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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18
GEM SCULPTURE.
Something About the Making Of Canoes
and IntagIios.


Gem sculpture. or ithoglyptics, is
an art Of great antiquity, having been
praeticsd by the Bahylonians, the Egyp-
tians, the Hebrews and the Greeks.
Afterward it sank into decadence, but
in the fifteenth century was revived in
Italy 1t is an art that calls for great
elegance of taste and much skill. for On
a small stone, generally precious, de-
signs are represented either in raised
work, as canoes, or by being cut below
the surface, as intaglios
To canoes the term minute sculp-
ture" is indeed applicable, for since
the days of Greek art celebrated statues
have been copied in this way. The first
intaglos were the scarabs, or beetle
shaped signets, worn in rings by the
Egyptians from a very remote period.
One side of the stone was shaped like a
beetle, the other side was flat. and the
name Of the king or wearer was cut in
to it. A hole was then drilled in the
stone from end to end, and through it a
strong wire was passed TO hold it in
position in a ring. The fat or seal side
was always worn next to the finger, but
when used as seal it was turned.
In the art of gem sculpture the
Greeks excelled all predecessors. The
Etruscans, contemporary with the
Greeks, also attained excellence in gem
cutting, and it is said that 'on these
early gems of Etruscan or Greek origin
may be read as in book the forms of
their religion and the subjects of popu-
lar interest in politics, song and fable
for centuries
Under Augustus gem sculpture flour
ished among the Romans, many of them
possessing canoes and intaglios of great
value, and cabinets Of costly gems be-
came numerous 1t is said that Caesar
sent six cabinets of rare gems to the
temple of Venus.
There are many fine canoes and in
taglios in the British museum. Among
the finest of them accessible to the pub
lie are the Cupid and Goose intaglio,
the Dying Amazon" the Laughing
Fawn, F" Bacchus'' on red jasper, and
the julius Caesar" of Dioscurides. In
modern times gem sculpture has reached
a high state of perfection and beauty.
Philadelphia Times,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18
EVERY WATCH A COMPASS.
A Little Thing Worth Knowing of
Which Very Few Know.
LOO lhe New York heFald. ]

From the New York Herald.l
Several weeks ago, in London,
said an English tourist at the Holland
House, ~ was standing beside an
American acquaintance, when / ex-
pressed wish to know which point
was north He pulled out his watch,
looked at it, and at once pointed in
the right direction. / asked him
whether he had compass attached to
his watch, AN watches are compass
es, he replied. Then he explained to
me how this was Point the hour
hand to the sun, and the south is ex-
actly half way between the hour and
the figures twelve on the dial. For in
stance, suppose it is four O'Clock
Point the hand indicating four to the
sun, aud two on the watch is exactly
south. Suppose again, that it is eight
O'Clock. Point the hand indicating
eight to the sun, aud the figure ten
on the dial is due south
MY American friend seemed sur
prised that | did not know this, and.
not wanting to be left alone in my ig-
norance, asked Henry NJ. Stanley,
whom ! met the following day,
whether he knew of this simple means
of taking the points of the compass.
My self. esteem rose when that famous
traveller told me he had never heard oil
it. So. perhaps, there may be plenty
Of folks in your country who still re-
mainin my original state Of ignorance.
| don't know what place my Ameri-
can friend halls from, but somewhere
in your great West.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18
Lord Palmerston,

A minister who kept race horses
and had at his command good store Of
very blunt vernaoular, who could not
be got to admit that he understood an
abstract thought. who always knew
what he wanted and was determined to
carry it out regardless of the opinions
of others. who conceived his own ideas
to be superior to those of other people.
who never looked farther than tomorrow
and much preferred not to think beyond
this evening, but who at the same time
was determined to establish the privi-
lege of an Englishman to the sidewalk
all over the world, while men of other
nations might step into the gutter
this minister represented aspirations
which had long ago siekened under the
rounded periods intended t6 convince
humanity that bread and calico summed
mp their total requirements and were
more sufficient for rational happiness.
This was the popular conception of
Palmerston when, in 1865, he became
first minister Of the crown. --"Yoke Of
Empire" by r. b. Brett.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18
CUBE ROOT MADE EASY.
How Any Bright Scholar May Learn to
Tell 1t Ohhand.


