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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-07-28
A Runaway Train.

The passengers and trainmen on B. &
o. passenger train No. ~ had a wild ride
down North Mountain and through Mar
unsburg Friday night behind a runaway en-
CINE. II was an experience that made
their hair stand on eBd and one which
they will long remember
The train is due here at s.33. It was
about thirty minutes late and when il
did come it whiried past the station ike
lightning at the rate Of about 10 miles per
noun
The train was beyond all control Of the
engineer; the air was all gone and the
steam gone down Those Of the passen-
gers that knew the train was running aR az
were almost frantic and the train crew
was badly frightened, for they did not
know what was going 10 become Of them
A number Of the passengers did not
know that they were on a runaway tram
unit, it struck the nine mile grade and
stopped and then they were thrown into
/ the most intense excitement.
AS the train shot through town people
ared after it in amazenlent and Won
dered what was wrong. 1t was without
doubt the fastest that any train ever went
through town.
Somewhere this side Of Cherry Run an
aircock on one side of the cars was turned,
whether someone did it intentionally or &C
cidentalv is not known. When Engineer
censor attempted to put on the air com
ing down the steep grade he found the
brakes wouldn't work, and, taking in the
perlious situation, the train fast gaining
speed he reversed the throttle and in do
ing so blew out a soft plug. This left out
all the steam and water and the big iron
steed gaming speed every minute,
dashed down the grade. All the en-
gineer and fremen could do was TO hold
on and try to keep their nerve. which they
acknowledged was hard for them TO do.
At the fooL of the grade at FIagg's
Crossing the train stopped. The engine
had only about ten pounds Of steam on.
The yard engine was sent down to bring
it back 20 town, where freight engine
1865 was attached to it and took it east.
The passengers and train crew say they
do not want to go through such an eX-
pefience soon again.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-07-28

Last fall spraned my left hip while
handling some heavy boxes. The doctor |
cal ed on said at FRS, iy was a slight strain
and would soon be well, but it grew
worse and the doctor then said | had
rheumatism. 1t continued 10 grow worse
and could hardlp get around to work.
went to drug store and the druggist
recommended me to try Chamberlain S
Pa n Balm. tried it and one half of a
5o-cent bottle cured me entirely. | now
recommend It to all my friends.-F A.
B4KCoCK, Erie, Pa. 1t IS for sale by
Matinee Pharmacy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-07-28
Yellow JaundiceC ured.

Suffering humanity should be sup
piled with every means possible for list
relief. 1t is with pleasure we publish
the following: This is to certify that
| was a terrible sufferer from Yellow
Jaundice for over six months. and was
treated by some of the best physicians
in our city and all to no avail. DIR.
Bell, our druggist, recommended Elec-
trio Bitters, and after taking two bot
ties, was entirely cured. now take
great pleasure in recommending them
to any person suffering from this terri
BILE malady. l am gratefully yours.
NJ. A. Hogarty, Lexir gton. KY
Sold at Matthaei's Pharmacy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-07-28

When / wrote TO you / was very
sick, had not been well for two years.
The doctors did not seem to help me,
and one said / could nor live three
months. had womb trouble, falling,
ulcers, kidney and bladder trouble.
There seemed TO be such drawing
and burning pain in my bowels that /
could not rest anywhere. After using
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and Sanative Wash and follow
ing your advice, feel well again and
stronger than ever. My bowels feel as if
they had been made over new. With
many thanks for your nelp, remain
l.. o., "A ANN ST., NEWARK, n. j."
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-07-28
What a Little Faith Did
FOR MRS. ROCKWELL.
.ErTEn 10 MRS. rIvKHAm no. 6o,8a1

lLETTER TO MRS. PINKHAE no. 6o,saa1
81 was great sufferer from female
weakness and had no strength. TWAS
impossible for me to attend TO my
household duties. ! had tried every
thing and many doctors, but found no
relief
My sister advised me to try Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
which / did; before using all of one
bottle felt better. kept on with it
and to my great surprise / am cured.
All who suffer from female complaints
should give it a trial. Mis-. Rock
WELL, 1909 S. DIVISION ST., GRAND
RAPIDS, Mich.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-07-28


