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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-03-22
4 TOWN CLOCK WANTED.
Let Us An Make al Effort to &c.
cure One.
EVERY ONE URGED TO SIGN
ras Fsls.snz Pstlsi.. : I.s.z-a . = U.s D..
-. tie Kayss an1 City corar.s
-ssx. III

For some time past The WORLD has
been hammsring away It the city
council Tor town clock. and has con
cluded 70 use this means to ascertain
the feeling III tie general public re-
garding il. Below We publish petit
ton, which we urge every citizen and
business man ia this city 70 sign
This viii give the Mayor and mem.
bers Of the city council an idea what
the public at large think Of IT, and
whether they are satisfied 70 be With
out town clock. When good mum
Der Of signatures are attached The
WORLD will place this petition before
the council, and continue doing 80 A.
fat Al new names are added. Also A.
4 reminder We will continue Publishing
the petition until some action i
taken n you are not called upon ~
sign, drop q postal card il the Office As
10 your intention, and yon viii be
promptly waited upon. 0ureity needs
atown clock badly, and We are going
to make an effort to get il. Following
is the petition:
10 tie Honorable Mayor and Members 81
ae CITY Council of Mariinsbarg. y.
Va
Gentlemen -:
We, the undersigned citizens and
business menl.of the city u Martins
burg, West Va, knowing the value
IL. and advantage to the public gen
orally. do hereby respectfully petition
your honorable bodyyto take some i'm
mediate steps towards the erection q
TOWN CLOCK Neighboring towns
much smaller than ours take especial
pride in this direction, and we see no
reason Why our city should not have
one and first class one at that. III
III an Invaluable thing, and We urge
you, AS our representatives, to take
immediate action toward the erection
If i good ana permanent TOWN
CLOCK. SIGNED,
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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-03-22

DE-. Jerome Walker. in the current
number Of asanitarian.r says that
'habitual truants exhibit physical STAN
ina above those pupils Of The same age
who attend school regularly. One
reason for this may be that the At
mostphere ofNature i greatly superior
10 the atmosphere 81 the school room
Al health inyigorator. Too much
study, as wen as work, makes jack .
dull boy. The happy medium ii this
regard has long been an object Of ear
nest search on the part Of the instrue.
tors Of youth, and greaF progress has
been made III recent years. Still, very
much will continue 10 depend upon
the mental, moral and physical eonsti-
iutions IF the boys themselves.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-03-22
T.,wLE TIE EARTH .

With Ice Sow Burpces Seed
and nature win do the rest These
seed Iii endless variety are now for
sale 81 Il. 4. snodgraas q Co, Drug
gisis.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-03-22
1898 Y 1889
Spring 5 Greeting,

weleOrue spring You bring bamy bue skies TAD
magic wakes fresh beauty and podhcvene ~
Yields 10 YOUR influence pulse qukens, everything eve
awake and the waschuord Of Keeping pacs ia
times already alert videAwake e the increasing demands
rushing Spring trade Nov Is the time 70 bny clothing First becaa
necetates change IN dress Second because
never been time s. buyers clothing present
remarkable n assortment N
variety al previous Efforts IL the quality and
goods improvements everywhere and in buying closer
before We
strong opportunity for selection trone
qualities Of the highest grade and strongest inducements
prices that actual saving to all buyers Of good quality
time during probabilities that reader beem
clothing buyer When that time how Of you win jud
and economical buy clothing hav
learn place mind that there is much %
wearhem Half Of the clothing vail
seem to 20 theo clothes price
clothier says you for the money ge MI
questions asked Whether he gets value for his
buyer who nothing but price M
reasonable conclude ~
for We who the quaH
is Arrays Of We perfectly AZ
willing price NTH quality do
buys likes and comes back when
because give him his moneys worth That fair sensible
satisfactory way conduct clothing business to the satisfaction both
buyer Of doing business Its sell e
how clothing success
together this basis during present
clothing The filed with and ELEGANT
Qualities Sterling merit goes with these goods honest cloth good Innings
looks and wear every IF them Thisis stock You
sold cheaper prices anywhere selling good clothing
rock bottom and the other kind don't keep We
favor customers in the most generous manner We are not advertising
ay needing anything We p
convince the public and that
represented and that always considered that
affords always get prices f
goods from We will do best all
positive advantage for trade
whore find We always there ready do the
by all times and glad Yours respectfully
TLnNncnM = rApIEn
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
The Cowboys Accom- pIi,hment.

