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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-09-17
NOTES AND CONTENTS.


Some men would rather be right
than be President, but there are lots
of others who are not so everlastiugly
particular
The man who couldn't fill an office
better than the man that is appointed
or elected, has yet to be born in this
great and glorious republic.
Last Sabbath evening the wind aud
dust had quite a frolic, while the trees
bowed their heads in admiration OF
the fun. A good rain followed which
we all appreciated
Lot, don't you know the editor 5
blue pencil is like tax gatherer? 1t
shows no mercy. 1t is easier to can
eel or collect than it is to compose or
earn BY labor But possibly both
think they are right.
We bad the pleasure recently OF
spending a few DAYS with friends at
Williamsport. There is an abundance
of hospitality with the inhabitants,
and we are pleased to note a vast i'm
provemeut in the town. New build
ings are being erected and others re-
paired. There is quite nice village
built up adjacent to the Bryan Tan
merry, of good substantial dwellings.
On Thursday night, Sept. /, about
500 persons from Hagerstown came
over on the trolley cars and boarded a
pleasure boat on the canal which
proceeded up the river short dis
lance, for the purpose of having a
moonlight excursion. The night
was lovely and bright, and from APP.
pearances, each one had their share
of enjoy ment, in breathing the pure
atmosphere coming from the placid
waters of the Potomac. In the town,
the sidewalks were crowded, remind.
ing us very much of our own Queen
City on pleasant moonlight nights.
The street cans appear to be doing a
thriving business. o.. Friday even
ing, the ladies connected with the
Rebecca lodge l. o. O. F., of Will
Transport, chartered a car and visited
some of their sisters at Funkstown.
A very pleasant time was enjoyed.
We were induced to try our luck,
which was always bad, at catching
bass, and we were ushered down to
the Conococheague, it having the rep
utation of being a hot-bed for bass,
carp and numerous other good kinds
of fish. II was not long before we re-
ceived numerous bites, some from the
fish, but most from the flies, which
had a continuous hankering after our
blood. In due time success began to
perch upon our banner and we landed
some of the finny tribe on terra firma.
We failed, however, in getting the ex-
act weight Of the catch, not having a
druggists scales with us. Toward
midday old Sol began raising the
mercury up in the nineties and we
were forced toretire to cooler quarters.
Our enjoyment was great from start
to finish and we were loath to leave
the place; but our time had expired
and with many invitations to return,
we babe our friends adieu. There is
yet some diptheria lingering with
them. 1t is to be hoped they will
soon be rid of this fatal disease, which
is a dread to all. RALF.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-09-17
A CRITICAL Time
During the Battle of
Santiago.
SICK OR WELL, A RUSH NIGHT
AND DAY.

The Packers at the Battle of Santi-
ago de Cuba were all Heroes.
Their Heroic Efforts in Getting
Ammunition and Rations TO the
Front Saved the Day.
P. +. Butler. OF pack train No. 8,
writing from Santiago de Cuba, on
July "a, says: 1--WE all had diarThea
in more or less violent form, and
when we landed we had no time to
see a doctor, for it was case of rush
and rush night and day to keep the
troops supplied with ammunition and
rations, but thanks to Chamberlain S
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
we were able to keep our health; in
fact, sincerely believe that at one
critical time that this medicine was
the indirect saviour of our army, for
if the packers had been unable to work
there would have been no way of get.
ting supplies to the front. There We're
no roads that wagon train could use.
My comrade and myself had the good
fortune to lay in a supply OF this med
icine for our pack train before we left
Tampa, and l know in four cases it
absolutely saved life
The above letter was written to the
manufacturers of this medicine, the
Chamberlain Medicine Company, Des
Moines, Iowa. For sale at Matthaei's
Pharmacy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-09-17
noLER AVENUE.

