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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-06-11
AT THE AQUARIUM.
A Feeding Time Incident OF Life In the
Balanced Tanks.

A Feeding Time Incident OF Life In the
Balanced Tanks.
When the decorator crab gets too big
for its shell, it does what many other
shellfsh dot sheds it, emerging with
it's new shell already formed, but at
that stage of its growth pliable and not
much thicker than paper. In its soft
she'll state it is comparatively defense
less, and it keeps out of the way of other
shellfsh if it can, but its new shell
soon hardens, and then it goes about in
its accustomed manner.
The decorator increases greatly, per-
haps third in size, almost immediate.
ly after leaving its old shell, which it
scarcely seems possible it could ever
have inhabited, but it gets out of the
old shell nevertheless without damag
ing it and leaving it often disposed in a
most lifelike form.
The decorators at the aquarium are
fed separately, so that each will be sure
to get its portion, The food is put down
to them on the tip of a little stick,
which is shaken gently over them, and
the food, thus detached, falls within the
crabs grasp. There is no current in the
balanced tanks III which the smaller
decorators are, and anything dropped in
the water drops straight down. The
other day there were found in one of
these tanks, clinging to the ulva, two
decorators, which were supplied, as
usual, by placing their food i'll tho wa
ter where they would DC sure to get it,
Being somewhat pressed for time that
day, however, the man who fed them
did not wait to see the crabs actually
eat. He placed their food within reach
and trusted them to do the rest.
But glancing in at this tank on his
return from feeding the small fishes and
things in the other balanced tanks he
saw the two decorators that he had
found on the ulya still there and in pre-
cisely the same attitudes as before, and
then he realized that they were not live
crabs, but sheddings He had been feed
ing empty shells. On taking them out
of the tank he found inside of one of
them the fragment of food which he
had dropped for it, which had fallen
into it through the opening between
the upper and the lower part of the
she'll which the crab had made in get
ting out.
1t may be that the two decorators for
merly residing in these shells, but now
secure in some distant part of the tank
with new shells hardening on their
backs. smiled as they thought of the
feeding of their empty shells. 1t is GER
tain that the man who fed them smiled
as he arranged them for preservation in
the aquarium S collections. New York
Sun.
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Told All He Kneu.

Prosecuting Attorney - Mr., Parks,
state, if you please, whether you have
ever known the defendant to follow
any profession.
Witness-IIe's been q professor ever
since | knew him.
Professor of what?"
"a professor of religion.
"You cont understand me. Mr..
Parks. What does he do?"
Generally whatever he pleases."
"Tell the jury, Mr.. Parks, what the
defendant follows. -
"Gentlemen Of the jury, the defend
ant follows the crowd when they go to
drink
"This kind of prevarication, Mr..
Parks, will not do here. Now state
what the defendant does to support him
self.
~ saw him last night support him
self against a lamppost.
"That's all, Mr. Parks"
Cross examined: "Mr. Parks, / IN
derstand you to- say that the defendant
is professor Of religion. Does his prac-
tice correspond with his profession?"
~ never heard of any correspondence
passing between them. y
"You said something about his pro-
pensity for drinking. Does he drink
hard?"
"No, think he drinks as easy as
any man / ever saw.
"You can take your seat, Mr.. Parks. :"
And Mr.. Parks took his seat with the
air of a man who had made clean
breast of it and told all he knew of the
subject in hand. -Chicago Post.
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NEW YORK.

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again, md that all be had TO do was to
say, "Cadgel, lay about you, /" for every
one to RON away from him and leave
| him in peace and quiet.
Uncle Curro took the road homo with
bis cudgel, as proud as an alcalde with
his wand of office, and the moment he
saw his children coming toward him,
asking him for something to eat with
insulting and abusive words, as they
were accustomed to see their mother do,
he said to his cudgel, 'Cudgel lay about
you'll" No sooner had be pronounced tho
words than the cudgel began to shower
blows to right and left among the chill
dren until they had scarcely a whole
bone left in their bodies. His wife ran
to her children S assistance. cat her,
cudgel, said Uncle Curro; Eat her,
and with will" And the cudgel be-
labored the wife so numerically that
she died Of her injuries.
The authorities being notified, the
alcalde, accompanied by his officers,
presented himself upon the scene.
"Cudgel, lay about youl" said Uncle
Curro, as soon as they appeared, and
the cudgel proceeded to deal such lusty
blows among them that every blow was
worth dollar, SO that the alcalde was
killed and the officers took to their
heels and were ont of sight in trice.
A messenger was sent to the king to
inform him OF what was going on, and
the king sent a regiment of grenadiers
to seize Uncle Curro and his cudgel.
No sooner did Uncle Curro see them
approach than, throwing the oudgel
among their ranks, he cried, "Cudgel,
lay about youpi And the cudgel straight
way began to dance upon the ribs of
the grenadiers, making noise like the
olapper of mill. One it left lame,
another with a disabled arm, and the
captain it left blind Of an eye. To make
an end of the business the grenadiers
all threw their guns and knapsacks on
the ground and ran off, heller SHELTER,
as if they thought the devil had broken
loose and was running after them.
With his mind at rest, Uncle Curro
lay down to take nap, hiding his
oudgel in his breast lest it should be
stolen from him during his sleep. When
he awoke he found himself bound hand
and foot and on his way to prison,
where on his arrival, he was sentenced
to the ignominious death of the gar
rote.
On the following morning he was
taken from his cell and led out to exc
eution On the scaffold his hands were
unbound, whereupon he took out his
oudgel, and saying, "Cudgel, lay about
you," he threw it at the executioner,
who was quickly beaten by it to death.
"Set that man free, said the king,
"or he will not leave me subject
alive. Tell him that / will give him a
province in America ON condition that
he shall leave the country" And thus
it was done. The king gave him prov
ince in the island of Cuba, where he
built city, and there be killed so many
people with his cudgel that from that
day to this it has been called Matanzas
fthe Spanish for slaughter). Buffalo
Express.
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REST.


