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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
cHINA'S TRADE INCREASED.
Statistics of Last Years Commerce
show That Country Has Re-
covered from Outbreak.

Business has been resumed in
China apparently with increased ac-
tivity. The official publication Of the
Chinese government, Returns of
Trade and Trade Reports for the
Year 1901 which has just reached
the treasury bureau of statistics,
shows that railroad construction has
been actively resumed in several of
the provinces, that practically 1000
miles of railway are now completed
and in operation, and that several
hundred miles will be added during
the present year, while the record
of the foreign presented
by the report shows that the inn
ports into China in the year 1901
were larger than those of any pre-
ceding year. The total value of the
imports is given as 26s, 3o2. 91s hai%
wan taels, or 1892. 1881 against
264, 000, 900 taels in 1899, 202, 000, 900
in 1897, III. 000, 900 in 1895, and 1922
600, 900 in 1894. The exports are val
ued at 169, 656,735 haikwan taels
($122, 153, 000), and exceed those of
any prior year except 1899.
From the United States the i'm
ports in 1901 were valued at 23.529,-
606 haikwan taels t$16, s41 500,
against 49, 24.493 haikwan taels in
1900, 2,2ss, 745 taels in 1899, II, 1853. 312
taels in 1898, and 9,263 ,0s2 haikwan
taels in 1894. Thus the imports from
the United States have increased
about $50 per cent. since 1894, while
the exports to the United States in
1901 were practically the same as
those of 1894, the figures of 1901 be-
ing 16,572,9Ss haikwan taels. and
those of 1894 16,442,7 ss haikwan taels.
Comparing the progress of the
United States with that of other
countries. it may be said that the
imports into China from Great Brit
ain increased from $1,000. 900 haikwan
taels in 1894 to 1900. 900 in 1901;
thosefrom Hong-Kong increased from
s 1000, 900 to 100000, 900; those from
continental Europe, except Russia,
from 6,000,000 to 1900, 900, and those
from Russia increased from less than
1000, 900 to 100000 haikwan taels.
The growth in imports from the
United States is larger than that in
imports from any other country,
though Hong-Kong. Great Britain, ia
pan and India rank higher than tr<e
United States in the import state
ment of 1901.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
GOODS MUST COVER ARMS.
Dean Talbot. of Chicago University,
Forbids Practice of Rolling Up
Sleeves and Going Hntless,

Miss Marion Talbot, dean of wom-
en- at the University of Chicago, has
decided that it is unseemly and
'4mannish' for the goods to be seen
around the campus without hats and
with the sleeves Of their shirt waists
rolled up. This practice has become
popular with the goods and the men
AZ the university during these hot
days.
The girls consider Miss Talbot's
ban on the custom a hardship. One
of them said it was $50 jolly" to go
around with ones sleeves rolled up,
and besides, she said the girls were
only following the precedent set by
Miss Alice Roosevelt in going with
ont their hats. They all think Miss
Talbot is considerably behind the
times.
Dean Talbot, however, has warned
them that such practices are especi-
ally Objectionable in a co~educational
institution, and that if they are per-
sisted in they likely will hasten DR..
Harper to a decision to divide the
junior colleges. This threat, it is be-
lieve6, cannot fail to be effective.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
THE KAISER MAY COME.
Thought That the Emperor of Ger
many Is Paving the WY for
Trip to United states.

Is the kaiser rtving the way for \
personal and official Vi it to the
United states?
That is the query one hears on all
sides, cables the Berlin CORE pond
ent of the New York Herald. It is
understood the prospects Of a jour
ney to the United states were dis
cussed during the kaiSer's recent
trip on board the K%ronprinz Wilhelm
to the North sea. 1t has always been
one of his earnest wishes expressed
in private conversation and to the
members of the American embassy
at Berlin that he might some day
be able to visit the United States.
Apart from a promise of a glowing
reception, the kaiser wishes to see
with his own eyes the colossal en-
terprises and industrial magnitude of
the United States.
The kaiser sincerely believes that
Germany and the United States can
obtain more advantageous results
by working together commercially
and politically than by resorting to
tariff warfare.
The German government will pro-
pose, il is believed, a renewal of the
favored national treaty with the
United States to prevent an out
break of tariff hostilities such as the
a~grarians are clamoring for.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
MORE SUBMARINE BOATS.
erowing Opinion That These Tin,
Fighters Have Come Into
the Navy 10 stay.

