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

Sillicus-Why have you so much
admiration for Bjonesa Cynicus-He
married woman that wanted to mar
ry me.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-05-01

Pretty girls don't necessarily set
men crazy, but they often turn their
heads.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-05-01

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. l0c or s5c
II c. @. c. fail to cure, druggists refund money
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-05-01
No-To-Bac for Flfty Gents.

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong, blood pure. Soc 81. All druggists
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-05-01
Closing Exercises Of RidenOar school.

Closing Exercises OF RideHoar School.
Every arrangement was made for
having the school entertainment on
Monday. Our artist, Geo. Bowling.
had decorated the black board with
an Easter design done up in colors;
bat unavoidable circumstances made
a change of date imperative. Quite
a large number of friends could not
be warned Of the change Of time and
were disappointed; but upward Of 200
persons assembled on Tuesday and
promptly at O'Clock the exercises
commenced.
The children performed their parts
we'll and won a fair measure of APP
plause. Jas. Kilpatric, Roy Frank
enberry, Geo. Downing, WILDER Dixon
and Clarence Tabler carried the audi.
ence by storm with their clever act
ing. Frank Sthul and Prof. Shaffer
furnished instrumental music. The
audience was the best behaved aud
most attentive that we have been
favored with at this place, and though
the programme was long, occupying
three and halt hours. no one seemed
tired and all enjoyed it.
| Welcome song. eve hail with ioY.''
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18
CALIFORNIA; Mustard Crop,

'This country is now growing a
larger part of the mustard put up in
England as well as in this country"
said a commercial man, "nnd California
is raising the largest part of it. The
mustard seed has just been harvested
in California, and probably will run
up to 100000 pounds, or 100000
pounds more than the crop of 1895. The
seed is kept six months before being
ground. The brown seed has the best
flavor and greatest pungency, while
the yellow produces the most oil. The
English mustard packers have made the
yellow the most fashionable, however,
and as a result there are ten pounds Of
yellow produced for every pound of thu
brown, though the brown is stronger
and better in every respect. Probably
one-hah of the English mustard that
rs used in this country grew In Cali
fornia, though it was ground and
packed in England. French mustard
is the same as other mustard, the seed
being soaked, in vinegar, properly
spiced, for "a hours before it is ground. .
Washington Star. :
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18

never seen. When my eyes had feast
ed on their beauty, cried to the driver:
Hello! good fellow, must have your
horses. They are the very animals /
have been looking for The black man
showed his teeth and rolled up the
whites of his eyes while he put the
lash to the horses tanks and turned up
another furrow of rich soil. waited
until he had finished the row, then I
threw back my cavalier cloak. 49, =
''The ensign of my rank was not lost
upon the slave. ~. -
"'Better see missis, better see missis,
he cried, waving his hand TO the south,
where beyond cedar growth rose the
towers of fine old Virginia mansion. I
turned up the carriage road, and soon
my hand was on the brass knocker. In
stantly the door was swung back on its
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18

BY his eountrymen. AS early as 1885,
just after the revolution, he wrote:
There is no man living who wishes
more sincerely than do to see : plan
adopted for the abolition Of slavery.
But there is but one proper and eff
feetual mode by which it can be &C.
complished and that is by legislative
authority, and this, so far as my suf-
frage will go, will never be wanting.''
And these noble words he put into
practical effect by the emancipation Ut
his own slaves by will, humanely pro-
viding for the support of the aged and
inf1rm among them, and giving the
most explicit and peremptory direc-
tions that those too young to support
themselves should ."be taught to read
and write and brought up to some use
full ccupation'-and this to be a charge
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18

ponderous hinges and the majestic form
of woman filled the empty space.
Madam said I, dropping my hat,
and visibly overcome by her dignity, Il
have come to claim your horses in the
name of the government
My horses?' She bent upon me
eyes born to command. Sir, you cannot
have them; my crops are out and l
need the horses in the field
"'I am sorry said I, but such are
the orders of my chief
"tYour chief-whp is your CHIEF? p
she demanded, with restrained warmth.
The commander in chief of the
American, army-Gen- George Wash
ington-' 1t was now my turn to be
grandiose. squared my shoulders
while a smile of triumph softened the
sternness of her handsome face. Tell
George Washington said she, that his
mother said he could not have her
horses
"Humbled to the DUST laughed the
major, II turned away convinced that
I had discovered the source of my
chiefs decision and self command"
did you report to Washington"
asked hero of Brandywine.
eyes," said the major.
'sWhat did he say?"
with one of his rare smiles the Fa-
Their of His Country reverenty bowed
his head."-Lida Rose McCabe, in Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18
STARTLED By A METEOR.
Fragment of q Star Hurled to Earth Ju
Misses Man.