We are 20 tired, my heart and /,
OF all things here beneath the sky.
One only thing would please as best
Endless, unfathomable rest.
We are so tired. We ask no more
Than Just to clip out by life's door
And leave behind the noisy rout
And everlasting turn about.
Once ii seemed well to run ON too
With her importunate fevered crew
And snatch amid the frantic strife
Some naorsel from the board Of life.
But we are tired. At life's crude hands
We ask no gift she understands,
But kneel to him she hates to crave
The absolution Of the grave.
Selection From the Poems OF Mathilde Blend
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Miss Ida Tigner Hodnett tells of the
sports and pastimes of boys and girls in
her article ON ''The Little Japanese at
Home in ST Nicholas Miss Hodnett
says:
Playing hall and battledoor and shut
tlecook, as well as kite flying, belong
especially to the first of the year. The
balls for little girls are made Of cotton
cord covered with strands of bright col
ored silk, and the children become very
skillful IN making these balls them
selves. Sometimes the ball is merely
bounced by the child as she kneels be-
fore it. Sometimes she stands and,
striking it to the ground, whirls quickly
around in time to strike il again as it
rises. Battledoor and shuttlecock is
played in the streets not only by girls
in twos and threes and in circles, but
also by a whole family. Father, mother,
sisters and brothers all join in the
game, knocking the shuttlecock from
one to another, and il one fails to hit 1t
in time to keep it from the ground all
the other players rush to give that one
light blow with the bat. Sometimes
4le punishment for failure is having a
circle drawn round the eyes or the face
otherwise marked. The bat is Of wood,
with one side plain, the other orna.
mented with the picture Of some we'll
known character of history or romance
or of singing girl, The shuttlecock
consists of a small, round centerpieee,
painted or gilded, stuck round with
feathers, as petals are ranged round the
tenter of flower.
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DIRECTORY.
aERKELEY COUNTY


CIRCUIT COURT Judge, Ihlrteentn
Judicial Circuit, Z. Boyd tanlkner;
Clerk. L. Dew. Ges..ardt, Prosecuting
Attorney, y. S. G.. PItzer; Sheriff, J. II.
smith, Deputy Sheriffs, j. Il. Catrow
M s. Tabler, w. NJ. Hollis, +. M. HARDY
Dapusy Sheriff and Jailer.
Terms OF the Court commence on the
second TUESDAY in January, April, and
September. -. N u.
COUNTY COURT. President, @. r Ri
ner. Commissioners, Joseph Fiscus
arIR.I, Thomas; Clerk, !. l.. Bender
Terms commence, first Monday IN
March. June. September and December.
Commissioners of Accounts. John 1.
Picking. Adrian G. Nadenbousch, l..
Dew. Gerhardt; Surveyor of Land, |.
w, Woods; Assessor. First District, Y.
L. Nicely; Assessor, Second District,
d. III. Fulk; General Receiver,
Henry j. Seibert, Coroner, VIM. Mckee;
Sealer of Weights and Measures, David
Pitsnogle; Steward Of Almshouse Thos'
Wolford.
Local Board of Health, E. L. Holt
man. John L. Williamson, DIR. .. N.
MYERS, the President of County Court
and Prosecuting Attorney.
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Educate Your Bowels with Casearets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
t0c 25c. II c. G. G. fail druggists refund moueY.
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CUMBERLAND VALLEY r. r.
J o.
In Effect MAY 90, 1898.

HARRISBURG TO WINCHESTER.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.

