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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-05-02
perfidIous Man.

"she is just dying Of q broken
heart"
"What il the matter?''
"a man. As usuall After refusing
him IL times he stopped proposing"
The King.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-05-02
Very Appropriate.

.what did he get 5000 back pension
for?''
"oh, he was shot in the back. The
Smart Set.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-05-02
The Reason Why.

tk-lts no use; your father won't
a to me, and yet you assured me
be wanted to get you off his hands.
9len-Perhaps that's why he won't
b to you.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-05-02

Lame back makes young man feel
old Hamlins Wizard Oil makes an old
man fell young.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-05-02

Piso's Cure for Consumption Is an IN
fallible medicine for coughs and colds.-N.
w. Samuels, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. IL.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-05-02

The public is not injured by a woman's
lack of heart so often as by her lack of
conscience
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-05-02
Luckl Well

Brown-What lucky fellow Robin
son is.
Jones-Lucky! should say he was.
Why, his fiancee's birthday comes on
Christmas
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-05-02

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot Ease,
powder. 1t Cures Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous,
Aching, sweating Feet and Ingrowing n ails Makes
new or tight shoes easy At all Druggists and Shoe
stores, % cents ccept No Substitute. Sample
Free. Address Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-05-02
Giving Him the rurn.Down.

kie-Now, don't bother to help me
ia Nth my coat.
she-It's no bother. lisa pleasure.
~ own Topics.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-05-02

lizzie! Lizziel That vase was
40 years old"
Oh! And just think! came near
Ing because l broke it. l thought it
new"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-05-02

eeTQ Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness.
THO after first days Of DR.. Klinei Great Nerve
8estorer Send for FREE -. 90 trial bottle and treat
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-05-02

Oregon Hood PurIH0P is
RICH tly named, because it purifes the
blood and tones up the body.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-05-02

Precedent Established.
"What makes you think she will
marry your
"She has married other men"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-05-02
Kedicne

Sner season whefl good
9uch needed as in the
lis impure, weak and
condition indicated
4 Nd other eruptions on the
\ body, by deficient vitality,
. Ppetite, lack of strength, and
Elimination.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11

NE came up from Okawvi.e. or
y some other small town in southern
Illinois, to establish herself In Chi.
cago. She was determined little won.
an, for al her tenderness, quite con.
WINGED that a strong will and a stout
heart were better 10 the long run than
experience or beauty. she wasn't
pretty, but she had a come.iness that
comes Of great gray eyes, frank
mouth, mass Of dark brown hair and
the indescribable quality of courage
that is written on the brow OF every
goo3 woman.
As She watched the shanties Of South
Chicago fit past the car window she
began to put on her wraps and fix her
little satche.. Murphysboro thus far
had been metropolis" for Hetty, and
she was afraid the train would run
past Chicago before she could alight.
And the poor little woman wondered
first and then grew fearful Of city SO
big and dark that the train took an
hour TO penetrate it, and then the sun
could hardly pierce the curtains of
smoke and fog that wayered and rolled
sky-high in all directions. She went
to breakfast in cafe near the sta
tion, and turned pale when dapper
waiter charged her 80 cents for ba ked
apple, two eggs and q cup of coffee.
She knew what such things cost in
Granville, and dim, hesitant fear be-
gan to take hold of her. When she
had wandered into the maelstrom Of
State street and stood in a doorway,
wondering where was the fire to and
from which million people seemed to
be rushing, terror indeed seized her
heart. The buzz of traffic and the in
cessant clang of harsh gongs seemed
to shake the ground beneath her, the
air was vibrant with noise all rau-
cous, men and women jostled her, and
for awhile she stood trembling and
wishing that she had stayed at home
with her old mother.
The thought gave back her courage,
and she dared ask policeman for
directions to a car that would take her
TO Mrs. O'Hara. The big fellow, with
impressive majesty, waved back lum-
bering truck that was bearing down
upon her. How grand he was, thought
Hetty, another Joshua at Aja,on. She
had to shout to make him hear, but he
told her where to go, and within an
hour she was safe in the humble little
fiat of old Mrs. O'Hara. The good wom-
an made Hetty drink another cup of
coffee, laughed at her astonishment,
talked lovingly of the good old mother
at Granville. and SO cheered and heart
eued her guest that Hetty began to sus-
pect time might come when she would
ike Chicago.
She wanted to pay her board in adj
vance, having nearly SIS Ga notable cap
ital with which to conquer fortune),
but The motherly O'Hara waved it
aside with:
Put it away, dearie. I'll bet you
haven't $50 to your name and the Lord
knows you'l need it al before you
can"
Find work?" concluded Hetty, her
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11

