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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-20

The Sunday school of the Reformed
church picniced at Inwood on We'd
nesday. A nice crowd was in attend
ance.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-20

Al new fence is being put around
the Fourth ward school house.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-20

The steamer of the fire department
has been given general overhauling
by Mr.. Geo. Shaffer, at his repair shop
on Raleigh street. The aues have
been taken out, cleaned and repaired,
a new guage pipe put on in place OF
the one which burst at Harpers
Ferry, and otherwise repaired. A test
of the engine will be made regularly
hereafter.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-20

WANTED General Agent in each
w county, to travel and appoint other
agents. Also regular canvassers to take
orders for the best selling Books, Bibles,
etc. Write at once, giving experience,
etc. G. S. SMITH 81 CO.,
10 Hagerstown, Md.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-20
1nwood fair next week. Aug a3-a6.

Ask for old ladies comforts, a
Fiery's Shoe Store.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-20

~clean upp, says Mayor Paulding.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-20

Welcome glorious peace
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-20

LITTLE LOCALS.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-20

Autumn days seem to be in sight.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-07-21

sioa ~ Aalofy ass MedEs lsie, A N
PsiflslH, ~ ihs stigt q Qstbes. , q
gSlsf, Yeas Foli'. whys sbd Where
isto. wslsf. a scp q ltfstl Bsesel
Pess, Hinbi. osi8A Df Lsitfelfs Flint
rstlErt KN CFtt. Ubels biths' ssor.
Il X EghsEton. TEE l.iie a. ~ PauL J
Stsltg. Orat the Assu, u Baiietsorih.
Oao q the Silver Hans. II Pile, TIE
Ready Rasgers. Mahrat, TIE ioDts
Mosb.alsssrt Q 4 Cn3snef, Military
Map o. Caba History a the Iosn q
CofpssIi. / Mathew. TIE Power q ~
lssos. II W Dresser. The Ms1onra 10 Art
T. II HAIL. Art sH8 Mafsliif, S J Hey
@sn Tee Ameiiesn College 10 A@uiesb
Lfs. CP ThsirF. o. Biss Wst,r. y. Dc
Araicis. Imprastiens q Tatker. W. NJ.
ilsns.y, Islasds Of ihe sos,bsfu SEES. NJ
NJ .bosnatet. Presentation. D u Ieail,
A Short History q Modern Easli,h Liiers
tore, Z q lssv. q ting Gold, y G Join
sob, stssiss 80 Ibtolosy J Dsunsy. A.,
TIE Bsek o. The Moth Wiad, @ AcDon
ia. siI Little Cocks. Mn kifslsnd. A
D.u htsr o. Tso Ndl3bs. L q MeClel
l.Bd. spsib 10 TIE l9,h Century. Mn Lah
met. Posuc,l soTks, Wtlliam Blake. The
slory q TIE Pilgrim Fathers, l. Arber
The study Of Jesus Chris, L s + Ward,
TIE slory 81 ~ Uatold Love. L l. Ford.
A Fountain Sealed. " Bessnl.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-07-21

- The hlactmsi Msaobeslsf 0HsIis u
Ihs rssst cts c.HpssY q oar yusns LADS
ttsae8 ioeahst for miiitaiy dfih &c.
Tbsy 40 ftsslstjy otkssifs5 vlh Latter
Arasla 81 Mshehaster pspoi A. captain
sd Juht " Page sE1 WtliOr 4. k5hlu
q ,his village lat aIa asd hsaiepsrts
Eui Msuh ssys thea ibs.fueilon 10 dnli
ing before Momorisl Day. 90 that they
muched vi The Sohs Of yelsfsb' = .
made a ei3edly ortdiishle sppeaf.neo.
They hsre sboai iweniy enlisted mem
bsrt aud vili be slsd Of sd3ili ns 10 their
unn.bfr They deserve opeoungensri
from cor palmetto citizens and gill With
cat doabl receive Il according 10 their
uec5s.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-07-21
NAxcHrsrlA DnroT

The bot. dry weather makes our farm
ers complain, aud renders the reads dasty
and disagreesble.
Residents, not obly Of this village bat
the other villages rs well are cautioned
sgalls, too liberal use Of water, as the
syringe ore low aud there il not enough to
allow Of waste. Some have used the
sster TO irfigate their gardens and tprin
kle the streets The water is not sold for
these purposes.
The following is The report Of the
East Manchester school. Miss Lsiiie NJ.
Phillips, teacher:
The following pupils were neither sb
sent nor tardy, Rslph Kendall. Waldo
Kendall, Stella Scot, Bessie Whedon.
The total number OF pupils registered. 2S;
the average attendance, 20.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-07-21

