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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17
A Real Blood Remedy.
Three.

There were three in the combina-
ton. A young reporter, astone bridge
with 3o-foot smile, and alittle stream
that was wet, but the reporter was
warm, very warm.
He was speeding down hill on his
bike and the bridge didn't bulge
The stream gurgled on.
The three got closer. The bike
sped on and the reporter had gaze
on his face that seemed to be tackled
on. The bridge still smiled
Faster came the bike. The bridge
was only 80 feet wide, but 1.-THE reporter
got his eye fixed on the stream.
He seemed fascinated.
Yet he thought, Twill hitthat bridge
or get wet.
In another second the three were
together. The bridge was still there
but the reporter was severing the fair
and ripping bosom ofthel little stream
with cruel strokes and stamping it with
his feet.
The moral OF which is: Nothing in
sight of a beginner on the bike is
safe. ~-Hagerstown Mail
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17

If the ground can be we'll prepared
early in the spring and the seed sown
at that time, the chances for securing a
good stand of beets are much greater
than if the sowing be delayed until
later. One serious difficulty in securing
good stand of the beets when sown
later in the season is, according to a
Rural New Yorker correspondent, that
the young plants do not become estab-
lished before the ground becomes so dry
that they suffer, if they be not killed
entirely from the drought. The Nam
moth Long Red and the Yellow Ovoid
have proved the most satisfactory with
me. The Yellow Globe has not given
SO great yield per acre as the varieties
named. Mangels like deep, rich loan
that is quite warm and dry. A damp
lowland will sometimes produce large
yields of mangels of an inferior quality.
A deep, rich loan in a high state of
cultivation that is well drained is adj
mirably suited for the cultivation of
this crop.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17
Tho WAY They Did 1T.

Chauncey M. Depew says that he has
had personal experience i'll seeking Office
NOT for himself, however, but for 9TH
ors--from every Republican president
He says that Mr.. Lincoln would always
listen attentively to what he had to say
and then tell funny story. On his way
back to the hotel he would think over
the story, and finally see that it landed
his candidate way out of sight.
General Grant always received an
application for Office as toasts to the
memory of Washington are drunk
standing and in silence.
President Hayes listened for awhile,
then broke out into lamentations that
the attention of the president Of the
United States should be diverted from
the great affairs of state to distribute
patronage. Then he would make mem
orandum in little red book, which was
to remind him not to do it.
General Garfield would put his arm
around your neck. tell you how much
he loved you and then forget what you
had asked of him.
President Arthur would listen with
polite attention to all you had to say,
then refer you to some man in New
York whom you were never able to find,
President Harrison would sink down
into his chair until you had presented
the claims Of your candidate and then
change the subject.
President McKinley's methods have
not been developed. - Chicago Record.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17
A sMoKEsTAck PROBLEM.
Many Schemes That Failed Before the
High Chimney Was Painted.

Many cchemcs That Fallcd 1fcfore the
High Chimney Was Painted.
AT the cement works ON the west
shore of Hampstead harhor there is a
smokestack 1873 feet high and 8 feet in
diameter which has long needed paint
ing. The manager thought the time had
come 10 dispose of the job Two Of the
foremen, the shovel engineer and a
young carpenter set their wits to work
to contrive way of getting rope up
through the pipes interior and down ON
the outside so that an apparatus could
be rugged to hoist the painter
One of the Italians suggested letting
a pigeon loose to fly up inside Of the
stack. but this solved only half the prob
lem. Another workman suggested a
small balloon. The first one to forum
late what seemed feasible plan was the
head foreman, who fastened 10 feet of
small brass chain to a rocket, and to
that a cord, and then sent them skylark
ing through the pipe. As a spectacle it
was fine, but the heat from the powder
burned off the chain, and the string
was left at its starting point, Then the
younger foreman tried. He had made n
kite having two strings one OF which
went through pulley attached near the
fastened to its upper end, the intention
being to fly the kite until it was direct
~ over the smokestack, and then lower
the weight down into the interior.
The kite worked beautifully until it
was time for it to be useful, when it
turned a somersault, tangling itself in
the pulley tackle, and the whole thing
came to grief. Then the carpenter began
to talk. He, too, remembered boyish
pastimes and believed they could be
turned to account His idea was to as
cend the cable tower. 90 feet distant
and 1870 feet high, and from this posi-
ton throw into the slmokestack weight
tied to a string. The wind was blowing
a gale, but this did not discourage the
man, and he, with the two foremen, as
cended the tower for performance No. 3.
To throw two pound weight fasten-
ed to a string was no easy matter, and
it was exceedingly difficult to keep a
foothold on the tower, After three trials,
however, the weight fell as planned,
save that the string broke. Later the
carpenter tried again, casting the weight
four times before it entered the stack
When the rigging to hoist the painter
was in order, there was call for vol
unteers, but only one man responded.
He was the shovel engineer, Will Sny-
der, from Chicago He has had an ex-
perience in work in high places, for
whenever the steel cable, 140 feet above
the ground, needs tarring Snyder gets
paint pot, swings himself astride the
framework Of the traveller and paints
the cable as the traveller goes back and
forth ON it's regular business.
Several Of the men employed at the
cement works seem to be born acrobats,
and they work far up i'll the air as easily
as ON the ground, SO that when repairs
are needed on the towers or cables
and COOL level headed men must be had
there has never been any necessity to go
outside of the regular force. New Yoek
Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17
FORAGE CROPS.
what Crops to Grow For Feeding Next
rall and Winter.

