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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-05-01

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The Nelson bankrupt bill which
passed the Senate on Thursday is a
compromise measure. 1t falls very
far short Of the comprehensive, scien-
tific and complete Torrey bill. On
the other hand, it must have substan-
tial merit or it would not have re-
ceived on its final passage the vote Of
every Republican in the Senate.
The Senate as at esentconstituted
would not pass the Torrey bill. The
Democrats with two or three excep-
tons. with the Populists and silver
Senator'S, are all opposed to it. SEN
ator Nelson, of Minnesota, stalwart
Republican with a decidedly indepen-
dent vein, Is also earnestly opposed to
it and there was no possibility Of its
passage. Senator Pettigrew intro
duced at this session measure pur-
porting to be "a uniform system OF
bankruptcy, which merely gives
Federal sanction to the various as
signment laws of the forty-five sew
eral states. The Bailey bill which
passed the House in the Fifty-third
Congress and which was presented in
the Senate of the last session by Sen
ator Teller in antagonism to the
Torrey bill, is an act providing purely
for voluntary bankruptcy. These
two measures have been offset against
each other for several years. Senator
Nelson undertook to make COM
promise bill which should have
enough of each measure 10 get it
through. His bill was changed very
much while before the Senate. That
it is now tolerable measure may be
inferred from the vote il received.
The bill is comparatively brief
and simple one. 1t permits debtors
owing 5000 or more to so into bank
ruptcy, surrender their property.
except what is exempt under the law
of their states, and receive dis
charge. Any one owing $500 or more
who is unable to pay his debts but
attempts to transfer or cucumber
his property to defraud lis creditors
may be thrown into involuntary
bankruptcy under the BILL The
Torrey bill enumerates nine specific
acts any one OF which will warrant a
mans creditors throwing him into
bankruptcy. The Nelson bill allows
but one. AS it is the involuntary
rather than the voluntary provisions
of the bankruptcy bills that are in
controversy this compromise is very
large concession 10 the opponents OF a
stringent but just bankruptcy law
The bill as it goes to the House is
practically new measure with which
the country is not familiar. Ii will be
the subject of critical examination by
bankruptcy experts all over the
United States as we'll as by the House
Judiciary Committee before it is re-
ported to that body. Its final shape
will doubtless be very different from
its present one. Only one thing is
certain, that shape. whatever it is.
must be very tar short OF perfection in
order to pass the United States SEN
ate as at present constituted. -Phila-
delphia Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-05-01

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. l0c or 20c.
{ c. G. c. fail TO cure, druggists refund money.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-05-01
Fatal to childran.

At certain stage Of childhood
worms are the greatest menacers of
child life. TO kill worms and not ex-
pelthem isstill moredangerous. Mag
ic Worm Tablets both kill and expel
worms. Children eat them as readily
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rs cents. Magic Remedy Co., Glen
Rock, Pa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-05-01

For mere than a hundred years the
Shakers have been studying the
remedial properties of plants. They
have made many discoveries, but their
greatest achievement was made last
year. II is a cordial that contains
already digested food and is digest
err Of food. It is effective In removing
distress after eating. and creates an
appetite for more food SO that eating
becomes pleasure. Pale, thin peo-
pie become plump and healthy under
its use 1t arrests the wasting of
consumption.
There never has been such a step
forward in the cure of Indigestion as
this Shaker Cordial. Your druggist
will be glad to give you little book
descriptive OF the product.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-05-01

Not only acute lung troubles, which
may prove fatal in few days, but
old chronic coughs and throat trou-
bles may receive immediate relief and
be permanently cured by One Minute
Cough Cure. l.. G. Matthaei.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-05-01

Cough and whooping cough are
childhood sterrors; but like pneumon-
ia, bronchitis, and other throat and
lung troubles, can be quickly cured
by using One Minute Cough Cure.
l.. G. Matthaei.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-05-01

HooD's Pills are the only pills to
take with Hoods Sarsaparilla. Easy
and yet Efficient.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-05-01
Right DO Better.