There is a rapidly-growing opinion
|among both naval and army officers
that Submarine boats have not only
come to stay, but are destined to pro-
duce almost as vast a change in naval
architecture as that which follow ed
the success of Ericsson's Monitor. In.
sign Nelson, the expert in charge Of
the torpedo station at Port Royal
gave some remarkable testimony be-
fore the house committee on naval az.
fairs. He declared that a submarine
boat of the Holland type could drive
an entire hostile feet OUT Of q barbor,
because the enemy. if wise. would put
out to sea to avoid attack which could
not be prevented, because it would be
delivered entirely put of sight.
An attacking fleet would therefore
be forced to keep out al sea under all
circumstances, and could never APP
proach the harbor near enough to
cover the landing of troops or to make
effective use of small Gathered runs
against shore d~efenses. Ensign Nell
son declared that battleships were all
diSht III ihtl' iff@tFFs dAtt WIZ eRtfh
all they cost, but he pronounced ii a
piece of great folly and useless extrav-
agance to keen a battleship coope' up
in a harbor, whore hale n dozen little
torpedo boats would afford the same
protection.
The rro~~t eTent Of n submarine
boat. he declared. was even greater
than its destructive ability. He gave
It as his oriui that The Uritea States
should at once develop a feet Of sub
marine boats Of tie latest end best
type, and his testimony, or rather his
lecture, for such il was, haG a great
effect upon the members of the house
committee. Wien the naval bill gets
into the senate II is quite probable the
appropriation for submarine boats
swill be largely inc~eose' thus en-
aiding the navy department to go into
a new depa rtr're = naval architecture
on a scale which will tend TO put the
navy of this country ahead Of the sea
force Of all other nations. al least so
far as the element of harbor defense
Is concerned.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
Best in the House.

Down on the other side Of the Rio
Graude,' says a returned traveller, you
can buy any kind Of beef for 20 cents a kilo
-less than ten cents a pound-aud sirloin
is only . cents a kilo. But the best cuts
of Mexican beef are tougher than rhin-
ocerous hide. When | first went to Mexico
| ordered a teuderloin at a hotel in Durango.
but / couldn't cut it to save my neck. |
told the waiter it wouldn't do, and he re
moved it. Presently, however, he returned
accompanied by the proprietor Of the hotel,
and laid the platter on the table. Whats
the matter with the steak asked the hotel
man in Spanish. Tough, said /; why, /
can hardly stick a fork into it-much less
a knife Mine most tapped it over with the
fiat Of the knife and eyed it obviously. I'm
sorry he said, but it's the best in the
house. AT any rate, | can't take it back
it's bent. Detroit Free Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
EDITORS TO MEET.
Expected That at Least One
VIII Gather af wheeling.

Wheeling June IS. - j. SIidell
Brown. of Kingwood. president of
the West Virginia Editorial ~associa-
ton. came to Wheeling Monday morn
ing to confer with the Subcommittee
of the board of trade. and local news
paper men appointed recently to make
arrangements for the entertainment
of the state editors, who hold their
annual meeting here on the 25th, Goth
and 9th.
President Brown. In speaking of
the coming convention of newspaper
men, stated hat it would no doubt
draw an attendance greater tina that
accorded any recent meeting. He
has been In touch with newspaper
men all over the state and saws he is
confident that fully 10 Will come.
They will be attracted largely by the
big excursion TO the lakes arranged to
occur after the convention closes.
These annual meetings always wind
IN with IA iaunt to some distant part
OF the country, and it is naturally Que
OF the p~leasantest features of the en-
tire prorgam.
Governor White. who. by virtue of
his former connection with the news
naDer business. ia a member and nigh.
~ respected figure of the association.
has promised to attend. He saws.
owing to ple-s of business, he does
not wish tn be put down for a speech
all he desires is an opportunity TO
meet again with the boys.
Before President Brown returns
home the final touches wlll be put on
the convention program. The ofiicres
OF the state association, besides Pres.
ident Brown are Vice president. j.
Bruce Hess, of the Manninoton En-
terprlse secretary. the Rev. George
II. Brown, of Harrisville:
Henry Clay SAMPLE, of the Falrmont
Free Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21