Fragment of q Star Hurled to Earth just
Misses q Man.
The remarkable experience of wit
Messing a meteor flashing across the
ornament, watching it in its course
aud of seeing the stone drop to earth
within a few yards of where one is
standing comes to but few people, yet
such happening occurred recently to
Zen Hall, a painter of Albina, Ore, It
was shortly after 1880 +. m. that Hall
was startled by sudden illumination
of the sky toward the east. Gazing
aloft he saw what at first he took to be
q ball from Roman candle fired from
some pyrotechnic display. AS the fam
ing globe approached, however, it as
sumed such size that the Roman candle
superstition was preclnded. Nearing
tie earth the oncoming ball of fire
could be seen to be bringing with it a
trail of BLUSH sparks, which left the
main body with peculiar cracking
sound resembling the swapping Of char
coal.
Barely missing the roof of house
the visitant from the heavens took
long, swooping fight, as though re-
PEELED by the earth's surface, finally
alighted in bed of hardpan, burying
itself to depth of some five inches.
The distance from where Mr.. Hall was
standing to where the meteor alighted
was so slight that he had fair view
OF that portion of the meteor exposed.
From this came a shower of sparks,
much the same as though the component
parts of the meteoric visitor contained
u percentage of saltpeter.
Going over to the spot where the
fragments of some heavenly body broke
loose in space had alighted, Hall found
the meteor still at white heat. Having
10 means of handling it he informed the
people there *,f the phenomenon he had
witnessed.
Hall and two other men then returned
with an empty lard kettle and reaching
the spot an attempt was made to scoop
Tie fragments of a disintegrated planet
into this plebian receptacle. The piece
of a ''busted' star, however, evidently
did not apprecite such lowly treatment,
for upon being moved it emitted fumes
so pungent and nauseous as to drive the
meteor hunters away. After waiting
some minutes for the stone to cool the
party again tried to get itinto the ket-
tie, but were again driven back by the
odor of the gases. A third attempt was,
however, successful, and the meteor
was borne to II nearby cigar store.
The piece is of irregular shape, much
resembling piece of hard clay that had
broken loose from a cut and rolled to
the ,roadbed below.-Portland (Ore.)
Telegraph.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18
PlTH AND POINT.

s-Ada-'sI notice Amelia has dated
her letter 1896" Eyes; she won't
admit that she's reached 1897 yeti
Yonkers Statesman. :~s:> ~. ~ ~g
-He-t'What will the world say at
our divorce?" The Millionaire Spouse
-"That fool and his money are soon
parted."-Life. u
-She-"Have you any poor rela-
tions?" He-''None that know" She
MANY rich ones?" He-"None that
know me."-Tit-Bits. ~. a.-
--Funnicus-"I tell you, find it
pretty hard work turning out column
of jokes every day." McCabe-''Yes;
there's no fun in it.'-Philadelphia
North American.
-'What provocation had you for
shooting the man?" asked the attorney.
Il can't tell you to save my neck," re-
piled the man charged with MURDER
Philadelphia North American.
Marital conference.-the. Elwell-
"Isn't it strange, but true, nevertheless,
that the biggest fools always marry the
prettiest girls?" Mrs. Elwell-"Oh, now
so on, you fatterer. Figaro.
$50 you want to be my son-in-law,
do you?" asked the old man, with as
much fierceness as he could assume.
'Well," said the young man, Il don't
want to, but I suppose I'll have to be if
I marry your daughter. '-Tit-Bits.
In No Danger.-Resident- Colonel,
let me caution you to drink no water
while in town unless it is spring water
or has been thoroughly boiled" Visitor
II drink nothing, sab, but what has
been thoroughly distilled, sah."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
1T does prevent mans having
regular hours to be away from home"
remarked the prominent citizen. But
I did my best to eat as usual while I was
in New York. managed to get along
with breakfast, lunch, and a light sup
per-" ''No dinner?" young man, I
read the papers. I have reputation to
sustain, and concluded that stran-
ger like myseh had better not take any
chances on a dinner" -Washington
Star.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18
A PRACTICAL STATESMAN.

