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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23
At Washinaton's Tomb.

Majestic in their dignity were the
ceremonies at the tomb of Washing.
ton Dec. IA, in memory of the centen-
NAL of his death. The gathering was
as notable as any that has ever taken
place at Mount Vernon since the great
men of the nation assembled there to
lay the greatest American to his final
rest a hundred years ago. The adj
dress of President Mckinley sur.
passed according to his hearers all
his previous efforts.
Not only were masons there in
great numbers some from far quar-
ters of the globe, but thousands who
were not members of the craft attend
ed the ceremonies The exercises
were under the management of the
Grand Lodges of Virginia and the
District of Columbia and We're car.
ried out in exact counterpart of the
funeral of one hundred years ago,
the ceremonies being richly reverent
and impressive
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23
cuTTA pERcHA.
The Supply Short and Substitute
Wanted.

There is fortune awaiting the
chemist or inventor who will supply
the world with satisfactory substi-
tnte for gutta perclas AT present there
is almost famine of this useful arti-
Gle; and the future holds but little
comfort for those who are willing to
pay double prices for all they can get.
The announcement that the United
States government would call for bids
for the laying and building OF a cable
from California to the Philippines,
coming as it does soon after the an
nouncement that Great Britain and
France are soon to lay two great
ocean cables. has startled the gutta
percha trade and caused the engineers
OF the world to look appealingiy to-
ward the chemists and inventors. The
simple fact is that the worlds visible
supply Of gutta percha is not sufficient
for the building Of any one of the
three projected cables and according
TO good authorities, it may be five
years OF more before the supply Of
gutta percha will be equal TO the task,
even at almost prohibitive prices
Owing to the inroads made on the
gutta percha supply by the manufac
turers of golf balls and manufacturers
Of toilet and fancy articles, the sur
plus OF which the gutta percha market
boosted years ago has been complete
ly exhausted. Prices have steadily
risen, till now they make mannfac-
turers vince
Ten years ago the price of gutta
percha was about eighty-two cents
pound, while to-day it is worth over
81 pound, and the better grades are
no longer quoted. for the simple rea-
son that they are not on the market.
Nothing has been discovered that
can be substituted successfully for
gutta percha for deep sea use Even
when adulterated with rubber and ce-
ment it will not stand a depth of a
thousand feet. Owing to the fact that
the density of gutta percha Is the
greatest known to a vegetable prod
uct. equalling that OF copper Wself. it
successfully resists water pressure -
N. T. Herald
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23
Immunity From the Plague.

Apropos of the bubonic plague now
creeping into Portugal, has it ever
been noticed in what an erratic man
ner immunity from this disease seems
to have been conferred upon certain
races, and even sects? Thus in 1854
it was noticed that the Professionals of
Lyons escaped almost TO a man. So
did the Jews in an outbreak at Mime
guen in 1886 Something of the same
sort has been noticed with regard to
other diseases, and while in the out
break of typhus at Langoens in 1924
the Jews remained immune their CO.
religionists in Poland have always
been the first to catch cholera. But
the strangest thing in connection with
the plague is that in most cases the
seeds of the disease seem to remain
dormant in the systems of those ex-
posed to the rank of contagion until
some new epidemic calls them into
activity Procopius, who observed the
plague in Constantinople pretty closely
during Justinian's reign, declares that
if persons born in an infected town
settled in a town hitherto free from
IT, they are sure to be first at
tackled if the plague again visited the
country. even after the lapse of sew
eral years. A similar fact was noted
during the Nimeguen outbreak, where
two children of one Van Dam were
sent to the immune town of Gorcunen,
and remained there in perfect health
for three months. AT the end of that
time the plague came to Gorunen, and
they died there at the same time as
the rest of the family.-Pall Mall Ga
zette.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23
A Lesson IN Finance.

