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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-12-04

At sale of thoroughbreds in Lex
ington several well-bred horses were
sold for s., S. and like sums-the
lowest prices ever realized in Ken
lucky. Two horses were actually
given away. Prosperity doesn't seem
TO have struck a rapid gait on the
Blue Grass turf-Wheeling Register.
Nor anything else, judging from
the result of the recent election in
that State, Prosperity comes to those
who seek it, and when men or com.
munities or states or nations indicate
by their votes that they prefer to fol
low a foolish chimera rather than
promenade DER the paths of prospect
ty, they should not expect market
for their horses or anything else.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-12-04

The City Council of Parkersburg
passed an ordinance making it unlaw-
tul for anyone besides the proprietor
or employees to be seen going in or
coming out of saloon on Sunday.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-12-04
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The morning news., 1897-08-16

He was a hot-headed, impetuous college
boy, and just now he hooked both cha
grined and amused, says Harper's Bazaar.
''What is the matter?" I asked.
"Oh, well, I've done it for myself again.
Tom Bates just met me and told me that
he is engaged 20 Susie Rollins. He, the
finest fellow 1 know engaged to that
girl, She is loud and vulgar, and horribly
selfish, besides having a beasGy temper.
She Will make him mbserabler'
What did you say to him?'' queried I.
What could I say? I did not want to
iie to him, so 1 couldn't congratulate him.
1 just said, Dear old man, hope you
may be very happy
Why don't you congratulate me,
Dick?' he asked. I am a subject for con-
gratula tions, I assure you
Then / said, I shall save my congratu-
ladons for the young lady
II know by his look that he was hurt,
bnt what could I do?'
What could he, what could any of US do
under like circumstances? We see a dear
friend tying herself for Efe to a man who
we know is not worthy of her. She thinks
ne is, for love is blind, and that man is a
fool who cannot hide his defects from the
woman he would win. And the girls fam
ily may be blinded by the suitor's suave
manners and agreeable aspect. But we
NHCW HfIu III the daily walks or lie, IN
the business world among people for
whose good opinion he cares nothing, and
here his real character shows itself. The
dear girl comes and tells US her happy Sc
cret and asks for our congra tula tions,
and what can we do? If we say, "Oh,
my dear child, he is selfish, he is unprin,
cipled. he is petty, he will ruin your hap
piness," she is wounded, angry and in
credulous, and who could blame her? Does
she not think she knows the man who has
cOurted her all these months? But if, on
the other hand, we smile and lyingy con-
gratulate her our COnsciences cry out
shame upon us. What is the right path
so lose a friend by your truth-telrng, or,
by acting a lie, keep a friend who may
suffer when it viii be too, late for US to
uetter a word OF warning? In either case
We feel guilty.. and as If we had done
something which we ought not to have
done, or had left undone that which we
ought TO have done.
The morning news., 1897-08-16

Great excitement down in our vii
lage," said the old gentleman with A
round face and kindly ways who is visit
ing his stylish relatives in the city. ac-
cordihg to the Detroit Free Press. For
about week things were stirred up like
they were in war times. We had burglars
three nights in succession. In two cases
The victims wakened up and had to lay
them while their things were being stol-
en- ! suppose you people in a big town
ike this wouldn't think the second time
about such an affair, but we didn't think
or talk about anything else. 1t was a
mighty serious thing. and a lot of US that
met in the pOstofhce decided to have the
streets patrolled. Not satisfied with this
precaution, some one in almost every fam
lily was moving about all night, and l
don't think any one but the babies slept
well. In spite Of these arrangements there
was another house robbed and about the
whole town was on guard.
1T was on Wednesday night OF last
week about a. M, that we had our big
gest excitement / was sitting up so as
to take an occasional peek through the
shutters, but must have dozed off Your
aunt was in bed with her eyes wide wide
open, and Jim was occupying a bench on
the stoop. Everything was as still as a
Quaker meetin'. when there was a shot
off the bench with a whoop, aunt let out
an awful screech, the children screamed
in chorus, and I'll own l was so skeered
that l just set still and had a good shiv-
er afore | done anything else. BY that
time people were runnin in every direc-
ton, dogs was barkin', all were shoutin
and half a dozen pistols seemed to be go
ing off to once. While we were running
the thing down to see just what had hap
pened, three men told me about shootin'
at burglars, two boys declared they had
been chased by them. and one fellow said
he had been knocked down by masked
men when about to grab him.
Come TO find out it was only the Wild
ow Sims. She had a rusty old horse ps-
tol left her by her late husband and decid-
ed to put it in shape for business. She
had set up a good part of the night, rub
bin oilin, and diggin' out dirt Then
she loaded it as though it was a shotgun,
opened her back door about two inches
and banged away just to see if the thing
would work. That's what started the
whole racket, and we've had no burglars
since"
The morning news., 1897-08-16
personal.