George Washington as q Model Man of
Business, Order and Law-Tru. hful, Just,
Humane.
Washington was eminently prac-
teal statesman. His mind was of the
solid, practical order. In tine Old South
church in Boston have seen, in his
own bold and clear handwriting, the
expense accounts which he kept in the
revolution, down to the shillings and
the pence. He was no theorist, the
author of no new idea or system in gov
ernment. He left to Jefferson to
enunciate the great ideas of liberty in
the Declaration of Independence and
to Hamilton to inaugurate our great
system of finance. But when it came
to practical administration and execu.
tive duty he was model of business,
of order and law. Here his great rule
and guide was the conscientious per-
formance of public duty. Naturally
conservative in his ideas, the suprem-
acy and authority of law and govern
ment were ever uppermost in his mind
and purpose. When in his second term
that whisky insurrection broke out in
Pennsylvania and the misguided mall
contents, after fair warning by his
proclamation, continued to resist the
collection of the tax and to resort to
mob law and violence, he promptly
called out IS 900 militia from the neigh
boring states and repaired to the scene
of action, ready TO take command and
crush the incipient rebellion with a
strong hand. But this show of power
and purpose, with Washington behind
it, was enough, and the lawless ele-
ments retired abashed, as they always
will, when confronted by leader who
dares to. shoot. and to kill.
But Washington not only recognized
his obligation to the people and to the
law, but he was ever mindful of the
still higher obligation to the principles
of justice and humanity. To be truth
full, to be just, to be humane-these
were the bright jewels in his crown Of
character. 1t is a fact most interesting
and impressive now to recall, after all
| our great troubles and conflict over the
slavery question, that he left his solemn
testimony against that institution in
words which ought to have been needed
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18
ENGLISH NOTES.

Five years penal servitude was the
sentence imposed recently on bicycle
thief in England.
!. OF $4,000 applications for patents in
England SO far this year, more than one
third are for improvements in bicycles.
It will be known as the Diamond
Jubilee" of Queen Victoria. The prince
Of Wales has settled it by using the
phrase in public speech. rs
Great Britain cannot find enough tall
men for the Foot guards, SO the stand
ard Of height has been reduced half an
inch, to i've feet 81 inches
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18
Cleaning Marble.

It is often the case that handsome
marble becomes almost hopelessly
soiled and stained and there is de-
mand for simple and practical recipe
for restoring it. The following from
an excellent authority is highly COM
mended: Take equal parts of OK gall,
powdered soap and pipe clay and add a
little turpentine. Apply coating to
the marble, and when thoroughly dry
rub it off and wash with warm soft
water. This will cleanse without de-
stroying the polish If the marble is
badly stained a second application may
be necessary.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18
Failing Yellowstone Geysers.

The geysers Of the Yellowstone ma
tional park are failing. Their force
has fallen off so per cent in IS years.
The Niagara gorge will extend from
lake to lake in the course of time, and
there will be no cataract. Destruction
Of forests is reducing magnificent rivers
to gravel beds. Verify, the people of
this generation may look at the moon
and be thankful that they are living
while this earth is live and interest
ing planet.-Youths Companion.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18
Inconeruitv.

The Mississippi river flows up hill.
It's mouth is higher than its source
that is, farther from the center of the
earth. on account Of the bulge of the
earth toward the equator. pittsburgh
Dispatch. n g.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18
A Useful Publication.

The Atlas of the Northwest, containing
large maps of Minnesota, the Dakotas, Mon
tana, Northern Idaho and British Columbia,
Washington and Oregon, with postoA6ces
and every important geographical feature.
It also contains map Of the United States
and one of the world On Mercatsr's projec-
ton, which shows the relative position Of
all countries. The pages are2l by Is inches
in size. Valuable and descriptive statistical
tail price for each map is Is cents, but COM
bined in this publication, the whole number
will be sent for Is cents in stamps by F. 1.
Whitney, G. P. 4 T. A., Great Northern
Railway, st. Paul, MINI.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18
SarsapariIIa
SLIGO FOR u CENTS.


