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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-06-26


1t was winter and it was midnight.
Maurice had cold, and so had the ba-
by. The little cherub," in fact, had a
touch of bronchitis y and his hard
breathing as he slumbered restlessly in
his little cot plainly testified the fact
through the darkness.
81 wonder, murmured Mrs. Green,
as she lay listening TO the troubled
breathing of the child Oh the one hand
and the influenza snore of her husband
on the other-"I wonder if the little
pet is warm enough. IN anxious about
his little chest, bless him. I'd take him
into my bed, only Maurice doesn't like
it, The little fellow kicks the clothes
off So What could do to prevent him
from taking cold afresh? Happy
thought There's that little woolen
wrap in the spare bedroom. It's either
in the middle drawer Of the dressing
table or in the wardrobe, | know. Poor
Maurice! He would willingly 90 and
find it for me, but l wouldn't disturb
him tonight for the world. I'm glad l
succeeded in persuading him TO sleep in
his dressing jacket. Those nasty infiu-
enza colds need care, and I'm so apt to
uncover him in reaching over to baby
l II slip into the next room myself. "
Thus solilcquizing she quietly got Of
bed--for where baby came in fear flew
out-pushed the turned back bed clothes
gently against her husbands back, SO
that he would not miss her, and proceed
ed to feel for the matches. The little
receptacle at the bed head was empty
Not a match. ION, dear, dear, why
will Maurice insist upon turning the
gas off at the meter, especially when
baby is unwell:" she sighed as she
slipped into her dressing gown, which
fortunately was hanging ON the brass
knob at the foot Of the bed
Slippers she could not find. Nil des-
permdum She knew to foot where
the wrap was, on at least she thought
she did, and she would know it the
moment she laid finger on it. The lit
tie eherub IN the cot Coughed in a chok
ing manner. Light cruo light, the wrap
must be found, and without further de-
lay the little mother walked gingerly
into the next room.
No one could fail TO find the ward
robe, as it was Inc first article Of furni-
tire encountered On entering the room.
VIXEN its door stocd open, il was posi-
bic to view oneself from the bedroom
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-06-26
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-06-26
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-06-26
THE MAILS.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF THE MAILS
AT THE PosT-oFFICE AT MARTINsBcRG,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-06-26
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-06-26
OFF AT THE METER.

Vernal Choice was a pretty and com
modious villa and Doyecottam q select
and salubrious suburb. To the happi-
ness Of Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Green
lately made almost complete by the ar
rival OF the veriest cherub that ever
came down from heaven--theTe were
but two drawbacks. The FIRST was Of
Maurice's making. He had ridiculous
fad about gas fittings He believed them
TO be in a chronic state Of leakinegs. He
told his long suffering wife almost
daily that more gas escaped through
unsupported cracks and defective joints
than served to illuninate the cozy
rooms of Vernal Choice.
Mrs. Maurice Green's bugbear was
burglars. Nothing could shake her con
yiction that when burglar took his
dark suburban way his objective
would be, by decree Of fate, Vernal
Choice. Thus it came to pass that
nightly, while Maurice was turning CT
the gas at the metcr-he would on no
account allow any one else to do it, as
gas is such tickle thing his little
wife was on her knees in the bedroom,
not, as might be supposed, saying her
prayers-thouch she made the same
kneeling serve both purposes--but tim
idly peering under the lowered terra
Gotta valances for the burglar that never
came.
Sometimes it would happen that the
gas popped cut just as she was in the
act of raising the curtain that might
reveal the tragedy Of her life, and then,
with little scream, she would seek
the matches-she never could put her
hand readily ON the matches and light
the delicately shaded candle on the
dressing table, ere proceeding with her
search and her devotions. AT such times,
when Maurice assembled from the under
ground regions where the gas meter
melted out its dole to the company of
his wife above stairs, she would rate
him right soundly for SO gentle little
body for what she styled his "absurd
fad" about turning the gas Off
"What do few extra feet Of gas sig
Nifty, when three precious lives might
some night be sacrificed fer lack Of
light?'' she would exelaim, with as
much dramatic fervor as if she had
been before row Of footlights and a
crowded pit instead of blue tinted,
corrugated candle and mildly scornful
husband.
When Maurice wished to be wither
ing, he was always studiously allitera-
tive in his choice Of words. He never
failed 10 pooh pooh the burglar notion.
He said it was the merest mconshine,
and that there were "crowds Of costlier
cribs to crack than Vernal Choice, you
bet. =
Mrs, Green, as rule, deigned no
answer. She hated slang and wondered
how a man Of Maurice's sense-except
upon the meter question-could stoop
to its use. She generally refrained from
saying So however, like the sensible
little woman she was, and, resignedly
filling the baby's feeding bottle aud
tucking the little cherub, with sundry
croonings in its bedside cot, retired for
the night, leaving Maurice to blow ont
the corrugated candle.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-06-26

