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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20
LITTLE LOCALS.

If to be bill collector
Any woman's hopes should run,
They would certainly reject her
Woman 5 work is never done.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

There was nothing out of the usual
here on st. Patrick S Day.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

Make it pleasant for the new neigh
bors you get on April /.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

Meat is playing in third place, eggs
and fish having the lead.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

1t is predicted that the last of this
month will be stormy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

HOOPS Pills are purely vegetable
aud do not purge, pain or gripe. All
druggists. 25c.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

"And the blow almost killed Cor
bett.'
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

Is dangerous disease. 1t may lead
directly to consumption. Catcrrh is
caused by impure blood, and the true
way to cure it is by purifying the
blood. Thousands testify that they
have been cured by Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

GRADUATED sugar ne at Felker's.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

All druggists sell DR.. Niles Nerve Plassers-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

The B. & o. is doing big business
in the freight line.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

Friendship is the bud Of the fowe r
OF life
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

Green prevailed Wednesday.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

Evaporated apricots Ioc per pound
at Felker's.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

Sloppy weather.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

Be fit for more than the thing you
are now doing.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

Macaroni Sc a package at Felker's.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

March will soon be past.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

Wild geese are moving northward.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

Get your tomato seed at the can
ming factory
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

Arbuckle and Lion coffee. ~ cents,
at Felker's
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-20

Any woman 5 hopes should run,
They would certainly reject her
Woman work is never done.
Sloppy weather
March will soon be past
Green prevailed Wednesday.
GRADUATED sugar 411c at Felkers.
Wild geese are moving northward.
Macaronl SC package at Felkers.
Friendship is the bud Of the flower
OF life.
"And the blow almost killed Cor
bett.
Evaporated apricots Ioc per pound
at Felker's.
Get your tomato seed at the can
ming factory
Arbuckle and Lion coffee. IL cents,
at Felker's.
Be fit for more than the thing you
are now doing
The B. & o. is doing big business
in the freight line.
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1t is predicted that the last OF this
month will be stormy
Make it pleasant for the new neigh
bors you get on April /.
Meat is playing in third place, eggs
and fish having the lead.
There was nothing out Of the usual
here nr, CT pnfririy'G DaU
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-29

might follow the scourging. 4 daint-
J lily brought-up feminine creature would
! think twice, nay, fifty times, before she
would run the risk Of allowing her
! delicate body to be dashed by whips
welded by the merciless hands Of 4
I couple of her own sex-such & prospect
! Of degradation, pain, shame, and ont
/ ragged vanity would be more effectuaI
to kill the brute in her than all the i'm
posing ceremonials of courts of law and
special juries. Think of it, kings.
! lords, and commonsi Whipping at the
! carts tail was once a legal punishment
! if yon would stop the growing i'm
morality and ackless vice Of women
you mad best revive it again-only ap-
! ply it to rich as we'll as to poor, for
! it is most probable that the gay Ouch
| esses and countesses Of your lands
will need its sharp services more fire.
Quently than the work-worn wives OF
! your laboring men. Luxury, idleEess,
and love of dress are hCt-beds for sin
| look for it, therefore, not SO much III
the novels of the starving and naked
boudcirs of the misconceptions for
it, as your brave physicians would
search out the seeds of a pestilence
that threatens to depopulate a great
city, and trample it out if you can and
will-if you desire to keep the name OF
your countries glorious in the eyes Of
future history. Spare not the rod be
11-s,F ho,,
rich hair falling around her in beauti-
full dishevclmert and her eyes bathed
in tears, implOres your mercy-fOr by
very reason of her wealth and station
she deserves less pity than the PAINTED
Cutcast who knows not where to turn
for bread. A high post demands high
duty, But talk wildly. Whipping is
done away with, for women at least
we give a well-bred shudder of disgust
at the thought of it. When do we
shudder with equal disgust at cur own
social enormities? Seldom or never.
bands and wives can separate and GO
Meanwhile, in cases of infidelity. hus-
on their different ways in comparative |
peace. Yes-some can and some do;
but am not one Of these. Nc law in !
all the world can mend the torn flag |
Of my honor; therefore | must be law |
to myself-a counsel, jury, judge, !
all in one-and from my decision there !
can be no appeal Then l must act as
eXecutioner-and what torture was
ever SO perfectly unique as the one | |
had devised? So I unused, lying !
broadly awake, with face upturned to
the heavens, watching the light of the
moon pouring itself out On the ocean
like a shower of gold, while the water
rushed gurgling softly against the
sides of the brig, and broke into the
laughter of white foam as we scudded |
along.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-29