5 n. Gssry, Pietson, Miob.. writes: =
DsWiit's Witch HtEsl Saire ia oarins
taore riles here lodsy than al other rsme
dice comiined. II cores trGsma and sll
cihG tkin diseases J. Il Whippls. Msu
chester, Cenife, A. II peiiiboRe. Man
chester, Depot.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-07-21

a man 10 Virginia, rode forty miles, to
Fairfax Station, for the express purpose
OF getting Chsmberlsin's Cough Remedy.
and took home With him dozen bottles OF
the medicine. The druggist who relates
the Incident, adds. Your remedy seems
to be general isvorite wherever known"
Its tflec's sre indeed wonderful in sll
lang and thtos, troubles Procure q bot
tie Of A II Petuboue, Msnche ter Depot;
J Il Wbipple, Manchester Centre,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-07-21

Mr.. William G Robinson OF Bsnnine
ton passed the Sabbath With bic vile and
children al Anthony Galipo's.
mir George NJ Hnrd Of Wor,hius,ou,
Mipu. was 10 tosn recently, calling on
bis uBefs Nj z s1d L Hard.
Rey. W. S. Spencer OF shnshsn. n
Y. exchanged pulpits I.sl sandsy with
Rev. Mr.. Hosle, snd gave Us &C interest
ing discourse iron Psalms 25.l4.
Mr. r Z. Randall has just returned
from tso wseks' soiourn 10 Cambridge.
n. u. where she visited her sisters. Mrs..
Q. Jarvis Hard sad Mrs Habnah O. slade.
--Maithew stayer. 80 old resiien, Of THE
tasn sad lot nany year. mail ssent be
txeen ssndssle add AflIns,0b, lie critical
iy ~ al ihe hoae Of Phllsnser Motit.
Arthur II. Smith Of West Arlington
and Miss. aaassa Siosle Of Sangale were
nsuitd 81 tbs MsihOlist psrsoasse al
shslhsn Sunday afternoon. Rev. W, D.
speeef ofaeisiilg.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-07-21

oae Minute Cough Cure lie the bes,
PREPARATION | have ever sold or used aud
can't say too much 10 it's praise. H. NJ
kennon, Merchant, 0dell. Ga. J. II.
Whipple. Manchester Centre; A. H,Pe,
ti5one. Manchester Depot
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-07-21
poKsEr

Mrs, Sykes OF Gardner, Macs is Welt
Mrs Hodge.
-Miss Blackwell has rented the Field
place for the summer.
Miss Maria Moore Com Of Albion, n,
Y. is visiting friends here.
Miss Alice Hilisrd Of Wallinglord is
spending few weeks in Dorset.
Mrs. William Batohelder and son re
Gently spent week in Granville. N Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bstchelder OF
Hsvsrhill Mass, are guests at John Fish
eI's.
The Woman's Home Missionary meet
ing will be held OF three o'clock Thurs
day afternoon July twenty first With Mrs.
Charles Gilbert.
Miss Maria Moore OF Lsverett, Mass =,
Miss Blanche Taylor OF Mlddletown
Springs, and Miss Julia Hsrwood OF
Rupert recently visited Mics Elizabeth
Williams.
Earl Witherell OF South Dorset enlist
cd from Boston in Battery l. End Artillery
and lie now stationed at Fort Caswell, N.
Carolina His regiment hopes to be or
dered to the front soon.
There were cut this sea on from three
and three-fourths acres Of newly stocked
land on the farm owned by j. II. G.
Hodge fourteen loads OF hay the weight
OF each load averaging ton.
Through an unfortunate misunder
standing in regard to town committee two
Republican caucnses were held to elect
delegates to the county convention. The
matter ought to be amicably settled.
The ladies OF Adoniram chapter 0. L. 8.
hope 10 meet oil Dorset members OF Ado
hiram Lodge, I & A NJ with their families
ct the Masonic Lodge room, Manchester
Center, after o'clock on Tuesday evening
OF next week, July 26.
There will be supper in the church
Thursday evening, July twenty-ffst at
which the following ladies are to entertain
Miss Louise Sykes. Mrs. George Weeks,
Mrs. James Robinson, Mrs. William
Ba,chelder. Mrs, George Williams, MISS
Elizabeth Williams. Miss Mary Prentiss,
and Mrs. Albert Roberts
The guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Q, b.
Kent gave progressive euohre party
Thursday evening which was attended by
a number OF their friends in Dorset. The
prize for the young ladies was won by
Miss Fannie HoIley, for gentlemen by
MIR. Dennis. The consolation prizes went
TO Miss Agnes Dodge and Mr.. Charles
Mills. Refreshments were afterwards ser
we'd and dancing was INDUCED in. The
invited euests were Mrs Keyes. the Misses
Holley. Misses Rourn, Norton. Prentiss,
Barber, West and Messrs Kent. West,
Sykes, Smith and Prentiss. The guests
1i the house were Mrs. T. d Dodge. Mrs,
F. II. Dodge, Mise Dodge, Miss Mile,
Messra Dennis Toshsy, Thomas, Edward
aud Charles Mills.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-07-21