Next day-it wuz long in the afternoon
the colonel wuz a settin' on the veranda
playin' with a straw an somethin' wet in
a glass, wnen Caractaeus strolls up in q
easy, -uneoneerned sort of way an begins
croppin' a little on the lawn here an there
as if he belonged. Finally the colonel no
ticed him and began to boiler fer somebody
to come an turn the mule out. The men
wuz all in the field, so the colonel said a
few sorter emphatic things an got up to
turn him out himself. Caractacus, Std O.
movin' fer the gate, walked up to meet him
like he wuz a pet an expected sugar
easyt an mild; but when he( got within
range he wheeled like a flash an kicked
the colonel clear over the veranda an
through tae parlor winder, then gave a JOY
full bray, an started fer the timber.
"Wnen they found the colonel he wuz
quiet an composed. He had beenthat way,
the doctor said, for about three hours, APP
parently.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
COL. SPOONER'S MULE

Old man Sowerby had finished his
"tradin' down to the pound of Fragrant
Mignonette tobacco for the hired man and
the dimes worth OF "stripud stick candy" for
the grandchildren, and, accepting the
storekeepers customary cigar, with the Gus
tomary joking request for a mustard plaster
70 help il draw, he strolled outside the
door, where Wash Hancock and Mart Par
sons were lounging on shoe boxes, which
were rapidly being destroyed by their in
dustrious j~ackknives.
That a good scheme, Uncle Jake" said
Hancock, shifting ostentatiously. 1T
wouldn't be no more'n what Rufe deserves
to smoke inside. But. then, inherent peo-
ple-wimmen and kids-has to go in fer
their groceries an it hain't right they should
have ter suffer. Take a soap box an make
yerself comfortable. How's all the ioIksz"
'Torable smart, 'ceptin' Dick He's got
some sort of a misery ia his back, replied
the old man. Il guess it bain't nothin'
alarmin', though"
Il nave that by spells" said Hancock.
"Ye-es,' said old man Sowerby, 'but
Dick gets his by workin' too hard. He's
right ambitious. You wuzn't never plagued
that way. Swappin' mules an hes may be
hard on the intellec', but it don't give a
man the backache."
Haven't made a mule trade fer a month
O. Sundays" said Wash. I've got a good
one, though, I'd like you to look at, Uncle
Jake. / en- afford to let you have him at
a bargain, because he didn't cost me much
of anythin'. | bought him at sheriff sale
when Tad Hefferly wuz sold OUT
"Im sort o keerful about mules bought
at sheriff sale" said old man Sowerby, 81
allus have ter think o Col. Bill Spooner's
mule, Caractacus. You never heered O.
Col. Spooner. He wuz long afore your
time. He useter own a tobacco plantation
down on the Little Tarkio, jest afore the
war. He wuz a widower, an as mean a OF
cuss as ever stood IN cowhide. Stood six
foot three in his socks, when he wore any.
"One time there wuz a vendoo of stray
stock, an Col. Bill bid in an Of col.
ored mule for three dollars. 1t was an or.
merry, moth-eaten lookin' animal, and if you'd
hit it anywhere with a Stat you'd have
Jared your arm up to the shoulder-blade.
The colonel sent the mule home with a boy
they called Scipio. Scipio an Caractacus,
which was the mules name, struck up a
great friendship. Col. Bill useter laff an
swear they wuz brothers when he wuz in a
good hlrmor. An fer a fac Caractaeus d
work fer Scipio when there wuzn't another
person on the place cd do anythin' with
him.
Zone mornin' the colonel caught Scipio
filling up his pardner with an extry al.
lowanee o oats an he said he wusn't goin'
ter have no favoritism o. that sort on his
place if he had ter do violence to his W
tender %feelin's an inflict corporal punish
ment ter prevent it.. SO he had Scipio tied
up and wore a rawhide out on him with his
own hands-like to have hogged himself
out o $500. Caractacus wuz in the barn
where the whippin' wuz goin' on an he
seen it.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
sweet %symnnthy.

