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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-06
To Fight to a Finish.

A local sporting man says that 2
fight is being arranged to come of
in the near future between Chic
Grim, champion feather weight OF
Cumberland and Eddie O'Brien OF
this city. It will be fight to a fin-
ish. They fought in the South
Cumberland Opera House last week
and O'Brien was fouled in the 9Th
round.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-06
Stores Closed.

j.. A. Rattenburg's clothing store
on the corner OF Queen and Burke
streets,wa closed at noon on Friday
last, several large judgments being
entered against him. His stores at
Bunker Hill and North Mountain
have also been closed. His goods
will be sold at public auction by the
Sheriff on Thursday next.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-06
Death of an Aged Man.

Mr.. John Sperow died at the
home of his son-in-law, Mr.. VIM.
Wolf, in North Martinsburg, on
Friday last, at noon. The funeral
took place at Falling Waters Church
on Sunday morning. The deceased
was aged so years interment was
made in the church graveyard. Mr..
Sperow had quite a number of rela.
tives and the funeral was very large.
VIM. II. Wilen was funeral direc-
for
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-06
Regular Meeting.

The public school teachers held
their monthly meeting at the Second
Ward School building on Friday
last. Prof. Cole presided and talk
ed on instruction work in the pri-
mary departments. There was a
full attendance. The teachers are
taking special interest in these
meetings and besides being benefit
ted they seem to enjoy them.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-06

The three-year-old boy of j. A..
johnson, of Lynn Center, ILL.,, is
subject to attacks OF Group. Mr..
johnson says he is satisfied that the
timely use of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, during a severe attack,
saved his little boys life. He is in
the drug business, member of the
firm Of Johnson Bros, of that place,
and they handle great many patent
medicines for throat and lung dis
eases. He had all these to choose
from, and skilled physicians ready
to respond to his call, but selected
this remedy for use in his own fam
lily at time when his child's life
was in danger, because be knew it to
be superior to any other, and famous
the country over for its cures of
Group. Mr.. johnson says this is
the best selling cough medicine they
handle, and that it gives splendid
satisfaction in all cases. Sold by
E. G.. Matthaei, Druggist.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-06
A Good Minstrel Company.

Fields q Hanson s Ministries were
on the boards at the Central, on
Wednesday night, and played to .
crowded house. Their company is
good and strong one, their special
ties new and up to-date. The band
and orchestra carried by them is a
drawing card to their performance.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-06
Children Cry for
Pitchers CaStoFias

We just put up 300 packages of
VOLTS Celebrated Horse and Cattle
Powder-the Best Powder. Made
for Horses, Cattle, Hogs and Sheep
Largest and handsomest packages
on Earth AN. GILBERT, Druggists
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-06
How to Cure Bilious Collie.

| suffered for weeks with collie
and pains in my stomach caused by
biliousness and had to take medicine
all the while until I used Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy which cured me. / have
since recommended it to a good
many people. MRS. F. BUTLER,
Fairhayen, Conn. Persons who are
subject to bilious collie can ward of
the attack by taking this remedy as
soon as the first symptoms appear.
Sold by L. G. Matthaei. Druggist.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-06
November.