One of the chief sports Of the cowboy.
Is ~snatching IA sombrero from the ground
on a horse running at full speed. This
Is done by many. They have become ex.
perts in the use of a 6-shooter (revolver,.
and a cowboy on the plains is seldom
seen without one or more. often two.
buckled to his waist. 1t becomes a
weapon q fensive and defensive. Some.
times a roped bull becomes so furious
that the cowboy is compelled to shoot
him. Usually the cattle on the plains
are not dangerous. They will seldom
attack a man on horseback unless they
have been roped. If a ma was on foot.
a herd would run over him trying to find
he was. A cow or bull is dan
gerous when roped. 1t is not much of a
trick TO throw a lasso and catch a COW.
but the skill, courage and strength comes
after the COW has been lassoed.-Cor
Richmond Dispatch.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
He Was Too smart.


The boarding house joker has at las,
met with a setback. He has been crushed
by the landlady. and it came about in
this way.
He was the only man at the table full
of lovely girls, and like all Only men ne
was spoiled. So when the belle of the
table remarked that she was very fon6 Of
pepper ana then sifted half the contents
OF the pepper box over her food he sprang
an old gag on her:
ut won't hurt YOU. This pepperi is half
ueas."
What is that you say" asked TIE
landlady from the next table. Speak "a
little louder. won't YOU"
He reiterated his remark.
THAT isn't true" retorted the land
lady holly. Il do not use adulteratei
goods on my table"
My dear madam" said the bland
joker. there are always a lot of p's in
pepper"
There was an impressive pause; then
the landlady said in a crushing tone:
"Oh. yes: just as you always furnish
part of the dessert
Il don't understand"
1.-The chestnuts. Detroit Free Press.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06

! DAYS when sic tla1 OCCASION l. 20 mo
II of the large buildings. Upon tie
second floor she noticed that there '. as
an elevator and decided to wait for it
just at that mone it came down. aud
as II went by the second story landing a
voice within said Your inrn next.
This startled Mrs. Cook. but she
thought it merely accidental that these
We're the precise words Of her dream and
resolved to repress her fears. The ele-
vator ci,ine III AID stopped. She almost
tainted when She saw that he was the
perfect image Of the man of her dream.
Her terror can better be imagined tl.al
described. She recovered herself quick
ly. and ordering the elevator to stop at
the next landing she got out. The ele-
vator went On. but a short distance from
the third story something gave way and
the elevator crashed to the basement.
killing the man instantly. - Lewiston
journal.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
To Find Out Your Future Husband.

AT bedtime. having tasted since noon,
two girls who wish to obtain a sight OF
their future husbands boil an egg. which
must be the rirst egg even laid by the
hen. in a pan in which no egg has ever
been boiled before. Having boiled it
until it is hard they cut it in two with
something that has never been used as a
knife before. Each girl eats her half
and the shell to the last fragment. sneak.
ing no word the while. Then. still in
silence. they walk backward to bed. .to
sleep. %perchance to dream."-"EnglisI
Folk Rhv,nre"
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
CFOcOdtles and AUipators-

The true crocodiles are distinc,
o the alligators. Among the
points of distinction the following
are the most noticeable: In the croco
dlles the so called canine tooth. the
fourth counting from the front, fits
INTO a notch in the side of the upper
Jaw. and Is therefore visible when
the mouth is closed, while in the al
hgator 1t is received in a pit in the
upper jaw. and is therefore invisible
or nearly so. Again, in the croco
die the hind legs have a fringe of
fattened scales which is wanting in
the alllgators, whose legs are round.
London Saturday Review.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06