A large tent is spread on the COM
mons, and religious services are being
held there. Songs and prayers reach
my window as write.
l regret that James Snyder did not
get the nomination for Superintendent
of County Schools, but that is not
saying have anything against the
worthy man who did get it. hate
change in that office. Dean Zilor is
capable and ambitious, and will do all
in his power to benefit the schools if
elected.
On last Saturday Lot was hunting
the lady instructor for the Pollard
books, which, much to her gratifiea
ton, were adopted in the city schools,
and was told by pert young teacher,
"You are not in il" Lot does not
care to crawl into the heart of young
lady who already has enlargement of
that organ. 1t couldn't hold any
thing else, stretched as it is almost to
bursting, with its own self-love, self
advancement, and self-importance,
and it's only the result of her blum
dering habit that she put her foot in
it" Don't you pity me.
! am very sorry that some Repub-
licans mean to turn their backs upon
Dayton because our favorite y. 5. @.
Pitzer failed to get the nomination.
The very men who had that peculiar
tact and management and power
of organization, that insures success,
were pledged to support Dayton. 1t
was a choice with them, between
love and duty-and duty held them
to Dayton But the day is not far
distant when the coast will be cleared
for Pitzer, and as he deserves any of
fee in the gift of OUT people, there
will then be a united effort to place
him where he deserves to be. Any
Republican who does not vote for
Dayton is really unintentioually hurt
ing Pitzer's future prospects. Years
ago when this talented man, then
boy made his first political speech, it
was predicted that he would some
day reach Congress. And all these
years he has been building firm for
future honors, building a popularity
among all classes by his honesty, his
integrity, his devotion to justice and
his impartial distribution of that JUS
tice. He possesses a big, generous
and sympathetic heart, a level head,
a more than ordinarily handsome and
magnetic person, and, above all,
plenty OF brains and culture. The
reople of our State know all this, and
though occupying position of honor
and trust, he will be boosted still
higher in the near future. / have
made this statement for the benefit
of those who misunderstood the
figure in last weeks Herald, and
thought l had something against Pit
ger. 1t was the machinery l ridiculed,
the engineering of the nominating
iob-rot Pitzer, whom have always
held in the highest esteem.
Here comes another complaining
voice from Billy's paper, OF the 9th
inst, headed, Compulsory School
Law" signed, Willis F. Evans, call
ing attention to what he believed to
be my mistake. My young friend
Willis. like your frank letter, but
you have not read my letter in the
Herald Alright, if you believe me OPP
posed to the Compulsory School
Law" for / have ever been its friend,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-09-17
Wagons and Wagons.

The Studebaker is the best wagon
in the world. A full line-I4 different
styles, any width of tire, tSencindiver
& Stewards, Winchester avenue.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-09-17

and before the Institute l made an ac-
acknowledgement to that effect. Prof.
Fuckers opinion on that point did
not make a convert of me. | simply
granted him what all fair. minded per-
sons would grant-his right to an
honest difference Of opinion, and l adj
mired the skill with which he main
tanned his belief, kno wing the unpop-
ularity of it in that assembly. Had
be been a coward he could have
squirmed out of the unpleasant posi-
ton. But he didn't, and honor him
the more for maintaining his stand.
Besides, he said nothing to merit the
scandalous language printed in the
World, and spitefully enlarged by the
Romney Times, designed to do him
an irreparable injury. Let Tie repeat
| am in favor of the Compulsory
School Law" but / am not inconsist-
ent in also affirming that l am not
partial to the one enacted for use in
West Virginia schools. In its origi-
nal form, in all possibility, it was
what have so long hoped for, and
just what the rest of you have hoped
Tor and worked for. But in passing
through the Legislature it was SO
changed in its phraseology that the
meaning cannot be determined. In
short, take it as it is worded, it is not
compulsory law at all. True, it has
done good by soaring the credulous
aud ignorant. 1t helped my school
but would it have done any school
any good had the offending persons
really known how weak and inefficient
the law is in its misty obscurity?
The law has as many faces as SEN
fences, and each one has a hole--or
mouth, large enough for a patron to
crawl through with sixteen children
III lllo al mo II SudDlGS nun u RO
home with them and keep them there,
without violating any of its provi-
sions.
Now, friend Willis, do you under
stand that you have not shown me
my mistake? Your acknowledgement
that prof Fuckers lectures were of
the highest order" rather treasures
me that l have not raised his star OF
honor too high" And, Willis, would
you believe it, if you had been placed
in his position, aud had been insulted
as he was insulted, unjustly, l would
have taken up the Ratchet in your de-
tense just as promptly. hope our
Legislature at its next session, will
correct the defects in our Compul-
sorry School Law, and Danish to hades
the blundet- buss nuisance of deposit
tories tor school books, and then
songs of gratitude will be heard from
your old friend and fellow-teacher.
LOT.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-09-17
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year. This is not reduction
Of the subscription price but a
discount for cash. Those who
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-09-17

A lazy liver makes a lazy man.
Burdock Blood Bitters is the natural
never falling remedy for a lazy liver.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
SUSTAIN THE CAR.
William T. stead's Appeal to Chris
tan Endeavorers.

