davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

The Herald does not propose to be
drawn into discussion of the merits
or dement's of the various applicants
or the position of principal of the
High School, but we do know there
IS very decided opposition on the
part of many persons to the candi-
date groomed by the editor of the
Statesman, who is not, has not been
md possibly will not be patron
Of the High School and his course
heretofore has not been such as to
warrant the Board in following his
leadership.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17
choice goods
we're calling attention to at the
lowest prices

equal kinds were ever sold at
write for samples-"s samples of
Dress Goods, Silks, and Wash
Goods at shelf-emptying prices"
and they'll show You very
quickly what's being done and
what a chance it is for your
pocketbook-it's to be the most
effectual shelf-emptying we ev-
er undertook.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

One Of the results Of freeing the
Monongahela river and the certain
passage of the tariff bill is the project
to build new manufacturing city on
that river, to be called Monessen, af-
ter the name of the river and the city
OF Essen, Germany, where the great
Krupp gun factory is located.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

John Griffin, of GAINESVILLE, o.,
says; 81 never lived day for thirty
years without suffering agony, until
d box of De Wits Witch Hazel Salve
cured my piles For piles and rec
tai troubles, cuts, bruises, sprains,
eczema and all skin troubles De Witt S
Witch Hazel Salve is unequalled. l..
G.. Matthaei
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

There is more Catarrh in this Sec
ton Of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed to be incura-
bic. For a great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease, and
prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly falling to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease, and, therefore,
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is
the only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful.
1t acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case
it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address.
=. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O..
Ds8@ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

Several Ohio farmers have made a
"spec" on sheep. Some West Vir-
ginia farmers have done likewise.
Again, the Herald's advice was good
And now, do not be in a hurry to sell
sheep. They will be an Atwood and
yard-wide investment for two years
at least,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17
; 81 =, j.
ett1ptying
the shelves

of Dress Goods, Silks and
Wash Goods-every piece, ev-
cry yard of surplus stock must
be cleared profit is lost
sight of-even cost isn't consid-
credits shelves empty and
ready for the new goods of the
new season that we're after
and the vigorous means we're
using to get them with is prices.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

There is time for everything; and
the time to attend to cold is when
it starts. Don't wait till you have
consumption but prevent it by using
One Minute Cough Cure, the great
remedy for coughs, colds, Group,
bronchitis and all throat and lung
troubles. l.. G. Matthaei.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

northeastern Atlantic ports at such
low rates that the West Virginia coal
could not compete with it. The No
va Scotia Goals are cheapiy mined and
as many Of the mines extend under
water it is practicable to load the coal
directly on vessels. and thus place it
in any OF the Eastern United States
ports at low prices.
The result Of this reduction in the
tariff was that the Nova Scotia Goals
took the place in the East Of that from
the West Virg mia mines and that the
West Virginia mine owners and opera
tors were compelled to seek market
elsewhere Railroad rates to the
West were reduced and coal, which
had formerly gone to New England,
went West and came into competition
with the coal of Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois The price Of coal in the
Western markets tumbled. Then
followed rate war between railroads
aud between miners and mine owners,
reduction in wages for mining at
the East, followed by reduction in the
West until miners wages became
lower than they had ever been known
in this country.
While the amount Of coal actually
imported is only about 900 600 tons
year or sufficient to throw oat of
employment about 5000 miners, the
loss in markets to American mines by
the suspension of manufacturing was
much greater.
The present strike OF the coal miners
is looked upon with alarm by Demo
cratic leaders. 1t calls attention
directly and pointedly to the fact that
their legislation is beyond question
responsible for the reducing of wages,
all Of which, according to President
Ratchford, have occurred since the
inception of that legislation. Not
only. is the Democratic party respons-
ible for the reduction of thirty five
cents ton, which caused this reduc-
ton in wages, but many of the men
now most prominent in its councils
urged and even demanded a removal
OF the entire duty on coal, placing it
absolutely upon the free list, which
would have doubtless still further re-
duced the wages of miners.
William ]. Bryan was one of the
most earnest and active members of
the wing of his party which demand
ed the removal of the entire duty on
coal, saying in speech in Congress,
January I 5, 1894:
THE duty on coal is indefensible
The duty on coal is nothing but a sub
sidy, which the people along the
seacoast are compelled to pay to the
transportation companies Take the
tariff off from coal, so that the New
England manufacturers can buy it for
less, and they can manufacture more
cheaply, and, then, by cutting down
the tariff on the products of their
factories, we can compel them to sell
at lower price to the people of the
South and West
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