The planters of the Brazilian fores,
provinces sometimes burn down sew
eral square miles of woodland IN Oh.
der to prepare the soil for tillage. bu,
SUCH is the vegetative energy of tina,
moist, warm climate that in less than
four years a clearing of that sort will.
II left alone, he again covered with a
tangle Of bushes and good sized trees.
In lucatan. too. veritable forest.
have sprung up from the ruins of an
clent palace cities which once were
probably surrounded with a consid,
cradle area of cleared field. In drier
climates, on the other hand, forest
fires often a havoc which leaves
its traces fora half century or more.
The fine mountain forests of Attica.
which were burned several years
ago, have been plowed and ,eplanted
with acorns and walnuts, but it has
been estimated that twenty yea
must pass before the new plantations
Will repay the outlay with shade or
an armful Of fael. On the dry cen
tral plateau of our continent burned
forests generally remain dead
wood" and even in Pennsylvania
and Michigan the traces of a wool
land confagration are visible for
a series of years.-San Francisco
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06

1t was on the avenue. A young
Harvard man walking rapidly down
from the new bridge overlook IA pref
ty girl he knew. The two walked oa
together toward the shopping region
OF the city. The girl had to stop to
inspect "A fat in a new building. an
errand for her father. and the young
Harvard man stopped with her. But
they got through the elrand in no
time at all, for the janitor asked
them how large their family was and
how soon they should like to move
in. And now this girl makes her
father inspect the flats in his new
buildings himself. - Boston Tran
Script.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06

Cabinet officers are not TO be con.
dered as well paid officials when the
expenses which the requirements Of
their posts call for are taken into
consideration. They receive IS. 600 a
year, the same as the vice president.
out n duties of a cabinet chief are
onerous and %protracted, whereas the
! president has very little to do.
He has few responsibilities, and ha.
besides always the possibility Of sue.
cession. New York Sun.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
A QUESTION ur VALUES

KISSES are cheap" -g.u Bob Maize.
Flashing ii wicked glance AT me.
Cheap | call. when a -iTl 80 fair
stoops to lie kissed by John II. Clair"
Ne'er IA word do | ieign to roply
As watch tne sunset fade and die.
And In tie shadows that fall about
Much OF llte's sweetness seems shut ont.
lie Kissed me. yes, ere he went away
a memory, he said. he could keen for
aye:
Ana Bob don know. An. what man could
Guess one-tialf that Il woman WOULD?
A year later. with softened tread.
Bob comes in and says. Hes d adj"
st. Clair" ! ask, and now there lies
A wondering question in Bob's blue exes.
Il thought you know Bess. is it true
That the fellow was really nothing to your"
! raise my eyes; they are stern and cold:
bob's are not they're ablaze and bold.
MY darling. Mine. All. at this lat. day
FOR ! know now why he went away"
But my kisses are cheap remember
you see"
They are more than untold wealth to
me-"
-ianhee Blade.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06

Spirit rapping vocation for women ia
Japan requires little apparatus. Rap.
ping is perhaps not the correct word, for
there is really no ''rapping'' at all--the
clients are Simply put in communication
with any spirit with whom they desire TO
speak. 1t is not necessary that the spirit
should be that Of a dead person, but the
medium always inquiries whether the
spirit whose presence is desired is living
OF dead.
The mediums always carry about with
them a mysterious wooden box, about a
foot or less square. Like the medicine
bag Of the Indian medicine man, its con.
tents are a secret to members of the
same profession. These women usually
have a bow of soft wood strung with a
single string, and this they twang on
the edge of the box like a c~aricature of
violin playing.
1t the spirit required is that Of a dead
person, a leaf plucked from a graveyard
Is used to splash some water out of a
small cup that stands in front of the
II the person is living, a sim.
liar ceremony is performed with a piece
Of stick instead of q leaf. Then follows
an incarnation. and the spirit proceeds
to speak through the medium. The
Medium charges sometimes as high as Is
'r 70 cents.-San Francisco Call.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
The Influence of

The boy who is put off with the tallov
dip IN the mountain cabin or the WEI
taper III the city tenement will in all
probability seek the store in the CANYON
or the saloon in the city for their bright.
ness, because there is that within him
which leads him straight to a brilliant
nght' wherever it is placed. A strange
pedestrian on a dark night will instinct
lively bend his course to any light which
ne may see, and You may be sure the
devil always has his lantern out.-Mar-
garet Lemon in Godey's.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
Growing Good Taste.