ne owed something, too, TO his per-
sistency, for be declined to be BAN
ished with a negative, and asked her
again and again. In fact, he said she
must marry him. He refused TO allow
her an alternative, for how else could
she hope to vanquish the mischievous
fairy who led her into scrapes? So he
insisted and commanded and bullied,
and she Haunted and tainted and
scorned, to the diverting entertain-
ment Of the onlookers and the mutual
tenacity Of the belligerents.
But il ended, of course, as such things
win when the man is battling for his
love and his happiness and the wom-
an is warning not only against the ar
guments Of the opposition whose logic
she knows to be infallible, but is at
enmity, too. with the protests Of her
own heart, whose desires she endeav-
ors to combat In vain with pride.
"Well, if you must have it so, she ex-
claimed, finally, 81 give in. But warn
you now that life will be anything but
beer and skittles for you, sir. I'll put
sat IN your cOIIee anu sugar on your
meat. III quarrel with your best
friends. and refuse to smile at your
fayorite jokes. I'll laugh when you
are moody and cry when you are merry.
Do you think you want me nowP
Take care, and consider we'll sir, and
remember the long list of scores / have
against YOU"
eyes. / want you now and tomorrow
and for all time" answered the man,
with persistent fervor, ''and | defy the
salty coffee and sugary meat to be
anything but nectar and ambrosia.
You may jeer at my friends and make
cause with my enemies, but want you
nevertheless, dear, in the worst pos
sible way, and / never will let you
60"
"Then take me now, and keep me
close" the girl exclaimed, with impet-
uous tenderness. "and III try to be
good. dear, I'll try to be as good as
can"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
why His Clock Was slow

An Italian fruit dealer, with we'll
stocked shop near one of the suburban
railway stations, haAadopted unique
device, and one which shows deep
knowledge of human nature, to hold
his own in competition with another
dealer, whose shop is some so yards
nearer the station than his own.
A man was leisurely peeling an
orange in his shop the other day when
the Italian remarked:
"You gotta fiv minute before your
train"
"No; 30" replied the man, CHANGING
at big clock on the wall
"Thata clock Is minute slow" said
the Italian. 81 keepa it slow. Peopl'
used come in a-here, looka at clock,
getta excite, go way, not buy. Time to
buy at Pedro's shop, notta here. Now
keepa clock slow, get mucha trade. No,
/ not letta peepl' miss train. | tella
them after they buy de orange
Stray Stories
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
MATTHEW STANLEY QUAY.

tn, and that the purpose of burying
himself so deeply as he has of late in
the seclusion of his library has been
to prepare for it. Those who claim to
know the senator's inclinations and
bent of mind have not been surprised
to learn of his determination.
In the letter to his friend Senator
Quay states that he intends to write
under the general caption: Forty
Years in Politics." Beginning with the
opening of his career under Pennsyl-
vania's war governor, Andrew G.. Cur
tin, Senator Quay has been in close
touch with all the Kaleidoscope
changes in politics, not only in Penn
sylvania, but the country at large. 1t
is conceded that no other man in ac-
tive life to-day is better equipped in
actual experience than Senator Quay
to narrate the political history of the
last four decades.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11

The girl had heard that false proph-
ecy from Mrs. 0'Hara so often that as
the days slipped by and dollar after
dollar Of her small fund disappeared,
She almost hated the sound of it. Her
heart had failed a month before she
would admit it even to herself. Then
she came home one night with a new
light in her tired face, and Mrs. O'Hara
knew that at last the luck had changed.
You've got place! ! knew you
would" laughed the hearty woman.
"Oh, don't know what it'll amount
TO-" smiled Hetty, but showing some
thing Of her old hope and courage.
I'm an agent if you please"
And she unwrapped brave looking
parcel.
Not book AGENT" trembled on the
lips of the O'Hara, but she didn't speak
as the innocent "agent" showed her a
red and gold atrocity entitled Mother,
Home and Friends" On the contrary,
the widow agreed at once that she could
sell at least six of them, levying trib-
ute from her grocer, milkman and
baker. Two days of book eanvassing
put back the gray pallor upon Hety's
face. She couldn't sell the thing.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11

face falling. "Why, it must be easy to
find employment in big city like
this?'
"Oh, you'll find it time enough
laughed Mrs. O'Hara, land when you
do you can begin to pay
And so il was fixed. Hetty wrote
home a bong letter radiant with hope,
fun Of plans for her mothers coming,
and vocal with praise Of their tried
friend Mrs. O'HaTa. And having put
the best of her store Of courage into
the letter, she went to her dismal little
hall room and cried herself to s.eep.
1t was three days before Mrs. O'Hara
would let Hetty start on the search
for work. The old woman had had
dodgers before - pink-cheeked girls
from the country, whose faces had
faded and whose eyes had dimmed in
that long, heart-breaking search for
work. She had tried to temper Hetty's
enthusiasm and to hearten her with
words of praise and such coun sci 5 she
knew, but at last the day came for the
start, and the prim, comely little ad-
ventures sailed bravely forth, not
seeing the tears that glistened in the
old woman's kindly eyes.
In a week He tty was paler, the scared
look was in her big, gray eyes. Not all
Of the Irish woman's jo,lity could win
from the girl an echo of the old laugh.
She wrote daily letters and filled them
with white, hopeful lies.
Cheer up, Hetty! MSuIl find some
thing to-day"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11