The lawn fete at Boydville, Thurs
day, was success in every particular
There was large crowd in attend
ance and good humor prevailed. The
people without regard to former affili-
atoms joined in making the day and
evening one of real pleasure, all real
izing that the object was most worthy.
If some did become over-enthusiastic
over the defunct Confederacy, they
are excusabie, as such occasions
arouse pent-up feelings that can
scarcely be restrained.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

A broken wheel caused an east
bound freight to be wrecked three
miles from Keyser, Tuesday. Two
cars were derailed and both tracks
blocked for two hours. Brakeman w .
w. B. Wagley, of Keyser who was
riding on top of the car, had his wrist
broken and head badly cut.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17
=, D.,, are easy to take. easy
Hoods Pills to operate Is cents.

Some people consider it hard to be
poor but the majority Of us find it
dead easy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

Don't get into the habit Of vulgariz-
ing life by making light of the senti.
ment of it.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

Vim, vigor and victory; these are
the characteristics of De Wits Little
Early Risers, the famous little pills
for constipation, biliousness and all
stomach and liver troubles. l.. G.
Matthaei.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

THE BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruisers, Sores Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles. or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price % cents per box. For sale by L..
G. Matthaei, Druggist.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

Educate Your Bowels with Cascnrets.
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever
i0c 25c, II @. C, C. fail, druggists refund money
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17
Notice to Builders.

Sealed proposals are solicited by the
Board of Education of Opequon District,
Berkeley County, w. Va, for furnishing
all material and building Brick School
House, near Martinsburg, on the Will
Transport pike, "a by 80 feet, 10 feet in
the clear t4-inch walls, with slate roof,
specifications for which are on file in
the Herald printing office, in Martins
burg, where they may be seen.
Bids will be received at Greensburg, in
said District, at p. M, Saturday, July
II, 1897, the Board reserying the right to
reject any or all bids.
j. w. WELSHANS,
THOS. s. WILLIAMS, President.
Secretary.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

Wheeling had two and-a-halfi inch
rain Sunday.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

Don't nauseate your stomach with
cas- and bitter herbs, but regulate
your liver and sick headache by using
those famous little pills known as
De Wits Little Early Risers. l.. G..
Matthaei.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

Four years ago the Herald stated
hat the great decline in the price Of
WOOL was due to the threat of free
wool. Our contemporaries derided
he idea and accused us of partisan
hip. This year, no one is SO daft as
rot to know that the advance is due
e the promise of Protection, and the
price would have been higher had it
rot been that the country is flooded
vith.foreign wool.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

An examination of the Washington,
d. c., Directory discloses the fact that
Richard Randolph Mcmahon, is a
resident of that city, therefore the
Herald has nothing to do with him
as he is not in our bailiwick. His
claim Of descent from Powhatan is
naught to us, neither would we worry
if his grandmother was a squaw. The
Smith family has no fear of redskins.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

II crave but One Minute" said
the public speaker in a husky voice;
and then he took a dose of One
Minute Cough Cure, and proceeded
with his oratory. One Minute Cough
Cure is uuequalled for the throat and
lung troubles l.. G. Matthaei.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. 81.
Prepared only by C. /. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-17

It's
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-01
NOTES ON THE R

Any man who will savagely jerk,
kick or beat a horse, is not ft to handle,
or in any way have charge of one.
1t is a shame and disgrace that any
one should half starve a horse and then
try to get full work out of him.
Almost any horse will do right if he
he's a master who has sense enough to
teach him.
Wafer and feed your horse regularly.
Also curry him well and keep his stable
clean and sweet, and give him a good
bed to sleep on.
Always be careful not to overwork q
horse. When he is tired let him rest.
Ten chances to one when q horse is
balky the person handling him is the
more balky of the two.
Horses that have to draw heavy loads
should shave perfect freedom of their
heads. 1t is cruel to rein a pulling
horse up tight.
Look out for your horses shoulders.
No horse can do his duty with a sore
shoulder, to say nothing of his suffer,
ing.
Have all the parts of the harness soft
and pliable. and we'll fitting to the ami
NAL. Make the noble servant Of man
comfortable and he will serve you
faithfully.
Treat your horse as you would wish
to be treated if you were dumb, and
serving q master Western Rural.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-01
LIVE o MATTERS.

