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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
Like the Rest of Us.

"George, dear" she said a night or
two before the wedding, "do you think
it possible that our love and our mar
ried life can become the commonplace,
coldly practical love and life of the
married people we see around us? Oh,
George. my heart would break if
thought SOL
But it win not be so" said George
passionately. 1--WE love each other too
tenderly, too fondly for that. Our love
is not of the ordinary kind, my darling,
and our lives win not be so. All, no,
no, my angel; that can never bep'
And the other day she said: Il say,
George. how would you like pork for
dinner with apple sauce? You would!
All right. then. and don't you forget
that feeding bottle for the baby or I'll
send you back after it, and mind that
you don't keep dinner waiting"
And he, with a falling off of the
passion of ten years ago, replied: al
right. Lou. and | wish you'd sew q
button on the back part of those strip
ed trousers of mine. You'll find them
hanging over a chair in our room
Don't have the pork as dry as last
time, and you watch the baby's cold
That watering of the eyes looks like
measles to me. Goodby.
MAGAZINE.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
sADAM s. SNOWMAN.
A Bold Thief.

A string of robberies that young man
has been boldly committing for the past
several months ended Saturday night in
him being placed behind the bars. w. G..
Austin, the jeweler, has been missing jew
elry from his store for sometime, but in no
way could he account for the mysterious
disappearance of his stock.
Some light was thrown upon the case
when a coored man named John Marshal
called at the store to have the quality OF a
ring examined on Saturday night. Mr..
Austin Immediately recogniz~ d it as one OF
the rings missing from his stock. He IN
CURED of the man how he came in possess
sion of it and he replied that Jas. Pondex-
ter wanted to sell 1t to him and he wanted
to find out what it was worth before he
bought it.
This gave Mr.. Austin a chance to work
on. He hunted up Pondexter and &C
cused him of the theft. He at first de-
MED it and gave all kinds of excuses to
get out of it. Officer Dutrow was told OF
the case, and, after securing some evil
dence, he placed him under arrest.
Since the arrest of Pondexter,, several
other persons have brought je%elry TO
the officer and to Mr. Austin, stating that
they bought it from Pondexter. The
goods already recovered are three watch
es, valued at SIS, and six rings, valued at
$50. Some were recovered from persons
to whom he had sold them and some
were found in his house.
Seeing that he could not get out of it.
PondeXter has confessed to stealing the
six rings and three watches, but will not
own up to stealing any more. He IS q
young coored boy about twenty years OF
age. He has been working around J. +
Thompson's store and Mr.. Thompson is
just finding out that ne has stolen a num-
Der of neckties from him. MIR. P. w
Letter, who keeps grocery store next
door, thinks he is also a victim. He has
also been accused of stealing the whee
belonging 20 Harry Thompson. Things
continue to come in against him and be
fore the fray is over it is expected that a
quantity of otner goods that he has stolen
VIII De found.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
Cuba's Population.

The results of the Cuban census show
a a,g. majority of white inhabitants, de-
-. ln- general impression that the ma
jouty of the population is colored
The islands total population IS 1872
797, including 8G5,2o5 males and 75T592
females. There are 447,572 white males
and 10000 white females of native birth.
The foreign whites number IL 500 males
and 26.45S females,
There are III.89S male and 1872 40 fe-
male negroes. The mixed races number
I25, males and 1886 females There
are l4694 male and I63 female Chinese.
The population of Havana ciJy is 235,9SI
and Of the province. 424, 8o4 of the pro-
vince of Ma-anzas, 2o2.444; of Pinar del
Rio, I73,o64; of Puerto Principle, 06,234i
oiSanta Clnra. 356,556, and of Santiago
Spills.
OF the total population of the island
IIoS,7o9 persons are set down as single
246,35I as married, while I3L7s7 live to-
gether by mutual consent.
OF the population, 2o,47S are Spanish
and 400, 367 are Cuban. OF the popu'
latlon 443,426 can read and write.
There will be at least 40 900 qualified
native Cuban voters under the proposed
basis Of suffrage, and 55,767 Spaniards
whose citizenship was in suspense wher
| the census was taken.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28