No sooner had the riggers crew return
ed from the wreck at MIXERS Bend FRIDAY
evening than they were called TO Green
spring Run to clear Up another wreck
The wreck was caused BY the way train
crashing into some freight cars standing
on a side track About ten cars were
smashed up and the engine OF the way
tram was badly damaged
The City Bard will 60 20 Shepherds
town some evening during the frst week
in August and give an open air concert IL
from. Of Shepherd College in return tor
the concert given in Martirsburg Tor thc
benefit Of the band by the people o.
Shepherdstown last winter. The banc
will drive down in a big iour-horse team
probably on the evening Of the 7th OF
August
The management Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company has decided to
increase the force OF machlnists at the
Mount Clare shops, and to run them
night and day. The night force will. num-
Der 100 making the total number Of
machinists employed at the shops $50
The Company is now looking for compe-
tent men TO fill the position, and night
work will begin just as soon as the force
can besecured.
A monument erected to the memory OF
the Coniederates of Clark Co., was un-
yelled at Berrywlle Saturday with aPProPri
ate ceremonies. Honorable J. W. Mar
shall delivered the Grafton and numbers oil
other prominent persons were present al
the unveiing. A parade was held II
which visiting and local confederate or
CARNATIONS took part. The entire day
was set aside as gaia day
Mr.. Philip Pnzer, one Of the oldest resi-
dents OF Berkeley county, died at ms
home in Hedgesyile last week, in the
eightIeth year Of ms age. Death was
caused bv a complication OF disease, after
ten DAYS illness. He is survived by
one son, ex-Pollceman Charles Pltzer oil
this city.
The funeral took place from the house
on Saturday, Rev. Price, of the Hedges
vile NJ L. Church otticiated.
Albert Sherwood young man about
rs years old, who was injured IN the
freight wreck near Sandy Hook last week
died of his injuries IN Providence Hospl.
tai, Washington. The young man sad he
was beating his way on one OF the trains
when the accident occurred. He said he
was from Ohio, but is SAID to have made
contradictory assertions about himself.
The result was that he died without being
identified.
A horse belonging to Michael Butts, a
country man living near the mountain,
yesterday afternoon joined the list of sud
den and unexpected deaths. Michael
drove into town carry in the morning and
vent 70 the farm Of VIM. T. Stewart, at
the eage Of town, and helped to thrash.
In the evening about five o'clock he drove
into town from Mr. Stewards place and
when driving out Race street his horse,
without any warning dropped overd ED
Michael was very much surprised, as well
as chagrined, at his loss. as his horse
had given no signs Of being i'll.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-07-28
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-07-28

1--WE have sold many different cough
remedies, butnonehas Civ en- better sat
isfaction than lChamberain's. says Mr..
Charles Ho'zhauer, Druggist, Newark, N
!. 1T IS perfectly safe and can be relied
upon in all cas-s OF coughs, colds or
Eoarseness. Sod by Matthaels Phar-
macy
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-07-28

E- Communications tolnsure insertion,
EE-must reach us by Wednesday noon,
gW-except that news items of great i'm
Wportance will be received until THUS
fB- day eve.
~Advertisers wishing changes made In
6Stheir ads must furnish copy by Wed.
Ca nesday noon, and copy for new ad'
CT vertisements must be in hand not
aS- later than Thursday noon.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-02-03

Two young American women, of Bos-
ton, have lately made new again the
Oldworld and old time art of gliding
heather hanging for the walls of homes
and buildings
The revival of this old art is due en-
tirely TO the perseverance of two
sisters, the Misses Mary and Clara
Ware, whOare graduates Of the courses
in decoration of the school connected
with the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
While continuing their studies in Venice
they were much impressed by the
beauty of the gilded leather in some OF
the old palaces and gradually they
were led to investigate the methods
that had produced it. They found that
in the fourteenth and fifteenth cent
uries gilded leather was one of the
chief industries of Spain, where 1t had
been introduced at least 300 years be-
fore by the Moors. 1t is therefore I'M
doubtedly of African origin. From
Spain the art spread 10 France and
Italy, while the making of ''CordoVan
leather" as it was called. is said TO
have been one of the chief sources of
wealth i'll the Netherlands. This art,
like other old arts, degenerated in the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
In it last days both materials and
workmanship were often cheap and in
ferior. In the present century prac-
tically no leather Of this kind has been
produced and 1t has remained for these
two young American women to show
its possibilities in modern schemes OF
decoration.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-02-03