which was bought to save you TIME
AND MONEY.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-06-26
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
PENSIONS AND P0STMASTERS
Changes Galore In Both Lists Made
by the departments Mt
Washington.

Washington, May Extensions were
granted Friday as follows;
Iowa: Original-Phineas II. Kerr,
Lewis; Milton j. Guth. Cotter; William
J. Burk, Muscatine. Increase-William
II. French, Plainfield; Patrick Mahon-
ey, Vail; Addison Wood, Brooklyn. Re-
issue-Frank Horak, Iowa City; Valen-
tine Harland, Jamison. Original Wild
ows-Ellen Cain, louisville; Amelia A.
Pierce, Tuskeega; Mary NJ. F~orgrave,
Des Moines; Margaret Phillips, Dies
Moines; Mary A. Longley. Dallas Cen
ter.
South Dakota: Increase-John Rob-
inson, Soldiers home.
Nebraska: Orisinal-Edward Wit
ting, Omaha; Theodore N. Graham,
Springfield. Increase-Albert James
Phillips, Lincoln, Widows-Mahaia
Sumner, Beatrice.
day al follows:
1owa-Ankeny, Polk county, II. c.
Wagner, vice James Lewis, removed;
Garryowen, Jackson county, p. G. Moo
man,, vice David Donovan, resigned;
Kendallville, Winneshiek county, s. NJ.
Culbert, vice II. NJ. Daskam, resigned;
>CAio u Npuilly NdlCt-
tine Bliem. vice Levi Helm, removed;
Ticonlc. Monona county. J. j. Little,
vice G. NJ. Wells, removed; Truro, Madi-
son county, i. Il. Holmes, vice j. A.
Bardrick, resigned; West Point. Lee
county. J. G. Felt. vice Henry Pogge,
removed; Wick, Warren county. A. G.
Black, vice j. w. Mccain, resigned.
Nebraska-Chappell, Deuel. county, II.
M. Johnson, vice l.. J. M~ayield, re-
moved; Cowles, Webster county, c. f..
Putnam. vice V. ID. Storey. removed;
Dorchester, Saline county, s. II. Wes-
ton, vice w c. Parker, removed; Ew-
ing, Holt county, J.. A. Wood, vice j. ".
Kay. removed; Gordon, Sheridan coun-
ty, j. H. Crowder, vice NJ. w. King, re-
moved; Hendley, Furnas county, Alonzo
Cohn, vice T. l.. Jones, resigned; Mad
rid, Perkins county, August Langen,
vice F. Plentenberg, resigned; Overton,
Dawson county, j. c. Chamberlain, vice
c. T. Brown. removed; Valentine, Cher
ry county. D. f.. Sherman, vice w. Il
HALEY, removed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
INDIANS PROGRESSING
IN AGRICULTURAL WAYS
Crow Greek Age ncy Is Being Till
ed in a Remarkable Manner :
by the Redskins.
REV. RICHARDS WAS RELEASED
Indian school at Rapid City VIII
BE Rushed TO Completion.
south Dakota Dental
Association.

