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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-06-29
WEIGHS THE ICE WITH TAPE LINE.
Housewife Discovers simple Process for
Keeping Check ON lee Man.

There's Second street woman
who has discovered way TO keep the
iceman from smiling THESE DAYS.
That is she has method bv which
she measures fhe block Of ice each
day and prevents over charge. She
doesn't want her name mentioned,
as she considers il unseemly for one
of her social standing to be caught
trying to beat the ice man out Of the
Legitimate margin that has always
been regarded as his. The discovery
was made few days ago.
How much does cubic foot OF ice
weighs'' was the question uncon-
cernedly propoundcd TO the ice man
by the matron.
About fifty-eight pounds. : was
tie answer and the murder as out, :
Yesterday the vender of frozen
liquid was told that he had the day
before only given forty-two pounds,
while charging for fifty. He expos.
tulatei, but took to the woods. tigur-
atively speaking, when the woman
made the next move. A block of ice
was just being taken from the wagon,
and she produced tape measure to-
gether with pencil and pad. Some
measuring and figuring and the pur-
chaser told the astonsished ice man
that the cake in question was six
i pounds short.
You get five pounds extra every
day to make up for what you have
lost, ma IN. said the iceman, evident
/ ly thinking to keep the dire secret
from spreading. 1t didn't work,
/ howveer. for Mrs. Second Street told
dear friend and now the neighbor-
hood knows it,
| Here's the scheme: measure the
three sides of your ice, multiply the
inches and divide by 30. The answer
is the number of pounds.
| A cubic foot of ice is 10 inches
wide, IL inches in breadth and IL in
ches long. Multiply the dimensions
and the result is l,72s. Then divide
this sum by So. the weight of cubic
foot of ice, and 30 is arrived at.
Thirty, therefore. is the mystic mum
Der.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-06-29
FAMINE THREATEN GUAM.
Islands Industries Practically Ruined
by the New Tariff

Manila, June 25.-The schooner Es-
meralda. which has just rarrived here
from Guam, brings confirmation of
the distressing reports in. circulation
regarding the conditions prevailing
in that island. The new tariff stops
trade, and it is asserted the people
will starve unless they receive govern
ment support.
Because of the theft of barrel of
whiskey from the hospital stores, and
owing to his inability to discover the
offenders, Commander Schroeder the
governor of Guam, issued proclama-
.tlon lamenting the prevalence of hood
|1umism. On account of the punitive
and disciplinary measures adopted,
seventy-fve marines fled from the
barracks and hid in the interior of
the isilnd. Seventy-two of these
men were recaptured and were await
ing trial by court martial when the
Esmeralda sailed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-06-29
catarrh.

Called an American disease is
cured by an American medicine. origi
mated and prepared in the most
catarrhal of American countries.
That medicine is Hood S Sarsaparil-
la.
1t cures radically and permanently
in that it removes the cause, cleans
ing the blood of scrofulous and all
other impurities. 1t over comes all the
effects OF catarrah, too, and builds up
the whole system.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-06-29
A spa,ned Ankle quickly Cured

''At one time suffered from Sc
we're sprain of the ankle. " says Geo.
y. Cary, editor Of. the Guide. WASH
intgon Va After using several well
recommended medicines without sue
cess, l tried Chamberlain Pain Balm
and am pleased to say that relief
came as soon as began its use and a
complete cure speedily followed. :"
Sold by Matthaei's Pharmacy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-06-29

1t speaks we'll for Chamberlain
Cough Remedy when druggists use II
in their own families in preference to
any other. II have sold Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy for the past
five years with complete satisfaction
to myself and customers says Drug
gist J Goldsmith. Van Etten, N. Y.
II have always used it in my own
family both for ordinary coughs and
colds aud for the cough following la
grippe, and find it very efficacious =
For sale by Matthaei s Pharmacy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-06-29

Norfolk, Va, June 25.--Two thous-
and dollars is the prize that hf
tempted J. A. Ryan, a small saloon
keeper in Norfolk county, to under.
take the long journey to Boston to
sell an American dollar. Ryan says
he has discovered the celebrated 1901
dollar, ON which a large value has SO
long been set by numismatists. He
says he has been offered -, 600 for the
coin.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-06-29
FATHER AND SON DROWNED.