Boston, Dec. 2S.-The United Society
of Christian EndeavOr has received the
following message in regard to the uni
versaI peace conference from William
T. Stead, London, for the Christian En-
deavOrers of the world:
THE year 1899 brings with it a great
opportunity. In the last nine years
Christian governments have spent upon
ornaments for war a sum far exceed
ing five thousand million dollars. To
abate this gigantic waste Of the re-
sources OF civilization, the Russian en-
peror has summoned all governments to
a conference. That conference will fail
unless vigorously supported by demon
strations of enthusiastic approval all
round the world 1 appeal to the Chris
tan Endeavorers to do their part in
evoking more enthusiasm and giving it
practical shape. Now is the time to
act. Let each society be converted into
a local peace conference. Otherwise.
the responsibility for the failure of this
great opportunity may rest on your
hands"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
A SEASIDE EXPERIENCE.
Little Quiet Joke On the Family.

While we were at the seaside last
summer, 1 sprung a little experiment
on my family 1 noticed that hus-
band and the children were all lacking
in energy and go, and something
seemed wrong with them.
We had been using coffee every
morning, and it gradually dawned
upon me that perhaps this was the
cause.
Without saying anything, I bought
a package Of the Postum Food Coffee,
and, having been warned to look out
and see that it was properly made, [
gave my own special attention to it.
For about week we used it, and not
one Of the family knew but what they
were drinking the best coffee. When
/ finally told them that it was Postum.
my husband laughed and said, Let us
continue on the Postum. / have been
feeling very much better for the past
week, and didn't exactly know why
The difference in the whole family is
very rlarl1ed, and you can imagine ]
can recommend Postum with good
grace and much pleasure. Mrs. Alice
e. Scarlet, Yolo county, California
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
Spanish Premier Bitterly Laments
His Country's Woes
AND AMERICAS CRUELTY
VICTOR SHOULD BE GENEROUS
TO VANQUIsHED.
But he Knew the Americans Too Well
to Expect Anything But Harsh
Terms - Spanish Commissioners
Met With Levity and Deceit-How
the Premier Suffered.

New York, Dec. 2S.-A dispatch to the
World quotes the London Nails Mad
rid correspondent as saying:
Intimate friends of Senior Sagasta
have supplied the following statements
made by him few days before his ILL
ness became serious:
THE time when the peace negotia-
tons were in progress was time OF
the greatest bitterness to me. Many
a night l could not sleep, and many a
day 1 could not eat, so great was my
anxiety, so deep my fears that what
has happened would happen.
I know the Americans, and guessed
what they were going to do.
Some of the Spanish commissioners
in Paris had, in the beginning, some
expectations, in which [ never partici-
pated though l sometimes hoped my
self that our opponents would not be so
cruel to Spain as they have since
proved to be.
LAS a rule, victorious nations make
generous concessions to the Yanquished
people, in order to make their victory
more humane, and to honor their foe.
In this way they avoid leaving sedi-
ment of hate, which is too apt to re-
main through ages and to expose vic
tors to retaliation of the most cruef
kind
From the United States we have
met with no generosity, but only with
levity and deceit, carried to the eX-
IRENE of interpreting capriciously an
important word in the text of the pro-
tocol, in order to violate the principle
they had already agreed to.
we have had to suffer all this to
prevent greater evils.
In Cuba, our army, always brave,
refused to accept peace. They wanted
to continue fighting against the invad-
ers, as well as against the rebels. The
general in command had hard work to
persuade soldiers and officers who
thought themselves dishonored by ac-
cepting peace, without having fought
against their foe.
Here in Spain the danger was that
people, agitated by so many misfor-
tunes, might reject a peace which did
not respond to their ambitions
God only knows how earnestly and
how hard / labored to restore calm to
the popular mind, and to quell the
movements which would have disturbed
the country still more by endangerins
not only the Philippines but also our
possessions in the Atlantic and Medi-
terranaan, and perhaps portions of our
own peninsula.
Nobody remembers this except those
who can measure the sacrifices 1 then
made. Now all is ended, and we must
look to the future.
Elements are not wanting for our
regeneration and our work will be seen
in time. The lesson inflicted upon us
has been hard, but it will be fruitful. .
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
OPERA BoUFFE coMBATs.
Ridiculous Dueling Performances of
Hungarian officials.