November.
Chrysanthemums.
Fix up your pavements.
City Band Fsir-Nov. 22d.
And the same day it rained.
Hart's Big Comedy Goodnight.
Improvement is tue order of the
day.
Monday captured all kinds of
weather.
The Thanksgiving turkey awaits
his doom.
The youngsters had gay time on
Saturday night.
Try the INDEPENDENT a year. 1t
give the news and ali the news.
Mr. VIM. Paskel's house near the
Canning Factory, is nearly complet-
ed.
Did you hear about it? There
was an election in this city on Tues.
day.
Yes, Mary, dear, smashing clock
with Ratchet is one way of killing
time.
McDowell's Lime Kiln is again in
operation, after being closed a week
for repairs.
The dry spell in the western part
of the state, is over, and the people
are glad of it.
Last performance of Hart's Big
Comedy Co., at the New Opera
House, tonight.
Mr.. G., W. Buxton has laid a new
pavement in front of his property
on W. Commerce street.
Another man-of-war has been add
ed to the force now patroling Flori-
ola waters to prevent flibustering.
Fatten your porkers, fill your
-four bins, coal and wood sheds-for
the great multitude must live with
out office.
Don't miss Sc eng Harris Big
Comedy Compas 2 at the New Opera
House, tonight. Admission Is, Is
and 30 cents.
Mr.. Pollace Shriver, of North
Queen street. has secured a position
in the B. & o. shops in Cumberland,
and is now filing it.
MIR. and Mrs. j. 4. Bowers enter
tanned Mrs. l. Stevens, Mrs. Sitter
and Mrs. Bathgate, of Baltimore, on
Friday evening at their home in this
city.
Marriage licenses have been re-
Gently issued to Albert z. Barney
and Addie L. DeHayen and B. l..
Wilger and Lena NJ. McCabe, ali of
Berkeley county.
Senorita EyaDgelina Cisneros
passed through this city on her way
to Chicago, on Monday. A recep.
tion was rendered her in that place
on Wednesday night.
For Five and 0ne-FOurth Bushels
of Wheat, l viii give one Barrel OF
Choice Patent Flour and 60Pounds
of Feed.
8-28-21t. J. w. Bishop.
Sometimes it is pretty hard to get
q going gate on-when the pedals
won't work properly. 1t is doub'
ling matters up when Halloween
comes along and carries away your
gate some distance.
The building formerly used as
coal and wood house at the Fifth
Ward School building, has been pur-
chased by McQuilkin & Co., and
moved to their lot near the Cannery.
They will convert it into slaughter
house.
The International Bible studies
for next Sabbath are from Acts
XVIII: 1-16. Title: Paul in Me-
llLh ana NOME OOIueH EeAG3 N6
know that all things work together
for good TO them that love God"
Romans VIII: l6.
A large iron gasoline tank, which
is used as a reservoir at the Canning
Factory, exploded on Wednesday,
blowing the top off and tearing up
the earth oil around it. Fortunate
ly no other damsge was done, as no
one was near when it blew up.
We return thanks to our kind
neishbors at the gate, Mr.. Joseph
Shearer and wife, for bountiful
supply of choice edibles. They were
very tempting to the appetite and
so useful in search for strength.
We availed ourself OF the privilege
offered.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-06
Fifth Ward School in Session.

The new school building in the
Fifth Ward was opened on Monday
for duties. All the former teachers
are again at their old positions, with
the exception of Miss Lucetta Lo-
gan, who has charge of the first room
in place of Mrs. Hoke. 1t is a singu-
lar fact, but nevertheless a true one,
that the exact number of pupils who
reported for instruction last year
reported this year. The following
is the number of pupils:
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-06

Itch on human, mango on horses
dogs and all stock cured in thirty
minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lo-
ton. This never fails. Sold by Il.
g. Matthaei, druggist, Martinsburg,
w. Va. 5-S-lyr.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-06
Antietam Cement for sale By
J. Ell. MILLER & Sons.

Prescriptions carefully compound
ed day and night at "A. M. Gilbert's
Drug Store, Queen and Race SITS.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-06
Brace Up.

Thanksgiving gittiu' under way,
1t amt no time ter nurse
Yer troubles show yer gratitude
Because they Amino worse.
Rochester Post.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-06
Children Cry for
Pitchers castorIas

Adamant and Calelned Plaster,
same as used on new Court house
for sale by j. Fl. MILLER l. ScNs.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-06

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoris.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, abe gave them Castoria
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-06
Glass distinctions are unknown ii
election booths.

