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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
The LEOPARD RULES
Animal Trainer Declares Him to Be
King 81 Beasts.



'Perliaps The lion is the king of
beasts, aa-a Nj. Aerlnan Goger, the
trainer ma authority on Wild things,
to a -. Ls4is liepublic reporter.
Il -e-r-A-a-p-s not. / am not afraid
of the non; l rude him easily.
He does just exactly as / tell him,
grumbling a little sometimes. When
he is told To sit on his seal he sits
and does not move. But the leopard
that is different. He does as | tell
him when / am watching him. Sup
pose he were unclaimed, | would not
care to turn my back to him. Some
times even when my eye is upon him
he makes trouble for me. Watch the
dogs; they pay no attention to the
lion. but when the leopard is uns
chained they are always watching
watching for him to make trouble"
Mr.. Boyer knows animals well. lie,
has taken them fresh from the jun
gle. 1t is his fad to make the lions
of Africa, the tigers of Bengal, and
the shifty polar bears so docile that
they will obey his slightest whisper.
Those animals that have not been
taught the lore of the jungle and have
not felt the freedom of the hunt are
not interesting to him. He wants only
the wild mes that are always long
ing for freedom and always full of
their native ferocity with all others
but him. That's why he loves Puss
best of all.
She is the leopard. When she N
tiers the cage she is always in a bad
humor.
"She neyer forgets she has teeth
and claws. Now and then she uses
them. Would you like to hear her
story?
"The lion is called the king of
beasts. / think my Puss can kill any
lion. She has not done so yet. Per-
haps it is because no M has given
her the chance. She has killed other
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
SEALED PROPOSALS WANTED.

Specifications for the grading of
Public Road on the West side of the
Opequon Greek ON the Schoppert Ford
Road.
Bids are hereby asked for the grad
ing of two routes on the public road
West of the Opequon Greek ct the
Schoppert Ford road for two Hutes :
first to cut down the hills on the pres
emit road. bed according to blue print.
to be seen in the Office of the Clerk of
the County Court of Berkeley County,
w. Va. The road bed. in deepest cuts
when completed, to be not less than
sixteen feet at any place, and the
banks at the sides of cuts to be at the
same angle as at present. All other
places the road bed to be 80 1T. wide.
Bids to be made for this route
separately. Then bids are request
ed for the grading of a new or pro-
posed route for said road, over
the lands of Bagneett, Strine anu Mo-
ser, where same is staked off it, also
to be graded according to blue print
to be seen in said Clerks office. road
bed as above described. The banks to
cuts to be the same angle as is describ-
ed above. Road bed in either route
that may be adopted to be graded up
to the satisfaction of the County Court.
Bids for this work to be seperate and
apart from the other route.
The Court reserves the right to re-
Ject any or all bids for said work.
All bids to be sealed and ~~delivered
to the Clerk of said Court by ten
O'Clock, A. NJ, on Monday the 8 tn
dav of January, 1903.
1. l.. Bender.
Clerk County Court.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
DON'T ovKRL0oK THIS
A Careful Perusml VIII Prove It's value

The average man is a doubter. and
there is little wonder that this is so,
Misrepresentation make people skep.
tics. Nowadays the public ask fol
better evidence than the testimony Of
strangers. Hele is proof which should
convince everv Martinsburg reader.
Mr.. w. w. Wesphal, landlord and
owner of the Valley House on Queen
street a V - There was al aching
across the small of my back accompa.
MED by the sharp twinges in the kid
neys. Mr.. Edward Shepherd one OF
nv guests, manager at the drug store,
spoke so favorably of Doan's Kidney
Pills that / decided to give them a tri.
al. / used them n few DAYS and in a
short time all the old symptoms disap.
peared. / could eat and sleep well
and felt first-class.
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cts.
Foser- Milburn CO., Buffalo. N. Y,
sold agens for the II. s.
Remember the name. Doan's, anc
take no other.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
pUss AND HER MASTER.