The Cabso question snl political issues
ubk into insisniaosneo With the man who
suffers from piles. Wha, be moot desires,
is relief DeNiu's Witch HpZA Sslye
cures piles, ] II Wbipplo Manchester
Ceoue; A. II Ps,iIbobe, Manchester
Depo,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-02
THE SCHOOL BOARD TICKET

All the city school conventions have
been held. In every instance where the
present incumbent would consent to
run he was renominated. This shows
that the work of the board o. educa-
ton is appreciated 1t shows. further,
a decided disposition to keep partisan
and personal feelings out of the school
election.
Some good men were defeated in the
various contests. for interest was by
no means wanting. But where more
than enc qualified and acceptable can
didate is in the race it is expected that
some good man viii meet defeat. In
the First precinct, where the fight was
warmest, both candidates agreed be-
forehand to abide by the result. There
is no other way to conduct a campaign
on the lines laid down for school cleo
lions. An independent candidate was
named in the Second precinct last
night, but the attendance was small
and there is no good reason why the
work of the regular convention should
not be allowed to stand.
The ticket was very satisfactory to
the public as regularly made. Having
decided upon a non-partisan board
there IS nothing to be gained by turn
ing the campaign upon either personal
or partisan issues.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-02
SAMPSON AND HIS REPORT.

Admiral SIMPSONS report to Secre-
tary Long has been made public. It
contains a long account of the part
played by the Atlantic squadron in the
operations around Santiago.
There was not, judging from the re-
port, the best understanding possible
between the army of invasion and the
blockading fleet.
Admiral Sampson complains that he
was not invited to be present at the
surrender. This. however, may have
been an oversight on the part of Gen
eral Shafter But this was not the only
slight which the admiral was made to
feel in the war
He was not invited to take part in
the destruction of Cervera's fleet 1t
was this more than his failure to at
tend the capitulation of the city that
weighed upon his mind.
Secretary Long seems to regret it
even more than the admiral does. He
has shown it more. That it still ran
l1les in his bosom is evidenced by the
persistent efforts of the department to
chief of the battle, and by the recent
attempts to belittle Rear Admiral
Schley.
They are telling now that Schley
narrowly escaped a courtmartial just
before his promotion" Yet there is a
wide difference between a courtmartial
and promotion.
only the disposition of the presi-
dent to be lenient and the brilliant
manner in which the commodore sub
sequently participated in the destruc-
ton of Cervera's feet. saved him from
official investigation, says a Washing
ton correspondent of the St, Louis
Globe Democrat.
Commodore Schley was ordered to re-
main at Santiago runs the story told
by department officials, but he replied:
Much to be regretted cannot obey or
ders for department. Have striven
earnestly. Forced to proceed to coal
to Key West by way Of Yueatan pas
sage"
The squadron sailed. Forty miles
west of Santiago it was halted. The
Officials" say: 1.-THE squadron then
turned about, retraced the forty miles
it had come westward of Santiago, took
up it's station off the mouth of Santi-
ago harbor, and soon obtained posi-
tive information that the fleet was
within Admiral Sampson arrived, and
! the blockade was made complete"
How could blockade have been
complete" without Admiral Sampson?
The department has been a long time
getting UP this story, but something
had to be done sooner or later to ex-
cuse the promotion of an administra-
ton favorite over an equally able and
courageous officer who outranked him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-02
CUBA, A LAND OF PROMISE.