Tell 1t Ohhand.
To find the cube root of any given
number of figures offhand seems an al
most impossible feat, but yet it is sim
pie enough when one knows how to do
it--so simple, indeed, that any bright
boy can learn to do it in few weeks.
First he must know exactly what
cube is--namely, that it is the result
of multiplying one number by itself
and then multiplying the product by the
original number. Thus, multiplied
by equals 8, and multiplied by 3,
the original number, produces 81, which
consequently is the cube Of 3. The cube
root of % is the original number, 3,
and to find the cube root is the reverse
of finding the cube The would be adept
at this art should first study carefully
the following figures:
4><4x4= 81 5>5x5=125 6xo><e-216
T<7x7=343 s><sxS=5l2 9><9><9-729
A close study of these figures shows
that multiplied in this manner by it.
self results in 8, that multiplied by
itself has as a final figure, that null
ny ltS6ll has ds "a l1Idl uS uAOg
that multiplied by itself has as
final figure, and that A, 5, 6 and null
tiplied by themselves have their origi-
nal figures as finals. Hence the artist
knows that any sum given to him the
final figure of which is s must have 2
as a eube root; that if the final figure
be 0, the cube root must be 9, and so
on.
For example, give him the figures
a. 0SS, and he can at once tell that AZ
is the cube root, for the reason that "A
has 4 as a cube root, as the cube of is
Ga, while the cube of 8 is 1875, much
more than "a, and 0S8 has 2 as cube
root
Or give him more difficult problem,
as, for example, the figures 324, 800
Then he will see at "A glance that 324 is
more than ZIG, which is the cube of 6,
but is less than 343, the cube of T.
Therefore the cube root of these three
figures is g. In like manner the final
figure of 800 being 8, it follows that the
cube root of these three figures is 8, and
thus the cube root of the six figures has
been shown to be 60
Any one can test this method for
himself, and little practice is all that
is needed to make one as deft in such
jugglery of figures as the best light
ming calculator.
OF course a skilled arithmetieian
could easily frame problems that could
not be solved in this offhand fashion,
but such difficult tests are seldom offered
l. 1. IL <E,O
"artists' are easily able to answer all
the questions asked Of them. New
York Herald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18
A Permanent Paste.

Soak an ounce of refined gelatin In
cold water for an hour, then drain off
and squeeze out the water as much as
possible Put the gelatin in a jelly pot
and place the pot in a pan of hot water
over the fire. When the gelatin has
melted, stir in slowly ~ ounces of
pure alcohol. Put in a wide mouthed
bottle and cork tightly. This glue Or
paste will keep indefinitely and can be
melted for use in a few minutes by set
ting the bottle in basin of hot water.
AS it contains a very small percentage
of water it affects the gloss of the
prints but little and dries almost i'm
tnediately. Harner's Round Table.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18
A Good story Of sheridan.

Sheridan once had occasion to call at
"a hairdresser's to order a wig. On be-
ing measured, the barber, who was a
liberal soul, invited the orator to take
some refreshment in an inner room.
Here he RECALLED him with bottle of
port and showed so much hospitality
that Sheridan's heart was touched
When they rose from the table and
were about separating, the latter, look
ing the barber full i'll the face, said
"On rejecting, | don't intend that you
shall make my wig.
Astonished and with blank visage
the other exclaimed: Good heavens,
Mr. Sheridan How can / have dis
pleased your
"Why. look YOU" said Sheridan,
'you are an honest fellow, and, / re-
peat it, you shan't make my wig, for l
never intended to pay for it. I'll go to
another less worthy son of the craft +"
Liverpool Mercury.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18
Stands at the Head.

Aug. j. Bogel, the leading druggist of
Shreveport, La, says; "Dr. King 3
New Discovery is the only thing that
cures my cough, and it is the best seller
haye." j. F. Campbell, merchant of
Stafford, Ariz., writes .Dr. King S
New Discovery is all that is claimed for
it; it never fails, and is sure cure for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. |
cannot say enough for its merits. DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs and Colds is not an expert
ment. 1t has been tried for a quarter
of century. and to-day stands at the
head. 1t never disappoiuts. Free trial
bottles at l. G. Matthaei's drug store.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18
How Cold Metals Sometimes Mix.