Troublous conditions in the finan-
circles are apparently ended. The
mischief that has been done however,
is still very manifest in @present
market values. Nowhere has the
storm done more serious injury than
in the copper shares In view OF the
fact that the copper shares aud their
unhealthy imitation were indirectly, at
least, the cause OF the trouble, it is
not at all surprising that this should
first of December and OF nearly
$50 ,000,0 600 in copper shares since the
first of December, and OF nearly
5000 600. 900 since the high prices of
the boom last spring, is what the rec
ord shows. Even though copper is
now selling at nearly cents pound
higher than year ago, 1t is signifi-
cant and suggestive fact that shares
Of the companies that are producing
copper or getting ready to produce it,
show today nearly s200,000,000 less
value In the market than they did last
spring. The shrinkage is the greatest
that has ever been recorded in the
history of the Boston market for any
group of securities, and it shows more
iearly than anything else could pos
IDLY do the injury deae by overin
nation
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23
CRIMINAL.

4 Harry Johnson, who was sentenced
% ten years for the killing of Michael
4 Burke in 1898, In Camden, N H. has
been paroled by the Court of Pardons.
A number of Princeton students
/ have been robbed OF their watches
and other vaiuables at the university.
After binding Andrew Lockwood
and his wife near Mt Carmel Pa, the
other day and by torture compelling
them to reveal the hiding place of
money. masked burglars took their
savings, 1915
! For killing Sanford White, coke
works superintendent Dec rs, at Dun.
bar Pa, George Templeton. colored
was shot to death by posse Of citi
zens by whom he was pursued immed
lately after the murder.
Patrick Rafferty, and Thomas Nc.
Kenna were shot Dec n AZ Old Forge.
near Scranton, Pa, by Thomas Lud.
don, whom they tried to arrest. RAT
ferty is dead and Mckenna is not ex-
pected to recover.
The trial of Solomon n Quinter for
the murder Of his wife and Edward
Kitzmiller. in August, has begun in
Reading, Pa.
John Larkin was convicted of muir
der in the second degree at Trenton,
Dec. Is, for the killing OF Samuel Cru
sen.
Chief of Police Nun ply of Moor
head Minnesota was shot Sunday,
while attempting 10 arrest burglar
named Collins Collins shot and ran
but fell, dropping his revolver, with
which Murphy shot him in the head
Both men are at the point of death.
Dudley Ferguson son OF a promi.
nent attorney at Cincinnati Ohio.
shot and killed Gus" Meehan de-
tective In that city, Sunday Ferguson
was melancholy, and was being
watched on that account.
At Wilmington. Delaware. Dec. IA,
Harry Wallace found guilty of muir.
der in the second degree for killing
his wife was sentenced to imprison.
ment for life
William II Cottfell, a jailor of the
Monmouth N. j., county Jail, was muir
ierously assaulted Dec IA by George
Bullock a prisoner awaiting trial for
murder.
The general store OF Andrew II.
3earder and the postofice at Sand.
brook were destroyed by firebugs Dec.
ID
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23
Green<burg.
a merry Christmas 70 al

- h1Shiy NhttSiiildS TO all.
Mrs. Adrian Miller is reported al being
on Inc SICK list from an attack Of fever
Miss SUSIE Ditto, who spent last week
here with her sister, returned home sun
day
Miss Dora Turner who has been very
II tor some time past is convaescing at
this writing.
Our farmer friends are about through
with their fall work, and are ready TO hi
bernate for a few months.
Mr. Alonzo Grim and wife Of Swan
Pond left this community Thursday for
Mckeesport, Pa. where he has hopes to
secure position MIR. Grim is an honest
industrious maa and good neighbor. and
ms friends while sorry to see him go, vet
hope that he may meet with abundant
success IN his new venture.
The Sunday school here will hold their
Christmas entertainment Tuesday even
ing at p. m. An interesting program is
being prepared forfhat occasion. Scrabble
will have theirs Wednesday. New Town
Monday afternoonand Bedington Thurs
day.
We We're more than pleased while read
ing the editorial in last weeks issue Of
The Herald Under the caption, Slavery in
West Virginia. 1t was timely to the point.
The law IS to say the least, a relic of bar
barism and should be abolished at once.
Much OF the money which is now appro-
pirate for the benefit OF the roads is
simply thrown away. We believe that if
The alternate road system was better I'M
derstood generally by out people that it
would be adopted at once, as the present
method Of working the roads has very few
supporters in this county. Let the sub
lect be agtated until free labor shall be
done away with in old Berkeley. S. ]. w.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23
HER INTUITION.
Woman Jumps at Conclusions With.
out Resortlnq to Logic.