MIS-. Youngwed--Yes Mr.. Youngwed
didn't feel at all wen this morning, so /
just made him stay at home from the office.
Ms. Naybor-lndeedl | notice all your
carpets are up ana your back sheds painted
and
Eyes, / got Mr.. Youngwed to do all that
while he was home to-day. Golden Penny.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21

About 40 per cent If the men en-
plcyed in the Minnesota mines are Fin
landers, another 40 per cent. Hungari-
ans, about eight per cent. Italians, and
the rest are divided among Americans,
Germans, French, Scotch, Welsh and
Cnrnfah
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
The

The largest bird of prey in the old
world is the lammergeier, or bearded
yulture, which has a wing expanse Of
nine or ten feet.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21

1t wuz this away, said Hancock, turn
in to Parsons. i remember 1t mighty well
One day old man Timberlake come aroune
an started a story about some woman that
had been consoomed with a hopeless passion
fer Col. Spooner an wuz strewin the ira
grant blossoms of spring on his grave. 50
some o the boys hid themselves benin the
Pollock monument to see whut KIND o
looking %critter got fond OF oil Bnl. lhey
saw Caractacus amble up with his mouth
full of roses an tears streamin' down his
checks. AS soon as he had dropped the
flowers on the grassy mound he give a deep
sob an laid down with his head acrost the
grave an died. That wuz the way OF 1t,
wasn't it, Uncle jake
It's a pity you amt got no sense, WASH
said old man Sowerby, but, then, you
never had any an it'd make you feel
strange Chicago Daily News.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
AUCTIONEERING C.

Having procured licence for auctioneer
ing. | respectfully solicit a share of the
public patronage in that line. | will cry
sales On a PEI centage or lump tie Job.
My charge e shall be reasonable and salts
faction guaranteed.
f. R. HENSON,
7-I-9o-Iy Bunker Hill, w. Va.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
IittIe Money Used.

OF all money transactions in Eng
rand, 81 per cent. is transacted by
checks. only three per cent. by notes
and gold.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21

"In a week OF two a nephew Of Spooner's
all the kin he had-come,Gown from Bos-
ton to take possession Of the property.
Then, bein' a rank abolitionist, he freed all
the niggers an made Scipio a present OF
Caractacus an a patch o ground to work.
| b1ieve Scipio an Caractacas slept to-
gether after taat.
But after awhile Caractacus began to
age. One day as l wuz passln' by
| heard Seip an the mule talkin' together.
'Caractacus, says Scipio, 'dern yo
rusty, wuthless oil cawkis, how long does
you spect Is agwine ter keep yo' pampered
en- corn-fed et yo' don't do nothin' ter
arm yo' Dor? This yer bin am Of marse's
bin, it's Scipio's, en- Seipio don allow no
ornery Of rack o bones ter empty it less'n
he kin do somthin' todes hllin' it. | ain
er gwine ter shoot yo' yo' ain wuth powder
an ball-but | doan wan 20 around
'Jes' then Caractaeus lifted one foot from
the ground an Scipio slid inside Q the barr,
| know that mules heart wuz broke right
there, but exceptin' ter drap his head ne
wuz too proud to show it. He had too much
self-respect ter stay around the place after
that, too, an walked straight out. As he
passed me he looked up an | seen great
tears standin' in his eyes.
You'll nave me weepin', too, ii you keep
on that away, Uncle Jake, said Hancock.
'Wuz that the mule you had hitched with
the baldfaced mare when you druy in las
Sat'dy.'
mo, that wasn't Caractacus, replied
old man Sowerby, Caraetacus died. There
wuz suthin' pecooliar an affectin' about the
way of it, too, but | reckon I'd better be
~startin' fer home sted o loahn around like
the rest o you town folks,
TEL us how he died, said Parsons.
"'Jes' a sort Of a matched death-old age,
| reckon, you'd call it that, anyway. |
think-but then wen call it old age.
Let him alone said Hancock, don't
YOU see he's a Dustin ter tell it?
know it myself, so RANT anxious
"FYou had better tell it, then, said old
man Sowerby, with a note OF irritation in
his voice,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21

no cure ConsEspati~. rorovea.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathart.c tic or rs
&C & G. H. t,ao rure- "a JSsists @fLaG pnua'Hy
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21

This signature is on every box of the genuine
Laxative BromO-Q uinine Tablets
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21

