or.
binary interest.
All acquitted themselves with hon.
or to the teacher and school.
Following is the nropramfue.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25
TAYLOR HOUSE,
DENTISTJ

Dental Parlors-l9 West King street. near
st. Clair Hotel. Martlnsburg, W. Va.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25

FIGHT OF COLES CAVALRY NEAR LEES
BURG AND COMMANDMENT AND SUR
RENDER or HARPERs FERRY.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25
FINANCIAL NOTES.

1t is stated that for the FIRST two
weeks in January, Pullman net earn
inrs increased about 81 900 a daY.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-11-11

They launched their boat ana
pulled toward the Arago, standing
off shore far enough to avoid the
breakers. The sea was breaking so
heavily against the wreck that the
boat could not approach near
enough to take any one off the strand
ed vessel, as she would have been
crushed in like an eggshell
Captain Reed and seven men we're
iu tho rigging. A line was shot into
the rigging, aud one by one the
mariners were rescued. The boat,
after searching near the wreck for
sometime for survivors, pulled to-
ward the Government wharf, placed
Reed and his men on the tug Column
bia and returned to render assistance
to those who might possibly be
drifting about on wreckage.
The Arago struck stern first,
crushing a great hole in her plates.
She listed heavily, then sank by the
stern, touching bottom in five
fathoms and leaving only her spars
above water. Wreckage strewed the
beach near the jetty for miles, show
ing that the upper works of the
steamer were badly broken up by
the big swells.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-11-11
Thinks He Is Right.

LONDON, October 20.-Sir Edward
Clarke, Q. O., Conservative, formerly
Solicitor-General and member of
Parliament, referring to the adverse
criticisms of his recent speech on
the Venezuelan question at York, in
which he said: "No honest and i'm
partial arbitrator or commission
could decide in favor of England's
claims upon the evidence" has writ
ten letter upon the subject. He
says: my speech was deliberately
made in the belief, which still en-.
terrain, that it will be of public SER
vice, and was, Of course, made after
full study Of all he documents Of
fcially published on the subject"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-11-11
ZANZIBAR.
The German Insult to the British
Consul.

The German Insult to the British
Consul.
The Kolnische Zeitung publishes
a detailed account of the removal Of
Said Khalif to the German sloop
See Adler. According to this account,
which is evidently inspired, England
was informed by the German
Cabinet of the impending removal.
In reply to this communication the
British Cabinet protested, although,
as the semi. official organ ironically
adds, it might have known that its
protest would not make the slight
est impression. The removal took
place exactly in the manner as
ordered from Berlin. A boat armed
with a gun was sent from the See
Adler to the German Con sulate,
which is situated on the sea, and
under the protection of the See
Adler's guns pointed at the Con-
sulate, the embarkment took place.
Under other circumstances, the
paper says, one might perhaps have
carried out the removal OF the Pre-
tender in less conspicuous manner.
As England, however, thought it
advisable to allow herself the luxury
OF protest, removal not carried
out publicly and by daylight would
not have been worthy Of the dignity
OF the Empire. If therefore Said
Khalif has been borne away from
the English under circumstances
which do not seem to please them,
they can only blame themselves and
their inappropriate protest for it,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-11-11
One Letter Wrought the Havoc.

A certain bachelor editor of a
Northern Iowa town is in a predica.
ment, so an exchange AYERS, as the
result OF a careless proof reader.
Having occasion to apologize to his
readers for a delay in issuing his
paper, he wrote; "We beg the indul-
gence OF our readers for being a dav
late this week. Our failure to get
out ON time was on account of the
physical Generalization of the edi-
tor, caused by sleeping too close to
boarding house window" The
compositor set the last word
widow" and the proof reader fail.
cd to discover the omission of the
"n."-The Northwest.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-11-11

AT the Royal Annex they place
before you three choices in beer. tbe
famous Hofbrau beer, the Buffalo
ana the Pabst Milwaukee. In add,
ton they have the finest brands in
liquors and furnish very tastv