If those who feed dry hay univeF-
sally will cut it and mix it with bran or
chopped corn, they will find it not only
a cheaper procedure, but that their
horses will look better in every respect.
Give a little salt daily, and let there be
constant provision made for a supply
Of the purest water.
Overlooking may develop diseases.
A great calf or colt, if very fat, islikeIy
to take a premium, but under that load
of fat but few are capable of pointing
out the defects of the animal. Many q
common calf has been awarded the
prize, not because it vas the best, but
because it was the latest.
Ii you have common mares and think
they must be bred to pay their way, it
Will De better to real mules. If sound
and strong, these will sell we'll, even il
OF no particular typeI and at prices
winch will pay better for care and fec
Shan will a cheap horse.
whenever the foot of the shear
touches the land it is turned into gold,
Is an old proverb. Sheep husbandrv
certainly makes the land more profit
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-01
EGG FARMING.

In these days of specialties, farming
is much more divided than formerly /;
we have fruit farming, dairy farming,
duck farming and egg farming. OF
those who have attempted the produc-
ton of eggs On a large scale a few have
succeeded. The chief u of failure
with those who have not been SUCCESS
full has been that they seemingly un
dertoOk it with the idea that all they
had to do was to multiply the small
flock with which they did we'll by 100
OF 1000 to get 100 or 1000 times as
much profit. Multiplying the number
Of hens is the very smallest factor of
success in egg farming.
The first element in successful egg
farmlg is small focks; the second is
economical housing; the third, faeili.
ties for handling and cheaply caring
for the h0cks. The docks being small
each one can be cared for and treated
as though it was the only n on the
place. Tie houses should be warn
and convenient for the birds and tn
attendant. 1t will be much cheape,
to limit the range of the focks by Uhei
own free will instead of by fences o
runs. To do this, place the houses a
short intervals apart-ten or twelv
rods-and have them of different CO
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-01
POULTRY YARD
CHARCOAL FOR FOWLS.

G. o. Brown, the well known poul-
try judge, tells in a contemporary how
to prepare charcoal to feed fowls and
gives it a very high recommendation
as a promoter Of health and preventa-
tive Of disease. Q
It is not necessary for anyone in the
West to go to any trouble to procure
charcoal to feed to fowls. It can be
made at home out of corn. The drier
the corn is the better it will char. Pat
the ears in a baking pan in the stove
oven and let them remain until the
corr is burned crisp and black. The
fowl will eat it greedily and it is well
to feed them q full feed Of it once q
week. This is especially good for over
fed hens and for chicks that have any
tendency to bowel troubles. For little
chicks the corn should be broken up
before feeding. -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-01
HAS THE HORSE HAD ITS DAY

Americans are quite apt to rush alta
conclusion. Finding this domestic ami
NAL a drug" on the market, and
prices depressed in unprecedented
fashion, they seek the cause in electric
cars, bicycles, and horseless carriages
to come to complete the extinction Of
this intelligent and noble servant of
man. AS we'll ask, has the dog had its
day. which maintains it's position, with
little utility, small practical use, almost
as a matter of sentiment, as a living
example of unsel6sh fidelity and com
partnership.
A few weeks ago, at a meeting of the
National Statistical Society in Wash
ington, says J. r Dodge, in National
Stockman, this caption was the ques
ton under discussion. The rate of in
crease Of numbers, and the huctuation
in prices by n means in accordance
with the fullnees of supply, suggested
many causes affecting demand, many
considerations affecting price.
Much prominence was given in a
leading paper from the Department of
Agriculture to the changes in methods
oflocomotion, Inventions already made
or in progress, tending to diminish the
use and need of horses, yet these causes
we're lot assumed to be a full explana.
ton of the change of values. 1t was
not many months since the estimate of
horses displaced by electricity was
about 45, 900; but if they should be $780,
600 it is an insignificant proportion of
the Is, OOO, 600 claimed as in existence
two or three years ago in the United
States.
1t should Dc remembered mat this
electrical era has not so much displaced
horse car as protected new lines where
none had before been or could be main
tanned.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-01