animals. One day when i was train
ing her in my quarters she jumped
at me and my German boarhounds
came to help. What could they do?
She seized one by the throat. II a
minute he was dead. She turned to
She was too quick for him, and in a
moment her teeth were in his throat.
/ beat her with bars-big iron bars
but what did she care? She would
have killed others had they been
there. She would have killed me had
we not beaten her almost to death
with the iron bars. 1t was the tiger
next. He was a big wild tiger, just
from Bengal, where he had been
trapped. He did not like things as
they were in the cage He would
show his temper at me, though he
did not try to jump on me. He did
not like the other animals. He caused
me much trouble because he was al
ways trying to fight, He attacked
Puss in Berlin at the Busch circus.
1t was in the ring, where all could
see.
"Puss was watching him. As he
jumped upon her she jumped aside.
Then she sprang. Her teeth were in
his throat, and as he rose on his
hind legs she dug her claws mo his
chest and chung like a bulldog. We
used the bars again, but she paid no
attention to them. Sac woLsd not
let go. She nung On with teeth and
claws until the tiger gurgled and fell
over, dead. Then came the polar
bear. He was one of the best we
had-ali but his bad temper. He did
not like TO do as he was told. Puss
was ready. when the time came, for
a quarrel. The bear thought it was
so easy just to give this little one a
cuff and send her across the cage.
But Puss went at the throat again.
We beat her with bars, the dogs went
at her and bit her, but she clung I'M
til sne had killed him.
"Ahi but the cheetah-that was
lively" and the trainers eye lit up
with enthusiasm. .'The cheetah, too,
is small and quick. And she, this
cheetah, was not afraid. They quar-
relied while we were playing in Wen
ma. Both were loose in the cage.
They both sprang at the same time.
They fought and bit each other, but
Puss was quicker and puss was bet
ter. The cheetah went with the rest
She had a hole in her windpipe where
Puss' teeth went, and her body was
all torn up by claws. Puss was all
most beaten to death by us again,
but she would not let go until the
fight was over.
"The leopard Is king"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13

A marriage license was issued by
County Clerk Bender Wednesday to
Mr.. Rob't L. Williams, of Jefferson
county and Miss Margaret J. Baker.
of Berkeley county. Marriage to take
place today at Gerardstown.
A marriage license was issued Thurs
day by County Clerk Bender to
Mr.. Harry G. Roby and Miss Annie
K~earfott. both residents of this CITY.
Marriage to take place in this city
Thusdav.
Also a license 20 Thomas H. Wash
ington and Viola Walker, colored OF
this county. Marriage to take place
Thursday in the county.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13

Buy your shining light Mica NJ
and Golden Axle Greeses from
r. K. Boley.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
MR.. JUSTICE HARLAN.
He Has neen nm Honored Member Of
the Unfted states supreme
Comrt for rs Years.

Justice John Marshall Harlan, whose
twenty-ffth anniversary as associate
Justice Of the United States supreme
court was celebrated by a large ban
quet on December 9. was appointed to
that important position on November
20, 1877, just % years after his grad
aation from the celebrated Center
college, Kentucky, in which SO many
noted Americans imbibed their early
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13

Hon. John Il. Sheahan, who hMs been for seventeen years manager Of Marshall
Field & Co.'s Wholesale warehouse, and lis corporal ID Regiment Infantry, l. N. a.,
writes the following letter from 1888 Indiana avenue, Flat Six, Chicago, ILL.,:
Peruna Medicine Co, Columbus, Ohio.
Genffemen--'Lasf summer I caught a cold which seemed to set
tie Tn my kidneys and affected them badiy. TRIED a couple of KID
ney remedies largely advertised, but they did nor help ne any One
of my forenen told me of the great help he had received In using
Peruna In a similar case, and st once procured some.
aft was indeed a blessing 10 me, as 4 am on my feet a large part Of
the day, and trouble such as 4 had affected me seriously, but four
bottles of Peruna cured me entirely and / would nor be wifhom 1t for
three months salary. "---JOHN r. SHEAHAM
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
NOTICE.

The stockholders of the Old National
Bank at Martinsburg are hereby mott
fed that the Annual Ell ection for
Twenty-One Directors will be held at
the Bank ON Tuesday, the thirteenth
day of January, 1903, between the
hours of eleven and twelve O'Clock.
Geo. S. Hill, Cashier.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
Sunday schools are filling up,

Sunday schools are filling MP.
Christmas trees look spruce.
Glittering ~generalities are not all
golden.
Freezing D~oliteness is on a par with
cold comfort.
He is a wise mar who knows when
he has enough.
Jud, G Cupid is severe on cases of
contempt of court.
Hot Scotch is being brewed, and
skates are OF foot.
It's just as we'll not to think of
trouble until you are up against it.
1t is easier to live up to a good rep
: utation than to live down a bad one.
The wolf in sleeps clothing seldom
has the wool pulled over his eyes.
Miss Fannie Kearott, who has been
i'll with typhoid fever is able to be up.
Miss Elsye and Martha Hy de. who
have been i'll with the fever, are i'm
proving.
Mrs. Annie l.. Ryneal is i'll with ty-
phoid fever at her home on South
Queen street.
The average man suffers nor from
an overloaded stomach than from
pangs of conscience.
MI. VIM. Cline, of Coketon. W. Va,
is. spending a few days with relations
on East Burke street.
Buy your shining light Mica ma
and Golden Axle Greeses from
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
CALVES.