{ few more enuSlYe compliments and
civiiities on the part OF the captain.
they took their departure. completely
baffed, and quite convinced that the
information they had received mad been
somehow incorrect AS soon as they
were out Of sight, the merry Andrea
capered OF his deck like a child IL :
playground, and snapped his fingers
defantly.
Per Bacco!" he cried, ecstaticaily.
they should as soon make a priest
tell confessional secrets, as force me-,
honest Andrea LuZiani, to betray
man who has given me good cigGTs'
Let them run back to Gaeta and hunt
il every hole and cornerl Carnelo
may rest comfortably in the Monte
maggiore without the shadow OF q
gendarme to disturb him. All, signor.,
for I had advanced to bid him farewell
Il am truly sorry to part COMPANY
with youl You do not blame me for
helping away poor devil who trusts
me-"
Not l." l ans Eered him heartily.
ON the contrary, l would there we're
more like you. Addiot and with this
here gave him the passage-money we
had agreed upon, accept my thanks
I shall not forget your kindness; if you
ever need a friend, send to me-"
But" he said with naive mingling
Of curiosity and timidity. how can I
do that if the signor does not tell me
his name?'
l had thought Of this during the past
night. l knew it would be necessary
to take a different name, and | had
resolved on adopting that of school
friend, boy to VI ON l had been pro-
fCundly attached in my earliest youth,
and who had been drowned before nv
eyes while bathing in The Venetian
Lido. So l answered Andrea's ques-
ton at once and without effort.
To be continued.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
A New Use For Cats.

German journalism does not often
awaken suspicious OF intended humor,
but Munich paper gives an account
of a newly formed London society,
behind which one can fancy a huge
Teutonic grin. The society alluded to
is said to be a "National Club for the
Propagation of Cats" and the reason
why the peaceful domestic feline is
suddenly becoming so valuable as to
merit "propagating" is, we are told,
that it has dawned upon the promoters
of the club that the cat, possessing, as.
it does, great latent electricity, is, or
will be, an excellent generator or
condensator of electricity, which may
be of great value to sufferers from
homeopathic and neurasthenic dis,
orders" Just how these novel gen
orators or condensators" are to be
made use of is not divulged, but the
project appears pregnantwith interest
ing possibilities from cats worn after
the fashion of porous plasters to mas
sage with live cats. Whatever may be
intended to be done with them it is
probable that the unfortunate beasts
will direly need every one of the nine
lives with which they are said to be
endowed.-New York Commercial
Advertiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
Famous Cheese Doomed.

France, and through France the
whole civilized world, will probably
suffer in the course of few years an
irreparable calamity. Roquefort, one
of the most famous of cheeses, Is
threatened with speedy extinction. No
part of the blame for this disaster rests
with nature. Mans greed alone can
be held responsible. The milk OF the
sheep that browsed on the thyme-clad
banks of the Larnac and Aveyron has
long since ceased to suffice for the mar
ket. Flocks were according y fed in
the grassy pastures, and yielded more
milk, but of an inferior quality. Worse
still, cows milk was mingled with that
of the sheep, the cheese being artlh.
cially ripened, and speedy deteriorat
ton ensued. Buyers now look ask.
ance at what is called Roquefort, and
a business worth nearly one million
dollars every year and employing co.
600 people seems likely to perish. A
strong effort is being made by the
local authorities to revive old methods
of production, but name and an art
once lost are with difficulty recovered.
London Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22

ing and insertion were the materials
used in making this neat and simple
apron, but dotted Swiss, cross-barred
muslin, striped and plain cambria,
percale and gingham are equally suit
able. The upper portion consists OF
short fitted body having a straig ight
lower edge, the neck being cut in low
rounded outline.
The skirt portion is simply gathered
at the upper edge and joined to the
body, band of needlework concealing
the seam. A belt of insertion encir-
cles the waist and is carried forward
to the centre, closing with button and
button-hole. The skirt is hemmed
deeply at the bottom; narrow hens
finishing the back edges where the
closing is effected. An attractive fea-
ture is the fanciful bertha. cut in two
sections, that is included in the neck,
falling deeply over the sleeves and
forming an epaulette that adds to the
breadth of shoulders and is univer-
sally becoming. Both it and the neck
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
The Vogue in Winter Millinery.