The figure has a peculiar connection
with the career Of the Emperor Of Ger
many. His majesty is the ninth king of
Prussia; he was born in the hfty-ninth
year OF the century, entered the army in
1869. and completed his university career
in 1873 The dates Of his birth and mar
riage, Jan. o. and Feb =, botn make
nine II the figures and are added to-
gether.
Miss Susan p. Anthonys father was
seriously warned against marrying his
wife, who was Lucy Reed His family
considered her too worldly to be a suitable
wife for Quaker, because she sang and
danced and Wore pretty clothes. The
night before the wedding the young couple
went 10 neighbors and the young girl
danced until O'Clock in the morning. 1t
IS said that after her marriage next day
she never danced again.
Mats Juhln- -DannfeIt is dead. Word
has just been received from far off Congo,
in Africa, that Stanleys intrepid lieuten-
ant had passed away. With his death
Congo loses OF its foremost men and its
Oldest white citizen, for Juhlin- Dannfelt
has lived in that country ever since 1888,
in which year he arrived a Stanley Pool
He was the commander-in-chief of Lower
Congo and had his headquarters at Bun.
Among other important works the com
mander did for Congo was the survey Of
the boundary line between his own terri
tory and the French possessions. This
survey was accepted by the Berlin con
ference in 1886 Juhin-Dannfelt, prior to
his travels in the dark continent, was an
officer in the artillery of Sweden. He
came of a prominent family At the pres
ent time his brother is the royal Swedish
Norwegian consul At London. lie was
soldier of singularly high attainments,
with a decided liking for exploration. He
never resigned from the Swedish army and
continued to hold his place by grace of the
king, who constantly renewed his leave of
absence Juhlin-Dannfelt was very popu-
lar in Congo-much more than STANLEY
and was one of the few men in whom the
great explorer reposed absolute confidence.
He died of malaria fever
The morning news., 1897-08-16

In the North Of England. where rabbit
coursing is most IN vogue. swift. well.
trained dogs often win large sums IN
prizes says Answers. II is therefore lit
tlc 20 be- wondered az that the owners OF
these animals should bestow 20 much at
teniion on them
An OLD Yorkshire collier wei known for
bic success in tho confslng aoid. recently
surprised all his mates by marrying a
very unprcnossesslng raupcr woman He
had always been rockoncd confirmed
hater " the other sea-.
why has IN gone ana vof splced. lad.
nf fhy aref' one of hIa friends asked him.
ron. that's not much ~ "a tale" an.
Hwcrei thc oid man, st0ldly. n agree
WI So at Betsy Yondef b. 90 beauty -
slc ha1 been shouldn't have wed hfr
hut ihat there dog 70 mine hc uaH simply
plnin flf sombody Cd look after BIN while
D uaa away o. f rIL 7 couldn't hear f0
lfnfa Dim in fhf N1uff hB h|rron. ao u
hif an thf ilen ~ maryln' nffaY Fhra
raf handsome blf shoe mighty foo1 COM.
rnnF f0f fhs dQgf
The morning news., 1897-08-16