w INST AE0Pt 60 WIN &@t -
Fall and Winter.
Indian corr, when properly planted
and cultiyat d, gives the largest yield
Of forage per acre Of any Of our ordinary
crops. Therefore corn should furnish the
foundation for fall and winter feeding.
Plant in drills, kernels eight inches in
the row, the largest or most rapid grow
ing variety Of corn, which will pass the
milk stage before the first frost usu-
ally occurs. Before the corn comes up
cultivate and harrow, thereby stealing
a march" on the weeds. In ten days to
two weeks cultivate, or if on sandy, light
land harrow instead. Every ten days
thereafter until the corn has all tasseled
out cultivate with an implement which
has more and smaller teeth than those
in common use, taking care to cultivate
deeply at the beginning and more shall
low as the season progresses. DO not
hill the corn. Thus writes an eastern
correspondent of Country Gentleman,
authority for the following:
In addition to this, prepare in the best
manner possible one or more acres Of
clay loan land and give dressing of
from 90 to GO bushels per acre of quick
lime on the surface after it is plowed.
Plant mangels early in drills 30 to 81
inches apart Run hand cultivator
through one or more times when the
plants are large enough to bear it. After
that cultivate with the horse hoe thin
and dress up with the hand hoe. From
this time on mangels are as easily raised
as corn, provided the preliminary work
has been done WELL 1t may be well to
run the hand cultivator through just be-
fore the plants appear above ground If
the seeds have been planted so that the
rows can be readily followed. Thirty
tons of mangels per acre should be Sc
cured. Forty tons is large yield. Since
more or less hand labor is required in
raising roots it is economy to raise the
40 tons on one acre instead of two.
If there is any vacant ground unseed-
ed, oat wheat stubble and the like,
pillow it as soon as the crop has been re-
moved, cultivate occasionally until Aug.
to Is and sow mixture of one bushel
of peas, one Of barley and one Of rye
per acre. The aim should be to keep the
land covered during the entire season
with young, vigorous plants of some
kind
If the corn is used for ensilage, it will
naturally come off early, and it is wise
to start a second crop Of some kind at
the time the last cultivation is perform
ed. Here may be used turnip seed, Grim
son clover or barley and peas sown from
horseback ahead of the cultivator. This
last cultivation should be at least two
weeks later than the time usually Sc
lected for laying by the corn. If the
corn has not been planted too thickly
and the land is kept in proper filth and
is fairly fertile, a large quantity of val
liable fall feed may be secured from the
same land that grew the corn.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17
There Is Nothing So Good.