Budapest, Dec. 2S.-The first of six
duels arranged between NJ. HoranZky
a member Of the lower house of the
Hungarian diet, and his seconds, and
the seconds of Baron Bnnffy, the Hun
garian premier, growing out of the dis
pute still unsettled between the two
principals, took place today between
Baron Fejervary, minister of national
defense, and Count Karolya. Pistols
were used but the encounter was blood
less.
Baron Fejervary missed his opponent
and the pistol of Count Karolya missed
fire.
NJ. Banffy's second, NJ. Gajari, and
NJ Horanzky's second, NJ. Zemore,
fought a duel with swords. In the first
encounter NJ. Zemore was cut on the
head. After his wound had been bound
up the duel was resumed and NJ. Ze-
more was again severely wounded in
the head. The seconds then stopped
the fighting and a reconciliation en-
sued.
A duel was fought between NJ. Ku-
blk, a son-in-law of NJ. Haranszky and
NJ. Kenedi, a journalist. Swords were
the weapons and both men were
wounded
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
Personal Mention.

Miss Laura Gibson of Sandy is at the
Broom.
]. s. Brown Of Pleasant Grove is In
the city.
F. C. Brown of Hinkley is with the
Broom contingent.
DR.. Kingsbury of Salt Lake is stop
ping at the Reed.
Professor Merrill of Logan is stop
ping at the Broom.
A. c. Harrington of Salt Lake IS reg
iSte-eo at the Broom.
h P. Brown of Holden is attending
the teachers convention.
Flora Trip, a teacher from Sandy. is
attending the convention.
Raymond Brinn is attending the
teachers convention. from Echo.
/. Harlan is down from Corinne. at
tending the teachers convention.
County superintendent Brown of Mil
lard county is among the visitors al
the convention.
Oscar Van Colt, superintendent Of
Salt Lake county schools, and Mrs. Van
Colt are chartered at the Reed.
J. Z. Mcknight. formerly of Ogden.
but at present of Salt Lake, is in the
city, attending the convention of teach
ers.
Milton Bennion of Cedar City. prin-
cioal of the normal school, was among
the visitors at The Herald bureau yes
terday.
Miss Ella Wingrove Of Salt Lake
well known as former teacher OF
Weber is in attendance at the teach
ers' convention.
Mosiah Hall, formerly superintend-
ent of schools of Weber county. hut
now professor of pedagogy in 3. Y
college, Logan. is down Cor the educa-
tional convention
Among last evenings arrivals at the
Broom were Fl. P. Nelson, Bear River.
c. H. Worth. Hennifer; NJ. Spencer
Taylorsville; NJ. r. Nelson, Mill Creek;
T. b. Haines. Hunter.
Among the late arrivals at the Reed
were b. A Forsath, Salt Lake: J. A
Smith. Coalville; o. Olsen and NJ POul-
son. Mt. Pleasant; J. w. SiddWick
Bountiful: William Bradford and b
Cummings, Salt Lake.
An excellent view of the city may bC
had from the Utah Loan & Trust build.
ing, corner of Twenty fourth street anG
Washington avenue. Teachers are in
vited TO cali at The Herald Office. room
524, and enjoy this view.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
WOOL MARKET REVIEW.
Low Mark Reached By the Sales Fol-
the Year.

