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The herald., 1896-10-30


is most effective. There are no figures
displayed here, all the gods being reps
resented pictorially on huge banners
hung on the walls In front Of the altar
is table on which the offerings of food.
etc, are placed, and where innumerable
punks, kept continually alight, send up
their sitting smoke.
Saturday will be the big day, and IN
the afternoon the parade will take place.
The huge new dragon is in readiness
to make his appearance before an adj
length of 200 feet through the principal
streets, frightening the evil spirits by
his ferocious appearance and actions.
Late Saturday night the figures Of the
devils will be incinerated publicly, to-
gether with sacriflcial offerings of food
and drink. to be used by them on their
way back to their abiding place. With
the dying of the last spark in the enn-
bers Of the fire the festival will close.
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convention then adjourned.
MR.. MERED1TH's REASONS
Jim Withdraws His Name From the
Leagues Consideration

When the name of j. M. Meredith was
withdrawn from consideration before
the league convention yesterday the
following letter from the gentleman was
read:
To the Convention of the League for
Better City Government-Gentlem
Having received the nomination for city
assessor from the Republican municipal
convention, and feeling assured that
the great party whose representatives
have selected me as q candidate for
office is fully able alone, by it's moral
influence, to effect all the reforms de-
sired by the League for Better City
Government, and considering that the
dorsement would probably necessitate
the renewal of a contest already fully
and clearly decided by the Republican
city convention, l respectfully request
the withdrawal of my name from your
consideration. / am impelled to this
course by the sincere belief that sin
gle, voluntary associations of cit
izens (Which, through want of
the unanimous support OF all
good citizens, are necessarily change
able and never a final umpire), can have
no higher standard nor better views for
the Improvement of local government
than those party organizations which.
grounded on well-defined principles. are
the natural outgrowth of political and
social aggregations. and whose respOn-
sible and permanent forces are ever the
active and potent elements in the pro-
gress of society.
While SO believing I beg leave to ex-
press to you my full and hearty SYM
pathy with the honest purposes which
originated the movement for municipal
reform, and l assure you that II elected
my earnest efforts will be directed to
the end of proving myself worthy not
only. OF Republican confidence, but,
through the efficient conduct OF the Of
fice In the interest of the best govern-
msnt. that I naay merit the esteem Of
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the boss is to cut off his patronage
the distribution of offices.
MR.. GROFF'S REMARKS

Mr.. Croft was also called upon for
few remarks concerning the proposed
charter and plans for giving the city q
better government. The speaker went
into details concerning the expenses of
the city, In 1895 the ordinary expense
to the city was over $1,375,000. The po-
lice department and fire department cost
in that time nearly. 100000. 1t is high
time this extravagant expenditure OF
public money be stopped. Thenew char
ter provides that the salary list for the
heads of departments shall not exceed
$23, 900.
BACK TO BUSINESS
When the convention reconvened the
reports of committees were received. The
committee on credentials reported that
the delegates returned by the secretary
were entitled to seats. There were no
contests. The report of the committee
was adopted.
The committee on permanent organi-
zation reported in favor of making the
temporary organization permanent.
The report of the committee on order
of business was in substance as follows:
Reports of committees on platform and
resolutions; ratification of ticket nom
mated at the postal primary; nomina-
tions for. mayor engineer and assessor; /;
recess to allow ward nominations to be
made; appointing of campaign commit
tees; that temporary officers be made
permanent; that no proxies be allowed
The report was adopted, although an
effort was made to admit proxies.
The herald., 1896-10-30

the publication of party politics
throughout the state.
Mr.. Workman, before the resolutions
were adopted. again tried to get in his
resolution, but he failed The platform
was approved as reported. and the con-
vention adjourned for luncheon.
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all good and law-abiding citizens, irre-
spective of party.
have the honor to be, gentlemen,
your most obedient servant,
~ j. N. MEREDITH.
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Every morning Mre. John Burns Wl
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hours before brealEfostvot
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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1896-05-02
He Might Know From Experience.

The small boy had a restless, I'M
happy look, as he approached the
young man calling on his sister.
81 wouldn't tell anybody but you
about it," he said confidentially.
"About what ?"
about what's happened to me.
But I thought you might help me-"
"In what way ?"
800 you remember that little bit
of gold watch my sister had z"
"Yes.n
II YVES fooling with it, and sister
was coming, and l put it in my
mouth to keep her from seeing it,
and the first thing | knew swallow
ed it,
Show long ago?'
"This very afternoon. If you put
your ear down to my chest you can
hear me ticking inside"
"You'd better have a doctor"
"Then, I'd have to let the folks
know. Sister says you have wheels
in your head sometimes, and / thot
mebbe, you'd tell me what TO do fol-
'em, and that it might fit this case
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Anonymous Correspondents.