$250,00O; recommendation, $2S2, 900. Sa.
lem, Ore.-Present limit, 500, 600; recon.
mendation, $llOOO0 Salt Lake, Utah
Present limit, $30O,000, recommendation
$4,000. Seattle-Present limit, $500, OO0
recommendation, $775,0O0.
The statement of the chief of engineers
presented to the rivers and harbors com
mittee of the house, shows balances avail
able December 81, 1890, for improvements
in Washington state and adjacent waters
as follows: Mouth OF Columbia river,
S1S06; Columbia, below Tongue point,
Sill $50; Columbia and lower Willamette,
Sl4O,924; Lewis river, $780,; Cowlitz
river, $32; gauging waters of Columbia
river, 1888; Willapa river and harbor,
$560l; Grays harbor and bar entrance,
$347 900; Chehalis river, $2928; Puget
sound and tributary waters, $3S, 1890; har.
Dor at Olympia, $l4,932; waterway con.
Meeting Puget sound with Lakes Union
and Washington, $4,000; Everett har-
Dor, $40,520; Swinomish slough, $l6,85S:
Okanogan river, $7l04; Pend d'Oreille riy-
er, Sl57l; Kootenai river, Idaho, between
Bonner's Ferry and international boundary,
$745; Upper Columbia and Snake rivers,
$52lS; Columbia river at Three Mile Rap
ids and construction of boat railway from
The Dalles to Cello falls, $220,360 canal
at the cascades of Columbia river, $50, SOS;
Columbia river, from Vancouver to mouth
of Willamette, $1,000; Clearwater river,
Idaho, $l2,876.
Immediately after the reading of the
journal in the house Monday Mr.. Dalzell,
from the committee on rules, reported
back the Sulzer resolution for the appoint
ment of a committee to investigate the
deposit of public funds by Secretary Gage
in New York banks and all transactions
relating to the sale of the New York Gus
tom house, with the recommendation that
it be referred to the ways and means com
mittee. Mr.. Dalzell explained that the re-
Spouse of the secretary 10 the Sulzer reso-
luton of inquiry on the same subject had
gone to the ways and means committee,
should have jurisdiction. After a lively
debate the recommendation of the com.
mttee was adopted.
Tuesday the Hawaiian bill was practi-
cally completed by the house committee
on territories, and Chairman Knox with
sub committee is preparing a draft of the
revised bill with the intention of present
ing it to the house this week. Several inn
portant changes have been made in the
measure. The chief of these is the striking
out of any and all property qualifications
for electors TO the senate. Another change
eliminates the supervision given to the
supreme court of Hawaii over the election
in the senate and house and makes each
the Judge of its own elections. The omis
sion of property qualifications for electors
is in the interest of the natives,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-02-03

Frankfort, Ky, Jan. 29.-The first
actual test Of strength between the repub-
lican and democratic forces in the Goebel-
Taylor contest came and by the admission
OF the republican leaders proved victory
for Goebel. The democrats claim the result
OF the struggle as decisive, while the rcpub-
licans, although freely admitting a defeat,
declare they will fight to the finish and
have still strong hopes of retaining Coz
ernor Taylor in his seat.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-02-03
LABOR NOTES.