The Martinsburg Public Library Is
open every day except Sunday, from
$50 a. m. to 1890. and from 2 p. m. 70
s. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
DAYS, also in the evening from 1880 to u
The hours for the reading room are
the same. The public are welcome
subiect 10 the rules, to use the reading
room and b oks in the Library free OF
chatee. Rooms Southwest corner Pub
lie Square. .
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A TALISMAN.

What uses had he for all these
This ring locked, rusty bunch OF keysf
All. this one closed his vault Of wine,
And this one opened up the mine
From whence he took the store Of thought
That here are in his writings wrought.
But thisf Why, here he held his life
This was his latchl1ey, and his wife
Has thanked dear God to hear it turn.
Its place is mong the ashes in his urn.
William Lightfoot Visscher in Woman's Home
Companion.
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WEST BOUND.

WEST BOUND.
No. 3. Daily at 215 a. m. for Cincin-
natl. Louisville and st. Louis.
No. Is. Daily except Sunday, at o.21
am. for Cumberland and interme-
diate stations, connects for Berkeley
Springs.
No. 10. Daily except Sunday at 1890
p. M, accommodation.
No. 5. Daily at III p. m. for Pitts
burg and Chicago.
No. So. Daily at 1886 p. m. for Cincin-
natl, indianapolis and Chicago
Connects for Berkeley Springs and
Romney except Sundays, at Grafton
for Wheelingdaily.
No. l. Daily at $40 p M for Cincia.
natl, Louisville and st. Louis.
No. Z. Daily at 1921 p. m. for Wheel
ing, Columbus and Chicago.
No. 9. Daily at 1I.oe p. m. for Pitts
burg.
EAST BOUND.
No. 10. Daily at 4.18 a. m. for Wash
ington and Baltimore.
No. 4. Daily at 4.34 a. m. for Wash
ington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York, connects for Frederick
except Sunday.
No. A. Daily at $40 a. m. for WASH
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New York. Stops at Vanclevesville,
Kearneysville and Shenandoah juno
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No. 8, Daily at 9.54 a. m. for Wash
ington, Baltimore and New York.
Connects for Frederick, Sunday only,
and for Lexington, Va. and interme-
diate stations except Sunday.
No. .. Daily at 1886 a. m. for WASH
ington. Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York Connects at Weverton
for Hagerstown.
No. IS. Daily except Sunday at 1850
for Frederick, Baltimore and all in
termediate stations via old line.
No. 8. Daily at 2.45 p. m for Wash
ington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York. Connects with Valley
r. r. at Harpers Ferry except Sun
day.
No. IA Daily except Sunday at 6.15
D. m for Washington and Baltimore
and all intermediate stations.
No. 14t. Sunday only at 6.15 p. m. for
Washington and Baltiomore and all
intermediate stations.
No. As. Daily at SAG p. m. for Wash
ing, Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York.
Express trains all vestibuled and IL
Illuminated with Pintsch light.
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and could not sleep
Other complications
peculiar to my sex set
in and our physician
called another in con-
sultation. They de-
cided l had consump-
ton and must die. l
commenced taking DR..
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The San Francisco call., 1898-05-01
Personals.

Mrs. Morris Windt of 1424 San Bruno ave nue has gone to spend the summer with the family of Frank R. Damn at Noun tain View Ranch, in the Santa Cruz Mountains. She will be absent for about two months.
 Mrs. Dolly Lederer has returned from New York.
 Q. Fisher, l.. Solomon, Theresa M Solo, mon and Birdie E. Fisher have returned from visit to Mrs. l.. Schoenfeld ana Mrs B. Fisher of Tulare City, Cal.
 After a four weeks trip through South- ern California MT. and Mrs. B. Nathan and daughter have returned to the city, and will be at home at the Hotel Granada on the first and second Mondays.
 Mrs Burr Noble and Miss Maude Noble are visiting friends in New York. They will make a tour of the Eastern cities be- fore returning to San Francisco.
 Mir and Mrs. Lindheimer and Miss 5: Lindheimer have removed from lSl4 Buchanan street to 321 Van Ness ave nue. and will be at home the second and fourth Thursdays of the month.
 Miss Louise A. Redlick Of l34Z Ell1s street is visiting in Stockton, the guest of Mrs. s. J. Newman.
 Miss Lena Jonas of 131013 Ellls street will spend the month of May visiting rela- tives in San Bernardino and Los Angeles.
 Mrs. and MissNDoyle, wife and daughter
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inc. camaline, etc, which any druggist can prepare. ,,
 All ointments and powders are dis tinctly injurious, as they prevent the escape of the poison discharge by form ing a crust, which causes the ulcers to eat into the flesh.
 The popular remedy, bi-carbonate or soda, or any alkaline solution, only serves to increase the irritation and ln- f1ammation.
 Any one either exposed or in danger of exposure could find almost certain protection in a hot antiseptic bath. Carbolic acid, lysol or bichlorlde or mercury are easy to use by non professional when it is remembered that all antiseptics are deadly polson when taken internally.
 Bichloride of mercury or corrosive sublimate comes in small tablets with accurate directions for use and dry can be carried in the pocket.
 In the German public schools there are always charts of the poisonous plants which grow in the region round about and the children are taken to the fields and learn the plants to be avoided Much suffering is thereby saved, for there are more fatalities, particularly among the children, than would be imagined by one whose at tention had not been called to this matter by statistical reports.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-01
Weddino Bells.