Gov. Atkinson of West Virginia has
within a week, come into rather unenvi-
able notorioty. as an apologist for, If not
indeed, an instigator Of crimes OF vio-
lence A man named Kimes shot a man
named Hall three times for alternating
the affections" Of Kimes' wife. On trial
ISimes was convicted. and received the
almost ridiculous sentence OF twenty-four
hours IN jail and a nominal fine. He did
not 90 to jail or pay the fine. however,
for Gov Atkinson pardoned him, saying:
II remit this fine and costs with more
pleasure than any word the English Ian
guage can furnish me TO express. ="
My only regret is that Kimes did not kin
Hall lie ought to have done 50. He
should have practced with a double-bar-
relied shotgun or revolver. so that when
he made the attempt he would have
brought Hall down"
This is a most extraordinary statement
to come from the chief executive of a
great state; man sworn to support the
laws and the constitution. to uphold the
courts and TO punish and discourage
crime. And there is just now especial
A~eAa'iA why tNNl9 6ONtl iOA VI a oOuAh'LiA
state should discourage crimes Of vio-
lence. But not only did he make the
statement excusing crime in granting
the pardon; he also wrote letters to sew
eral New York newspapers, reterating
his statement and glorying in it, In his
letters he seeks to justify himself upon
the high ground of what the yellow"
journals call human interest" ''Any
man who has a heart in his bosom" says
the governor, "and. has a wife and chill
dren, cannot but feel as 1 do about this
matter" His emotions, therefore, he sets
above the cool deliberatlon and justice of
the law.
Under the West Virginia Atkinson's code
of ethics, every man would be the arbiter
of the destlnies of his enemy. Every man
who fancied he had a grievance involving
the domestic circle would be justified in
pracucing with his shotgun or revolver
until he had become an expert shot, and
then going out and killing the person
against whom the grievance was harbor-
ed. There would be no need OF courts of
justice. Each man would dispense "ju-
tANt AOA iiAiAAtlAt anu iltdNtn Ittp lilG
man who failed to get the drop"
1t can only be that Gov. Atkinson's
words will nave pernicious effect. They
amount virtually. to an invitation to all
men in West Virginia who are, or who
imagine they are, in a position similar to
that occupied by Kimes before the shoot
ing of Hail. to indulge in target practice
until they are qualified 10 kill, and then
TO go cunning for their men, with the
assurance that the chief executive will
not only see that they go unpunished but
will present them with a set of compli-
mentary resolutions. and possibly a blue
ribbon as a mark of honorable distinction
We hope the world will distinctly under
stand that It was Atkinson of West Vir-
ginia and not Atkinson of Georgia. who
did this thing. Atkinson of Georgia is a
champion of the law and the courts. the
enemy of pistol-toters and perpetrators of
crimes of violence.
The morning news., 1897-08-16
BRIGHT BITS.

New Family Physician-"And now, my
dear madame, if you will briefly tell me
what you have already done for your i'll
ness" Europe and North Afri-
ca. Detroit Journal.
The Croesus Type of Physician-(Over-
heard in a drugstore ~ don't believe in
changing doctors all the while. 1 would
keep the same doctor even if he got as
old as Croesus. Crypt.
Time Not Expired-Mr Benefeld-"Is
Andree back yet?"
Mr.. Bloomheld-"Not yet. I think he
must have been sent up for thirty days"
-Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Miss Oldgirl: You naughty man! Do
you mean to tell me this is the first time
you ever were in love?
Mr. OIdboy: I did have a rheumatic
affection once; but Of course that doesn't
coHnt.-Boston Transcript.
"A Man Of Leisure-Johnny Squanch-
MY father is a carpenter; he builds
houses. Your father don't do anything.
does he?" Bobby Thickneck-"H He's a
democratic officehoder, but he amt work
ed much at it lately."-PuckA
-He-"Do you believe in palmistry-
that you can tell anything by the hand?"
She-"Certainly Now, for example, if I
had a certain kind of ring on a certain
finger of my left hand, people would know
that 1 was ged. ''-Tit-Bits.
-safe-"May I kiss you Miss Tenspot?"
asked young Mr.. Higgins. Have you
ever kissed girl before?" asked the young
lady. "Neverf' asseverated the young
man. Then you may kiss me- ! draw
the line at men who kiss and tell.''-Life.
Timely Warning Don't you believe
all you see in the funny papers about sum-
mer girls and their engagements just for
fun" said the sad-eyel man. "Why not?'
'I thought l had met that kind Of girl last
summer; but she married me good and
tight before the year was out t"-Philadel-
phia North American.
The morning news., 1897-08-16