| At Kimberley black men are worked
for II hours day.
In Kimberley, under the British flag,
the mines are kept going seven days
week.
In the Transvaal the working day
for both black and white men Is eight
hours by law.
In the Transvaal Sunday labor is pro
hibited, and the authorities fine any
employer who permits it.
A benefit ball in Rossland for two in
ured miners brought in $1,000, which
was increased by subscription to $4,000.
The woman who marries a man to re-
form him seldom lives long enough to
finish the job.
A Paterson IN. j. judge discharged
BARRIERS held for keeping open Sundays
on the ground that shaving was a ne
cessity.
The largest filtration plant in the
country is at Albany, N. Y, which puri-
fies 100000 gallons of Hudson river
water daily.
The scab printing offices tried to get
the contract for part of the census
printing, but through the influence of
the unions they were defeated and the
government decided 10 do all its own
printing.
/ In Kimberley what is called the
compound" system is in force for col.
ored men. This is slavery by another
name. The government of the Trans
vaal republic will not allow the system
10 be introduced into the Transvaal.
The BARRIERS Union of Philadelphia
are after the violators of the Sunday
closing law. During the year ending
December / they have caused 216 ar
rests, of which 100 paid fines, one went
to Jail, 43 appealed. % have not beer
heard, could not be found and Il
were discharged. BARRIERS generally
are getting tired of working q hours
a day eight days in the week.
The union BARRIERS of New York state
are endeavoring to push through the
legislature q bill for the sanitary in
spection of barber shops. Their idea il
that all rat shops would be closed III
as unsanitary If subjected to rigid in
spection. The time is opportune, a.
there is an epidemic of BARRIERS itch
in certain sections of that state, ant
everyone blames the rat shops.
The Cooperative Brotherhood of Lon
don is becoming very influential or
gaaization. 1t is nearly like the Am
erican Labor Exchange, but when an!
member "a carpenter, for instance -
does work required by another mem
Der, he is given barter notes" in pay
ment, which entitle him to anything IL
the exchange of the value of his notes
These barter notes" are being accept
ed by many tradesmen outside thu
brotherhood the same as money.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-02-03

Nine-Mile Mining Company's lower
tunnel on the Speckled Trout, at Wal
lace. were finding some galena nearly
all the time.
The Black Bear at Loomis. Wash.
is rich as ever. For a week the drift
at the 100-foot level has been running
through ore showing free gold visible
to the naked eye.
The Northwestern Sampling Works
at Wallace, Idaho, now has a force OF
over twenty men employed and still
cannot handle the ore as fast as ii
comes down from Canyon creek and
Nine Mile creek.
Information from Weiser Idaho, is
to the effect that parties just in from
the Heath district report that there is
much excitement there over strike
made in the Ruth mine.
A strike is reported on Big Horn
mountain at Sunshine, Colorado, which
is said to assay $11 per pound, and If
expectations are realized another ship
per will soon be added to the list of
Sunshine's productive mines.
The Leslie Mining Company at Wal
lace, Idaho, has reached the farther
wall in its ledge, finding l. thirty feet
between walls. Most of the way 1t is
highly mineralized, and part of it is
good concentrating ore.
The mines at Goat Creek, a Methow
camp are coming rapidly forward.
Deserted by early boomers the camp is
now attracting the attention of more
practical men. Wide veins rich in
copper and gold are now being opened.
The Tiger & Poorman mine at Burke
will pay dividend of $4,000 February
l That is to say that the Buffalo
Hump Mining Company, which Is in
possession of the mine, will make it's
first distribution of profits on that day.
The dividen is cent share on the cap
ital stock of 100000 shares.
The Bull Frog is the sensation at
LOOMS just now. A crosscut from
the 100-foot shaft has been run 1877 1-2
feet, and has crossed four good veins.
Each of these carries ore of milling
grade, and each one encountered has
proved richer than its predecessor. A
conservative estimate of the value of
the ore is $40 a ton, and the ore is of
milling character.
The richest strike yet made in Kel-
Ter camp was that made in the Dewey
mine last week. One wall was pene-
trated, but not much attention was paid
to it until the following day, when some
ore was brought in which opened the
eyes of our people, and caused gener-
al rush for the mine. The ore runs
from $103 to $160 in copper. The
Iconoclast Copper King, HUMBOLDT and
Justice are all among the early ship
pers of this camp.
The Checkmate mine near Willow
Creek near Boise, Idaho, has another
strike to its credit. new ore chute
has been found. 1t has been penetra-
ted 60 feet. The ore is of high grade
and will be shipped without concentra-
ton. The rich is from to Is inches
thick. This property has produced
much high grade ore in the past, but
the chute now opened is entirely new,
not having been found before.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-02-03

Gllroy, Cliff, Jan. 26.--Henry Miller, the
California cattle king, was thrown from
his buggy and sustained conclusion of the
brain. Ii is feared the injury is extremely
serious. Miller is one of the richest men
in California and conducted the enormous
cattle business of Miller & Lux. The firm
owns over 100000 acres OF land on the
Pacific coast.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-02-03