Some personsi in New York described
as rich Americans have undertaken to
raise a purse Of $780, 900 to be pre-
scented to Queen Victoria on the occa-
sion Of her coming jubilee. Victoria
Is model woman who has the worlds
respect. At the same time she is not
a needy woman. In fact, she is one
of the richest persons in the world.
She has an enormous private fortune.
With thousands of flood sufferers in
our own country whose pitiable plight
appeals to every human being, with
our own poor always With us, these
wealthy Americans who are raising a
Victorian fund would not have to look
far to find more worthy object to be-
stow their money on than the good
and rich old queen Of England
Wheeling Intelligencer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-05-01
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Ladies' Dresses, Capes, Shawls,
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, 1897-03-29

The methods Of these ancient days
were totally different from t. ,a of the
present day and were evidently vastly
more durable. Panels of wood vic used
TO paint on, sycamore .lId cypress, a
panels of papiCr mache, and occasion.
ly they We're formed by gluing tLrg
%thicknesses of canvas together. Thcs'
panels were usually about IA inches long
by I inches wide. The artist used liquid
wax instead of oil to mix the colors,
which were made, not from vegetable,
but from mineral substances, and were
of marvellous brilliancy and pcrmancucc
blue powdered lapis ~lazuli, green
malachite, red oxide of iron, etc. The
colors were laid on III patches, some
what after the fashion of IL mosaic, and
afterward blended with an instrument
have been Il lancet shaped spatula, long
handled, with ut one end Il carved point,
at the other Il finely dcntated edge.
With the toothcd edge the wax could be
equalized and smoothcd, while the point
was used for placing high lights, mark
ing lips, eyebrows, etc.
The final process, which gives the
name encaustic to this kind of painting,
was the burning in Of the colOrs. This
was done by the application of Il heated
surface TO the panel, though George
Ebers believes that in Egypt the heat of
the sun was probably all that was need
ed to complete the artists work.
Monthly Illustrator.
, 1897-03-29
TOSSED ON THE FOAMING Bill,
LOWS

You may never have been, il you cross
the Atlantic, no matter how smooth the
watery eSpanse. without sea sickness
you are-well, a lucky voyager, that. is
all. Old lars who have spent their lives
on the ocean waves, who were almost
born, SO to speak, with their sea legs
on suffer now and then from sea sick,
ness in very tempestuous weather. Sea
captains, tourists, commercial travellers
and yachtsmen say that there is no fin
er safeguard against nausea than Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, and il has been
equally reliable as a preventive by in
valids who travel by steamboat and rail
road, and who sometimes suffer as much
in these conyeyances as ocean travellers
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the stomach caused by oppressive eli
matte influences or u~nwholesome or I'M
accustomed food or water, always yield
10 the Bitters speedily. This popular
medicine also remedies. rheumatic, kid
ney and nervous disorders, and the in
iirmities incident TO increasing years.
, 1897-03-29

As h result of II thorough investig8-
ton of the heat resisting qualities Of
wired glass instituted hy the PhiludcI-
pima Fire Underwriters association the
latter has made Il report which must
be very scrviccahle to all Interested in
this unique product. The ruuurt declares
that such glass can be- safely used in
skylights and in such siuatiuus will
stand a sevCre fire and not give way
when water is thrown NJ il. \ wooden
framing for sky!ight, covered with tin,
all seams lock jointed and with nails
hidden, is superior i'll fire resisting quail
ity to iron framing. Wired glass in
wooden sash, covered with tin, all
seams lock jointcd and nails concealed,
can safely be used for windows toward
an external exposure and i'll fire doors
to elevator shafts and stairway tow
ers, where it is necessary to light TIE
shafts; i'll Office buildings. hotels.
etc, where it is undesirable to have
elevator shafts entirely inclosCd and
dark, wired glass permanently built
into Il brick or terra Gotta shaft, or
arranged i'll Il metal covered weed
frame, can safely be used, and, again,
wired glass plates, securely fastened in
standard fire shutters, can safely he
used toward al external r~xpusurr-iu
this case, the fact that il possible fire in
a building all the windows of which
are protected by fire shutters can much
more readily be detected from the out
side through the wired glass is impor-
tant.-New York Sun.
, 1897-03-29

ROSsini was one of the most INDECENT
Of men, and in his younger days used
to do most of his composing in bed.
Once he had almost completed a trio,
when the sheet fell ont of bis hand and
went under the bed. He could o reach
it, and, rather than get up, he wrote
another. The lazy man, if he works at
all, does so by spurts, and ROssini, wGTk-
ing against time, wrote THE Barber of
Seville in ID days. When Donizctti
was told Of this, he remarked, at is
very possiblc-hc is so lazy!' The over
ture to the CANA Ladra' was written
under curious circumstances. On the
very day of the first performance Of the
opera not Il note of the overture was
written, and the manager, getting hold
of Rossini, confined him i'll the upper
loft of La Scala, setting four scene shift
ers on guard over him. These took the
sheets as they were tiilci mli tin "
them out of the wimlcws to cUpylsts le-
meath.
, 1897-03-29