There is nothing just as good as DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump.
ton, Coughs and Colds, SO demand il
and do not permi: the dealer to sell you
some substitute. He will not claim
there is anything better, but in order to
make more profit he may claim some
thing else to be just as good. You want
DR.. Kings New Discovery because you
know it to be safe and reliable, and
guaranteed to do good or money re-
funded. For Coughs, Colds, Consump-
ton and for all affections of Throat
Chest and Lungs, there is nothing so
good as is DIR. Kings New Discovery.
Trial bottle free at l.. G. Matthaei's
Drug Store.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17

A Georgia evangelist named Gull
pepper is down on bachelors. II want
to see our men marry" he says.
Let them marry young; I'd rather
have them marry at fifteen than at
thirty. Young men who arrive at
the age of twenty-five and are still
bachelors | am Tor taxing $Ioo. If
they are still unmarried at twenty
three would tax them 200 dollars,
at twenty-fonr 500 dollars. and so I
would go on up to thirty. Any man
who wasn't married at thirty / would
be for sending to the penitentiary.
God meant that men should marry.
A bachelor is only half man"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17

indiscriminateu use of the knife. Read
ing of the many cures made by $. 5.
s., determined TO give that medicine
trial, and after / had taken it a few
days, the cancer became irritated and
began to discharge. This after awhile
ceased, leaving a small scab, which
finally dropped off, and only healthy
little scar remained to mark the place
where the destroyer had held full sway.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17

Raising wheat by the Campbell
method-that is, by drilling and culti-
vating--saves bushel or more per acre
in seed, as one peck plants the acre, and
five pecks or more are used when sown
broadcast " This statement is made by
The Texas Farm and Ranch, which also
tells the following:
"a farmer of Austin county planted
an acre, in the Brazos bottom, drilled,
and old wheat growers who saw it when
well headed out said it was the finest
they had ever seen, and that it would
make go bushels of grain. 1t was never
harvested except as green feed, for there
were no mills there to grind it. -
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17
a hog TIGHT FENCE.

character. The Indiana farmer who sent
this plan claims that he can haul 40
rods Of this fence at one load and put it
up almost as fast as he can walk This
special fence is for hogs. One plank and
a barbed wire higher will hold cattle.
Other plans submitted show fences
the lower parts of the posts of which can
be driven in like stakes thus holding
firmly.
The simplest post arrangement of all
came from an Illinois man. A little
study of the second cut will show you
exactly how it works.
A big stake is driven so that the up
right and lower piece can be spiked to
it. Then smaller stake is driven
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17
A Garden Marker.

Il. Greiner thinks that marker
made as suggested by the accompanying
illustration from Farm and Fireside
will be found to be the ideal marker:
1t has tracer wheels something ON the
principle of a dressmaker's tracer wheel
The marker disk (and there may be as
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17
Heart Disease Relieved in 80 Min
uteS.

DIR. Agnew's Cure for the Heart
gives perfect relief in all cases of Or
ganic or Sympathetic Heart Disease
in 80 minutes, and speedily effects a
cure. 1t is peerless remedy for Pal
pitation, Shortness of Breath, Smoth-
ering Spells, Pain in Left Side and all
symptoms of Diseased Heart. One
dose conviuces. Sold by A. M. Gil
bert and M, A. Snodgrass.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17

The New Jersey state geologist, after
a study of the Holland dikes and drain
age system, proposes to use his knowl-
edge by diking and draining the Hack
ensack and Newark salt meadows. These
comprise ~, 900 acres, and if they can
be made cultivated land they will be
exceedingly valuable, owing to the near
ness to New York and the other large
cities on the New Jersey side.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17

Nephew-Eello. unclel How's the
govt?
Uncle--How's the govt? Confound
you'll What's that internal thing round
your neck?
ENTHUSIASTICALLY my collar.
sir, / believe.
Uncs5-Bahi You look like donkey
looking over a whitewashed wall. Lon.
don Punch.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17
An Early Potato.

A potato that has been tested to some
extent with promising results at the
stations and elsewhere is the Bovee. Es-
pecially satisfactory yields were gained
with this Bovee at the Pennsylvania sta
tion. Bovee is classed among the first
earlies and is claimed to be heavy
cronner
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17

Unconditional surrender, is the
only terms those famous little pills
known as DeWitt's Little Early Ris-
ers will make with constipation. sick
headache and stomach troubles. T..
G. Matthaei
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17
-s6l11s'al76sy
THE PORTABLE FENCE.