II begin to think there there is no
end to womans intuition. 1t frequent
ly enables her to read character on
sight, but what gets me and strikes
me as uncanny is the fact that this
same intuition projects her knowledge
into the future and. makes her about
as conversant with things to come as
with things past.
Let me illustrate. When the cop
per market was so active | put in
hours every day studying quotations,
fluctuations, and the outlook. AS the
result of conclusion reached by this
careful method | invested $500. made
good on margins, and was finally glad
to let go with loss considerably larg-
er than my original investment.
During a period of confidence and
in the enjoyment of prospective riches
/ had told my wife of my Investment
and of the good things she might ex-
pect when the deal was closed. 1t
gave her the speculative fever and she
was bound to make plunge. She
doesn't know what the word stocks
means. "A market report is Greek to
her. She couldn't figure on the out
lookif she had all the data and slate
and pencil Yet she came to me with
800 she had saved in old teapots and
stockings and told me to buy p. @. M.
shares. sneeringly told her that they
were dead and buried; that she might
as well invest in q dry oil we'll or a
sunken ship. But her mind was made
up. n thought the lesson would be a
cheap one for her and l obeyed
Those shares took sudden jump,
to the surprise of every one, and she
cleared $4,000. Men don't seem to
have any business sense she said.
when we compared notes p. @. M.
stands for pretty quick money, but a
stupid man could never see it, Then
the Detroit broker who had been talk
ing dashed to the floor 15-cent cigar
he had just lit.-Detroit Tribune.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23
SPORTING NEWS.

The police board of st. Louis has
issued an order to Chief Campbell to
stop all boxing contests that may in
future be proposed whether before
bona fide athletic club or otherwise.
where the contest is for a moneyed
purse or in which professional fight
ers are to be engaged. This is the
direct result of the Neise fatality.
John l.. Sullivan, former champion
pugilist of the world. whose earnings
in fifteen years he estimates at ST.
100000, has declared in a New York
court that he has nothing left of that
great fortune.
As was generally thought. Gus Rub.
Ia 10 -.eol Giant, mad no trouble
in defeating Stockings Conroy, of
Troy. in New York Dec 49, Conroy is
a big, muscular fellow. and some said
he would make trouble for Rubin in
a twenty-round go
The Kentucky 1'rotting Horse
Breeders Association has announced
the eleventh annual renewal of the
Futurity Stake the entries to close
next March. The event is for the
usual purse of $4,000.
Tom" Morley the expert wing shot
Of the Lyndhurst Gun Club defeated
Chris Wright, of Paterson in an ex-
citing match at the Singac traps, near
Greenwood Lake. N. j, Each man
shot at so fast-nying pigeons. and the
score at the finish stood SO to SO.
The State Fish and Game Commits
sion of New Jersey. in its annual re-
port, criticises the Legislature for its
failure to appropriate the $4,000 re-
quested for use in stocking the waters
of the State with fish and its uplands
and meadows with game
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23
LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN-BABY-
LAND