The minister who says do as ] Say
and not as l do, is not fit to lead his
flock. The captain who orders his
command to make an assault where
he is not willing to lead it does not
inspire confidence. So it is with the
man who wants a wrong exposed
but conceals his identity because he
lacks the courage TO be known as
the person who made the complaint.
No good newspaper knowingly
villifes citizen or maliciously pub.
fishes an article rejecting upon him.
On the other hand, the greatest care
is exercised to print the truth, where
it is not hurtful, and scores Of coed
readable articles never see daylight,
although they are absolutely true,
because they might result disastri-
ously to tue persons they concern.
Hedged and restricted as news
paper is, anonymous communications
are especially distasteful, for they
indicate per Sc, that the writer is
himselfa coward, Tor he is asking
something he would not undertake
himself. The many wrongs which
have been exposed; the wrongs
righted and the reforms inaugural
ed demonstrate that newspapers are
courageous.-Chester (Pa.) Times.
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Prayers in War Time


Uncle Duff, hearing the noise, be-
gan TO pray; and Aunt Saluda join.
ed him fervently; Sam listened stu
pidly and in sulfocating terror.
Fifteen cannon thundercd togeth-
err, over beyond the bridge, and a
flight of shells in the air made pro-
longed whirring noise, followed pres
emily with rapid spluttering Of
musketry in the woods at the lower
edge of the plantation. The regi-
ment went across the field at double
quick step, knocking over the fences
as they came IN the way.
"Oh, good Lor', eff ye kin spa de
ole man er leetle bit longer be-
gan Uncle Duff, but his prayer was
interrupted by an explosion on both
sides of the river, rival batteries
laundering at one another, and OPP
posing lines of infantry exchanging
long rolling volleys.
Mrs. Farrow saw the cavalry sour
ny away from their lurking place I'M
der the river bank and disappear in
the woods, while four or five heavy
field-guns, drawn by painting and
overworked horses, trundled rapidly
along the red clad road, the drivers
whipping and swearing.
After few rounds there came
short lull in the bombardmcnt, DUR
ing which singular serenity per-
vaded the air and sky.
"Dar, now, Lor', stop de wa right
heab, and lef' de ole darkey-"
But Uncle Duff sprang to his feet
as another awful cannonade began,
and a shell burst on the railroad
track in front of the door. He for.
got his prayer.
"Hell an fury!" he cried, "dat's
dangerousl Gil me my hat. fo' de
Lor' sake! rs gwine outen yerf'
And he rushed through the back
doorway and across the garden to
the woods, followed by Sam and
Aunt Saluda.-Maurice Thompson,
in May Lippincott's.
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Fell Dead.

These words are very familiar to
our readers, as not a day passes
without the report of the sudden
death of some prominent citizen.
The explanation is "Heart Disease"
Therefore beware if you have any of
the following SYMPHONIC: Short
breath, pain in side, smothering
spells swollen ankles. asthmatic
breathing, weak and hungry spells,
tenderness in shoulder or arm, fut
tering of heart, or irregular pulse.
These symptoms mean heart disease.
The most reliable remedy is DR..
Miles New Heart Cure, which has
saved thousands OF lives. Book of
testimonials free at A. M. Gilbert,
who also sells the New Heart Cure.
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No T y.leges-No Puff.

Napoleon III had. given orders
that reporters should not be permit
ted to accompany the French troops
as reporters. His reason was sar-
castle sThe effects Of our smitrail-
lenses will be so terrible, and those
writer's will make such descriptions
of them, that our battles will impress
people as mere massacres,a and every
body will have horror of them
A reporter of LIE Figaro, Alfred
d'Aunay, was SO indignant at the
Emperors order that he exclaimed i:
Every well, then we will not puff
this war !n-New York Times.
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Fail TO DO Our Duty.

Everybody has at times failed to
do their duty towards themselves.
Hundreds of lady readers suffer
from sick headache, nervousness,
sleeplessness, and female troubles.
Let them follow the example of Mr..
FL. Herbetcher, Stevens Point. Wis,
who for five years suffered greatly
from Nervous Prostitution and Sleep
,lessness, tried physicians and differ
ent medicines without success. But
one bottle of DR.. Miles Nervine
caused sound sleep every night and
she is feeling like a new person.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wheeler, Laramin.
Wyoming, who tried all other rene
dies declares that after three weeks
use of the Nervine for Headache
Nervous Prostitution, etc., she was
entirely relieved. Sold by A. NJ. Gil
ert. Trial bottles free.
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Why One Feels Chilly When Lying
Down.