Assuming that we are walking on
the ocean bottom at the depth Of over
a mile, we move cautiously along in
water icy cold and suddenly are con
fronted with a blaze of light and find
ourselves in field of light giyers.
Imagine a cornfield with stalks from
two TO four feet In height, the tips
cleaning with light and waving gently
to and fro. Such an appearance the
fields of umbellularia present.
Above this forest of living lights
strange and weird fish are passing
which we recognize as forms that have
been dredged from great depths by the
Albatross, the Challenger and others.
One, the chiasmodon, dashes by emit
ting light from its own body, and, won
der of wondersi we see it seize a fish
five times it's own bulk and draw it.
self over it like a glove. Its jaws by
a special arrangement separate, and
the mouth is a cavern of india rubber
like possibilities. A similar fish, mala
costeus, is Of rich black velvet hue
and as it poises we see upon its head
two large lights. One emits a golden
light, the other throws out fitful green
rays which have some hidden mean
ing in the economy of nature. Some
of the fish seem to be literal mouths.
Such is the eurypharnyx, or pelican
fish. The mouth is enormous, the bones
of the jaw being attached to the skull
by movable joints, so that it has enor-
nous powers of Professor
Charles +. Holder.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
His Roundabout way.

A man was going home to his wife
and family. 1t was growing dark. His
road from the station was n lonely
one, and he was getting along as fast
as he could when he suddenly suspect
ed that a man behind him was follow
ing him purposely. The faster he went
the faster the man went until they
came to n graveyard
"Now," he said to himself, "I'll find
if he's after me-" And he entered the
churChyard
The man followed him. Vague visions
of reyolvers and garroters grew upon
him He made a detour of splendid
mausoleum Still the man was after
him, round and round.
At last he turned ana faced the fel-
low and asked: What the dickens do
you want: What are you following
me for?'
"Wen, sir, do you always go home
like this? am going up to Mr.
Browns house with a parcel and the
porter at the station told me that if I'd
follow you | should find the place, as
you live next door. Are you going
home ut all tonight?"-Columbian.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28

A lady writes to me and asks what
IS really meant by the needles eye
in the parable of the rich man. re-
member reading somewhere that it was
the smallest gate that gave entrance
to the walled city of Jerusalem and
that a loaded camel had to be stripped
of it's burden and bend its knees to
squeeze through. And so a rich man
had to give up his riches and come
to his knees before he could enter
heaven. 1t was just one of the thou
sand proverbs that adorned the moral
nations The writings of Job and Solo
mon and Confucius and Mohammed
abound in them.
In the Koran is found this proverb,
''The impious man will find the gates
of heaven shut, and he can no more en-
ter than a camel can pass through a
needles eye" There is another in
the Koran which says, "You will never
see a palm tree of gold nor an elephant
pass through a needles eye" TIL ase
proverbs simply meant that it was inn
possible. Strange to say, the world
has long since quit making proverbs.
All proverbs have come down to us,
even such as "A rolling stone gathers
no moss" Poor Richard" left us a
few, such as "a penny saved is two
pence gained. Bill Arp in Atlanta
Constitution.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28

A clergyman in Scotland desired his
hearers never to call one another
Glars" but when any one said the
thing that was not they ought to
whistle.
one Sunday he preached q sermon
on the parable of the loaves and fishes,
and being at a loss to explain it said
the loaves were not like those nova
days-they were as big as some of the
hills Of Scotland.
He had scarcely pronounced these
words when he heard loud whistle.
"Wha's that cas- me liarY'
at is l. Willy Macdonald, the baker"
"WeIl, Willy. what objection ha' We
to what ha' told youT'
''None, sir. only l want to know what
sort Of ovens they had to bake those
Ioaves in?"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
Free Pills.

Send your address to II. G. Bucklen
& Co., Chicago, and get a free sample
box of Dr. Kings New Life Pills. A
trial will convince you of their merits.
These pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective in the cure of
Constipation and Sick Headache For
Malaria and Liver troubles they have
been proven invaluable. They are
guaranteed to be perfectly free from
every deleterious substance and to be
purely vegetable. They do not weaken
by their action, but by giving tone to
the stomach and bowels greatly invig-
crate the system. Regular size csc per
box. For sale at Matthaei's Pharmacy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
BRoKELOosE.
Stamp Books.