1t was Columbus who first called
Cuba the Pearl of the Antilles" 1t is
the fairest of all the Indies, the most
fertile of the islands taken from Spain.
There are 1000 square miles included
in the area, of which only about ten
per cent is under cultivation, although
the untillable portion is comparatively
small.
The possibilities in Cuba are wonder
full. 1t and Puerto Rico present great
opportunities for the American youth
with his energy, native ability and
| character.
But Cuba is so rich and undeveloped
that the opening for enterprise appears
to be greater there than in any other
island under the control of this govern
ment. With but a tenth of the area
under cultivation, the exports from the
| islands amount to millions every year.
Owing to the civil war, which has
paralyzed commerce and laid waste
most of the plantations during the last
five years, it will be necessary to go
back few years for an average esti-
mate of Cuban resources and commerce.
| Conditions were neither at their best
nor worst in 1892. In that year the ex-
ports amounted to $50, 800, 600, and were
distributed as follows: Tobacco and
sugar. sS5, 100000: minerals, SO, 500, 900;
animals, $55O,OO0 and the remainder in
Guiding bananas, beeswaX, honey, ma
hogany and other fine woods. The to-
tai imports amounted to $56,250, 900, of
which $17622, All. was from the United
States. Total imports from Cuba to
this country during the same year ag-
gregated $77,9S1,671.
| Cuba has been compelled to raise in
the neighborheod of $33 900, 900 annually
for the mother country, Spain. Two
millions per year went to pay for local
government in which the Cubans had
no part or representation. They had
full permission to pay the taxes and till
the soil. but no voice in the admins
tration of their island affairs.
The money-maling chances in Cuba
are certainly ahead of the Klondike.
Plantations will begin to change hands
at oiiSC e1iiU CAiClG wiz NC op0HIl5S IOi
young men as well as men with little
means. A demand for clerks, over
seers, engineers, skilled workmen and
common laborers will exist from this
time on.
Under a free government, Cuba is
sure to flourish, and American capital,
American ingenuity and American
pluck will make a veritable paradise
out of Cuba within five years.
Young men who go there with good
habits, good intentions, a fair knowl-
edge of Spanish and a determination
to succeed will prosper. 1t is worth
considering.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-02

is also explained. II fir lumber from
the forests of Oregon and Washington
is used it will make a difference of
from 25,ooO,OOO to $50, OOO, 900 in the cost,
and will last for a long period. Above
the water line it will have to be re-
placed every fifteen or twenty years,
while the masonry will be permanent
The estimates are based upon the con-
struetion Of locks 600 feet long, 40 feet
deep and 200 feet wide, which will be
large enough to hold any ship that
floats.
One of the greatest problems to be
solved is the disposition of surplus
water. 1t viii be necessary to con-
struct the canal so that the high level
will be maintained throughout the dry
season. There will be a period of two
months that reservoirs will have to be
used in keeping the channel filed with
the requisite supply of water. And
there viii be two months of flood and
overflow that may prove exceedingly
| troublesome, in spite of anything that
can be done.
The San Juan river, which flows east
ward from Lake Nicaragua and empties
/ into the Caribbean sea, shows differ
ence of seventy feet in depth between
the dry and wet season, and the engi-
neering problem, like that on the 18TH
mus of Panama, is to carry off this
water without damage to the construc-
ton work when it is not needed and
reserve a sufficient quantity to keep the
canal full during the dry months.
Invention has cheapened the expense
of excavation. Canals can be con
structed today for one-half of what it
cost five years ago. But there is no
better way of taking care of surplus
water near the sea level than was
known a hundred years ago.
Nature has aided in the work of con-
Meeting the two oceans at the narrow
part Of the American continent. The
San Juan river furnishes about 12O
miles of the 100 miles OF waterway.
Then comes Lake Nicaragua, which is
about the size of Lake Erie, and a few
miles from the Pacific, but considerably
/ higher than tidewaer.
1t is said that an appropriation of
Sc, 900 will be asked by the commits
sion for a detailed survey and esti-
mates. The one given is only general.
If it take $4,000, coo to make the survey
| and ascertain what the canal will cost,
the average taxpayer will open his
eyes in establishment and wonder what
is going to be the cost of the construc-
| ton.
But if the proper lines are followed,
if scandals are kept out, and govern
ment ownership and control are as
sured, it will be worth, in peace and
war, hundred times its cost. 1t is of
| greater Importance to the commercial
| interests of the United States than the
acquisition Of new territory. 1t win be
found more convenient even, than coal
| ing stations in remote parts of the
world, owing to the extensive and de-
fenseless coast line of the mainland OF
this republic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-02
HAM AND JERRY.
(New York SUM-
II T fool OptOOlIS