An evidence to me-" said an oh
servant merchant recently. of tn.
growing good taste in the commu,
nifty Is the tendency l have noticed
now through several holiday seasons
OF . disposition to buy the best rath.
or than the most for the money ex.
pended. The rich buy really OK
quls'te and valuable things more
than they used to. and those of mod
crate income want small, choice
things rather than snowy and much.
for-little effects. Merchants have
undoubtedly recognized this, iudi.
rectly at least, for year by year the
stock Of desirable trifles has grown"
New York Times.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
Now Tennyson Decided MATE.

Here is Tennyson's own ccountt to Mr..
James Knowles, editor of The Nine.
teenth Century. of how he was offered
and accepted the laureateship: 1.-THE
night before | was asked to take the
laureateship. which was offered to me
through Prince Albert's liking for my
In Memoriam,' l dreamed he came to
me and kissed me on the cheek. | said
in my dream. Very kind, but very Ger
man. In the moaning the letter about
the laureateship was brought to me anG
laid upon my bed. l thought about it
through the day, but could not make up
my mind whether to take it or refuse it.
and at the last | wrote two letters, one
accepting and n declining. and threw
them on the table and settled to decide
which would send after my dinner and
bottle Of port"
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
As Far As Possible.

Jones-If Mr.. Oldboy makes any
such assertion ! will denounce him
rs . liar.
Presidential !. Jones, / call you to
order. Our bylaws do moi allow
you to go that far.
Jones-Then l call Mr.. Oldboy a
nar as far as it is permitted BY the
bylaws of this association. - En-.
change.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
strangely Saved by . Dream.

1t ID related that q WatervilIe woman,
4rs. J. N. Cook, once had . very re-
variable vision. In her dreams she met
. man with a peculiar physiognomy, who
sid to her, Your turn next" and then
disappeared. The next morning she re-
nembered the mans face perfectly, but
0ould not recall under what circum-
stances she met him. Again she dreamed
ths same thing. For weeks and months
after she would occasionally have the
same dream without the slightest vsria-
ton. She began to be seriously troubled
over the occurrence and at length de-
cided to leave town.
She bad been in Philadelphia a few
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06

Little Jollnnie-Folks say you can't
teach an old dog new tricks. | laugh,
your dog n today.
Aunty-Did you. reallya What
was it?
Little johnnie taught him to sit
up at the table and eat off & plate
Good News.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
About Ridiug.

bJackson-Did you know young Books.
much had joined the Psychical society?
Bjohnson-Never heard Of him even
riding a cycle.
BJackson-Dear, dear! You don't un-
derstand. Psychical persons ride hob
bies. not wheels.- Shoe and Leather Re.
porter.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
A FRONTIER FARMERS WIFE.
aer Burdens Are 7-aay. ana Her rial.uro.
Are Vow.