Millions now plant Salzer's seeds,
but millions more should; hence offer:
/ pkg. Bismarck Cucumbers. Use
1 pkg. Round Globe Beet. .1Oc
1 pkg. Earliest Carrot. ..1oc'
l pkg. Kaiser Wilhelm Lettuce. 800. 15c
1 pkg. Earliest Melon. ..............1 0c
1 pkg. Giant Yellow Onion. .15c
1 pkg. 14-Day Radish. .1oc
pkgs. Brilliant Flower Seeds. %. ..15c
Now all of above 10 packages, in
Guiding our mammoth plant and seed
catalogue, are mailed you free <upon
receipt of about IA cents postage.
IS pkgs. Earliest Vegetable Seed. .$1-00
81 Brilliant Blooming Plants. 90. .S1.o0
John A. Salzcr Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis. (K]
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18

It comes as natural to a woman to know
dry goods as it does to a man t. swear
Washington Democrat.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18

When bilious or costive eat a Cascaret.
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed @c, sc.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18

ut happened this way" he began.
81 was sent to Washington on forag-
ing expedition. It was before the battle
of Yorktown" The majors eagle eye
scanned the faces of his attentive lis
toners.
Every one of the company had been
officers in Gen. Washington's army.
Together they had fought in every bat
tie from Bunker Hill to the capture of
~Cornwallis at Yorktown. I can see
them now-strong of feature, brave of
bearing, their snow-white cues falling
on velvet collars, white rufHes at their
wrists, knee breeches, leggings, and the
quaint buckle shoes of colonial times.
There was bluff old Rufus Putnam,
whose engineering skill on Dorchester
Heights enabled Washington to drive
the British from Boston; brave little
Commodore Whipple, who gave birth to
the American navy by offering the first
defiance to England on the sea, and
the commanding figure of Robert Oliver,
who erected the first saw and grist mill
in Ohio, together with Jonathan Devol,
one of the first ship builders in the
western country.
But how did all these famous war;
riors find their way to the beautiful
Ohio valley, you may ask? Peace re-
stored, their country had no more use
for fighting soldiers, war had robbed
them of their fortunes. But they were
-lmdaunted, and together they boarded
: the Mayfower- floating barge-and
made their way into the Ohio valley.
There they laid out farms at Beeprc,
waterford and JAMESTOWN, the earliest
settlement in the vicinity of Marietta.
At eventide they were wont to float
down the calm bosom of the river, and
at the peril of the lurking red mans
tomahawl<, moor their skiffs at my
.grandfather's door. Once in the glow
L of the pine knots heaped high on the
open hearth, these SCARED veterans re-
4 vived in story their country's struggle
for independence. 81 49,.
Striking, even in this distinguished
gathering, was the major. He was a
ineal descendant of Gov. Bradford. of
colonial Massachusetts. He stood high
4 In Washington's esteem, and shared the
Il friendship of Lafay ette. He never failed
& to hold his audience, and he had it now.
eve were Accommodating in West
y n1ureland county, Va" he continued.
81 CHANGED upon a fine team of horses
hitched to a pillow; they were driven by
Il = hpxly slave. Finer animals I have
n
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18

Generally, those who know the least are
the ones who are always giving you advice
"just for your own good"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18

Made worse by cold Neuralgia needs
St. Jacobs Oil to cure. It cures
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18

Let a lot of men get together, and It is
remarkable how soon they will 60 TO talk
ing about good things to eat.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18

Years of rheumatism have ended with
cure by St. Jacobs Oil. Cures promptly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18