Professor Roberts Austens discov-
cries ON the subject of the jnterdiffusi-
bility of metals is most interesting
reading The facts have been to some
extent known to savants before the
meeting of the Royal society, at which
more public attention was drawn, but
on that occasion the results were made
more clear. It was then shown that
solid metals may be made to mix them
selves as if the atoms were living crea
lures.
Professor Roberts Austen has, in fact.
discovered pieces of metal engaged in
the very act of mixing themselves up
one with the other. OF course the inter
est of this is that the interdiffusion of
which we speak has been found to take
place when the metals were cold, and,
though this property in metals. to be
capable of attaching themselves one to
the other when cold, has been talked
about before, nothing so clearly proved
has hitherto been at the service of
metallurgists and chemists as the facts
adduced by Professor Roberts Austen.
He shows that when clean surfaces of
lead and gold are held together in the
absence of air at a temperature of 40
degrees for four days they unite firmly
and can only be separated by force
equal to one third of the breaking
strain of the lead The professor has
also proved that if plate of gold be
laid under one of lead about three
tenths of an inch thick in three days
gold will have risen and diffused itself
to the top of the other metal in very
appreciable quantity. -Colliery Guar
dian.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18
4 Modern
Lazarus.

Inherited blood diseases are much
more difficult to cure than those which
are acquired. One of the most common
hereditary diseases is Scrofula, which
the medical profession admit is most
obstinate and deepseated, and their eff.
forts to cure it meet with little success.
A child afflicted with Scrofula is always
puny and sickly, and can never grow
into healthy manhood until the disease
is eliminated. Scrofula leads into con-
sumption nine times out of ten, so that
it is important for this reason that inn
mediate attention be given to all chill
dren who inherit the slightest faint.
Mrs. S. S. Mabry, goo Elm ST., Macon,
Ca, writes:
"My boy, Charlie, inherited scrofu-
lous blood faint, and from infancy was
covered with terrible sores, his sufferings
being such that it was impossible to
dress him for three years.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18
A Trick of the Camera.

The ruined chapel Of St. Mary in
Hastings castle in former days was a
place of considerable Importance, being
served by dean and IL prebendaries
At the reformation it met the fate Of so
many similar institutions and was given
by Henry VIII to one Of his favorites.
1t is in the possession of Lord Chiches-
ter, whose family have done much
to preserve the lettering walls which
crown the old cirque port. Consider
able curiosity has been aroused i'll local
Catholic circles by the discovery that III
most, if not ALL of the photographs of
the ancient chapel trick of light dis
closes the figure Of woman, in flow
ing garment and veil, standing in an
attitude Of devotion before what appears
to be a statue of the Madonna and
Child A closer inspection shows the
group to be nothing more than broken
buttress and part of door, but the IL
fusion at first sight is distinctly remark
able and in Italy or France would prob
ably be regarded as a miracle. West
minister Gazette.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18
Spoiled Pleasure.

Mrs. Meyer-What s the trouble. Mrs
Schulz? You are in bad humor this
morning.
Mrs. Schulz-You see, my husband
staid at the club every night last week
until after midnight, Last night / sat
up, determined to give him curtain
lecture, when he got in late. And what
do you think? The fool came home at
9 O'Clock. --Fliegende Blatter.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18
Purely Vegetable

and contains no potash, no mercury OF
other mineral, which means so much to
all who know the disastrous effects OF
these drugs.
Valuable books mailed free to any ad.
dress by the Swift Specific Company,
Atlanta, Ga.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18

Apoplexy has increased in England
in very remarkable degree since 1850
In the / 6 years ending with 1866 there
were 457 deaths from apoplexy per
1000, 900 inhabitants Last year the
ratio was 577 per 1000, 000
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18

Rolliugstone Nomoss-W h ere S
Wagglesp / hain't seen i'm fer
week. Tatterdon Torn-De ledge
said is breathin' was too labored, and
sent i'm up de river fer to take de rest
cure.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18

Time flies when mans dinner is
waiting for him. 1t only crawls when
he is waiting tor it.--New Orleans
Picayune.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18