With the 1900 volume, enters upon its
twenty fourth year. The best authors
and artists continue their contributions to
the delight of the little people for whose
instruction. amusement and entertain
ment their best cndeavors are put forth.
Some Of the good things in the new vol
ume are
TWO NEW SERIAL STORIES: "A
Little Prince and Princess of Egypt:
Long-Time-Ago Story" by Oliver Har-
per,
Epson Clark.
NOTABLE ARTICLES: "Playthings
That Are Alive" I'm six parts) by
Judith Soils Cohen.
"Some Famous Animals by Cora
Haviand Carver
SHORT STORIES: More than the
usual number of short stories written
by men and women who know how,
and there are very many pictures to IL
lustrate these.
THE BABYLANDERS are entertained
every month with dainty verse and
pretty pictures by Margaret Johnson.
CRADLE SONGS OF MANY MA
TIONS tell. in twelve parts. how the
wee babies of other lands are sung to
sleep every night.
And there are various simple occu-
pations which suggest to the mother
ways and means to keep active little
fingers busy.
AN ALTOGETHER CHARMING
MAGAZINE and the subscription
price is astonishlngly low-5o CENTS
year.
PREMIUMS. The publishers Offer many
valuable articles as premiums for clubs;
articles that are needed by every boy
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tastes; and as the getting OF subscrip-
tions at the low price of soc is so easy
every one who is ambitious can and
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PEARSONS: We offer Little Men and
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Pearsons is the best of the dollar mag
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23
FROM SOUTH AFRICA
A SUMMARY or THE TRANsvAAL
WAE NEWS.
Progress of the Great Conflict From
Day to Day-A Condensed Report
Of the Leading Events of the Past
Week.

A cablegram from Paris says a
Berlin news agency reports that the
American government will propose to
the European powers mediation for
England in settling tie South African
war;
The British War Office declines
either to confirm or contradict the re-
port that General Butler has crossed
the Tugela river, and that General
Methuen's communications have been
cut.
Emperor William Is said to exhibit
the keenest personal concern regard
ing the war in South Africa, especial
~ the fate of the British troops.
The subscriptions started in the
British colony OF the City of Mexico
in behalf of the widows and orphans
OF British soldiers killed in the war
has reached $500.
The Board of Aldermen of Denver
has adopted resolution expressing
sympathy for the 1ransvaal Republic
in its war with Great Britain.
An independent account of General
Buffers fight at Colenso adds nothing
to the official account, except that the
hghting lasted eight hours and that
the British retirement was completed
in good order
The British War Office has received.
report that General Butler lost 1850
men IN the battle in Natal Colony,
Dec. la.
Lieutenant the Hon. f. H. S. Rob-
CO Of ord oka -
har and Waterford, the newly APP
pointed British commander in South
Africa, died of wounds received at the
battle OF Tugela River
1t is rumored that Winston Church
i'll, the newspaper correspondent, who
recently escaped from Pretoria, has
been captured at Waterfalboven
The condition of General Joubert,
who is i'll at Volksrust. is improving.
The Transvaal Government is EN-.
ploying natives to work in mines,
paying them SIS month and feeding
them.
1t has been decided to send Baron
Roberts of Candahar and Waterford
as Commanderin-C in South Afri-
ca, with Lord Kitchener as chief of
staff.
General Buffers reverse produced
profound impression in all circles
in Rome, where it is regarded as seri-
Gus for the military prestige of Eng
land.
The British War Office has received
despatch from Gen. Butler, telling
OF a serious reverse in Natal Colony
near Colenso. en- his advance to the
relief of Ladysmith, in battle with
Gen. Joubert's forces.
Gen. Butler was attempting to cross
the Tugela river when he met the
Beers. Finding it impossible to effect
his object. he ordered a retirement
in order to avoid greater losses. He
left eleven guns behind.
The list of casualties among the
non-commissioned officers and men in
the recent fight at Magersfontein, just
issued in London, shows SIS killed,
253 wounded (21 severely and rs
missing. This, however. is apparently
not complete list. the cablegram
says.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23
How's This (!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
r. j. CHENEY & CO, Prop Toledo. O..
We the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for tire last IS years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST TRUAN, Wholesale Druggists.
Toledo. @.
WALDlNG. KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. Q.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system. Price, 75c.
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Tes-
timonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23
December Sale

There will beSpecial bargains.in Boots
Shoes and Rubbers. also mems and boys
Hats and Caps, at reduction OF IS per cent
or all sales made during this month a.
good opportunity for you to shoe your self
and family with good foot ware for the
winter at the old reliable Shoe Store OF
Dec. 9-3t. JOHN LYONS.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23

Extraordinary qualities are pos
sessed by the River Tinto in Spain. 1t
hardens and petria es the sand of it's
bed, and If a stoae falls into the
stream and alights upon another in a
'ew months they unite and become
ne stone Fish cannot live in its
tiers
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23
Bavarian Lientnlno Rods.