Grafton, W. Va, June rs. DIR. j.
Baker, and his only child, boy Of
eight, went swimming in Valley Riv-
err yesterday evening. The boy got
beyond his depth and the father tried
to rescue him. Both were drowned.
The bodies were recovered. The
childless widow is Frustrated and tits.
feared the shock will prove fatal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-06-29

mittee recommends that proper ar
engagements be made with the conirac-
tors TO complete the buildings ms soon
as possible and carry the balance that
will be due them until provided for by
an appropriations
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-06-29
A. S. HAY KILLED BY FALL
Supposed to Have Become Dizzy
or III While Smoking IN his
Room.
Room
BODY FOUND ON SIDEWALK
Had Goue to bis Room and Made Prepare
tons fer Retiring His Father Collapsed
When He Saw his Dead Son.

New Haven, Conn. June "a --Adel-
bert :. Hay, son Of Secretary Hay,
and former consul at Pretoria. WAS
found dead on the sidewalk Of the
New Haven House at 80 yesterday
morning.
Hay retired to his room at enc
O'Clock after spending the evening
with friends in apparently excellent
spirits.
AT 80 a passerby noticed the body
of man lying on the sidewalk by
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-06-29
cnrRcn rnrAL FoH REV. KELLER
MRS. Bankers Charges to he Investigated
by Diocesan Authorities.

New York, June 25. --R. v. Linda
bury, as counsel for the Rev. John
Keller. announced yesterday that the
f oiscopal church OF the Newark do
cese will investigate the charges
made by Mrs. Thomas q. Barker
against Mr.. Keller.
1t is by no means sure, = said Mr..
Lindabury, THAT Mr.. Keller will
institute any suit for SANDER against
Mrs. Barker. The church will, how
ever make a thorough investigation
of her story. A conference of Mr..
Keller's friends will be called and
will decide in what form to bring this
matter officially before the church
authorities.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-06-29
DEAL FOR PocAHoNTAs coALMINEs
Steel Trust SAID ia Have Paid 100000
900 for Flat Top Properties.

The Philadelphia Press today says
The United States Steel Corpora.
ton is negotiating for the purchase
of the Flat Top Coal Land Associa-
Ition properties, and it is believed that
the deal will be consummated within
few days. the price of the land be-
ing fixed at $40, 600, 600. A short time
ago negotiations were opened by
parties said to be unknown to the
officers of the Flat Top Coal Associa-
ton for the purchase of the stock and
a $50, 900 forfeit was put mp.
1.-THE Fiat.Top Coal Association was
formed under the laws of West Vir-
ginia in 1887. The company owns a
large bituminous coal property in
Virginia and West Virginia compris-
ing 238. 600 acres. The celebrated Po-
cahontas coal field is in this territory.
Persons close to the management of
the United States Steel Corporation
say the deal has been completed I"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-06-29

Mr.. w. S. Whedon, cashier of the
First National Bank of Winterset.
Iowa, in a recent letter gives some ex-
perience with carpenter in his en-
plov, that will be of value to other
mechanics. He says: II had car
penter working for me who was
obliged to stop work sfor several days
on account of being troubled with
diarrhoea. / mentioned to him that
/ had been similarly troubled and
that Chamberlain Collie. Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy had cured me.
He bought bottle of it from the
druggist here and informe me that one
dose cured him and he is again at his
work. For sale by Matthaei IS
Pharmacy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-06-29

Can't be perfect health without pure
blood Burdock Blood Bitters makes
pure blood. Tones and invigorates
the whole rystem.
Woodruff County news., 1901-07-18
WONDERFUL CASE IN INDIANA