Chamberlain, May 1.-THE Indians on
the Crow Creek reservation, situated
northwest OF here, are making very rap
id progress toward civilization. and are
this season engaging in agriculture to
a greater degree, In proportion of their
number, than any other tribe OF the
Sioux nation. A few days ago when the
writer visited the agency these Indians
had over one thousand acres of plow-
ing completed, and since that time
have pushed the work with all posi-
put into crop, and h Indians expecs
to make a decidedly seditable showing
as the result Of their seasons efforts.
United States Indian Agent Fred Ire
on, and his efficient corps OF assistants
are responsible in a large measure for
the steady and gratifying advancement
OF the Crow Greek Indians, but some
credit is also due White Ghost, their
venerable chief. He has at all times
ably assisted and encouraged the fed
eral officials in their efforts toward
lettering the condition of his brethren.
There are on the Crow Creek reserva-
ton a total of / ,056 Indians. Their agen-
cy is generally acknowledged TO be the
most finely situated of the various
Sioux agencies, being on an extensive
plateau lying along the Missouri river.
The plateau is fringed on the river side
by a mammoth grove, which for beau
~ and attractiveness cannot be sur
passed elsewhere in the states
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
TROUT FISHING IN THE HILLS
Lovers Of the Sport Are Gathering
Mt Canon LIKE.

Rapid City, May 1.-THE sporting
season is on in the Black Hills. Just al
present the lovers Of sport are coming
from all parts 10 cannon Lake, fonl
miles west Of this city. A few years
ago this body Of water was stocked
with trout, and Sc we'll have they
thrived that they are now found in
great numbers and afford excellent
sport. 1t is the only place in the Hills
where trout are 10 be found, which
makes the place all the more attractive.
The Lake is artihcially made by dam
ming UP the water Of Rapid creek.
The first racing event of the season
win occur next week between a fast
horse which at one time fatally injured
Sergeant Knaak of Fort Meade and a
noted ~bicyclist. Tbs race Will be from
Fort Meade 10 Whitewood and return
a distance of 20 miles, which includes
considerable rough and hilly road.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
NEARLY CIRCLES THE GLOBE
Alliance of the Baltimore and Ohio
and treat Northern
Syafems.

New York, May I5.-Receiver Murray.
Of the Baltimore and Ohio, thus ex-
plains the alliance Of that company
with the Great Northern:
ut means a unity of transportation
interest that nearly circles the globe.
A line OF steamers runs between the
United States and Japan and china and
forms a direct connection with the
Great Northern railroad. which trans
fers the freight from the PHcific ocean
to the great lakes, where it is taken by
the fast modern steamers of the Great
Northern Steamship line and brought
to Fairport on Lake Erie, and thence
transferred to the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, which takes it to tidewater at
Baltimore or Philadelphia. Thence II is
shipped TO England and the continent,
making an almost unbroken line from
one end of the world to the other. Sim
liar connections are made with the
Northern Pacific railroad and its Pacifit
steamship connections, and this viii
doubtless have the effect of handling by
way of the United states much traffic
that has hitherto paid tribute TO Can
ada. h new route Is the shortest
from the far western countries to Eu'
rope as well as all parts OF the United
States that are tributary to the Baltl-
more and Ohio. On the other hand, II
forms a line to the far eastern countries
for the products of the United States.
BY this combination a yearly service by
rail is contemplated when navigation IL
closed, and by rail and water when It
is open. In addition TO this a line Of
steamships has been put or between
Chicago and Milwaukee, which will han
die to all points west and northwest all
freight seeking a water outlet
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22