Boston, Dec. 2S.-The Wool and Cotton
Reporter, in it's annual review, which
comprises a survey of the wool situation
in the United States in 1898, in all its
features, will say tomorrow:
To briefly summarize, there are 20
States today. outside of manufacturers
hands, against 223 rs, 296 pounds at the
close of 1897. The amount in the three
principal markets is 1445I, 446 pounds,
against 15S, 754, 296 a. year ago, and la, S31,-
7S8 two years ago. 1t will be noted that
while the stocks in the three leading
markets are 14,1S2S5O pounds smaller than
a year ago, the stocks throughout the en-
tire country are 55.595.7 III pounds larger
Wool has come forward from the west
much more slowly than usual. This may
be illustrated by the fact that the re-
ceiptS of domestic wool at Boston this
year have amounted to only so 1863 600
pounds, against 160.916, 400 pounds in 1897
a falling off of practically 30 per cent.
In fact, the sales in Boston during 1897
were 1850, 4S6 pounds larger than the
total receipts of both domestic and for
eign. The sales in Boston were al 132. SO
pounds against 361 632 100 pounds in the
previous year. The sales in the three
leading markets of the country were
23g. 4S6,3S5 pounds, against 52l O55,3l5 in
1897
The sales in 1898 were the smallest so
far during the last decade of the nine
tenth century, except those for 1893,
which amounted to only 199.5O4.3S3 The
average weekly sales in the three leading
markets were about 45G0,OOO, compared
with over 100000 pounds in 1888
Nominal quotations on wool were fairly
well maintained during the larger part
of the year. but in the last quarter there
was a decline to q lower level, in which
even foreign woods shared. At the open
ing of the year fine and fine medium ter
ritory was quoted on a. clean basis of 80
cents. against 42Q43 at the close of De-
cember.
The American wool and Cotton Re
porter will say tomorrow of the wool
trade:
The last week of the year has been
characterized by a good inquiry for wool
and with fully as good a feeling as has
been noticed for months. All eyes are
now turned towards the goods market.
All are looking for an Improvement in
the demand Tor fabrics which. if it de-
VeloDS. will bring d large volume of
business into the wool market in the
course of the next month or two.
The demand for domestic woods during
territory Texas and pulled woods. while
in foreign woods the chief features have
been the sales of some round lots of
Australian woods. In unwashed quarter
and three-eighth blood woods a fair
movement is also noted. FleeceS, as a
rule. have been quiet.
The sales of the week in Boston
amount to 2.750,000 pounds domestic and
900 pounds foreign. making q total
of 8, 1876. 600 against a. total of 6624O0O for
the previous week. and a total of 1896
COO for the corresponding week last year.
Sales since Jan. 1898. amount to al 1872
80 pounds. against 1863. OBS 100 last year
/ at this time.
What Incompetence Costs.
San Francisco, Dec. 2S.-An evening
paper says: Supreme Court Clerk L.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
The Metal Markets.

New York, Dec. 2S-The metal
market generally continues to make
long strides in the way of i'm
provement in business and prices. The
changes noted today were most gratify-
ing to sellers, copper and tin in par
ticular scoring further gains on urgent
demand and light offerings News from
the mines were very encouraging and the
general prospect is all that could be
desired.
The London market continues to show
a ready response to changes here.
AT the close the metal exchange called
pig iron warrants firm at 80 nominal
Lake Copper-Firmer; with 1890 bid and
1900 asked.
asked.
Lead-Firm. with 1856 bid and $50 asked
Spelter-Dull at 515 nominal.
at 12.75 by the firm fixing the settling
price for leading miners and smelters at
the west.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
TO ExTERM1NATE ANARCHISTS
Measures Adopted By the Interna-
tional Conference at Rome.

New York, Dec. 2S.-A dispatch to the
World from Rome says: The World
correspondent has secured the result
of the anti-anarchistic conference re-
Gently held here, whose proceedings had
previously been kept secret.
First. An International bureau of po-
lice for the surveillance OF anarchists,
to be established at Berlin, consisting
Of nine members-German, Austrian,
French, English, Italian, Russian,
Swiss, Belgian and Dutch. This bu-
reau will correspond directly with all
the police of Europe and will be repre-
scented in each country by special
agents
All the states represented will con-
tribute equally to the maintenance of
the bureau.
Second. European governments are
to negotiate for eXtradition treaties
governing anarchists. Anarchists are
profession of the anarchist faith, who
are found in possession of anarchistic
publications, bombs and letters of an
archistic character and all members of
anarchist societies.
A person convicted of an anarchist
crime will be punished according to the
law of the country where the crime was
committed.
Anarchist journals are to be placed
under censure, their circulation inter-
dicted, their editors, printers and dis
tributors proceeded against as anar-
chists.
All proceedings against anarchists
are to be conducted in secret.
These decisions are accepted by the
! delegates from Germany, Austria, Rus
STA, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Portugal
Sweden, Denmark, Montenegro, Servia
and Roumania. but England, France
Switzerland, Belgium, Holland Luxem-
burg and Greece rejected them.
1t is probable the ultimate result OF
the conference will be the establishment
of an international police bureau.