Buck Creek, Ind, July 15th.-Mrs. Elizabeth Rorick, of this place, had Rheumatism. She says: "All the doe tors told me they could do nothing for me-" She was very, very bad, ana the pain was so great that she could not sleep at night.
 She used Dodd's Kidney Pills, ana she is we'll and entirely free from pain or any symptom of the Rheuma- tism.
 Are you still using Dodd's Kidney Pills?' was asked.
 'No, I stopped the use of the Pills some time ago, and have not had the slightest return of my old trouble. l am sure am completely and perman. ently cured"
 Many in Tippecanoe County, who have heard of Mrs. Rorick's case and her cure by Dodd's Kidney Pills, are using the Pills, and all report wonder ful results
Woodruff County news., 1901-07-18
Keeping Roads in Condition.

Fred Grundy, in Farm and Preside, tells us he has been watching road keeper" care for ten miles of black earth road, and he has kept it in good condition, not by macadamizing 1t or by covering it with crushed stone, but by providing good drain age, by tile in most places, to take the water off, and by digging out some of the worst places about IS inches deep and filling with broken brick, tile, coal, cinders or whatever will make a firm foundation, and al- low water to drain through. Then if the roads are rounded up to allow the water to run off and they get little attention after every rain, they are easily kept in good condi- ton. The results are much better and the cost much less than they were for the annual turnout of the district to mend, or often to make worse the roads, the job being ex- pected then to be done until the same ,eason comes around another year.
Woodruff County news., 1901-07-18
IDEAL MARKETING WAGON.

ordinary open farm wagon be used, there is little protection from the sun and flying dust, while all the ar ticles composing the load are more or less jumbled together, detracting from their flavor. Again, a rusty looking old wagon is not suggestive of delicious fruits, vegetables or dairy products. Bright paint and varnish pay big interest when it comes to the selection of a market vehicle.
 It will often pay to build a wagon just suited to the needs of the farm whose crops are to be disposed of at first hand, or at least to build wagon body that may be set upon a "low-down" running gear that may already be at hand. The accompany ing design of farm marketing wag- on is pres ented for the consideration of those who may find it eXpedient to build. This wagon was designed for the convenience of the farmer and for the safe bestowal of his load In a manner to make the contents of the load show to the best advantage. It has "deck" on which the bulky
  articles, such as cabbage, squashes, melons, etc, can be heaped up, while "below deck" is a covered space, ac- cessible from four points, where such articles as butter, cream, strawber- ries, etc., can be kept secure from heat and dust. This interior space can be reached from behind the cart, the end letting down; from either side through little doors, and by lift Ing up the drivers seat in front. Ice could be used in one of these apart ments to keep cream, milk, butter and tender fruits in the best condi- ton. A canvas cover over the whole will not only add to the attractive ap- pearance of the outfit, but will pro- tect the load from sun or showers. With so handsome a wagon, with driver clean and neatly dressed and with farm products of No. 1 quality, there will be no lack of patronage, and the money the consumer pays will all go into the farmers pocket. Webb Donnell, in Farm and Home
Woodruff County news., 1901-07-18
Supreme Court sustnins the Foot>
 Ease Trndc-Norl<

i. Justice Laughlfn, in the supreme court, Buffalo, has ordered apermanentinjunction witl, costs and a full accounting of sales, to issue against Paul B. Hudson, the manu- factnrer of the foot powder called 'Dr. Clark's Foot Powder" and also against retail dealer of Brooklyn, restraining them from making or selling the Dr. Clark's Foot Powder, which is declared, in the in junction of the court, an imitation and n- Engagement of 'Foot-Ease," the powder to shake into your shoes, now so largely ad- vertised and sold over the country. Allen $. Olmsted, of Leroy, N. Y, is the owner of the trademark Foot Ease" and he is the first individual who ever advertised foot powder extensively over the country. The decision in this case upholds his trademark and. renders all parties liable who fraudu- ;ently attempt to profit by the extensive .",Foot-Ease" advertising, in placing upon the market spurious and similar appear ing preparation, labeled and put up in en- veiopes and boxes like Foot-Ease. Similar suits will be brought against others who are now infringing on the Foot-Ease trade mark and common law rights.
Woodruff County news., 1901-07-18
HOxsie's Group Cure The life saver of children. No opium. 50 cts. PICKED UP HERE AND THERE.