impatient twins defying the proverb? Blu,
the mother will be back sooner IL she fol
low the advice. Our familiar THE pot
calls the kettle black" takes a new inter
est in it's Italian form. The pot says TO
the pan, keep off or you'll smutch me-"
The universal toll of the world finds ex-
preston in the Catalan phrase, Where
wilt thou go, OK, that thou wilt not
plough Almost all nations possess a
proverb which declares that 'if you forbid
"a fool a thing. that he will do" and with
confidence in the good will of the public
the advertiser Of Sapolio puts it in this
form:
Forbid a fool a thing and that he will
do" So we say for variety: Don't use
Sapolio-but then you're not a fool"
"A touch of nature which makes all the
world akin" springs out of the quaint
thought that "A needle, though naked
itself, clothes others" Who can hear il
once and ever see a needle without recall
ing 1t? Who fails to recognize the picture
1t suggests of the aid given to the poor by
the poor, and of the help which is every
where gained from the humblest of assist
ants?
What can be more practical than the
statement that IA handsaw In a good
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
SPANISH OFFICERS TOOK PART
l~nsurgants Compel Them 60 Take
Part in a Gay Fan
danRo.

Havana, May 17.-Colonel Rodriguez
raided another town ten miles from
here on Friday. The Spanish garrison
surrendered after firing hardly a shot.
The Cubans had a fandango in the pub
lie square and forced the Spanish troops
and officers to participate. To cap the
climax, the Cuban leader a IA young
Cuban pair married in church, forcing
the Spanish officer 10 give away the
bride and afterward compelling the
captured troops to give them an outiit.
This is regarded as the most ludic-
rou thing that has happened in the
war A party OF thirty or forty women
arrived at Guanabacoa last week from
interior towns, having been arrested
under General Weyler's orders TO arrest
Cuban women where aid are made.
They were in a terrible state when they
arrived. Among them was a young wo-
man, Louisa Isabelle Garcia, who had
been seized just as she was being mar
ried to a young Cuban and compelled TO
join the deported women There were
two girls of IS and 20 who had been
torn from the bedside Of their dying
father, the only relative they had.
-Four girls who had gone to attend a
ball IN a town were arrested by Span
ish officers, who entered the ball room,
join the troop of deported Cuban Wo-
men. They were compelled to go with
their frail ball dresses on. Several wo-
men had infants with them, and four
or five women had died on the way.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
lMPOTENCY OF SPANISH TROOPS
General Gomez Reports Splendid
Success Against Them
EVERYWHERE

Washington, May i7.-Mr. Gonzales
Quesada, Charge d'Affaires. etc, OF the
Cuban republic is in this city, n
who, in the absence of Senior Palma is
acting minister, has just received sew
eral letters by special messenger from
General Gomez and President Cisneros,
one Of which is as follows:
In camp at Sancti Spiritus: In re-
gard to our military operations | will
tell you that we are doing perfectly.
General Bantera, as you already know,
crossed, without firing a shot, the re-
enforced 'trocha.'
He has continued his march and has
already passed the frontier Of Sancti
Spiritus, going toward Pinar del Rio,
He takes with him a magnificent con-
tingent of men and arms.
General Weyler announced his trip
10 Sancti Spiritus, but midway he re-
turne and il seems he is devoting his
time 10 travelling and making trips on
the coast, fearful that some expedition
might land.
The impotency Of the Spanish troops
is evident, and the last few days / have
defeated columns in Santa Teresa, De.
magua and Reforma, always with good
success. The state OF our army cannot
be better and assurance of victory in.
creases its courage. NJ. Gomez,
Commander In Chief"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
MORIARITY GOT THE BOUNCE
Now begins Action Against Section
Foreman MCGEE.

Aberdeen, May u. -E. j. Moriarity,
formerly road master on the chicago
and Northwestern railway, has brought
salt against Section Foreman MCGEE OF
Redfeld for making false and malicious
statements, which caused Moriarity to
lose his position.
Mrs. Donald Cameron, an aged lady
Of this city. died last night.
James Hargrave. a section man on
the Milwaukee road, lost a leg AT Gro
ton. He was attempting to pass under
a freight train, when he cars were
moved, catching his right leg and sew
ering 1t near the knee.
The farm house Of Henry ~Stollenhere
of R0ndell township, caught fire from
an o~verheated stove and was totally de
stroyed, The family lost their entire
personal effects in the flames.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22