Her burdens Ara. --,-, ,r.r r.,r
Are Iey.
The woripu who In, N cities ,o-. p ,.,,
! o estimate Of the Wort, cn..a 5av .r..,
lay BY the farmers v;f, a, tr,e I'D,
There vonlcuicst Ifu,dIses. lax r..
les or stores where sr. c17I1 Inv 7.,
ready made articles size ia cnuucli.r
make for herself. II i, upcqs.in- ,..,r
with her from e.lrh. srrri.a rrtii l,-...
after the hours have rowp small RI
night. 81. i.-nts tire fires for b-,aI
Nowhere is n man @ cuuulfsaIy lord
and master as On Cue farm. Ii. ,~r.tr,rr
was q farmers wife and LIGHTED the ares.
his wife sa,ll do the stna. While the
kettle is boiling she does the infIts,,
and eases are not rare whore Il farmers
wife miiks IS many rs 8 or 10 cows
twice a day. gT.e milk is carried i7tr,
the cellar in great heavy nails that
would try Il mans strength. and She re.
turns to the work of getting breakfast
During the progress of the meal She can.
not sit back aud eat and rest. rs MANY
do, but is kent jumping IN and down
waiting on the men folks and children,
1t is often Il question to strangers who
visit on the frontier if she ever gets a
chance to eat at all. Then the children
are TO be started off to scbool .n1
though the credit of their education falls |
to the father it is the mother who does
extra work that they may 60. and who
pulls them ont of bed and starts them
OIL i'll time every morning.
The milk is to be strained and nut
away, crooks scalded. butter churned.
and the dishes and chamber work still
wait. Dinner and supper and afternoon
work take up her day. Then in their
turns throughout the week there are
washing, ironing. baking every other
day. scrubbing, sweeping, sewing and
mending. In harvest time she will have
as many as II to cook for and does it all
alone. 1t is seldom that a farmer feels
that he can afford to hire help in the
She has the vegetable garden
see to. To brighten the dreariness nt
her life she has close to the seldom opene
fronfd door a bed of half starved LOOKING
fiowers-old fashioned coxcomb, fou.
o'ciocks, grass pinks and a few other
cheerful looking plants that will thrivc
lnder neglect. She makes everything
mat her family wears except hats ard
shoes. She has no time to think of rest
self.
1t Is III most eases her lot to Welcomes
baby every other year. and the o "
lihe when help is employed to assist her
$ Tor a period of two or three weeks
the little stranger arrives. The
'lrths OF the babies are about all that
AIRY the monotony Of her life. Occa- u.
ionally death calls and takes from her .
ired arms a little life and leaves in its .
lace an added main in her heart Sbo;S !
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06

Many animals never take exercise for
Its sake. The muscular system Of
animals is kept in the most perfect con.
dition, however, by their search for food.
With them exercise is natural, and thsssr
fore perfect Of its kind.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
What the College Gymnasium Does,

he college gymnasium is a place not
FOR the production only Of studious ath.
.etes. but of athletic students. A place
an hours varied exercise, a run, a
pray and a rub down can be had regu.
larry, and where a man may turn his
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06

you have forgotten something, Sir
said the fashionable usher at a Boston
church wedding ~ Mr.. wilkins. of Chi.
sago. started to leave his seat withoo,
his gloves.
"Great heavens!" exclaimed W,lkin.
DO you expect . dip tooy"-Eimirx Or.
sette.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06

VIVA makes you think Mrs. Tomo.
6ns u wealthy"
Ars. Ailton-l saw that she carried
home two spools Of thread instead oe
having ttam sent.@hicago Inter Ooean.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06

A New York business man says: ''The
Keystone OF the success of the business
man is in making other men work for
nm. That is the greatest quality. It
Is no mean accomplishment to get men
who will earn their salary"
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-06
Too Iifanl


Boarder (tackling a tough steak, to
boarding house keeper When YOU
undertook to provide me with board.
madam, ! was unaware that YOU
meant to do SC Eterauy!-Exchange.
Not That Kind Of . Heroine.
There was "a litter from the ranks a
the captain of the Young Ladies' March.
ing club turned to salute the reviewing
party.
~"Attention!' shouted that important
omcer. putting on her most military air
Z growing red in the face.
Some faces were Strengthened and 9th
efs grew more convulsed in response to
this order.
The line swept on.
A suppressed giggle or two reached
the ears Of the commander, who grew
redder still.
The line swept on.
But the captain rushed up to the sec.
ond platoon and remarked in a hoarss !
whisper:
"Say. Laura. is my back hair coming
DOWN.
And the line swept on.-Exchangs.