Tobacco is now grown in 45 coun- ties of Wisconsin.
 Ocean steamers can ascend the St. Lawrence river 9S6 miles.
 A vessel going from Montreal to Port Arthur has to ascend 600 feet.
 About 1000 fishing boats engaged around the British coast are named Mary.
 Americans are estimated to spend at least $4oo,ooo,o0o year in vaca- tions.
 Out of a single tree in Dyer coun- ty, Tenn, citizen got four cords of firewood, three gallons of honey and five raccoons.
 An almanac 234 years old has just been sold in Boston for $155. It was printed for the year 1867 by Samuel Green in Cambridge.
 According to the official census fig ures the population of the United States one year ago was 76,303,3 ,387, a gain in ten years of 12,937 ,0oS, or POT per cent. It is now, according to the same ratio, over 77,6O0,00O.
 Texas is five times as large as Eng. land and 34 times the size of the state of Massachusetts. The entire living population of the globe, 1,400,0 900 people, divided into families of five persons each, could be located in Tex as, each family with a house on half-acre lot, and there would still re- main 7o,oOO,0OO vacant family lots.
Woodruff County news., 1901-07-18
FARM MARKETING WAGON.
indispensable Where Garden and Dairy Products Are Sold Directly
 to the Consumer.

Hundreds and hundreds of our most successful farmers find the most profitable method of disposing of the farms products to be selling them at first hand to consumers, direct from the farm wagon. Where there is a city or numerous villages within easy driving distance there can be no doubt that this plan is eminently wise. It enables one to market his crops when they are at their best, thus affording a chance to get best prices, while it saves to the farm the middleman's profit. In following this plan of selling crops it is of great importance that the market wagon be well suited to the business. If the
Woodruff County news., 1901-07-18
Fertilizers for Melons.

Growers of melons claim that if the manure is put in rows or broadcast ed it will be better than using it in hills, as the cause of the vines dying around the main stem, although the branches may appear healthy for a short time later, is the use of fresh manure in the hill. In the rows or hills the coarse litter is said to be better than fresh manure. Lime is not beneficial to watermelons, but does no harm to muskmelons. Fer. tilizers give excellent results with melons, and they should be broadcast ed and we'll worked into the soil.
Woodruff County news., 1901-07-18
Some Neslected Vegetables.

in gardens, but which would be ap- preciated if given trial. Okra, one of the essentials for certain soups, Is grown very easily and with little or no labor. Salsify, or vegetable oys. ter, which is seeded in the fall and the various peppers and garnishing plants, will occupy but little space, Even the peanut will prove ornamen. tai and worthy of place. It should have a little lime s&attered over the rows, which will assist it to fill out Even the eggplant is absent in some ga ieDs.
Woodruff County news., 1901-07-18
An Emphatic Touch.

The man who lives in flat and is often annoyed by the violent piano playing of his otherwise agreeable neighbor of the floor below remarked to his wife the other day: That Smith downstairs would make an elegant carpet beater"
 Why? asked his wife.
 "Oh, he has the regular carpet beater's touch, replied her husband N. Y. Times
Woodruff County news., 1901-07-18

am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago-Mrs. Thos. Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y. Feb l7, l900
Woodruff County news., 1901-07-18

A mans struggle with his hair doesn't begin until he gets bald; woman's begins as soon as she is old enough to handle curling iron.-Atchison Globe.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-09-14
THE TRAINED NURSE
An Occupation Which Attracts
Many Refined Girls.