Estrav calves, 8 vearling calves, l
white, two red, have been at my place
for 8 weeks. Owner will please call
paw charges and o property.
James VOORHEES,
Call at Lemaster's Farm near Little
Georgetown.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
COUGHS COLDS IN CHILDREN.
Recommendation of "a Well Know
Chicago Physician.

/ use and prescribe Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for almost all obsti-
nate. CONSTRUCTED coughs. with direct
results. l prescribe it TO children of
all ages Am glad TO recommend it to
all in need and seeking relief from
colds and coughs and bronchial Attic
tions. 1t is non-narcotic and safe in
the hands Of the most unprofessional
A universal panacea for allmankind. =
Mrs. Mary r. Melendy. NJ. D.. Phi.
D.. Chicago, Ill. This remedy is for
sale by Shepherds Pharmacv.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
ii MsaTBSBusa 1EaaLD

Entsdsd tn the Pc I Office, Martini burg, W as
second class all matter
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13

draughts of learning. The young
lawyer began practice at Frankfort,
removed afterward to Louisville, and
made several unsuccessful campaigns
as candidate on republican tickets,
principally for governor. He served
on the Behring sea tribunal in 1905,
but otherwise his duties of supreme
justice have engaged all his time for
the last quarter of a century.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13

suspected, but the chronic variety may
come on * gradually and ~insidiously
that its presence IL not suspected until
after it has fastened itself thoroughly
upon its victim.
At the appearance Of the first symp-
tom Peruna should DO taken. This
remedy strikes at onco at the very root
of the disease.
A book on catarrh sent free by The
Peruna Medicine Co, Columbus, o.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13

81 know | would long ago have been
in my grave writes MISS. II. New
son., of Decatur. Ala. 'sif it had not
been for Electric Bitters. For three
years I suffered untold agony from
the worst forms of Indigestion, Water
brash, Stomach and Bowel DYSPEPSIA.
But this excellent medicine did me a
world of good. Since using it can
eat heartily and have gained SO
pounds. For Indigestion, Loss of
Appetite. Stomach, Liver and Kidney
troubles Electric Bitters are a positive,
guaranteed cure. Only 25c Shepherds
Pharmacy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-03-31
The Market.
TELEGRAPHlC BREVITTES.
georgetown, Mar. 31.-Whest 75a9O.

The steamer Pretoria was beaohed
this morning of Stapleton, Staten Is.
land. The fire has been extinguished
and wreckers are now engaged 10 pump.
ing the water from the steamers hold.
The vessel will probably be foated
later In the day. The damage. 1t is es.
timsted, will not exceed $4,000.
While she was being hauled out at
New York preparatory to her trial spin
Kaiser Wilhelm's new yacht Meteor II
met with an accident today. She was
jAmmed against group OF piles near
the pier at Shooters Island, and her
name plate was crushed and her stern
otherwise damaged slightly. Every
thing was made shipshspe later. and
the yacht, in tow, started out to lea
shortly afterwards.
Henry schsub, the Newark, N. J., muir
derer Of his wife and child, was todsy denied
Communication to life imprisonment By the
board Of psrdons. Murderer Hattrick, OF
Trenton. was denied q reprieve OF thirty
days and will hang next Friday.
Thomas HOernketh, the pugilist. better
known as Tommy White, who collapsed Sat.
urday night after boxing bout at Phiadel-
phis has regsined Consciousness and Is not
in serious condition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-03-31
The Storm at Pittsburg.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 31.-Devasta-
ton, loss OF property, injuries, and pos
sible death has followed In the wake OF
Yesterdays disastrous wind storm. 10
the annals OF Pittsburg 1t will be his
toric Easter Sunday. Four persons
we're probably fatally injured, ten
churches more or less damaged, indus
trial plants suffered great loss, one
steamer was ospsizsd, houses we're de.
molished and ohimneys and cornlces
blown down. The storm seemed TO
have it's centre 10 Pittsburg. While
eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania
seemed ID be hardest hit, West Vir.
GINA came 10 for its share. The
weather bureau says the storm was OF
local origin and was wind squall."
The sudden cooling OF the temperature
which dropped from 81 to 43 degrees 10
a short time. caused vacuum, which
engendered q fast wind. 10 a few
minutes there was gale blowing 36
miles az hour. IL will take several
days to determine the actual financial
damaRe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-03-31
METHODIST CONFERENCE.