ors and with different surroundings SO
each may be readily distinguished by
its occupants when then they wish to
seek quarters" at night Or for laying.
One of the most successful egg farm
ers in this country arranges the houses
of his hens along streets, ten rods apart,
through his farm. Half of the 12O
acre farm is used as a hen yard one
year and the other half cultivated. The
next year the houses r moved over to
the cultivated half, and the yard used
for cropping purposes. The houses are
built on stills which form runners and a
good team is used for moving them in
the spring. During the summer they
are moved their length every week; in
this way the houses are kept sweet, as
the soil where they r to stand is
plowed before the houses r moved.
The object of this is to keep the houses
healthy with fresh soil as an absorbent
of the droppings which renders the air
pure without the labor and expense of
a daily Lcleaning, and also fixes the
fertilizing elements in the droppings
and enriches the soil for next years
crop.-Western Rural.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-01
THE DAIRY.
TO KRRP UP PAsTURAGR.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
Just as surely as the days roll round,
there will come @ time this season
when the pastures will begin to fail
and the rich juice Of spring and early
summer pass away. Then the flow of
milk will be shortened and the dairy
mans source of revenue will be gre atty
curtailed, unless he make some provis
ion to supplement the grass Of his pas
lures. The extent of this failure which
takes place in the pastures will, of
course, depend in great part upon the
rain supply. The more deficient the
fall. the more sever will be the short
age in grass.
Now is the time to look out for crops
to piece out the pastures; and what q
change has come over the spirit of our
dreams in this respect within the last
few years. 1t is not 80 long ago but
that most Of us remember it that most
men laughed at the thought of feeding
their COWS in the summer or fall. Once
they had turned their herds out to
grass, they expected them to take care
of themselves until it was time to put
them In for winter. The result was
that early in the season the milk sup
ply was cut of, for once the COW dried
up there was no way of bringing her
up again. All this ia changing. Not
all men have adopted the plan of put
ting in some crop for summer use, but
most men who have their own best in
terests at heart have.
Probably corn stands at the head as
a soiling crop. It is richer in butter
making elements than any similar
plant. Then, every dairy man should
have a piece of corn. AS it is a very
exhaustive crop, the land upon which
it is to be grown should be we'll ma
nured. We used to SOW corn intended
for the purpose indicated broadcast ;
now it see ms settled that it is better to
plant it in rows three feet apart, 80
that it may be cultivated. Thus planted,
numerous are will grow upon the
stalks and far more goodness secured.
Begin feeding this early. For some
years I have commenced cutting corn
for green feed in August.
Even earlier than corn, q spot de
voted to oats or oats and PEGS will
yieIda bountifulsupply of green fodder.
The effEct of this generous feeding may
be seen very speedily in the milk pail
and the churn.
Who says all this does not involve
labor7 I do not deny it; but shall we
expect to receive something for
nothingG The time has gone Dy,
if it aver was, when we could trust old
mother nature to do her part and ours
too in the production Of great crops
and fabulous returns for a small outlay
of labor. If we get anything out of
the meal tub, we must put something
in. Just now is the time to>prepare
for the time of need which will surely
come later in the year. He is wise who
admits this and acts upon it.
E L. VINCENT.
Broome Co., N. Y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-01
CHICKEN TALK"

It is probable that very few have
ever stopped to think that chickens
are the best linguists in creation out,
side of the human family, but such is
the case. They not only have expires
sions that are understood by each other
perfectly, but almost anyone who lives
on q farm understands chicken Galk
a[e1 Ven o,!Gh he may v have
thought of it n mat Way' .
Everyone know that a hen feels Ws9
when che sings and expects her to pro-
duce eggs plentifully at such times.
She has q separate word for a warning
of danger to the n she uses when she
approaches her owner and turns her
head up 80 as to focus one eye on him
and watches to see what she Is going to
get to eat, and if she does not get it she
speaks about it pretty soon. She can
saw her equivalent of ''ouch" very
plainly if another hen suddenly pecks
her or tries to pluck a feather out OF
her.
The master of the flock has his own
peculiar way of calling his mates to
him or warning them to look out for
danger. The mother hen talks to her
babies constantly, calling them to her,
warning them to look out or sounding
an alarm of immediate peril by differ
emit sounds that are words just as much
as if they had been spoken m English.
Let a stranger approach a hen With
brood of chickens and she will begin to
talk to them very vehemently and call
for them to hurry with her away from
the presence of possible evil.
The little chick cries when it is loet
in a very plaintiff manner, and when
it is sleepy it leases it's mother to be
put to bed as persistently and continu-
ously as any little member of the hu
man family. Then when the mother
thinks it time for them to go to bed
she calls them to her and talks baby
talk to them, and they talk to each
Other under her wings while she croons
q lullaby that quickly soothes them to
quiet and rest.
If a flock of hens is kept tame enough
TO feel familiar with their owner, it Is
interesting to watch them and listen to
their talk, and n soon gets to under
stand the finer shades of meaning in
their language. No other bird or ami
NAL has a vocabulary as copious as that
of the M fowL.-Farmers' Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-01
PEOPLE ALL ABOUT.

Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, Ill, has
by one order discharged every head of
a city department with, n exception.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, has the
smallest of constituencies-represent
ing fewer people than a Florida legis
lator-but just now he is the most
powerful man in Congress, He holds
the balance of power in-the Senate I'll
nance Committee, and possibly in the
senate itself. Jacksonville Times
Union.