second year without evident decline IN
popularity. We have noticed that none OF
the advertisements of Sapolio make use Of
slang, and probably for this reason.
Naturally many Of the best proverbs
used in this connection relate to household
cleanliness, and all the original ones r
framed 10 that end. Dirt In the house
builds the highway TO beggary," deserves
recognition, despite its origin. House
hold sayings, in tho sense Of four-welled
buildings full of furniture, are quite lack
ing in many Eastern tongues. We believe
that no reference TO clean housekeeping
can be found In the Koran or even In the
Bible, except that of the woman who
swept the house to find her lost coin.
Shakespeare rather sights the subject, but
whether because it was not deemed impor-
tant in thai intellectual but dirty age or
because he scared to grander things, we
will not discuss, but the England Of to-
day ,well says of home, THE cleaner tits
the cosier it's" and our American adver-
fiser improves the opportunity to add that
humble homes made bright with Sapolio
are better than tawdry palacesf Alas,
for the thoughtlessness Of the man who
forgot TO ask whether his bride used Sa-
polio. The Scotch proverb records his
case: aye haze tied a knot wi yonr tongue
We Wilma loose wi FOUR teeth
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
THE new LIQUOR LAW
WILL ALSO Be TESTED
South Dakota Counties Will Refuse
to Pay Any Part Of License
Money to the State.
TAKE THIS WAY TO GET A RULING
Government Officers Inspecting the
State Surveys - New Military
Observation-Disclosures
Saes for Damage.

Huron, May l7.-ln order to test the
validity of the new liquor law a number
OF counties will not turn over TO the
state the states portion of the license
fee. The commissioners Of Hutchinson
county have directed the county treas
urer to retain the money, n othei
counties will follow the example.
Hon. A. W. Barber and son, of Wash
ington, -. c., left here with teams
Thursday for the Sioux Indian reserVa'
ton and points IN the Black HIS conn
Try. They are government inspectors OF
surveys and are making careful exam
ination of the work in this state ana are
accompanied by several parties IRON
this city. one company is headed by
Messrs. Barber, W. =. Fell, John Miilah
and Carl Jones: the other is IN chafet
of Geo. Fessenden and includes FREQ
Plock, Hiram Coshun, Will McDonatd
and j. J.. Ridenour. Both parties FIX
pect to be out all summer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
No suiuug Them.

eyes, my eldest daughter married for
money" said the mother, with a sigh.
"She Is happy, of courseT
Far from 1t, While she has every
thing one could wish for, she Is far
from being happy. She loved another"
"Your second daughter also married,
did she not"
Yes, she married a man for his good
looks"
II suppose she Is happy"
Indeed, she Is not. While her hus-
band Is a good provider, he can't NJ
ford to give her what her eldest sister
receives. and consequently, she Is un-
happy"
And your youngest daughter, the
one always thought so much of, Ia she
marriedT'
Yes. she married a man for love-.
"Ah, sensible little girl!'
"But her husband Is very poorw
"Still, with all her poverty, she loves
the man Of her choice, and Is, Of course,
happy?
mo, indeed. She Is the unhapptest
of the three"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
WILD SCENES IN FRANKFORT.
Republicans and Gold Democrats
Fuse and There liz a Row
nt Once.

Frankfort. KY, May 17.-There was q
wild scene In the senate over The at
tempt to use the republicans and gold
democrats to force through a bill pro-
viding for putting m name under two
different devices on the state election
ballots. The silver democrats, though
in a minority, got one OF their number.
Goebel. in the chai pro tenn, pending
an appeal from the ruling OF the repub-
lican president, who counted a quorum,
and Goebel adjourned the mate The
republicans refused to recognize an ad-
journment and 1t looked like a fight at
one time, but the republicans finally ac-
cepted the fact of adjournment, as the
democratic clerks left on the irst an
nouncement. The fight Is IN against
any quorum till the end of the session.
If the president again counts a quorum
trouble Is expected.