At the Southern Methodist Confer.
ence in Baltimore on Saturday, Revs'
H. P. Hamill, J. A. Anderson and J. 6,
Hutchinson were declared elected cleri-
cal delegates ID the general conference
OF the church, which meets 10 Dallas,
Tex.
The question OF changing the time OF
meeting of the conference from this
month to the autumn oithe year caused
considerable discussion. and by vote OF
113 to SS it was decided that the time
remain unchanged.
The following ministers were refer
red to the committee on superannuated
relations: Rev. DR.. Rumsay SmithsoD,
Roanoke, 46 years in the ministry; Rev.
John @. Dsdwlck, Page Mission, i'll.
health; Rev. DR.. John Poisell Hyde,
formerly president for many years OF
the Valley Female College, Winches-
ter, and 40 years q minister.
The name of Rev. ]. r. Tillory being
presented for character, his name was
arrested by Presiding Elder Ball. A
motion to report his name for location
was adopted. This is equivalent to a
suspension.
Bishop Galloway ordained q number
OF deacons st Trinity Church yesterday
morning and several elders In st.
Paul's Church at night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-03-31
NEWS OF THE DAT.

1t Is non believed that the resolution
to investigate suffrage 10 the South will
not be heard Of again this session.
The newspaper plant, two hotsls aud
others buildings were destroyed by fire
10 Guthrie, Ok, yesterday, the loss
being estimated at $350,000.
Miss Ellen Stone, the missionary,
has arrived In London, though still
very nervous from her trying expert.
ences while captive Of the brigsnds.
James r. Garfield, son of the late
President Garfield, has accepted the
position of Civil Service Commissioner
made vacant by the resignation of vii.
liam A. Redenberg.
The Pike building in Cincinnati In
which the Pike Opera House is located,
was psrtially destroyed by fire yester-
day afternoon. The large audience got
safely out, but several women tainted.
Lstsst returns from the Arkansas pri-
mary elections show that Senator
James K. Jones has been defeated for
reelection by Ex-Governor James 2.
Clarke. The round bale cotton scandal
contribute largely to Jones's downfall.
With the greater part OF her crew OF
IL men asleep In their bunks, the little
fishing schooner Edna Earl, bound for
the sea, was run into aud sunk in Della.
ware Bay, off Reedy Island, Del, late
last night, and three of her crew were
drowned.
Indications are strong that President
Roosevelt will send Mr.. II. Clay Evans
to Madrid as Minister ID Spain as soon
as he decides upon his successor In the
Pension Office, and as soon as he is
able to place Bellamy Storer, the pres
ent Minister, In foreign embassy.
Among the good places which Presi.
dent Roosevelt has to offer just now
are Secretary of the Iutsrior, Commits
sioner OF Pensions, Minister to Madrid,
Ambassador to Italy, Ambassador to
Mexico, Commissioner of Immigration
and First Assistant Postmaster General.
Chinese officials say that thousand
people have been killed in riots at Ia
Ming Flu, the southernmost prefecture
of the provinces OF Chi Ii. The riots
were due to attempts OF local officials to
collect indemnities for the Catholics, az
arranged between the officials aud the
priests.
The transport Fitzpatrick arrived yes
terday ct San Francisco thirty days
from Manila, with 92l passengers, in
Guiding headquarters band and four
com panies of the Seventeenth Infantry,
four companies OF casuals, nintty sick,
four insane and sixty nine discharged
soldiers. The bodies ofCol. B. F. Pope
and Mrs. Pope were on board, the lat
ter having died on the voyage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-03-31
EaraiRn News.