The eruption of Etna has entirely de-
stroyed the chestnut woods on the
mountain slopes, the trees being devas-
tated by the lava.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18

Turn about is fair play. When a
man tells woman he would die for
her, she ought to be willing to bleach
for him.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18

The misfortunes hardest to beer are
those which never eome.-James Rus
sell Lowell.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18

A girl will always deny that when
she sleeps alone she puts her arms
around herself.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18

Constant Reader-Any doctor will
relieve you-of your pocket book, at
least.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18

"They say there are no birds in the
Klondil1e region.
ooh, but there are! Gulls. "-Chica-
20 Tribune.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-18

in 20 minutes by DIR. Miles
PAIN Pulls. "one cent q dose" At druggists.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
FIODed With a Tramm

SEDALIA. Mo, Aug. ia tramp
about - years old, whose right name
is unknown here. but who was known
by the simple sobriquet of joe was
given employment splitting rails, by
John Jordan, who lives on Thomas
Chamb.. .lain's farm, fifteen miles
north of Sedalia Some time during
Monday night, the stranger, who had
become cnanorcd with Jordan's wife,
hitched two of his employers horses
to Il a-wagon and drove off with Mrs.
Jordan and three of her children. The
fugitires were traced to this city, and
it is believed they are now travelling
through Benton county, on their way
to the Oz2rlts, or Indian territory.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
NO ROOM FOR THEM.
UNCLE SAM WANTS NO AN
ARCHISTS.
America Is Not to he Made an Asylum
for Them--The Law Shutting Ont
Dangerous Persons From For
eign Countries to Be Strictly
Enforced.
Watching for Anarchists.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-The treasury
authorities are keeping sharp look
out for the Anarchists now being
driven from France, Spain and Italy
by concerted action, and no pains will
be spared to prevent the United States
from being made an asylum for these
men.
Terrence V. Powderly, the new COM
missioner of immigration, said last
night that he would adopt every rem
cdy under the law to exclude Planas,
leader of the Spanish Anarchists, who
has been conducted to Havre by
French officials and shipped to New
York. The immigration authorities
will notify their officers at New York
and all large seaboard ports TO be on
the lookout for Anarchists headed this
way. 1t is expected that the United
States consul at Havre will give speci-
fic information as to the ship on
which Planas and his co-Anarchists
shall sail
The law permits the exclusion of
persons who have been convicted of
a felony or other infamous crimes or
misdemeanors involving moral turpti-
tude" and of persons likely to become
public charge" These are the only
provisions which even indirectly can
be applied to anarchists and the bu-
reau will oe compelled to resort to
them.
After the Barcelona anarchistic agi-
tation the French sent to the state
department here a list Of anarchists
expelled from that country and ex-
pected to come to the United States.
The list was sent to the immigration
officers in New York, Philadelphia,
Boston and other ports with instruc-
tions to apply the law against anarch-
lists named on the liTt. None of them
were apprehended, however, as thew
either did not come or we're smuggled
in by way Of the stcerage.
Mr.. Powderly was asked if he IA
vored strengthening the law so as to
specifically exclude Anarchists, and
replied: Il most assuredly would favor
a law excluding from the United
Cfcly
Anarchist. There is no trouble in fix
ing the status of man who has been
cow cted of q crime, but the term
Anarchist has not been clearly de-
fined, so that it is extremely difficult
to ascertain who the Anarchists are.
Mr.. Powderly went on to show the
difficulties in the way of defining AN
archistic. The latter claims to be
philosopher seeking an ideal state of
society. To this end he advocates the
abolition of all law and the substitu
ton of individual effort 1t is only
when the Anarchist carries his philo-
sophy to the point of becoming an as
sassin or advocate of assassinatio or
incendiarism that the law can deal
with him 1t cannot deal with him as
an abstract philosopher.
In the case of Planas, the Spanish
Anarchist. there seems to be no doubt
as to his character. Mr.. Powderly has
long known Planas The fact that he
is expelled from France would proba-
bly, bring him within the section of the
law excluding those who had been
convicted of any offense involving
moral turDitude.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
Dead.