The first lot of the new stamp books
have been received at the Martinsburg
Post Office and are selling rapidly The
books arrived yesterday and as soon as
the fact became known there was great
demand for them.
Only the 2-cent stamps are put up in
book form. They are put up in II, "a
and As stamps in a book, in pages of six
stamps each, interleaved with parafne
paper, making book convenient for the
pocket or pocketbook. One cent extra is
charged on each book, to cover the cost
OF manufacturer. There is no reduction
in price, no matter how many books are
bought.
The new books can be had at the gem
eral delivery window at the Post Office or
from the carriers, who carry them for the
convenience of the people living along
their routes.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28

Despite all the attacks upon machin-
erv, an age without tools is an age OF
drudgery and degradation. If once
men toiled 16 hours day, with n sin
gle stroke Watts engine cut off two
hours in the morning for rest and two
hours at night for reading. The mod
ern home, with a thousand and one
comforts. is the gift of tools. We now
compel steel fingers, steel knives, steel
wheels and steel wires to do our work.
Take away our tools and civilization
would go back 100 years.-Newell
Dwight Hills in Woman's Home Com.
Danion.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
SHORT LIVED COMPLIMENT,
Archibald Forbes Experience With
IA CoIored Cabman.


There is "a delightfully."- human story
which Archibald Forbes, the famous
war correspondent, told, rather at his
own expense, of his qualification at
the apparent desire of the man and
brother" for higher intellectual cul-
ture. On arriving at the station at
West Chester, Pa, where he was TO
lecture, a colored cabman, it is said,
offered his services to convey him to
his hotel. When he got there, Mr..
Forbes asked the extent of remunera-
ton expected for the journey. The
darky replied:
well, sab, if you'd jes' give me a
ticket to de lectur', sab, | should be
right glad"
This unusual request from cabman
struck him not only as singular and
laudable. but as quite complimentary
to him, so he said:
Certainly. And haven't you got a
missisY'
ooh, yes, sab; Use got a missis!'
"Well, you shall have one for her"
And he requested his agent to hand
10 the knowledge seeker tHe requisite
passes for the entertainment. On
reaching the lecture room he cast
glance over the audience to see his col
ored friend, but he had not arrived,
nor did he put in an appearance. Next
morning, on getting into the same
mans vehicle to go to the station, Mr..
Forbes said:
II didn't see you at the lecture last
night"
mo, sab; we not dar."
"But, you know, | gave you tickets
for yourself and wife"
yes, sab; | know that, sab, but you
see, sab, jes' sold dem tickets for 81,
sab, cause ia rather hab de cash.
sah."-Philadelphia Call.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28

A fiat dweller returned home the 9TH
er Thursday afternoon to find under
her door a card. Miss Mary y. CHS
holm"
"Who can she be and what did she
want?" speculated the fiat dweiler 10
herself Il don't know any Miss Mary
Y. Chisholm The mystery remained
unsolved until the return of the fiat
dweller's negro maid from her after
noon out" "She am a lady fren OF
mine" explained the maid, grinning at
the card. which in engraving and all
other respects was irreproachable,
she lef' her cyard under de do When
she finds | was not ter home. same as
yo' lady fren's. New York Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
The Sure La Grippe Cure.

There is no use suffering from this
dreadful malady, if you will only get
the right remedy. You are having pain
all through your body, your liver is.
out of order, have no appetite, no life
or ambition, have bad cold in fact are
completely used up. Electric Bitters is
the only remedy that will give yoo
prompt and sure relief. They act di-
rectly on your Liver, Stomach and Kid
neys. tone up the whole system and
make you feel like a new being. They
are guaranteed to cure or price refund
ed For sale at Matthaei's Pharmacy,
only so cents per bottle.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
Water In Porto Rico.

The water supply of Porto Rico, be-
cause of its abundance and freshness
from the mountain streams, ought TO
ne pure and good for use. But 1t is far
otherwise. A thick bed of rank vege-
tation is ever decaying beneath the
new growth rising above it, and the
water filtering through the rotten mass
becomes not only STEPPED with the I've
Of decaying roots, leaves and grasses,
cut Is full Of insects and worms
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
Knocked Down.