F IS f i$s is, !!!j ::
.E{aR Hak /! t: Soy
AFIY wa ~. V: ~@>~-
s@ Vl~8 LEASE. Dan'pa. will
~ % -: :n %S .ss Sss
~, ~efM 'Why Is q little
y ~ - Ratchet called a
f. ~ t symbol O.. of the
+ "sWhy, don't you know?' said Grandpa.
Little Bobby shook his head:
'"''I tooly DON'T" he answered. 'Then you
..s ought to-" Grandpa said.
".An ready" he continued. taking Bobby
on his knee.
'''It's going to be q story, and you're wide
awake, I see.
~Once on a time q little boy OF just about
your lift
Received little Ratchet from his father
for gift"
~~~~~o>~~-~.
Bobby cried. Suppose
That boy had chopped his fingers off and
bloodied all his clothes;
dess his foolish papa then would cry lot.
say!
Why didn't that boys mamma take the
Ratchet right away?'
~'Perhaps she didn't know it, Grandpa
laughed; sat any rate
Next morning bright and early rose, that
little bow elate
TO try his little Ratchet: in his fathers
garden he
Displayed his skill by cutting down TO-
vOrite cherry tree"
"A cherry tree" cried Bobby weren't
any woods around?
Why, cherries are the coolest things to
eat ever found;
Say. Dan'pa! Do you fink I'd kill lovely
cherry tree?'
~'0f course you wouldn't Bobby; you're
too fond Of things to eat:
But. just for fun, suppose you did. and
then had CHANGED to meet
Your father In the garden, and he sternly
asked you who
Cut down his favorite cherry tree. Now,
tell me what you'd do"
''Well, Danpa! let me fink. If cut down
his cherry tree
And papa came and caught mo with the
Ratchet, wouldn't he
Know certain sure I did it? II told
story, why
He'd whip me twice as hard. you know, for
telling him a lie.
"'But If looked real sorry and didn't skip.
and said:
Dear pop! forgive poor Bobby. who cut
down your tree instead
OF getting any whipping wouldn't papa
say: My son!
Because you didn't tell lie. no whipping
will be done?'"
"Ahem!' said Grandpa, startled by the
wisdom Of the tot
'"That's just the thing that happened in
the story. Now you trot
Away to bed, and say your prayers before
you close your eyes,
And dream about the whippings bad boys
get for telling les
III. c. Dodge, in Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21
BRIEF ITEMS.

EX-Deputy Attorney General Strana.
han addressed large assemblage of
voters at Hazleton last evening.
The board OF directors of the Citizens
Bank of Freeland met yesterday and de-
clared a semi-annual dividend of per
cent.
Miss Rebecca Coke, of Drfton, has
donated sufficient mating to cover the
floor of the Sunday school room in st.
James chapel.
A number of Eckley young men are
considering the organization of another
temperance society in that town, to be
known as the st. Aloysius Society.
S. C. Ward, publisher of the Plymouth
Star, has disposed of the plant to NJ. E.
Wilson. An improved appearance is
noticeable in the first issue under the
new management.
Annie Huncah, young Hungarian
girl of Black Creek township, has been
arrested by orders of Deputy Coroner
Bowman. Suspicion points to her as
the murderer of her newly-born child.
The Lithuanian Alliance of the
United States, in convention at Phia-
delphia yesterday, voted 81 900 to assist
in defraying the expense of prosecuting
Sheriff Martin and his deputies for the
Lattimer murders.
p. j. Boner, of Hazleton. and Miss
Celia Conahan, of Audenried were mar
ried at Ha2leton yesterday. Last even
ing the couple received their friends at
the residence of the brides sister, Mrs
E. j. Curry, on Ridge street.
Burglars Tuesday night robbed Shepp-
ton postof1ice of $50 in cash and num-
Der of postage stamps. Schuman'S store
was also looted and drygoods, cutlery.
etc, taken. At Breadbenders hotel the
thieves secured So in cash and a good
supply of whisky.
Many North Side people on Monday
attended the funeral at Ha2leton of Pat
rick Sweeney, aged 30 years, who was
killed in a gas explosion at Middleport,
Schuylkill county, last week He had
been resident of Eckley and Highland
during his early life.
Joseph Warg, one of the best known
engineers on the Jersey Central, died at
his home in Silver Brook Tuesday night,
the result of a stroke of apoploxy, which
he received while at work. He had been
employed as an engineer on the Lehigh
Valley for fourteen years and on the
Central for the past twenty years.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

Foster township school teachers have
arranged the following program for their
next institute, which will be held in the
Woodside school house ON Saturday.
Singing, Three Bumbe Bees
Prof. Joseph Serricks, what the
Parents owe the Teacher-What the
Teacher Owes the Parents -
Miss Rachel James, Common Faults
in Teaching"
Miss Lizzie Noll, Reward and Pun
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