Fence Supported by Triangular Pieces--A
Simple Post Arrangement.
A large proportion of the plans sub
mitted to Rural New Yorker for portable
fences covered the well known principle
Of panels of wood or wire supported by
triangular pieces placed where the posts
usually go. The cut here reproduced
represents the ordinary fence Of this
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17

1t is said that there is some founda-
ton for the belief that the Irish peo-
pie can trace their origin to one of the
lost ten tribes of Israel. Shamrakh
is Arabic for trefoil, and it is an easy
distance to Shamrock, the three
leaved clover indigenous to Ireland.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17

size OF a small pea.
Itgrew rapidly, and
shooting pains ran
in every direction.
I became alarmed
and con $ ulte d a
good doctor, who
pronounced it can
Ger, and said that it
must be cut out.
This l would not
consent to, having
little faith In the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17
WHAT nv LOVE IS LIKE.

Ny love is like--is like rose
Kissed by the morning tsew,
Yet never rose brief summer knows
50 fair my love- ms you.
Ard when vile winter willis the leaf
And the pink petals come 20 grief,
Stay. love, and shane the rose.
Ny love hath bosom like the snow,
Less cold and dcubIy fair.
But when earth's wintry fleece must 20.
When sprizg hreathes IN the air
And flowers spring to bless the sight.
Love rules the heart with added might
Stay, love, and shame the snow.
Ny lovo's dark eye shines like star
when the rude day has fcd.
Aye, fairer far. thy avatar
Brings blessings ON my head.
The star. that distant bides, is wise
To shrink from rivaling thy eyes.
Stay, love, and shame the star.
-. L. Heaton In 'sThe Quilting Bee"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17

It is estimated that about $40, 900
worth Of meat and 800, 900 worth Of
bread are daily consumed in New York
city, while for amusements the public
spends not more than $50, 900 per day
at the theaters.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17
Too
Much Knife!

The use of the surgeons knife is be-
coming SO general, resulting fatally
in such large number of cases, as to
occasion general alarm.
Mr.. William Walpole, of Walshtown,
South ID akota, writes; "a bout
three years 20, there came under
my left eye q little hiotch about the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17
WELL CONSTRUCTED MARKER.


many as you desire-say, three or four
and at any desired distance apart) is
simple disk of wood or iron, with
pointed rim. These will roll over the
ground very easily and make a good
mark in loose ground.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-04-17

THE SIMPLEST POST OF ALL.
through wire loop SO that it holds
down the other end The middle bar of
each panel projects at one end. This end
is placed along the upright, and then
the "key" is driven down through the
wire loop, holding the panel in place.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-02-26

Books for boys and books for girls
are, in this reading age, quite small
problem. They should not be too SER
sational, they should not be too didac-
tic. On one side Kingston perhaps
erred, on the other the school who fol-
lowed Mrs. Mercer certainly did. Tie
happy mean seems to have been hit by
modern author q. A. Henty. He sup
plies his boys with plenty of dashing
narrative, but at the same time his
books carry an immense amount OF
historical information. Henty is a
wonderfully prolific author, his works
amount to some forty or fifty already.
The main part about his work is that
he is so thoroughly healthy. There is
no mawkishness in anything that he
writes. A course of Stanford and Mer-
ton" could only produce what it did,
viz: The middle class prig of Great
Britain. That school of writing has
gone under, and now we have the
broader and the better school 1t is
much to the credit of the libr lry here
that such good books are put within
reach of all our children, for without
good books where would our children
he
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-02-26
M!Sx@>>~~~Q~.
Won HOLT BLOCK.
Canned Goods.
Crackers,

In the early days of Lead
vile, Colorado, some of the
houses there were rooted with
tin, in which vegetables and
fruit were preserved. The
altitude of that thriving dis
trict prevented the growing
of garden sass" and the
people, perforce Of this condi-
ton of affairs, depended for
their supplies, upon such
things as were put up in the
canneries of the East and
California.
1t would be interesting to
know how many thousands Of
cases of canned goods are con-
sumed annually in Honolulu.
Our trade in this line is enor-
nous, Notwithstanding the
fact that the people in Homo
lulu can grow their own vege-
tables and are in close touch
with the fruit markets of San
Francisco.
Our stock is large and con-
tains everything in this line.
We have Peeled Peaches,
Eva Apricots, Prunes, Pears
and Cherries dried, and with
the same excellent flavor as
the fresh goods.
Mackereland Salmon Bellies
in kits, new catch and just
arrived. Delicious Crackers,
in two-pound tins; Dainty
Chips; High Teas, and Welsh
Rarebit; Cracknels and Palace
Mixed in quarter cases; Gin.
ger Snaps and Nick Macs;
Oak Asparagus; Queen Olives;
Maple Syrup, and Dried Beef.
j. T. WaterhO1nSc
QUEEN STREET, HONOLULU. =
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-02-26