Mr.. Tom Watson was undoubtedly gift
ed with prophetic vision when ne wrote
some weeks ago about the irupend ng dis
intesrauon Of the populst party into its
original elements. The process of dlsin-
tegration is now going on, and in a man
ner which must be very instructive II not
pleasing 20 Nr. Watson and his friends.
Mr.. Watson Is able to note the correctness
of his forecast. Notwithstanding his hopes
Of ever being Vice President are constant
ly fading
The populist party attained TO the zenith
Of its glory aud power in the last cam
paign. when certain designing managers
Of 1t found it commanded votes enough up
ou which TO base bargains and sales
Taey made the bargains. sold out the
party TO the highest bidders IN various
sections, and pocketed the proceeds. The
party now. ten months after Mr.. Watson s
warnings and protests. is beginning TO
awaken 70 the fact that it was hoaxed
and sold. and is making efforts 20 get
hack into the middle Of the road" but
it is too late; the party is hopelessiy com
promised, and there is nothing for it to
DO but succumb TO the inevitable and go
out of business.
The fact Is, the populist party has had
its day There is neither room nor need
for it us a great party, therefore il can
not exist as such. There may continue TO
be a small organization for the accom-
mediation Of the irreconclables. the sore
heads and the cranks, but the party will
never be formidable lis leaders viii
never again have the votes TO bargain and
sell that they had last fail. The extremi-
ty to which it has already been reduced IN
Ohio was pointedly Illustrated the other
day when Jakey Coxey, the crack Drained
organizer Of a tramp army. was nomI-
mated by the midd,e-of-the- road populists
for governor. Not even Mr.. Watson would
vote that ticket he would pass both the
contingent and the ticket in contemptu-
Gus pity.
1t falls out, by the way. that the middle
of-the-road populsts of Ohio are not
above suspicion. There is a stoEy current
to the effect that some of the leaders were
paid by the republican state committee 70
defeat fusion, in order to weaken the op-
position to Mark Hanna for the Senate,
and that is why the Coxey ticket is in
the field. However. the ticket VIII not
amount TO great deal one way or an
other. Conscientious voters are breaking
away from populism and returning 10
their former political allegiances. BY the
time the next campaign is fairly open the
majority Of those who were popuists
year ago viii probably have become once
more either democrats or republicans.
The morning news., 1897-08-16

The "telautograph" is said to have been
perfected at last, ard It ia expected that it
will soon be put into practical use. This
instruments for the transmission of hand
writing to distant points by cleo
tricity was invented some time ago, but
has only recently been put in such shape
that ~ can be used TO practical advantage.
Arrangements will be made TO use this IN
strlment somewhat after the manner Of
The telephone, connections being made
through exchanges. but 81 Will require no
attendant as 10 can receive messages while
locked IN desk provided the man az the
other end Of the wire has secured his con-
nection and writes them out The Gray
National Telautoeraph Company, named
after The inventor. has recently been form-
edain New York, and il is expected that a
senator Will soon bee able 10 sit in his office
IN Washington and write oul an order for
sugar la New York without the necessity
OF submittns 90 delay In the arrival OF his
message.
The morning news., 1897-08-16
Down on the Trnrts.

II tell you" shouted the fat. well-dress-
ed. wel-fed man who occupied two chairs
on the upper deck, says the Detroit Free
Press. "we've got to smash these trusts,
annihilate them, wipe them off the face Of
the earth, and make it capital offense to
re-establish them"
I'm afraid you don't understand
trusts" said the quiet man, who had been
interrupted in the reading of his paper.
What are you talking about? l know
all about my subject The men who run
these three-ringed monoplles are the brig
ands of commerce, the pirates of the civil
lied world. thieves. robbers and licensed
tyrants. When l hear a man defending
trusts I think he's just about as bad as
the people who belong to them. We're
going 10 get rid OF them II IL costs US a
revolution"
III I'm not mistaken" said third per-
son who had been listening with interest.
you tried 10 organize a trust once, your
self" and the speaker looked intently at
the fat man.
what Of ito" was snapped In response
II didn't succeed, did /? My experience
only goes 70 show how coptemptible some
men are. ! had everything coopered. We
would have had an alr-tlght. copper-riv-
eted monopoly and fixed prices 10 suit our
selves But two or three men with the
most money pretended 70 have oonsc,ences
backed out and Knocked my scheme into
a cooked hat That's one thing that set
me against capital, and Il need never ex-
pect any favors from me- II soaked Il
20 me when had a cinch.a and I'm playing
10 get even. l believe in competition. Live
aud .et live. Give every man a square
deal"
what does he do?" asked the quiet man
OF q bystauder.
Runs bucket shop ana buys tax H.
ties"
The morning news., 1897-08-16
The Lie nIood OF the citr.