CNew York Sum-
Full of feet, l feel Octopus,
Grim and monStrous thing,
What dark deed or maSnum opus
Sets thee capering?
Why in spectacular circles tentacular
Dancest thou wildly giant fling?
With shrin hurraws he shook his claws.
Exploding into vast outlaws;
For Ham and Jerry
1 make me merry;
They were the boys that would drink my
blood,
And now in the deeps,
Where the fossil sleeps,
They lie engulfed in the River Of Mud
Buzzard. buzzard, all disheveled.
Why bedrabbled and bedeviled,
Dost thou squawk and shrek?
Why, with faint fiuttering, viciously sput-
tering,
Raucously cursest deep blue streak?
With doleful crealz his silver beak
Exuded in a woeful leak:
For Simpson and Lewis
My heart all askew is,
chiefs Of Sixteen to One;
Their silver trumps
Are smashed to stumps,
And Jerry and Ham are over and done. :"
Mermaids. mermaids, in your grottoes
Underneath the blue
Caves that sparkle with silver notices,
What is wrong with you?
You. who coquettishly frolic, why pet
tishly
Glasses and combs do you smash in two?
Their great eyes dripping, they came on
Their silver feet on the seaweed slipping;
For Ham and Jerry
We're asorry, very,
Dear were Jerry's tales to marines sub
marine.
Hams whiskers made us think
OF the coral in the drink
Oh, woe for Ham and jerry deep is our
teen"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-02

while Germany, in consequence of the
most-favored nation treatment, will
derive advantage from the concessions
which have been made by Italy. These
will affect German wines, medicines,
cloth, millinery, hosiery and hardware,
which will henceforth be enabled to
compete on an equal footing in the Ital-
ian market with French products.
Just how long this agreement viii be
allowed to stand is problematic. If
France intended, as is generally be-
lieved. to court the friendship of her
neighbors in order to become the recog-
nized head of the Latin nations, there
will be other concessions to make be-
fore the harmony is complete. Spain
is by no means pleased with the new
tariff, especially as the French duties
on Spanish wines have lately been in
creased, and the application of the
minimum duties upon Italian wines en-
tering France will be terrible blow to
the Spanish wine producers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-02
PARIS VIEWS OF THE TREATY.

The opinion that there was no war
like significance in the treaty just made
between France and Italy is corrobo-
rated by a special cable to the New
York Tribune from Paris.
The announcement Of the agreement
was received with as much surprise in
Paris as it was in London or in Wash
ington, and shows that, even in France
where everybody talks. it is possible to
keep diplomacy a secret.
According to the cablegran referred
to the treaty is hailed as the end of a
disastrous tariff war that has ragged
between France and Italy since 1889,
and has caused q rise of two francs in
Italian bonds.
but the effects of this arrangement
are more platonic than practical, says
the. correspondent. silks, the manu-
facture of which is the most important
industry common to both countries, are
exempted from its provisions; the bulk
of the Tuscan and Sicilian wines cannot
much benefit by it. for they contain
such high degrees of alcohol as to sub
ject them to exceptional duties. Mean
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-02
CANAL PRELIMINARIEs.

Congress will consider the canal ques-
ton at the coming session. The COM
mission has prepared a report on the
Nicaragua project, the survey of which
has been carefully revised in contem-
plation Of immediate and decisive ac-
ton.
The estimate Of cost, which is, Of
course, the most important feature, va
ries from $50. 100000 to SIPS. 900, 600, ac-
cording TO the route selected. and the
material used. but the commissioners
are confident the larger sum will cover
all possible necessary expenditures on
either route.
The report shows that two routes are
feasible. Both have specific advan-
tages, which are described at length.
The difference in the cost of masonry
or timber in the work of construction
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-02

you may withdraw your plea of
guilty if you WISH said the presiding
judge.
But DON'T" was the reply.
well of course, that matter rests
entirely with you. 1 simply mentioned
it because I thought you might desire
to do so. However, consult with your
counsel"
But vat is de use, alreaty. am yet
so sure he it is what done it as dat [
am not yet alreaty ded.''
Whats that you say?" exclaimed
the judge, another implicated in this
crime? Where is he? Who is hep
.Ofer nit dose policemen; he has
been dere alreaty since L meinself hat
been standing here"
Bring him to the bar"
Meanwhile the lawyer began to con-
fer with the man. Then the lawyer
smiled.
May ii please the court" he began.
his smile broadening. this man is not
the criminal; he is the complainant,
and desires to appear as witness for
the state to testify against the real
criminal
The judges smiled, too.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-02

A circular has been received from
'The Western Slope Hunting associa-
ton calling attention to 'the first an
nual roundup of mountain lions, wild
cats, wolves, lynx and coyotes The
rendezvous will be at De Beque, Colo
RADIO, and the time of meeting is fixed
at Dec Sth. The size of the game in
dicates that the limit has been taken
off in true western style, and that wild
animals are about to become extinct.