The blight that has constantly fallen
upon this country, and which has kept
it in continual condition of business
prostration, has been the inability of
the factories of this country to find
purchasers enough at home to consume
their products. Under this almost un-
varying condition the manufacturers
have been compelled to close their fac
tories down for long periods, with the
consequent throwing out of employ
ment of thousands of people who at
once become a vast army of non-pro-
ducers and non-consumers.-" Regis
ter" Mobile, Ala.
True. This Democratic "blight" per-
mitted the factories of Europe to sup
ply our markets, hence, as the Reg
lister" says, our manufacturers "have
been compelled to close their factories
down for long periods, with the conse-
quent throwing out of employment Of
thousands of people" And these" thou
sands of people" will never forget the
destructiveness of the deadly blight
of the Democratic party's free trade
policy.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20

The last refuge of the free traders
in their attempt to excuse themselves
from the reduction of wages of the
coal. miners is in the statement that
coal importations were no greater I'M
der the Wilson law than under the Nc
Kinley law They do not seem to un-
derstand that it is the price fixed by
foreign importation rather than the
quantity imported which, in this case,
fixed prices of the home productions.
The fact that Nova Scotia coal, mined
at the waters edge and loaded i'm
mediately upon vessels from the mines,
could be brought into the New Eng
land ports, with tariff of 80 cents
less per ton than prior to the Wilson
law, was of itself sufficient to turn the
tide of West Virginia coal away from
New England and into the west, thus
inducing the rate wars and forcing
down the wages of miners in nearly
the same amount that the reduction in
tariff reduced the prices of coal in the
eastern markets.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
Is without a Power PIanr

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Aug. 13.-The,
discovery has been made that there. is
no provision for heating and power
plant in Kansas City's fine new gov
ernment building In the original
plans for the building the power plant
was placed In the east wing. Later it
was found that the appropriation
from Congress was insufficient ta
erect the building complete. and the
east wing was cut off. but no provi-
sion was made for putting q power
plant in the main part of The buildin1.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20

rates in order to protect the sugar pro-
ducers of the United States and bring
revenue to the government? But,
the objector will say, everybody famil
lar with this subject knew that the
sugar trust had all this sugar in stock,
and since this fact was we'll known this
does not account for the sudden rise
in sugar trust stock which followed
the announcement of the agreement of
the conference committee. This is
true, but the explanation of the sudden
advance, which was caused by the
profit thus assured to the sugar trust
through the enormous stock on hand
is found in the fact that Secretary
Gage had recommended to congress the
placing of an internal revenue tax Of
one cent per pound on all unrefined
sugar in the United States when the
new tariff law should go into effect,
the object being to compel the trust to
pay to the government a tax of one
cent per pound on all this 100000 900
pounds of sugar which it had accumu-
lated waiting the advance which it
could make by the new tariff. Had
Secretary Cages recommendation been
accepted by the conferees and by con-
gress it would have compelled the trust
to pay in internal revenue taxes prob
ably Is million dollars upon the sugar
which it had piled up in it's warehouses;
The conferees and congress, however,
did not adopt Secretary Cages recon-
mendation for reasons which they
looked upon as entirely sufficient and
the moment this fact became known,
first that the sugar trust would make
this large profit by reason Of the in
creased duty on sugar and second, that
it would not be compelled to pay out
any of that profit in the proposed in
ternal revenue tax upon it's sugar stock,
it would make during the coming year
on this enormous mass of sugar which
it holds saw readily that the profits
would be great and the dividends large.
The result was the advance in sugar
trust stock about which there was so
much talk and denunciation. This ad-
vance was not due to any permanent
advantage which the new tariff bill
gives the trust over the old law but
on the contrary the difference be-
tween raw and refined sugars under
the new bill is, as already indicated
121a cents per hundred while under the
Wilson law it is 221a cents per hun
dred pounds, thus making it apparent
at once that the permanent "differen-
tial' or difference in tariff rates which
the sugar reflners get under the new
law is far less than that under the Will
son law, while this loss to the trust
is Offset by the mere temporary ad-
vantage in the advance in prices which
they are able to make upon the enorm-
Gus accumulation of sugar which they
have on hand.
GEORGE WILLIAMS.