Certainly, if there had been any
doubt of Henry of Navarro being for
gotten it would be dissipated by the
fact that on the head of almost every
thing fem nine there waves, this au-
tumn, his historic white plume. 1t
stands up as bravely as possible. In
addition, feathers of all shades obtain,
although they have not driven either
flowers, ribbons, velvet or spangles
out of the field.
sIThe shape preferred is the one most
becoming to the Individual. Furs,
especially sable and chinchilla, are
fashionable garnitures, and rich vel
vets and silks are draped over soft
frames, producing wonderfully effec-
tive results. Purple is still holding
the imperial sway it has for three
years. although a wonderful deep red
is close rival to it, while royal blue,
silver-gray, black and white, white
and black, all black and all white OBJ
taid. Brilliant buckles and pins are
used to fasten flowers and plumes to
position. Indeed, wherever an effec-
tive bit of color or brightness can be
artistically arranged, there it is in evil
dence. Home Journal.
Child's Apron.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22

sleeves are narrow and fit the arm
closely from the wrist to the elbow,
above which the effect is slightly
wrinkled or mousquetaire. They are
finished at the top with puffs of the
same that are caught on the shoulders
in graceful and stylish effect.
Waists of this description can be
made of novelties, plain, checked,
striped or plaid woolens or light.
weight cloths, and may be trimmed
with either ribbon, braid, passemen.
terie or velvet. Silk, velvet and cor.
duroy are also applicable to the mode.
To make this waist for lady in the
medium size will require two and
three-fourths yards of forty-four-inch
material
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
CHAPTER V.
THE RIVALS COME TO BLOWS.


A week went by.
At the end of that time Mamie had
come to the conclusion, from Dicks
actions, that he considered everything
at an end between them, as he had
said He spoke to her pleasantly
enough, when he spoke at all. He
did not seem to try to avoid her, but
there was a sense of distance between
them which made her feel that he was
more like a stranger than the Dick
Brayton she had known. That Dick
was gone. This one was like him,
and reminded her of him in many
ways, but she missed the Dick of two
weeks ago.
Considering her unqualified refusal
of his heart and hand, it was rather
singular that she should be indignant
at him for not seeming to grieve over
her rejection more She felt that he
ought to show great disappointment
and become despondent; and because
he did not she felt personally ag-
grieved. He had altogether too good
an appetite for rejected lover, and
he didn't seem inclined to withdraw
from society, as it seemed to her he
ought to, under the circumstances. She
began to think that he hadn't cared as
much for her as she had thought he
did, and felt offended because of it.
He seemed to take real pleasure in
talking with Rhoda Stevens at singing
school, and he went home with her
twice week. Why this should have
worried Mamie, since she had refused
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
THE MAD WORLD.

The mad world rushes along the ages
And forward! forward! is still the cry.h
No time to rest, for the battle RACES;
Then hurry and worry and struggle and
die.
No time to rest by the fountains, flowing
Through shady groves, where the poets
sing,
With fresh winds blowing and wild fowers
growing,
And Pan to pipe for our pleasuring.
The sun goes down in blaze Of splendor,
And the moonlight trembles along the
seas;
The nightingale's song is sweet and tender.
But the world Is too busy to care fo1
these.
foolish world, in your greed for treasure
You are taking the husks and leaving the
grain;
You are missing the sweets that make life
pleasure,
And getting the trouble and labor and
pain. ..-.-
ID. Il. Morehead. In Boston Transcript.
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PlTH AND POINT.

May-"Did you and Cholly have
any luck fishing?" Maud-"He did;
1 didn't" May-'"rhen you're not
engaged after all?"-Puck.
Philanthropist-"W -"What was the i'm
mediate cause of your fall, my good
man?" The. Good Man-"My sweet
heart dropped me. Boston Trans
cript. -..
He-'If people said just what they
thought, it would do lot of harm,
wouldn't it?" She-"Well, it would re.2
duce conversation about nine-tenths. I"
Puck.
Penelope-"What did he send you
for wedding PRESENT." Pauline
"Cut glass;" Penelope-"Ah, table,
ware, suppose?" Pauline-''No-a
necklace" Truth.
Prisoner Reformer Ito convict -
''Have you any complaint to make?"
Convict-"Well, I'd BE better salts
fed if 7 wasn't locked up Philadel-
phia North American.
Ethel-"And when he said he was
willing to die for you, what did you
do?" Penelope-"Why, I nearly
tainted! The idea of the only man. at
summer resort talking Of dying" -"
Puck. -. ..
Teacher lin kindergarten)-"You'y
omitted something, Mabel, in making
your letter rs What is it?" Mabel
IT guess I forgot to put eyebrows
over them. "-London Household
| Words.
"That man wants a design for
laundry advertisement" remarked the
artist, thoughtfully. "What is it to
be?" Gall he said was that he wanted
something appropriate. I guess I'll
fix him up some sort of wash draw
ing."-Washington Star.
"a great many people go beyond
their means trying to make show"
declared the sage philosopher.
"That's right" assented Chumpley;
IT blew in $4,000 trying to make
show, and it busted the third week
out. detroit Free Press.
'It won't be long," said the man
who loves to talk science at the table,
'before all our engines and that sort
Of thing will be run by the heat of the
sum-" "But," asked his wife, "f
they go to using up the heat Of the
sun that way, won't it make the
weather too cold to grow crops?"---.
Cincinnati Enquirer !
Now it chanced that the pilgrim ac- .
,osted an inhabitant of the town
through which he journeyed. 1T
seems to me-" remarked the pilgrim,
'that there are great many muddy
crossings in your town." "Mere illu-
sion, old man." answered the inhabi-
tant. "You get that impression from
20 many of our ladies wearing knick-
srbockers or short skirts. Detroit
Journal.
Small boy dashed breathless into q
merchants Office. els the guv'nor
| ln?" eyes; what do you want?" ''Must
zee him myself; most partikler." "But
you can't; he's engaged" Must see
him immejit; most pertikler." The
ooy's importantly got him in. "Well,
boy; what do you want?" oyer want
a orfice boy, sir?" ''You impudent
young rascal No! We've got one. :"
isNo, you amt, sir; he's just bin run
over in Cheapside." Boy engaged
Tit-Bits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
A WOn,lrOus Worm.