Glass distinctions are unknown in
election booths.
Halloween was pretty generally
celebrated on Saturday night.
1t is reported that the B. & O.
shops at Cumberland will go on half
time.
The Berkeley Club has placed a
new pool table in their rooms on
Queen street.
Wonder if all candidates are af-
fable, or if they furnish "cold stor-
age reception.
The new double dwelling of Miss
Dora Pitznogle, in North Martins.
burg, is nearing completion.
On Monday last, Gen. Blanco, OF
the Spanish army, took command in
Cuba, with large number of new
aides.
at the convention of the W. CT
q. in Buffalo, Miss Frances Willard
was reelected President for the en-
suing year.
just received. A new lot OF Pock-
ct Books, Purses and Bill Books, all
the latest styles at great bargains, at
BURDETTE's Book Store.
Paste this in your hat. The City
Band will hold a fair in the Central
Opera House, commencing Nov. %.
Get ready to help the boys.
The Kilbourn Knitting Mills have
been closed the past week, in order
10 take stock. The employees enjoy
ed he vacation very much.
The Tennessee Exposition has
closed. The attendance was esti.
mated at million and half of peo-
pie, and the exposition was sue
cess.
To improve and thicken the
growth Of the hair and restore its
natural color, Halls Hair Remover
should be applied and no other.
Recommended by physicians.
Get in and plant the fruit trees,
usually attended to this season, and
order your fruit trees for the spring
planting. That's good voting and
always valuable for home use.
Judge Jackson will arrive in Mar
tinsburg on Sunday night and will
deliver his opinion in the three cases
against A. B. White, Collector, ct
al, at 10 O'Clock on Monday morn
ing.
Mrs. VIM. Schad, of North Mar
tinsburg. while visiting in Cumber-
land on Wednesday, and while rid
ing in street car had her hand sat-
chel opened and pocketbook con-
tanning $50 taken.
A large cannery will be erected at
Shippensburg which will pretty well
cover all fruits and vegetables. A
Chicago expert will superintend
erection of building, and placing
therein of very latest machinery.
Chambersburg is being stirred up
by the energy and enterprise of her
neighbor.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-27

for the purpose Of supplying the
population with an immense feasting.
The warriors eat first, then the male
children are fed. while the women and
small girls receive tho lenvings.
During the brief intervals of peace,
when there is scarcity of war prison
ers, slaves are sacrificed to appeasc the
appetites of the king and his leading
warriors. The execution ground in
Benin is near the kings palace. De.
capitation is the common form OF exc
cution, the victims head being placed
on block, and when it falls of at the
stroke of native knife, it rolls into
pit dug for it's reception.
The Tanton destruction of human
life is one OF the pleasures of this
monster monarch. His most common
form of amusement is to assign mum.
Der of slaves to dig deep hole. When
it is so deep that ladders have to be
employed for the men to get out Of
the pit, the ladders are drawn up and
the unfortunates left to die,
King Obbah, through his dealings
with Asiatic slaves, has contracted
some luxurious Oriental customs. One
OF bis most important attendants is q
functionary whose sole duty is to
tickle the so]es of the royal feet. This
service is always performed for the
king while he is q ttending to affairs of
state, seated on his throne of ivory
and coral.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-27
Relics Of Cave Dwellers in Oregon:

While prospecting in the hills back
Of the John Day River, near the mouth
of Granite Greek, Oregon, Elmer
Thornburg discovered q tunnel two
and half feet wide and five feet high,
He and two companions explored the
drift and found that it extended in
ward for distance of thirty feet and
terminated in q chamber fourteen feet
long, eight and half feet wide and
seven feet high, excavated in the hard
est kind OF black rock. It had eti-
IDENTIFY at one time been the abode Of
men. A huge urn.shaped vessel, which
had been moulded from clay or CHS
elled from some formation that would
withstand the action of fire, stood in
one corner. It had evidently been
used for culinary purposes. Scattered
about the floor of the chamber were
large number of peculiarly formed
anddecorated pieces pottery, among
them a huge mortar and pestle formed
from the most nnyielding granite. A
few stone implements were also found,
together with q quantity of flint ar
row heads. Tho walls were covered
with hieroglyphics, and in IN alcove
was rudely formed image, possibly
intended for an idol. Everything
found in the chamber was carefully
removed and will be forwarded to tho
Smithsonian lnstitution.-New York
Tribune.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-27
A 0NeW Horse,