The reason is simply this. Nature
takes the time when one is lying
down to give the heart rest, and that
organ consequently makes ten strokes
less minute than when ones in an
upright posture. Multiply that by
sixty minutes and it is six hundred
strokes. Therefore in eight hours
spent in lying down the heart is
saved nearly five thousand strokes,
and as the heart pumps six ounces
of blood with each stroke it lifts
thirty thousand ounces less of blood
in night of eight hours spent in
bed than when one is in an upright
position. As the blood flows so
much more slowly through the veins
when one is lying down, one must
supply them with extra coverings
tosupply The warmth usually furnish
ed by circulation.
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Woman Editor's Trials

The beautiful young girl who had
graduated only the year before with
the highest honors, rushed into the
family sitting room and fang herself
With a storm Of sobs upoa the sofa,
says the Houston Post.
What is j, my dear ?" asked her
father, soothing her gently. HAS
anything happened to discourage
you?8
Papa said the maiden, raising
her tear-stained face, 81 am done
with journalism forever. When you
allowed me to purchase that weekly
newspaper | thought that no occu-
patton on earth could be 30 noble, so
elevating and powerful to scatter
good and wisdom throughout the
world. When l began editing the
paper everything appeared bright
and rose colored.
Ny editorials were praised by
the entire Texas press, and | got
fattering words of encouragement
from even the large dailies. / was
oh,so proud of the TACT that, slthough
q woman, had been admitted as an
equal member of the great brother
hood that exercises such an influence
upon the minds and morals of the
people. Last week l wrote a gentle
criticism of an article that appeared
in a little weekly in another county.
This, papa,-this is what 1 find in
the next issue of that horrid paper"
The lovely girl handed her father
the paper and buried her head upon
the sofa pillows, while he read the
following:
"We would say to the loathsome,
knock-hnced piebald jabberwack that
iufests the editorial dugout of the
Weekly Herald-keep your shirt on !
The disgusting, idiotic dIivel that
emanates from the clapper ,jawed
squirrel-headed, slab-sided puddle.
duck that spoil 8 paper for that sewer
pipe Of journalism should get pair
of buckskin, kick-proof pants, or
elee quit squirting such jobs of back
handed, putreied slime at decent
papers. If the hump backed, putty
faced vermin referred to doesn't like
our remarks We will call any day
and scatter few locks OF hair and
brass buttons around said Herald
office or forfeit q years subscription"
Papa" said the girl graduate, in
a small but decided voice, 81 want
you to buy me cook book and some
long aprons; I'm going to stay at
homo and help mother about the
house,
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Here is diamond, here piece of
charcoal. Both carbon; yet between
them stands the mightiest Of magic
ians-Nature-. The food on your
table,and your own body; elemental
ly the same; yet between the two
stands the digestion, the arblter of
growth or decline, life or death.
We cannot make diamonds we
cannot make flesh, blood aad bone.
No. But by means of the Shaker
Digestive Cordial we can enable the
stomach to digest food which would
otherwise ferment and poison the
system. In all forms of dyspepsia
and incipient consumption with weak
ness, loss of flesh thin blood, nervous
prostration, the Cordial is the sue
cessful remedy. Taken with food it
relieves at once. 1t nourishes, and
assists nature to nourish. A trial
bottle-enough to show its merit
ten cents.
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Better Than a Soft Answer.

The hotel clerk can always be de-
pended upon to retain his self-pos-
session under the most trying cir
cumstances. 1t is related that GER
tain lady in the dramatic profession,
who is always trying to appear
young, albeit she is "more than sew
en-" and looks it, was on the road
last year with a travelling comedy
company. The troupe got into town
late on Sunday evening, and on
reaching a hotel she was shown up
five flights of stairs to an apartment
numbered 20, almost under the tiles.
Enraged, she flew down and shrek
ed at the young man behind the
counter:
II am placed in No. 20!"
"Yes." was the answer, I'VE give
every lady an apartment, if posi-
bic, corresponding with her age.
Mrs. -, the old woman of your
company, is in No. 50, and Miss
-, the juvenile actress, is in No.
"A, and that is why 1 put you in No.
90"
The lady smiled sercncly, thank
cd the attendant most kindly, and,
without murmur, returned to the
garret.-Chicago Herald.
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Taking No Risks.


II hope, Jennie, that you have
given the matter serious considera-
ton" said the lady to servant girl
who had "given notice" because she
was to be married "that day two
weeks" ooh! | have ma'am,'' was
the earnest reply, "I've been to
two fortune tellers and clairyoyant
and looked in a sign-book, and
dreamed on lock Of his hair, and
been to one of those asterrologers
and to medium, and they all tell
me to go ahead, ma'am. | amt one
to marry reckless-like, ma'am. y
Tit-Bits.
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The Heagn Of the American Girl.