Those who have watched the course of
business in this city realize that it's future
depends upon the development of its com
merce. It's fortunes, as it were. are in its
deep river and safe harbor, and in its far
reaching and well equipped railroad sys-
TENS. Savannah is pre-eminently a com
mercial city, Upon its commerce rests ev-
cry other enterprise or business venture.
II is not the merchant who loads the ship
or the bank which buys the exchange rep
resenting the value of a cargo that alone
are benefited, but every industry receives
its share of the profits from the prosper
ity which flows into the port from the sea
or from the interior by railroad. or course
savannah has fertilizer factories, a car
factory. lumber mills and oil factories
rice mills. foundries and machine shops
and other and smaller industries; in fact
all those many adjuncts which other COM
mercial cities have; but I'm the main the
basis of her money making capacity is in
her commerce. To foster the trade by
sea and land is the duty of the munich
pality as well as Of individuals; not for the
benefit of the particular class of persons
who manage the citys commercial enter
prises, but in the interest Of all inhabi-
tants. To this end there should be no
unnecessary burdens placed upon COM
merce by close quarantine or by unjust
legislation against railroads. Trade should
be as free as it is possible to make II
while doing justice to other interests.
The morning news., 1897-08-16
lNDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Notices-Liquor Licenses; An
Exhibition and Free Distribution of Crack
ers To-day at Advertising and Exhibiting
Bureau.
Legal Notice-Notice TO Debtors and
Creditors Estate Charlotte s Branch, De-
ceased.
Don't Forget-south End Hotel, Tybee
Island.
Steamship schedules-Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company
S75 Crawford Bicycles $S5-Lindsay &
Morgan.
Pearline- James Pyle, New York
Cottoline-N. X Fairbanks Company
Gold Dust Washing Powder-N. X. Fair
banks Company.
Medical-Cutcura Remedies; Hood >
Pills. Womans Friend
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted Employment Wanted; For Rent:
For Sale; Lost; Persona; Miscellaneous.
The morning news., 1897-08-16

There is coming a day when che can.
ucd-irult industry vii cease Co De- an
enormous moncy-mlNng enterprise. and
Tho few who are now beginning 10 soc tha
future OF business dealing with dried
fruits w.u Dr. mulu-ml Iouaircs. saws tho
Boston rfntcIer And th, host of it wuI
ne that tno profit OF D. VIII NOT be wholly
ip thc d'nisu. Dried fwit soils ai about
haf thc price Chat canned fruit com.
ranla. ani % wil 80 nye times farther.
Whom fuch "a rearon wlil not appeal to I.
boa. .ohesp.r the hel thlf BE- De- superior
No. canned goods 0n account on the mol-
orn rroa'.s.s fIl make some Impression.
ln California hei have learned 10 pre-.
rIfr uun's ao HrlI chat large quanutsa
af. HlH'd to France. tbs home of the
rHHr aHi.e California mislns fats nra..
N.fIf rHn foreign raIens out OF fhh
WafH.H 900 fHaH .anfa of pounds of aprI.
.is anl nrtH Ho fo Europe
The morning news., 1897-08-16

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The morning news., 1897-08-16
CURRENT COMMENT.
An American Navy.
From the New York Sun Und).

That our American ships should have
American crews has lately been greatly
desired by the navy department. In the
army the number of men applying for en-
lstment has been so large of late years
that congress has felt justified in consider
ing acceptance as a privilege. and so con-
dning il to Americans. In the navy it is
not so easy to get a superabundance of
good men; but the high percentage of
Americans now shown is most satisfact tory.
and the future tendency will be TO make it
higher.
The morning news., 1897-08-16
senators aud Primaries.
From the Philadelphia Ledger Und.

The proposition in the Virginia demo-
cratic convention Of a primary nomination
for United States senator was
only one OF rapidly in
creasiug series Of utterauces show
ing the trend OF popular opinion In that
direction. II was defeated largely through
the efforts Of Senator Daniel. who did not
seem 20 care about submitting himself TO
tho people for reelection but Il was sig
nincant. nevertheless and taken I'm connec-
tlon with many other utterances on the
subject. in various parts Of the country.
indicated the probable tenor Of the six
teenth amendment 20 the United states
Constitution