Down in the livery stable of William
Simpson, on Central avenue, is as
strange looking horse as man.has eve,
seen. It far outrivals the famous fake
''wooly horse" that an old time show.
man palmed off on an unsuspecting
public years ago, in that this new
equine wonder is very real, can trot a
mile considerab]y under three minutes
and bear the closest inspection OF the
doubling an;linquisitive.
The horse is the property Of the lit.
tie thirteen-year-old son Of Mr.. Simp.
son, and while not exactly beautiful
beast to look upon, certainly has a
unique style all its own. In
stead Of the usual sleek hide
and flowing name and tail of
the ordinary nag, this equine para
doS has q coat OF tight, curling hair
and no name or tail worth mentioning
in horse sale advertisement, unless
the buyer was to be q Snowman of
oddities. The mare is we'll built and
sound in every particular. ''kindy
docile and easy to handle by woman
or child" as the advertisement would
say. She is five years old, stands
fifteen hands high and weighs about
ten hundred, and behaves like any
other being of her race. But her bay
colorel coat is Tor all the world like q
buffalo robe, in the curly, Kindness
OF it's hair, and where the hair has be-
come worn of: on the head by the
bride or halters and on the shoulder
where burrs have been pulled out it
becomes very much in appearance like
an old moth eaten buffalo robe that
has just been pulled out of some neg.
lected, dusty closet for use in the first
sleighride of the season. The mare
can boast no name or forelock, and her
stump of a tail is only sparsely covered
with short hairs. When she sheds her
coat according to the regular horsey
custom the tail is as bare ASA rats.
This oddly in horsedesh comes of
good stock, having been sired by st.
Armand, her mother being bay mare
OF good Hambletonian lineage. She
was bought up in Ontario by Mr..
Simpson simply as an investment, and
may become the property OF some
travelling showmen or be exhibited in
museums throughout the country. A
year or SO ago she was clipped by a
former owner and travelled q mile in
1856 on the ice, driven by q boy. In
trotting she curls her tail up like q
pug dog, SO would hardly be an add.
ton to any stable of stylish cobs or
coach horses. -Rochester Union.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-27
Wonderful X-Rays.

Quite a budget OF discoveries in
connection with the Roentgen ray in.
vestigations have been reported from
the European continent within a few
days. That reported by Professor
Friedrich to the Vienna Academy of
Science is the most important. The
Professor discovered certain black
rays that issued from the vacuum tube
and pass through the human body.
The photographs produced by means
Of these rays, which the professor calls
critical rays, are not the same when
taken Of living body from a dead
one. Photographs of living hands
show the skeleton as in the Roentgen
photographs. A dead hand appears in
full, showing all the aeshy integu.
ments, while the bones remain invis.
able. It is thought that, by means of
these rays, it may be ascertained
whether person is really dead. The
use of the Roentgen rays as hair
exterminator is also revived. DR..
Freund, also of Vienna, tried them
upon a boy whose spine was hidden by
an abundant crop Of hair. The NAL.
ady is known to the faculty as hyper.
trichosis. DR.. Freund turned the rays
upon the boys back, and the super
fuous hair vanished, roots and all.
The boy, no longer an infant phenom'
enon, has been shown to the medical
society in Vienna, and photographs of
condition before and after are circulat-
ing in that city. The Prussian Gov
eminent appropriated $4,000 for
Roentgen ray experiments during the
current year.-St. Louis Star.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-27
The West Indies.

Only q few years ago Spain owned
the entire West Indies. One by one,
however. sho has relinquished her
grasp upon these fair islands, until
now her possessions are restricted to
only two of them-Cuba and Porto
Rico.
As to the other members of the
group they belong severally to Eng
land, France, Holland and Denmark.
Two of the islands, however, are not
included in this division, as they are
separate and independent. These are
Hayti and San Domingo.
Among the British possessions in
the West Indies are Jamaica, the
Bahamas, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, the
Barbados, St. Christopher, Nevis,
Antigua, Montserrat, Dominica, Trini-
dad and the Virgin islands.
The Guadeloupe archipelago is
owned by France. together with St.
Bartholomew and Martinique. On the
latter island Empress Josephine first
saw the lighS of day and lived until
her sixteenth year.
Five members of the group belong
to Holland, These are Curacao,
Bonaire, Arubs, St. Eustatius and St.
Martin. Though small islands, they
are we'll populated and fertile.
The Danish possessions are Santa
Cruz, St. Thomas and st. John.
Grouping these several possessions
together they embrace 80, 270 square
miles OF land and sustain 500, OBS
inhabitants. Of this aggregate, Great
Britain controls $4,000 square miles
and 100000 inhabitants; France,
HOB square miles and 100000 in.
habitants; Holland, 494 square miles
and SO, 1000 inhabitants, and Denmark,
223 square miles and 100000 inhab.
itants. The two independent islands,
Hayti and Domingo, contain 24,00O
square miles and 100000 inhab.
itants.
While Cuba and Porto Rico are now
under dominion Of Spain, it will be
only short time before they acquire
their independence. II Hayti and
San Domingo can sustain Independent
self.governments there is no reason
why Cuba and Porto Rico cannot do
the same. These islands contain 49,
600 square miles and 1925, 900 inhab.
itants.
From these figures it will be oh.
served that other European nations as
we'll as Spain are interested in the
Cuban uprising. -Atlanta Constitu'
tion.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-27
Long MINDED Ceremonials.