In Bavaria each family on Easter
Sunday brings to the church ward-fire
a walnut branch which, after being
partially burned. Is carried home to be
laid on the hearth during tempests as
4 protection against lightning.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23
a Remarkable Library.

The largest library of small books
10 the world belongs to Frenchman.
who boasts that he can pack seven
hundred of his pocket editions IN
single portmanteau
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23

yes. his business reputation is
blasted
How did it happen2"
sHe dropped can of his new pro
cess dynamite.
BLASTED him. en- Blew him up?"
NO, it didn't 60 offr"-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23
THE PHILIPPINES.
Sec'y Wilson Thinks They Are the
Richest Regions in the World.

One of the best features in the Phil
ippines is the prospect that the United
States, within the coming year, viii re-
store order throughout the Islands. But
for the cession Of the group to this
country il would he the scene of civi.
war for generation. Few of the
islands would submit to Aguinaldo's
military despotism and constant reyo-
lutions would have occurred even in
LuZon But the United States viii
establish stable, free upright govern
ment, and prevent the anarchy threat
ened. Under present disadvantages the
commerce of the Philippines is inn
proving fast. Both export and import
duties frequently break the record.
Receipts from the time of the Ameri-
can occupation to July 81 last reached
the surprising total of $5,230,59S. leaN-
ing a balance on hand of Sl.ST6,a3o. 1t
is stated that the War Department Of
ficials are deeply impressed with the
commercial possibilities or the islands.
Under the present military government
receipts are running ahead of expenses
by over 80 per cent. Under ordinary
conditions not a dollar win he required
from the treasury of the United States
on account of annexation.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
thinks the Philippines are one of the
richest regions IN the world i'm natural
resources, hut need an advanced race
TO develop them Their tropical area
will round out the production of the
limited States. He expects much there
from the dairy interest Reports OF
extensive mining deposits continue 70
come i'm. Valuable deposits OF gold
have bee found and tested on the
southeastern coast of Luzon, and gold
lis known to exist in other provinces
THE United States never coveted these
islands hut they are ours through the
legitimate results OF war. We have the
linen and the means to quiet them to
save them from perpetual native con
lfiict aud atrocities. and TO utilize their
riches BY natural and righteous
chain Of events they have fallen into
the hands of capable and enlightened
lowner.-New York Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23

In all these yearB of tea drinking,
IA has not been drunk at meals in
china. The water from which it is
made is always freshly boiled snd
used as soon as IL reache II.
ing point
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23

The work of exhuming the remains
Of the victims of the battleship Maine
e going on IN Havana.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-23
Tramped to Death oy an Elephant

Columbus, Ohio, Dec 2l.-While at
work in the winter qyarters'of the Sells
Brothers circus here, Patrick Meagher,
chief elephant trainer OF the show.
was attacked by one of the beasts.
Meagher attempted to defend himself.
but he was dashed TO the ground and
gored and trampled upon. Before az
sistance could be rendered he was
flfghtfuliy mangled. Life was extinct
when the attendants rescued the tram
,er's body.
Evening journal., 1899-06-06

Ihree-quarters Of pound of -four,
one-half teaspoon of salt, one ounce Of
butter. One-half ounce of compressed
yeast, one,egg, IL gius of milk, about
one-fourth teaspoon of powdered
sugar MAX together the flour and
salt, then rub in the butter. Cream the
yeast and sugar together till they
are liquid. Warm the milk till IL
is just tepid. and mix it with the yeast.
Beat up the egg and add it TO the milk.
then strain the milk, etc, into the mid
die Of the flour and mix IL lightly In.
Turn the paste onto n Toured board
and kneadlightly, using little -four to
prevent it sticking. Well grease two
high round cake tins Divide the dough
In two. Make each in a round cake and
drop IL into the tin. Twist piece Of
creased paper over the tops. and put
them 10 rise till the dough fills the tins.
Probably they will take one hour.
When risen enough, bake in n quick
oven about one-half an hour; turn out
and brush them over with q little warm
milk and butter.-Boston Globe.