L
Doors had been slammed in her face;
women laughed and men smirked at
her; boys guyed her; her little feet
were bistered and her heart ached.
IF | don't do better to-day" she
said, defantly, to Mrs. O'Hara, "I'lr
give up"
The first place she visited was a
South Water street commission house.
Inside there was whiskered giant
roaring oaths at dozen porters.
The windows ratified with his pro-
family. When he paused she came to
him and asked for the proprietor
That's me-" he roared; what
d'you want?"
She wanted to run. A tear grew
slowly in her eye, and, in spite of her,
fell on her glove as she fumbled to
get out the book
Come in the office!" he roared
again.
Her heart leaped up and she fol-
lowed him into little cubby-hole al
most filed with one desk and table.
See here, kid" he said, shutting
the door, Il don't want no books, but
want you to quit selling them. Can
you write? All right; let's see you"
He gave her a pen, and she wrote,
copying some signs on the wall. The
ogre was watching her face.
Fine, fine" he growled. And then
she noticed that his eyes were kind
and brown, with a fire that warmed
her I'm give you ten a week. Just
sit right there and copy all them let
ters."
lie got out pile of letters from a
dusty drawer gave her paper and
went back into tie store roaring and
swearing again like a shipmate. lie
came in often and once or twice Het-
ty felt him looking at her, but she
copied away with a light heart and
said good night rather gayly when he
babe her go. Mrs. O'Ilara and Hetty
for week talked Of nothing but the
good ogre who was paying the girl
ten dollars a week for just copying
letters. But the supply Of letters be-
gan to fail, and just when Hetty was
about TO send her mother word and
the money to come, gave out entirely.
For half day then Hetty, dispirited
at the prospect of losing what
seemed a place so delightful and so
lucrative, sat moping at her table.
| She could hear the ogre roaring IN
! the cayelike aisIes of his store. Above
her sounded the thump of many feet.
Then the door swung and her rough
! but kind employee STROBE in.
"Hetty," he growled Che always
tried to speak gently to herr, there
amt any more letters to copy Her
hand shook and there was a lump in
her throat as he went on, a little
softly as if to ease the blow; be
sides, | don't want you here. / want
you up at my house. | want you to
/ marry me-"
They had been married week and
a day when he explained her question
thus:
Because, first, you had the nerve
to try to sell ME a book; second, be-
cause you're the first decent girl
ever saw that didn't try to lecture me
about cursing, and, third"
But the ogre's other reasons for
loving Hetty would make the story
too long.-John H. Raftery, in Chica-
go RecordHerald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
After Meeting.

Bishop said the young preacher,
II know you were hitting at me when
you denounced fine apparel and
jewelry, for l wear velvet vest and
a watch and chain
mo, brother" replied the bishop,
with twinkle in his eye, "for half
suspect your vest is cotton velvet,
and as for the watch, l never gave
you credit for more than a Water
bury !"--Atlanta Constitution.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
A Singular Competition.

A singular competition is reported
between two Italians who have devot.
ed their existence 10 collecting editions
of the Divine Comedies" One had
discovered PA editions, and his rival
the same number, but, determined not
to be beaten, the latter had a two
hundred and fifteenth edition specially
set up and printed in Paris, taking care
that only one copy of it was printed
N. Y. Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
where Smoking /. a crime

There is one country in the world
where it is considered a crime to
smoke-Abyssinia. The law forbid
ding tobacco dates from the year
1912. 1t was at first merely intended
to prevent priests from smoking in
the churches, but it was taken too lit
orally, and nowadays even foreigners
have to be careful not to be seen
smoking.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
A GiVe-Ayyay.

Mrs. Youngthing-Fleurette, that
barber friend of yours smiled at me
on the street last evening. Tell him
will tell my husband if he does so
again.
Fleurette (thoughtlessly)-Oh, mad
am! he could have meant missing! lie
must have recognized madam's auto
mobile coat and thought it was me-
Brooklyn Eagle.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
WILL WRITE A BOOK.
Senator Quay TO Tell the World what
He Learned I'm Forty Years of
Political Life

Senator Quay is preparing to write
a book. This information comes from
q friend of the senator, who received
it in letter written by Mr.. Quay since
he went to st. Louis few weeks ago.
For some time it has been known to
intimate friends Of Senator Quay that
he had literary work in contempla-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11

to intimacy through every stage of it's
progress, from polite differences about
the weather to impolite discussions
on personalities.
And SO when he asked her to marry
him, of course she said she would not.
She could not have said anything else.
She owed that at least to her self re-
spect. But he seemed to consider that
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
The Way of the world.