Aunt Oracle" Helms, very old col
ored woman who is hardly able to get
about, was knocked down on the corner
of Burke and Raleigh streets Saturday
night by one of a crowd of young men
who surrounded and leased her by pull
ing at her. AS Aunt Oracle" uttered
the words Look hear white boys, Use
amt scacely able to walk, much less be-
ing pulled around, one grabbed her cane
and another struck her in the face, knock
ing her to the pavement, unconscious.
The police are onto the case, but as vet
they have not been able to get an accu-
rate description of the young man who
struck her
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
EVERY DAY TROUBLES.
Most Martinsburg Readers Realize what
II Means.


1 The constant, never ceasing itchr ess. !,
Ever present with itching piles. -
l. With eczema, with irritating shin. 'z.as /
ats every day trouble in many house
holds. Doan's Ointment brings relief and
cure. So lsBalB al
L Is endorsed by Martinsburg people. vi
gsMr John Burger of Race street between
Maple avenue and Raleigh street journey
man painter by trade says:-"I was SUBJ
ject TO annoying and painful hemorrhoids
for three or four years, and used var
ious remedies recommended for it. While
some gave relief for the time being, moth
ing was permanently beneficial and the
complaint returned. was suffering tor
ture when | learned about Doans ONT
ment and procured it at Matthaei's Phar--
macy. 1t gave me relief at once. and in a
short time all indications of the trouble
were banished.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents.
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y. sole
agents for the q. S.
Remember the name Doan's and take
no other.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
New Passenger Station

The c. V. X. r. will build a $1,000
passenger station in Greencastle and the
council has agreed that if the work be
done inside oEtwo years it will have a
police at all trains, tn. company shall
have train privileges on and across streets
dare run through town not exceeding q
speed of ? miles an hour and the borough
will pave Carlisle street in front of sta
ton, at cost of about $500.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
THE WIND AT THE DOOR.
often to ny door

Often 70 my door
Comes a twilight visitor.
When the mountain summer day
Prom our valley takes bis way,
And the journeying shadows stride
Over the green mountain side,
Down tie Glove among the trees
Moves the ghostly wandering breeze.
With the first stars on the crest
And the pale light in the west
He comes mp the dark ravine
Where no traveller is seen.
Yet his coming makes stir
In the house Of Ash and Fir.
Master, is't in our abode
You will tarry on the roadf"
may, like your roof tree well,
But with you ] may not dwell"
Birches whisper at their sill
AS he passes up the hill,
stranger, underneath our boughs
There is ample room TO house."
''Friends, / have another quest
Than your cool abiding rest.
And the iuttering Aspen knows
Whose step by Der doorway goes
'Honor, lord, thy silver tree
And the chamber laid for thee"
''Nay, | must be faring on,
For tonight ! seek my own.
Breath Of the red dust is he
And a wayfarer like me;
Here a moment and then lost
On a trail confused and crossed.
And gently would surprise
Recognition in his eyes;
Touch his hand and talk with him
When the forest light is dim,
Taking counsel with the lord
OF the utterable word.
Hank, did you hear some one try
The west window furtiyely
And then move among the leaves
In the shadow OF the caves?
The reed curtain at the door
Rustled; there's my visitor
Who comes searching for his kin.
enter, brother I'm Within"
Bliss Carman in Scribner' 8
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
A Letter to the Candidate.

We are permitted TO give copy of a
letter received by a Georgia candidate;
Dear Sir an Fren-Hearin that you wur in the
Raice fer offs want to know il you would care
for the yoat of my Settlement. As goes, so goes
that Voat The Settlement Swairs by me, an
what | tells 'em to do they does. 1t is white
and cullored voat mixed, but it is inteIergent
voat, il does say it Myself 1t is voat that kin
read. rite and count. II you wants that Voat, let
me know. II you don't want that voat, / know
who does.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
BuckIen's Arnica Salve.

THE BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruisers, Sores Ulcers. Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tons, and positively cures Piles. or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
Price % cents per box. For sale by L,
@. Matthaei. Druggist.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
NEW BOOKLETS.

The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway is issuing a series of booklets re-
garding points Of interest along its lines,
and if you are interested in the western
country, or contemplating trip, write
Geo. H. Heaffotd. General Passt yer
Agent, Chicago, Ill.,, for the special pub
LEGATION desired, enclosing four cents in
stamps for postage for each one,
No. /. The Pioneer Limited.
No. 2. The Land of Bread and Butter
No. 3. The Fox Lake Country.
No. a. Fishing in the Great North
Woods.
No. 5. The Lake Superior Country.
No 6. Cape Nome Gold Diggings.
No. 8. Summer Days in the Lake
Country,
No. 9. Summer Homes, 1900.
No. IL. The Game of Skat.
No IL. Milwaukee-The Convention
City.
No 10. A Farm in the Timber Coun-
try.
No. Ia. Stock Raising in the Sunshine
State.
No IS. Hunting and Fishing.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
Horse Not Sold.
no other.