Corrected EreryFrida by Aies. Parks.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-08

esting. perhaps, are the geckos (Pachy-
dactylus mariquensis). which the Dutch
call getjes, also generally found under
stones. They are about six inches long
and not so quick in their movements as
lizards usually are This and their de-
fenceless ness have induced a peculiar
method of protection. Their fleshy
tails are quite loosely affixed, being
deeply constructed all around where
they join the body. A slight touch will
break them off-so much so that at
times the getje seems almost to throw
them off. Then is seen strange thing.
The tails jumps about in the most live
ly manner, and thus attracts the at
tention of the pursuer, while the getje
quietly and unobtrusively moves away
unobserved-and goes and grows an
other tail! This is & peculiar and yet
very effective method of protection.
There are other local lizards that part
with their tails with comparative ease,
but they are quicker in their move
ments and their tails, are not nearly so
lively; the method has reached perfec-
ton in the case of the getje only. l am
generally accompanied in my walks by
my wfe's little fox terrier. She seldom
catches a getje. When she jumps at
one off flies the tail, which she invaria-
bly, seizes as it plunges frantically
about, and the getje escapes. The
getjes are of various oolors, some very
handsome. Some kinds burrow holes in
the sand, and these occasionally take
possession Of deserted nests of the
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-08
THoMas nRACKErr REtD.

Thomas Bracket Reed used 10 be de-
scribed when he was the Speaker Of the
House as the right man in the right
place. Re seems TO have had a faculty
Of being the right man in the right
place during most Of his career. Al
Bowdofn college he was at the head Of
six honor men Of his class. Eight years
afr he was a member of the lower
house Of the Maine legislature, was
then reelected, and afterward was
elected a State senator. He was Attor-
ney General Of Maine for three years,
and then became Solicitor Of Portland.
In 1876 he was elected to congress, and
was reelected nine times. and all his
nominations after the first one were
unanimous. He was found to be SO use
full in congress that he was made
Speaker, and no Speaker has ever
gained such fame as he did. He would
have been Speaker now if he had not
resigned to practice his profession.
There are many who think that Mr.
Reed would have been the right man in
another high place had he lived. How
ever this may be he certainly did good
work in the places he filled. He strong
ly impressed the country with his quail
ity, and he was popular, even when he
was 1.-The Car of the house" His
career is another illustration of what
can be done in this country by integ-
rity, ability, industry and tact. Mr..
Reed started in life as "a poor boy"
He grew to be of presidential size" and
his whole active life was a steady and
almost uninterrupted progress from
glory to glory.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-08

wrought iron on each side Of the vessel.
Each is under the Independent control
Of the man in the whee!house. but the
tNo can be worked simultaneously. if
desired. When not in use. the fins.
which swing on heavy hinges. are hook
ed forward to TIE sides of the vessel,
and consequently do not impede the lat
ter in its movements. When their SER
vices are required automatic cylinders
Ii lease the hooks and the fins fly back
to right angles with the steamers hull.
With the fins in this position ii is i'm
possible for the vessel to &C ahead, and
the result is that the steamer is brought
to a full stop almost within it's own
| length. After the steamer had attain
ed a speed of ten or eleven miles an
hour, the steam was shut off and the
fms opened on both sides of the vessel,
and she was brought to a full stop in
about one-half her length, or within
fifty seet. A test was also made of
turning the boat in limited space with
one fin, and it was satisfactory. the
Eureka turning in about her own
length. In order to test the strength Of
the fins, one was opened when the
steamer was going up the current with
the engines at full speed and it success
fully withstood the strain. Further
| tests of the invention are to be made,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-08
NEW USE FOR
TRAINS

At last science has discovered some
thing that viii stop an automobile on
it's destructive way The discovery was
made at a grade crossing in Garfield
boulevard, and the instrument Of grace
proved to be a freight train. The au-t
tomobile has grown arrogant and dom
ineering in it's path of unbroken sue
cesses, and believed that nothing could
check its progress; hence when it saw
the freight train it bowled merrily on
rejoicing, and rushed to destruction
amid the cheers and rejoicings of the
populace. It would seem, therefore,
that what we need now is more grade
crossings on the boulevards, and an in
crease in the number of freight trains.
A freight train is not a pretty sight,
but it is constructed for utility, not for
beauty, and now that it has added to
its accomplishments the pleasurable
task of converting automombiles into
kindling wood it should enjoy special
concessions. So far as we know the
freight train is the only agency that
can cope successfully with the white
ghosts and the red devils, and it should
be honored Chicago
Post.