The wedding of Samuel Larsen of Den mark and Josie M. Feutren of Sausalito took place Saturday evening, April 16, at the residence of the bride, 446 Chestnut street The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Heslin of St. Francis Church. The bridesmaids were Miss Ella Tyson and Miss Mary Feutren, and the grooms were Thomas Feutren and Henry WiesenhaVen.
 A quiet but pretty wedding took place at the Cannon residence Wednesday, April 20, at high noon, only the immediate relatives of the bride being present The contracting. parties were Miss Mary F. Stephen Cannon of New Alnaden, and John w. Barrett of Newark. Alameda County.
 The ceremony was performed under a bower of white roses by the Rev. Father Volio of San Jose, The young couple were attended by Miss Jennie F. Cannon and Joseph Cannon, sister and brother
 The pariors were tastefully decorated sisted by Miss Lottie and Maybelle Buzza, the prevailing colors being pink and white.
 After the ceremony bounteous we'd ding breakfast was served, after which the happy couple left midst a shower of rice and old shoes to catch the afternoon train to San Francisco, where they will spend their honeymoon. f'ro:h there they will go to Newark, their future home;
 The wedding of Dr. Ernest F. Schlott and Miss Lena Olsen took place on Wednesday evening, the Eth inst. at the home of the brides parents, the Rev. J. Fuendeling officiating. Promptly at 8:30 o'clock the music of the bridal chorus from ''Lohengrfn' announced the com ing of the bridal party. The bride wore an elegant gown of ivory duchess satin. The jupe was made en train and the corSage eiaborately trimmed with lace and chiffon. The bridal veil was fastened to the coiffure with a wreath of orange blossoms. The bridal bouquet was com posed of brides roses.
 Miss Estella Smith of1ciated as maid of honor and Richard Wagner was best man. Miss Smith wore a dainty gown of white organdie and carried a bouquet of jacqueminot roses.
 After the ceremony the invited guests entered the dining hall where the we'd
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-01
Club Parties.

The Winter Cotillion Club held its final assembly and german for the sea- son of 1S97-9S at Cotillion Hall Tuesday evening. April 26. It was by far the most brilliant affair given by the club this season, and proved most patriotic gath ering of society folk. Each member was provided with a handsome flag, as were also most of the spectators, and when the signal for the german was given and the first figure, salute the flag, was being danced, the assembly arose and with great enthusiasm gave three hearty cheers saluting the handsome American flag suspended near the stage. Both fig ureS were of a patriotic nature and gov erned by the enthusiasm and patriotism of the participants, were heartily ap- plauded and made a most pleasing spec following ladies and gentlemen: MT. and Mrs c. l.. Mitchell, MT. and Mrs. Mar shall Hale, Mir. and Mrs. Wiliab M. Ab- bolt, H. T. Frost and Miss Gilman, Frank Jason Gould and Miss Ross, F. J. Bying- ton and Miss Emma Blomquist, c. A. Judah and Miss Sadie Gardiner, Curt c.
 The Cleaners Club consisting of young ladies, surprised pr. Cora A. Morse, founder of the club, on Friday evening. doctors birth. A very pleasant evening was spent by pr. Morse, the Cleaner girls and other friends. After the literary exercises of the evening Dr. Morse made happy and appropriate remarks. There were over sixty present and all spent a very enjoyable evening. The programme was as follows: Piano solo, Miss Dis erens: birthday song, the Cleaners; re- marks, Mrs. Robinson; duet, Put the Cookies on the Lower Shelf" Messrs. J. Lillie and E. Morse; duet, violin and piano, Messrs. Asher and A. Landsburgh; {; vocal solo. J. Lillie; Cleaners greeting, Mrs Vantia Bailey; vocal solo, '"The Mes sage,' Mime. Alice Waltz; improvised poem, Mrs. R. s. Lillie; vocal solo, How Fair Art Thou" Will c. Bailey; recita- ton, Willie Rider; New Battle Hymn of ance, E. Morse, J. Lillie; original poem. Miss Nellie Dashiell; Cleaners song original poem, Mrs. I4ida Hickok; re- marks Dr. Cora A. Morse; Cleaners goodnight song.
 The Sa To Outing and Social Club cele- brated its first outing at Tamalpais on Sunday, April A. The start was made from Ross Valley and the return by way