Some idee may be formed of what
the Russian Emperor has to go through
by the fact that the ceremonies con-
nected with his coronation eight
months ago have not yet come to an
end, A few days ago His Majesty held
another reception at the Winter Pal
ace to receive the congratulations of
more Representatives of his faithful
subjects. Several hundredRpersons
were presented, comprising 1855 diff.
ferent Populations, each one with
bread and salt on costly gold and sill
yer plates or other works of art. Long
tables in the palace were again loaded
with these gifts to the Gear, as at
Moscow in May last, and the ceremony
observed was exactly the same.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-27
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The most recent estimate Of geoloc.
ISIS as to the ago Of Niagara Falls is
nine thousand years. twas formerly
calculated at forty thousand.
A new dental chair is so arranged az
to bring all the working parts Of the
chair up to higher position for use
when child is treated, and can be
again lowered to normal position for
larger persons.
knowing the average diameter Of
Jupiter, as we'll as that of the earth,
it con be shown by little calculation
that SO far as bulk Is concerned, not
fewer than 1880 globes, each as large
as the earth, should be rolled together
into one to form single globe as big
as Jupiter.
Not long ago Professor verrill ex.
hibited to the members Of tho National
Academy OF Sciences in New York
some beautiful examples of mo!lusks,
dwelling in the sargasso Sea, that imi-
tate not only the seaweed among which
they live, but even the parasitic
growths found upon the weeds.
At q meeting of the Royal Society
Professor McKenarick described a
method by which it Was possible to
stimulate electrically the seusorv
nerves OF the skin $50 that some of
elements OF music-rhythm and in
tensity-might be perceived and even
enjoyed by those who had become
deaf"
Professor Simon nevcoml,, in re
cent paper, discussed tho question Of
stellar distances. He said the stars
of small magnitude were evidently not
as remote from the earth as their
taintness would indicnte, and this fact
seemed to warrant the inference that
the visible universe has q definite
limit in space.
The red.colorel snow frequently
mentioned in scientific reports of
polar expeditions, and formerly
deemed OF miraculous origin, is now
known to be colorea by minute vege-
table organism, which is sometimes
found in enormous quantities. and
which grows to perfection at tenn.
perature below freezing.
A Japanese man Of science, Mr..
Muraoka, reports in German scien.
ti6c journal, the curious results OBJ
tanned by him last summer while ex.
perimenting with the light of glow
worms. He operated with three hun.
dred 81 wwcrms 1T Kyoto, and he says
that the light which they emitted,
when filtered through cardboard or
copperplates, showed the properties
OF A'rays, or Becquerels auorescence
rays.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-27
Flesh of Poisoned Animals.

The toxicity of the flesh of poisoned
animals may easily prove q source of
danger, and at recent meeting of the
Medical Society Of Berlin, Levin re-
counted some interesting experiments
made to determine the toxicity Of such
flesh. Having given twenty cent?
grammes of strychnine to q fowl, he
gave its flesh to dog to eat. After
the first 225 grammes the animal be-
came ill; after a second portion it was
seized with tetanic commissions and
died. The experimenter found that
some animals are very tolerant OF GER
tain poisons, for example, fowls to
strychnine, goats to hemlock, part
rid ges to arsenic, rabbits to nicotine.
He considers, says the pharmaceutical
Journal, that although animals may
have ingested poisons without incon'
venience to themselves, it may easily
follow that their flesh will prove toxic
to man if used as food.-Scienti6c
American.