Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-05-15


commissions in the Prussian Army
Houlton's (Me. town meeting took
just 10 minutes to elect a moderator,
town clerk aud selectmen.
Beware OBJ de borrower, says
Brother Watkins. DE longah yc'
know him de shorter yo' git. !"
An instructor in physical culture in
Louisville, KY, resigned short time
ago rather that lecture to colored
teachers.
The colored population Of Brockton,
Me-, has grown to the point where
minister of their own color is demand
ed, and one has been called from vir-
ginia
The fish hatchery at Laconia, N.
H.. is now harboring about a million
aud quarter Of trout fry, all OF
which are in exceedingly healthy
condition.
Very shortly stained glass window
will be erected in the church Of Oliver
Goldsmith's native village. and il will
represent a scene from his poem, THE
Deserted Village.
At the recent village election in
Constantine, Mich, the women tax
payers were allowed to vote on an
electric lighting bond proposition. but
only three awaited themselves OF the
right.
The Ohio medical law has been
declared constitutional in the lower
courts at Columbus. It requires
physicians to register and have GER
tificates based upon practice or ex-
animation.
An enterprising postmaster at Putt
man, Conn, has adopted free mail
delivery at his own expense, his Office
not doing quite the business neces-
sary to secure the advantage from the
Government.
A barrel Of cider was stolen in Rip
ton, VT, last January, and out Of it
have grown four criminal prosecu-
tons, two men have been confined in
Jail 10 days each and $57 dollars has
been paid in fines.
Santa Barbara, CAL, citizens are
complaining Of the general slaughter
ing of seals going on in the Santa
Barbara Channel. Some 5000 of the
animals have been killed by sealefs
there in the last few weeks.
The first bicycle path in Rhode
Island will probably be built in the
town Of Little Compton. The resi-
dents there have subscribed to fund
for the construction OF the same, and
it is hoped that it will be ready for
the summer season.
A Western paper is seriously COM
planning over the subscriptions solic-
tied for the starving Iudian children,
claiming that the United States Gov
eminent provides enough rations for
the red men, and that there are no
cases Of starvation at any of the reser-
vations.
The project for the founding Of
Vermont maple sugarexchange, which
was agaited during the winter, has
evidently been abandoned for the
present and will be Of no service dur
ing the present season. 1t isNstated
by one Of the movers in the affair that
the scheme has not been given up. but
will be revived later in the year.
The Hartford chapter of the Daugh-
tiers Of the American Revolution is to
restore and improve the old burying
ground in the rear of the Centre
Church, the house Of worship Of the
oldest ecclesiastical organization in
the State. This cemetery contains
the dust Of the founders Of the Con-
necticut colony, and is every year
visited by their descendants from all
parts of the country.
An interesting dietary experiment
is being made in the Woman Depart
ment OF the University of Chicago.
The young women are served with
food similar to that served to mems
athletic teams when in regular train
ing. All the food is carefully weigh
ed and analysed before it is served,
and the viands arranged according to
their relative value as muscEs
strengtheners. Each girl must eat
the precise amount of fat and Of
albumeu each day which has been
found by careful study to be needed
by the human system. and eating too
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