Sir Robert Ball makes the statement
that of 3O,OOOOU0 suns the existence
can be proved scientifically. Around
each sun it's planets revolve. The cleo.
trio fash which girdles the earth seven
times In less than a second might
travel straight ahead for eighteen hun
lred years and not reach the farthest
of these known suns.
The earth's orbit, like those Of such
Other celestial bodies as can be closely
studied, is elliptical, but not to such
an extent that the variation from a cir
Gle could be detected by the eye We're.
the orbit reduced TO proportions that
the eye could grasp. Its long and
short diameters differ only in the ratio
Of fifty-nine to sixty. The moons
greatest distance from the earth's CEN
ter is 252 900 miles, it's least distance
221, 700 miles.
In the Batignolles tunnel, near Paris.
Incandescent electric lamps, arranged
in rows along the tunnel walls, are to
be automatically illuminated and ex.
tinguished by passing trains, the rims
Of the car wheels operating the electric
switches. The lamps. being each of
ten-candle power, and placed at the
height of the car windows, will serve
to illuminate the interior of the pass
ing coaches, thus Superseding the use
of lights In the train.
A French scientific journal, L'Elec-
k-t, al 4v.tn 1I,,yfi
for the BARRIERS scissors. 1t consists
of a comb, carrying along one side Of
It's row of teeth a platinum wire
through which flows an electric cur
rent. AS the comb passes through the.
locks to he shOrn, the heated wire in
simultaneously sewers the hairs, leaving
them of even length, and sealing the
cut ends as in the ordinary process Of
singeing with a taper. A similar de-
vice is q curling iron, kept at an even
temperature by an electric wire in the
interior.
Prof. f. c. Pickering of the Harvard
Observatory suggested a few months
ago the desira bility of constructing an
extremely long telescope for the pur-
pose of photOgraphing stars and plan
cts. He now announces that the money
needed has been given by anonymous
friends of science, and that telescope
of the desired kind, having an aperture
Of twelve inches and a length of at
least 100 feet, will probably be ready
within n few weeks for trial at Cam
bridge The instrument is to be placed
In & horizontal position, and NOVA
BILE mirror will reflect the light of the
stars into the object glass.
Figures are sometimes impressive
simply by being so stupendous that
The human mind grasps them with diff
Guilty. An English physicist in q recent
lecture, in order to bring to the com
prehenSiOn of his hearers the idea OF
ultimate particles of water, said that
If he were to empty lumber contain
ing half a pint of water, letting out
each second number equal to one
thousand times the population Of the
earth. it would require somewhere be
tween 100000 and 100000 years to
empty the tumbler. Lord Kelvin says
that If a drop of water were magnified
to the size of the earth the particles
would be between the size of cricket
balls and that of footballs. If thas
statement Is correct the drops of wat
er in all the oceans are not many times
as numerous as the particles, or mole
cules, in single drop.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-02-03

Leadville, Col, Jan. 26.-Anotner dy-
mantle outrage-the fourth since Sunday
Was committed when an explosion oc-
CURED in the rear of the Western opera
house, The damage was slight. When
the police arrived they found two sticks
of giant powder that had failed to ex-
pode. The city is greatly excited and a
force OF night Watchmen will be employed.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-02-03
Noted Confederate Dead.

Richmond, Va, Jan. 3O-Major Gen
eral J. P. Brsnder, past grand command
er OF the Virginia grand camp of Confed-
crate Veterans who was known through
out the south for his prominence in all
confederate reunions, died here, aged 10
years.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-02-03

The Oregon Bureau of Mines has
been incorporated at Portland and the
articles were filed recently. The OBJ
iect of the incorporation is to conduct
a mining stock exchange and to main
tain general bureau of information
concerning mining interests of Oregon,
Washington. Idaho. Alaska and British
Columbia.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-02-03
Remains of RusLin Inferred.

London, Jan. 26.-The remains OF John
Ruskin were inferred at Coniston amidst
universal signs of sadness and with a GER
emony typically ruhl All parts of the
country were represented at the grave
side.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-02-03

A state institute Of sefumpathy, vac
cination and bacteriology organized on
the lines Of the Pasteur institute, has
been created at Madrid.