distilled, malt, or vinuous liquors, but,
on the contrary, in some respects en-
courages those manufactures within
the State. The fundamental concep-
ton of the law is distinctly antagon-
istic to the theory that liquor-selling
is sinful and unholy; for the State is
self assumes the whole of that bust
ness and takes its profits. Although
supported by Prohibitionists at the
time of its enactment, it flies in the
face of all logical prohibitory theory.
1t has been enforced with a remark
able degree of success, but at great
cost of political and social antagon-
isms."
The whole subject is wound up as
follows:
at cannot be positively affirmed
that any one kind of liquor legislation
has been more successful than another
in promoting real temperance. Legis-
rarely be separated from other pos
sible causes. The influences of race
or nationality are apparently more inn
portant than legislation. That law is
best which is best administered. Even
when external improvements have un-
questionably been effected by new
legislation, it often remains doubtful,
or at least not demonStrable, whether
or not the visible improvements have
been accompanied by a diminution in
the amount of drinking. Thus, re-
proportion to the population undoubt-
eddy promotes order, quiet, and out
ward decency; but it is not certain
that the surviving saloons sell less
liquor in total than the previous more
numerous saloons. Again, it is often
said that restrictions on drinking at
public bars tend to increase drinking
at home or in private, and there is
probably truth in this allegation; but
comparative statistics of public and
private consumption are not attain
able, so that it is impossible to hold
a well-grounded opinion on this point.
The wise course for the community at
large is to strive after all external, Wis
ible improvements, even if it be i'm
possible to prove that internal, funda-
mental improvement accompanies
them"
1t is an unsatisfactory ending to
an able report. Practically it frankly
ayers that nothing can be done, that
legislation is as often as not more
harmful than beneficial. Legislation
here, on the Hawaiian Islands, has
been harmful, for it has driven
hundreds into the illicit sale of liquor,
who, under different circumstances,
would never have touched the traffic.
1t is really very difficult to decide what
should be done. When such able men
as those composing the committee can
offer no panacea for the evil, it seems
as if it will be very difficult to reach a
result The best of our people will
devote themselves to graphing with
the problem, but it looks as if it were
almost insoluble.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-02-26
@oplcS.
FEBRUARY 10. 1897.

Many persons find it not
only convenient but necessary
to keep certain papers and a
sum of money at their home
or at their office, and a suit
able receptacle should be pro-
vided for the same. We have
an artistic Cash Box, with or
without a tray, that is just the
thing to suit, and in sizes con-
venient to carry or place away
in the office safe.
Agate Iron, and Timed
Iron, Saucepans, Pitchers,
Basins, etc, are articles that
are in constant demand by the
housewife. We know that our
stock of these goods will suit
any housekeeper.
The Telescope Coffee Pot is
the best coffee pot ever put on
the market. Its simplicity Of
construction and the thorough
ness with which it's treats the
cofft e are points that recon-
mend it to lovers of that neces-
sary breakfast beverage. The
first lot was disposed of imme-
diately upon arrival, and the
second shipment is selling as
rapidly.
A Lunch Pail, or, as it is
called in the United States,
dads dinner pail" is con-
structed to contain a sufficient
amount Of food to satisfy those
whose appetites are whetted
by hard work. 1t is divided
into compartments so that the
meal is in a fit condition to be
eaten with enjoyment and not
jumbled in one mess. A tin
cup for coffee, tea or other
liquids go with each pail.
Don't let your coal scatter all
over the floor, but keep it in
one of our handsomely decor
ated Coal Scuttles. Neatness
in and around the house is a
very commendable failing.