A country man brought a horse in
town last week TO sell. He found likely
purchaser in the person of Mr.. !. w.
Dodd, proprietor of the Continental and
to show the qualities of the horse he
hitched it to the Continental cab. The
horse appeared to be all right until going
down the hill toward the B. & c. passenger
station. In descending the hill the horse
was suddenly seized with that tired feeling
and sat right down on the hill to take a
rest. The horse refused to stir and had
to be unhitched before he could be COTTON
up. The incident caused much laughter
among the passengers at the station. MIR.
Dodd does not think the horse will suit,
for he is afraid that he might be seized
with an inclination to sit down and rest
sometime when the cab is full of passen-
gers. He was thinking of buying him for
the transfer wagon.
BROKE LOOSE.
A horse belonging to Mrs. Ruble, of the
country, cut some queer capers while
standing hitched to post in front of l..
E. Bentz & Bros. store.
The horse reared at various times until
finally it broke the halter and got away,
but was caught before he had gone any
distance. Before breaking loose he kept
pulling, prancing and fighting at every
thing that came along.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28

Little Colds" Thousands of lives sac
rifced every year DR.. Woods Norway
Pine Syrup cures little colds, cures big
colds too, down to the very verge of con-
sumption.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28
FRANK VULGAR.

Mr. Frank Vulgar died Monday at
8. 80 o'clock at his home on Eulaie street,
aged siXty-eight years. The cause Of his
death was paralysis He has been suffer
ing for the past year with nervous pros
tration and on Saturday he was stricken
with paralysis, dying short time after
ward.
Mr.. Wilger was formerly a passenger
engineer on the b. & O. Railroad. He
entered the service in 1881 and continued
in the employ of the company until few
years ago, when he was placed on the re-
tired list on account OF his health. Be
fore ne taken i'll he was employed as night
engineer at the Brass Works. He leaves
a wife, who was formerly Miss Runkes
three sons and one daughter, Charles
Harry and Frank Vulgar and Mrs Cap.
Orem. Two brothers, Wm Of this city
and Frederick Vulgar, of Davisville, Cal.
survive him.
The funeral took place from The
United Brethren church Wednesday after
noon at two o'clock, Rev. w. +. Gruvel
officiating, w. II. Wilen funeral director
MRS. AGATHA HEssE.
Mrs. Agatha Hesse, an estimable anC
highly respected resident of the county
died Saturday at $50 O'Clock at he
home one mile north of Martinsburg
aged about Is years. Death was caused
by pneumonia.
Mrs. Hesse is a native of Germany anc
has been a resident of the county for the
past fifty years, having come here direc
from Germany. She was the widow o.
Ludwig Hesse who has been dead nine.
teen years. Mrs. Hesse is survived by
four sons, two of them Lutheran minis
tiers. VIM, of Pleasant City, o.. Ferd.
inand, of New Oxford. Pa. Lewis of the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28

When a man has day to himself,
he can't recall any of the things he
longed to do when he was busy.-Atch-
ison Globe.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28

all weeds grow apace." Impurities in
your blood will also grow unless you
promptly expel them by taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28

county, and Jacob, mail carrier on Rural
Route No. ?.
The funeral took place from the
house Monday morning at ten o'clock,
Rev. c. S. Trump officiating lnterment
was made in Green Hill cemetery. w.
II. Wien funeral director
sADAM s. SNOWMAN.
Mr.. Adam S. Snowman died Friday
at eight O'Clock at his home on w. John
street, aged o. years. lie is'survived by
one son and two daughters Frank
Snowman, Of Fair Play Mrs. Buzzard,
of Sharpsburg, and Miss Carrie Show
man, of this city.
The remains we're taken to Sharps-
burg, Md. Sunday morning at $50 for
burial. w. II. Wilen funeral director.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-28

Good fortune sometimes comes to us
In a very shabby looking carriage.