DIR. B. Lloyd Duncan of Fairmont,
W. Va, who is visiting his father,
James Duncan, of Bridgeport, Ohio,
has shipped to the Smithsonian Insti-
tute one of the most remarkable speci.
mems of worms ever seen. A few days ago
DR.. Duncan was digging angle worms
preparatory to going fishing, in Wheel
ing Creek, when he discovered what
appeared to be an extraordinarily large
one. The worm began crawling out
of the ground. The doctor, thinking
it remarkable specimen, allowed it
to extend itself from its hole without
injuring it. The worm when contract
ed and in its normal shape was exact
ly thirteen inches long and nearly half
an inch in diameter. When stretched
to its full length it measured little
more than thirty-five inches.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
For Those Fat and Those Lean.

A table OF relative heights and
weights given by Mrs. Eta Morse
Hudders in What to Eat is worth re-
peating. The weight of ordinary
clothing is included in the table. The
woman who reaches the minimum or
maximum weight for her height is
recommended to look carefully after
her diet, not only that her figure may
be what it should be, but for the sake
of her general health. The table is:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
Nation.


Here's a chance for some one. No
one has ever seen eels eggs. 1t is be-
lieved that they spawn in the ocean,
as they never increase in land-locked
pond. Fame and distinction await
the one who will solve this problem
that the naturalists have found too
much for them.-Lewiston Me. Jour
nal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22

Courtship is dull business in Japan,
as it is not customary for anyone to
kiss except man and wife. Even
mother and child do not exchange this
mark of affection !! ---.-.-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
NEW AND SEASONABLE.
SOME OF THE LATEST STYLES IN
FEMININE GARMENTS.

Small Basque of Tobacco-Brown Ladies'
Cloth, With Soutache Braid For Dec
oration-Ladies' and Misses Russian
Blouse Waist in the New Shade of Tan.
Tobacco-brown ladies' cloth, accord
ing to May Manton, was the material
selected for this smart basque, with
soutache braid employed as decora-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
Property in Three Cities.

The value of the house property OF
London is 1886, 100000 that of Paris
81, 43O, OOO,O that of New York ST.
355, 5,000,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22

are finished with frills Of embroidery
headed by bands Of insertion.
To make this apron for q child OF
eight years will require three yards OF
thirty-siX inch material.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
A Few Facts About Gold.

The standard gold coin of the United
States is 900 pure. The British SOY
ereign is .916 pure.
Gold is measured by Troy weight.
the grain being the lowest unit. There
are 1000 grains in an avoirdupolS
pound, only 5760 grains in Troy
pound. A "short ton" of gold would,
therefore, contain 100000 grains,
and it would be worth some $500, 600.
The "grain" used in weighing gold
was originally grain of wheat. The
"carat," or perhaps "carob," was the
seed of the coral flower, fine seed Of
even weight. Used in speaking OF
gold, twenty-four carats means pure
gold.
Gold dust generally runs from s15
to S19 the Troy ounce. That brought
down from the Klondike usually went
not much over SIG The ounce.
Gold is one of the heaviest known
metals, with specific gravity OF
1885. Gold dust is rather less heavy,
but tin dinner pail would hold lot
of it.
A cubic foot of pure gold would
weigh 1910 pounds avoirdupois. A
man looking at it would think he could
lift it, but. It would be worth S372,-
900.
A gold brick ought to be worth sl5,-
600, if about the size of the ordinary
one, but something depends on whether
the gold runs all the way through the
brick.
The stock of gold coin in the prin-
cipal Nations is as follows:
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ion. The adjustment is accomplished
~ single bust-darts, under-srm and
ide-back cores and a curving centre
back seam, all of which are carried be-
7ond the waistline in pointed outline,