When men do foolish things, we say:
THAT Is, indeed their natural way"
And il they wise. we're not content
We murmur a. Twas an accident"
-Washngton Star.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11

"Why do you and George quarrel so
much?" asked the mother.
"He is SO unreasonable" answered
the fancee. 81 make it point to let
him have his own way once in ten
times, and still he is not satifised."--
Chicago Post.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
Kitty's Approval.

The story was told in Kitty's hearing
of an aunty in Virginia who was los
years old. who had both chewed and
smoked tobacco for 81 years, and who
firmly believed the Lord had forgotten
her.
81 don't blame the Lord" said Kitty.
Chicago Tribune.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
AUCTlONE ERlNG.

Having procured licence for auctioneer
ing respectfully solicit share of the
public patronage in that line. will CRY
sales on per centage or lump the Job
My charges shall be reasonable and salts
faction guaranteed
Z. r. HENSON,
7-I-oo-Iy Bunker Hill, w. Va.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

Taxes for 1907 are due and payable at the
Sherf's Office. Please come forward and settle
without further notice. Interest will be charged from
January Ist, 1909 g. L.. STUCkEY,
I2-I4-4t kheriff of Berkeley Co
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11

"Pooh!" said Daisy, scornfully, "the
idea of your being afraid of poor old
house dog! Why, he eats out of my
hand"
81 don't doubt it," replied Bur
roughs, obviously, "but what / am
afraid of is that no might take no.
ton to eat out of my leg."-Smart Set.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
F. e. GOODWIN, PRINCIPAL
stockholders MEETING.

The Stockholders of the National Bank of Mar
nsburg are hereby notified that the annual election
for eleven M Directors for the ensuing wear
will be held at the Bask Tuesdsy the r4th day OF
January, 1909, betweeA The hours Of weve and one
O'Clock. GEO. S. HILL,
Ia-7-6t Cashier
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

:, All persons having claims against the estate Of
John Lands, decd, will please call and settle, and
all persons knowing themselves indebted said es-
tate will call and settle without further notice.
-2S JOSEPH II. Lands, Executor
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-11
TIE nAKKETJ.

MARTINIQUE
GRAIN.
Corrected Zee T. t4oy By A'r Parks.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-10-23
FRiSCO'S STATEMENT

Net Earnings Were SeI,62O,ss2 on
3,4II.a4 Miles of Road
ST. LOUIS: The sixth annual report
of President Yoakum, of the st. Louis
and San Franc SEQ Railroad Company
has been submitted, showing total
mileage operated on June 3J, 1902, of
3,41424, with 1S1 miles of sidetracks
and switches.
The income account for the year is as
follows: Gross earnings from opera
ton, $2l ,620, SS2; operating expenses,
$l3,472, 40; net earning from operating
miscellaneous income and land depart
ment receipts, $S, $40 ,672; less total in
terest and all other charges, $6,06S, ,093; ;
surplus applicable to dividends, 81, ,277,.
4S7, ont of which were declared divi-
dends amounting to $S05,2 Surplus
carried to credit of profit and loss, 81, =
412I97
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-10-23
ALL TRUE.

It's great work of art to make art
pay.
A good memory sometimes comes In
handy to forget with.
Boston is nearly 300 years cid. No
wonder she wears spectacles.
Lots of women do foolish things
so they can snub those who don't
Worry knocks the life out of lots
of men long before they are dead.
After a lively race for a husband
many an heiress marries a rundown
nobleman.
One touch of nature keeps the
whole world on the lookout for new
sensations.
One half of the world envies the
other half because it doesn't know
how II lives.
No woman regards comparisons as
odious when told that she is as pretty
as a picture.
Many a man who goes through life
bemoaning the TACT that he is misun-
derstood ought to be thankful that
such is the case.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-10-23
Surveying New Town.ites

ARDMoRE: A corps of surveyors is
now surveying and plating the town
of Hewitt. From there they go to
Dixie, Loco, Velma, Alma and Harris
burg. All of the towns are small, and
under the supplementary agreement
they are allowed townsite consisting
of forty acres. The work of surveying
and plating these towns is progressing
rapidly. There are quite gooa many
towns in the Chickasaw nation yet to
9 plated, but if the present weather
continues it will take but short time
TO complete the townsite work