Manson invented the model OF the
Fran, making her !ull round and slip
perry, like an eel, with no corners or
sharp edges for the ice TO seize upon.
She is the strongest vessel ever used i'll
arctic exploration. He said that pressure
would simply lift her on the ice, and so
her bottom, near the keel, was made al
most flat in order that she might not
capsize while on the ice surface, and her
screw and rudder were also ingeniously
protected. The many experts who said
her design would not save the Fran
from instant destruction were mistaken,
for she met these rrsistlcss ice pressures,
and they merely lifted her out Of her
cradle, and she rested safely on the sur
faro
, 1897-03-29

Under existing conditions expert tcs-
timouy in criminal trials is TO be re-
garded, according to the point Of view,
us a farce or Il tragedy. The expert Wit
ness presents US the humiliating spec
taclo of the alleged scientist turned adj
vocate, moUntcbank and trickster. He
appears as a ~professcd partiaun--for hire.
He hides his true opinions bcAjn1 equiv
ocal or eVIsivo anSwCra-fUr a COnsiu-
Grafton. He EXPRESSES by implication
views he docs not really hold-that he
may seem to earn his fee. In il word,
he sacrifices his mistress, Science, at thu
shrine of Mammon.
At all events, he is openly accused of
all of this and much more i'll kind. He
is raiied at, scolfed ut, jecrcd. The most
charitable OF popular opinions us to his
character seems to be that which regards
him as a:t7.nmitigated joke. And mean
time he is placed III such apCSition that
it is impo sible for him to defend him
self against these allegations. He may
be a true scientist, learned, honest, con
scientiora, but under existing methods
he cannot prove that he is such. The
populacc will judge him by his COM
pany, and as matters stand some'por-
lions OF his company are pretty certain
to be bid. Whatover his real character,
the fate Of poor Tray awaits him.
The spirit Of the Law is said TO be
common sense. But its letter has GER
tainly permitted a wide departure from
this alleged standard. The attempt &c
add to the communal veal by utilizing
the knowledge l experts has eliminated
in something not far removed from total
failure. What should be u most seriou:
function has passed into Il joke, and by
common consent the joke has gone fan
enough.-Dr. Henry Smith Williams il
North American Review.
, 1897-03-29
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General Horace Porter in the course
Of a recent speech said, Boston is not
a city; it is u state of mind" This dec,
laration was greeted with laughter by
unthinking New Workers, who failed to
see General Porter's point. He meant
that as much mind is found in Boston
az in an average state. We thank Gen.
eral Porter. Boston Transcript.
, 1897-03-29

Paper floors are manufactured at Elm
siedeln, Germany. In the form of a
pasty mass the paper is spread upon the
surface to be covered and submitted to
pressure. 1t behaves like plaster of paris,
and is said to be noiseless under the foot
and particularly effective in preserving
q uniform temperature. Having no
joints, it presents a Perfectly smooth
surface.
, 1897-03-29

Whisper 1t to your neighoors that the
Republican is the best paper in the
state, and that 1t a be had for 80
cents per month.
, 1897-03-29

Palmistry has been practiced in the
east from time i~mmemorial. The
palmisters claim that several a%llusions
in the book Of Job indicate knowledge
Of this art.
, 1897-03-29
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Some kinds of wasp honey are e1
tremely poisonous, a few grains causing
q kind Of deliriuni.
, 1897-03-29
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All druggists refund the money II It
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, 1897-03-29

THESE BLANKS are ali printed
on lin" linen paper, with an at
"trartiv" border. aud are dupIi-
Gates Of the most approved forms
now in use in this state. The
price nf the" blanks Is very low.
quality considered. and anyOu" in
need of anything in the above
list will dc we'll by examining the
stock or writing FOR samples.
The times., 1897-04-12
pxthian knights, Castle Hall.

The Knights of Pythias are earnestly
at work in their effort to erect q Castle
Hall in this city, and have sent appeals
The times., 1897-04-12
A BLUNDER COST HIS LIFE
CorOner's Jury Asks an lnvestiga-
ton of NewtOn's Death.
Verdict Intinates That Katherine
Newton Was to Blame for Her
Husbands Death.