Many girls Of education and refine
ment afe turning to the proieaaion oI
trained nurse ~ . means VI liyell,
houd. II Is serious occupation
aud responsible yne, Tor tie wosd
OF an experienced nurse carries
great weight in matters relating "a
her psoiraston II IL this tAet that
prompted an interesting intrrvisw
With Miss kathryn Nash. Of S1ssh
and Plattsburg avenues. Burlington.
VI, published 10 the News u that
city To a reporter she sail
II had hern caring lor a paslept
steadily tos nine months without
rest and was run doNu aad Tired
] bad very little appeti,s ard s.rne.
times ! would skip ono OF two meals
and not feel tt AZ all. While Wait
ing IN Boston an ahcesa formed back
oi NY cHr. bad NO strength. aud
although ! WAS always druwsy sleep
did not socm 30 refresh ma. Alses
came home | had seven abcrsaen on
my back near the Waiss linz and va
unable 30 stt up much for shrr~ o.
iouF months. Tho doctors who
treated me said had blood poi,onine
from which I would never recover -
That must have bcsn very do
couraging. said tho reporter.
ia vas II took Ill the nmbitg,,
out Of mo Tor awhile. hut one dav
when was feeling particularly dss.
pendent. = friend advised mo 10 .rv
Dr. Williams Pink Pills sos Pale
People. She vas taking them with
t"nei's add thought they nigh, also
heip me. bought some At once and
before ! bad used ono box Of the p,ll.
found was gaining strength. AIy
appetite and digestion improved AMI
ieit rested after sleeping. instead Of
o''ng tired as ! was Formerly. soon
became entirely we'll and able 90 70.
sumo my duties"
Then you believe the Pink Pill.
cured youl"
am certain they did. and I in.
tend to keep DR.. Williams PinL p,ti,
tor Pale People by me all tho Tim.
90 that can take them 10 needed I
recommend them 10 my patients a
ven as to every one who l. suffering
rom any complaint brought on bv
Of the blood or nerve. "
pr Williams Pink Pills Tor PaIs
PEOPLE are soId by all dealers or
WI b. sent postpaid on receipt Of
'r'c", 90 cents a box: al. b51os
y ~ by addressing DR.. Williams
Medicine Co, Schenectady. n Y.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-09-14

this meant asked Captain ScAueteler
holains the inscribed psnholder.
lit means that the game Is up sAs
slid She then admitted her identity fully,
and, accompanied BY the officers, the wo-
man was hurried to the chiefs Office.
Milburn House, Buffalo. Sept. 1.-THE
president viii live, but viii probably carry
the bullet Of the would be assassin with
him to the grave. This is the expressed
opinion Of DIR. Charles MeBurney Of New
York in a statement to representative
Of the Associated Press after the eonsulta-
tion Of the physicians.
He announced that the president had
passed the danger point and now only the
possibility Of complications remained. He
also announced that unless the bullet EN-
bedded in the muscles Of the back caused
trouble there would be no necessity to ex.
tract it. In his opinion it would not even
be located with the X-ray. The only use
Of the A.Tay would be to satisfy curiosity.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-09-14

The man who creeps along bent
over, with his spinal column feeling
In a condition to snap like pipestem
at any minute, would readily give a
great deal to get out OF his dilemma,
and yet this Is only the commonest
form by which lumbago seizes on and
twists out of shape the muscles OF the
back. This is commonly known as
backache, criek in the back, but by
whatever name it may be known, and
however bad it may be, 10 minutes
vigorous rubbing with ST. Jacobs Oil
on the afflicted part will drive outrhe
trouble and completely restore. 1t is
. thing so easily caught, it may be
wondered at why there is not more Of
1t, but because it is so easily cured by
st. Jacobs Oil may be the very reason
that We hear so little OF it.