Word comes from London that
the reign Of the American girl in
Great Britain is ended. The report
is that the British damsel has learn
ed her lesson, and has come to be as
lively and brilliant as her American
cousin, and is a winner once more
in the competitor between them. IF
the news is true, few will mourn.
None of the Americans, except the
ladies Immediately concerned, hare
taken any great amount of comfort
in our girls success in London. The
American men and the British la
dies have been of one mind about it.
Both have disapproyed. The inter-
national marriage has had a certain
usefulness in bringing the Ameri-
cans and the English into closer re-
lations, but the advantages of it have
been too one-sided. Nine times out
of ten the United States has lost
citizen aud England has gained one.
1t is time for a more equitable ar
rangement to obtain. Perhaps, if
it is true that English women have
developed new charms and graces,
some of our young men may begin
to go accounting beyond the seas.
Would it avail them anything? Per-
haps so; but that is still to be DEM
onstrated. We have been used to
realize that English men of large
matrimonial opportunities are liable
to marry American women, but it is
still to be shown that an English
woman who is in a position to have
good offers at home is in any danger
at all of marrying out of her own
land and into the United States.
The English women have not always
seemed superlatiYely attractive to
the English men, but hitherto tho
English men have almost invariably
been good enough for the English
women.-Harper's Weekly.
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Distinction in Names.


''1t's rather Disappointing" said
the Cuban insurgent, athat We can't
be recognized as belligerents.'
"Never mind,'' was the reply.
eve are all right. You've noticed
that when a young man gets through
. medical college he puts out an ele-
giant gilt sign, and is known as a
physician But whenever anybody
in the neighborhood gets sick they
send for the old-fashioned fellow
that everybody's been calling plain
doctor for years"
s'That's true"
"And so some of these people who
sit in the Office and write pieces
about us are journalists. But the
one who gets the real facts is simply
known as newspaper man.
eyes"
"Well, We aren't any Fbelligerents.'
We're fighters. Washington Star.
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Where is That Fool Killer?

Two Brooklyn men propose to
cross the Atlantic in a twenty-foot
boat.
The wife of Paul Goertz, Lex
ington barber, told him to 60 and
hang himself. He took her at her
word, and when an officer found him
life was almost extinct.
A New Yorker heard there was
money in eggs. He bought ten crates
and very carefully opened every egg,
but says he couldn't find cent. He
thinks some Philadelphia was guy
ing him.
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What is

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Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine
other Narcotic substance. It is harmless substitute
for Parcgorc, Drops Soothing Syrups and Castor Oil.
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Millions Of Mothers Castora destroys Worms and allays
feyerfshncss Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd.
cures Diarrhoa and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
tecthng troubles constipation and hatulency.
Castcria assimates tho food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and sleep. Cas-.
toria is the ChiIdren's Friend.
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What Politeness Means.


The real polite member CT fami-
ly is the one who does the most ~
ing when guests are present.-Atch-
ison Globe.
When a man is cross and impolite
in his conduct toward you, he is not
trying to work you. A man who
has scheme is always polite
Atchison Globe.
1t is said politeness costs man
nothing. He gets the ride in the
car he has paid tor all the same if he
does give up his seat through polite
ness.-New Orleans Picayune.
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Madge-I never thought you
would become engaged to such a
bashful fellow. He seldom says more
than word at time.
Dolly know he is dreadful
conyersationalist, my dear, but it's
his money that talks.-N. Y. World.
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Grace-I must refuse him, poor
fellow, but | wish / could do come.
thing to lessen the pain of it.
Maud-Get some one to tell him
that you haven't so much money as
he thinks you have.-Brooklyn Life.
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Mrs. Gossip-Mr. Puffington says
that he is wholly self made man.
Miss Pertly-It is commendable
in him TO own up to it; many man
would have blamed it on his wife
Truth.
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Mrs. Youngwite-I made this cake
all by my little selfy.
Mr.. Youngwife-I don't doubt it.
Texas Siftings.
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Shea married man can live on
half the money single man re-
quires.
He-Yes; and some married men
are glad to live at all IN. Y. World.
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To Offer a Reward of 100 Dol
lars

for a case of catarrh that cannot be
cured, creates suspicion that the
article SO advertised is humbug.
Do you know of any such reward be.
ing paid? Ely Bros. do not promise
rewards in order to sell their we'll
known Cream Balm. They offer the
most effective medicaats, prepared
IN convenient form to use, and at
the lowest possible price, SO cents
per bottle. An honest and effective
remedy, which is absolutely free from
mercurial or other harmful drugs.
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One reason why women are so gener-
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girls they learn nothing about their own
physical make up. Parents are waking up
10 the importance Of education Of this kind.
and young women are becoming more and
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Carelessress in girlhood causes the great
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Little irregularities and weaknesses in girlf
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