The coroner's jury which Investigated
the death of Elliott s. Newton, the slu-in-
law OF Col. Foote, who died suddenly in
hotel in New York several days ago, has
returned verdict which only deepens the
many mysterious circumstances which sur
round the case The matter has now been
passed on to the district attorney and will
be presented to the grand jury. Newton
died at the Hotel Warwick from the ef-
fects of dose of rough on rats, which he
took, it is said, with suicidal intent. At
the investigation which followed 1T was
brought cut that the physician who at
tended the young man was not Informed
that he had swallowed poison. Mrs. New
ton, who n public life is katherine Lucille
Foote, the actress, testified before the
coroner's jury that she was aware of her
husbands action but was prevented from
informing the physician by man named
Moore, the proprietor OF the hotel.
The jury, while 1t does not assume the
responsibility of placing the blame for
young Newton's death, intinates in the
verdict that Mrs. Newton should have told
the doctor her husband had taken poison.
This action has caused great surprise and
indignation among the young woman S
family and friends in this city. Those
fully conversant with the facts in the
case say that while Mr.. Newtons sad
death is to be deeply regretted, 1t is ut
terly pruposterous to say that his wife is
In the slightest degree responsible for 1t.
The young couple were very much in love,
and Mrs. Newton was Frustrated by her
husbands sudden death and has since
been quiteill
Col. Foote could not be seen last night,
but a friend of the family expressed him
self freely. In speaking of the matter he
said:
81 am very sorry for Mrs. Newton, and
can svmpathize with her in her present
trouble. 1t is shameful to insinuate tlat
she did not do everything in her power to
save her husbands S life. No Que seems to
have considered the circumstances which
surround the Young mans death. In mo-
meuts of great excitement ike that one is
liable to do things which ones calmer
Judgment would not warrant 1t would
undoubtedly have beenmuch betterhadMrs
Newton informed the physician of all that
had taken place before he arrived, and nad
he known the young man hau taken poison
his life might have been saved, but lit does
not follow.
When the doctor reached the hotel, New
ton had apparently recovered from any Ill
effects Of the dose, and was resting easy.
There was then not the slightest suspicion
that he was in danger, and, acting on the
advice of Moore, Mrs. Newton refrained
from telling the doctor that her husband
had attempted suicide. After the young
mans death, then, of course, the story
came out, but it was too late. Mrs. New
ton cannot be blamed, anu If there is any
responsibility, it rests with Moore.
'I am surprised at the action of the
coroner's jury in not returning a verdict
OF suicide, and thus ending the matter. BY
asking the district attorney to investigate
they have placed Mrs. Newton in a very
The times., 1897-04-12
THE BODY OF DIoSYsIUs HAYS.
Friends Recognize His Remains AT
the Morgue.

The body of the man who was Killed by
nm ,xuresS train on the Pennsylvania road
Saturday night near Severn, Md, was
identified last night as that of Dionysius
Havs, a plasterer, who resided with his
sister at No. 1912 Fifteenth street north
east. HAYS was single man, thlrty-tlght
wears old and for some lime past has de
veopcd strong symptoms of insanity. Hls
friends became alarmed q short time ago,
and a consultation OF physicians decided
that the man had best be sent TO an asy-
lum Arrangements had been made with
Sanitary Officer Frank TO have Hays COM
nftted to St Elizabeth's this week, and it
is thought that the man became aware CT
the intention, and, being sensitive, de-
termined to run way.
He was not confined 10 the hosse, but
was allowed to go about, and the last
seen of him was on Thursday, when he
left his sisters home, and, it is sup
posed, started for Baltimore, where he
had other relatives. In addition to the
fact that his mind was unbalanced, Hays
was also somewhat deaf, and it is thought
that while walking along the tracks he
failed TO hear the engineer warning in
time to get entirely Off the track. The
friends of the dead man read of the ac-
cident in the Morning Times, and called
at the sixth precinct morgue, and Identified
tile remains.
Coroner Hammett will investigate the
case today. and doubtless issue certifi-
cate of accidental death if it is found
that the man died within the District
The times., 1897-04-12

cruel position, especially now when she is
in such trouble
The story of Newton's death has already
been told in The Times. He was the son
of a wealthy merchant Of Hull, England,
and first met Miss Foote when she was
playin with Wilson Barrett, in that
country. He had been very wild and had
squandered a great deal OF money, but
since his marriage had steadied down and
was trying to find employment in New
York. Lack of ready funds is supposed
to be the cause which led him to take
his life He had been unable to secure any
thing to do, and repeated cablegrams to
his father had failed to elicit response