Madrid, March 31.-The friendship
aud commercial treaty between Spain
and the United stitss will be signed as
soon as Bellamy Storer, q. 3. Amoss-
sador to Spain. returns from America.
Only few insignificant details remain
to be cleared up.
London, March 31.-A dispatch from
Singapore says the town OF Kucking,
10 the western part of British North
Borneo, was recently attacked by head
hunters from Dutch Borneo. Twenty
Of the residents OF the town were
killed.
Vienna, March S1.-Louif Bey, the
Turkish consul at Budapest, has been
kidnapped by Turkish spies and
forcibIy conveyed 10 Constantinople.
Ga his arrival 10 the Turkish capital,
Loutfi was sentenced to 10 years i'm
prisonm ent for supporting the young
Turks party abroad.
Paris, March 31.-The council Of
minis tsrs and President Loubst today
signed a decree fixing April q as the
data for the general elections.
Rome, March 31.-Monsignor seaton,
president of the Seaton N. j college, who
is at present in Rome, has been requested By
the Vatican to furnish particulars concerning
bis amt, who was the founder Of the Sisters
OF Charity and whose name has been proposed
for Qualification.
Mantle, March --Seventy-two deaths
and ninety cast is the cholera record TO date.
london, March 31.-The race for the Rem
dleshsm two-year.old stakes Of 200 sover-
eigns at Kempton Park today was won BY
Fests. The race for tho Queens prixs Of
800 soveregns was Won by Wabun.
Mecca, March 31.-During the past week
92S deaths from cholera have occurred here.
Sixty-one have succumbed to the disease ct
Tiddal
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-03-31
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The reappointment OF Mr.. Wrsy I.
knight as postmaster at Richmond IL
now regarded as certain.
Rev. Baker p. Lee, it,, has declined
the call to Christ Church, Chicago, and
will remain in Lexington.
Mr.. George ]. Johnson, one OF Wash
ington's oldest business men, died Sat-
urday. He was born in Westmoreland
county, in April, 1925.
1T. Harville, sc years OF age, whose
home IL at Danville, was found dead in
mis- room at lodging house in Wash
ington yesterday with the gas turned on.
The men employed at the Petersburg
Iron Works, who struck on Friday on
account OF the failure of the company
to make advances 10 pay, have decided
to return TO work.
Among the posioflice appointments
on Saturday were L. @. Cariness,
fayetteville; J. l.. Case. Morrisonville;
E. o. Russell. Oatlands; J. w. E1mick,
Whestland; ]. E. Russell, WOODBURY.,
all 10 Loudoun county, Va, and George
w. Davis at Vernon Mills.
John Jsrmsn and wife, of Fauquier
county, have been arrested and put In
Jail on the charge OF numbering yonng
woman named Lou Visor several
months ago. TIE remains OF the MUIR
dered woman were not found until
about the let Of March, and her disap.
pearance dates from Christmas week,
when she left her home at Selone to go
to the home OF John Jarman.
The street railway strikers in Norfolk,
have surrendered. They acknowl-
edged defeat, and have asked the COM
pany to reinstlts 81 of the 100 men OF
the union. This request has been re-
fused by the officials of the company,
who state that they will, however, en-
ploy, as individuals, ss many OF the
old men as they see fit, and they advise
the others to seek employment else.
where. The condition Of many Of the
strikers is pitiful. They went into the
strike confident OF crushing the COM
pany and bringing it to terms, and four
weeks have passed away and the men
and their families are now 10 desperate
straits.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-03-31
Woodward s. LOthrop.
10th, nth & F Sts., n. W.,
WASHINGTON. d G.
RECENT STORMS AND FLOODS:

The floods in Tennessee last week,
the greatest known in many years. have re-
suited in the loss OF number of lives and
property sggregating In value more than
81 ,000, 900. On the Nashville, Chattanooga
and ST. Louis and Louisville and Nashville
Railroads several bridges we're damaged.
Cumberland. Elk and Duck rivers and their
tributaries rose rapidly. the rise at Nashville
being % feet. Reports come from various
towns on the upper river that the raging
waters swept away q number of housee.
The towns Of Hartman q 0akdale, on
the Emery river, were nearly swept away,
manufacturing plants wrecked and numbers
of houses destroyed. In some places the resi-
dents took refuge on the roofs Of their inun-
dated homes. One family was drowned by
the house giving way and in another IN.
stance mother ard two young children
were lost.
Later reports from the flooded districts of
Tennessee estimate the damsge resulting
from storm Of rain and wind will reach
100000. Twenty-Five lives are believed
to have been lost.
Reports from Alabama show that about
forty persons lost their lives BY the storm In
that State.
Considerable damage resulted in Cleveland,
Toledo and other places in Ohio during yes
terdsy's storm.
The storm was especially severe in portions
Of Michigan and tae northern part OF New
York State.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-03-31

SENATORIAL DISTRICTS. The new
spportionmest OF the counties into dis.
tricts for the election OF State senators
has been made by the Legislature. The
districts 10 this section are as follows;
10. Frederick, Shenandoah and
Winchester unchanged.
IL. LOudoun and Fsuquier un-
changed.
10. Clarke, Page and Warren un-
changed.
IS. Spoltsylvanis, Stafford, Louisa
and Fredericksburg unchanged.
IA. Alexandria city, Alexandra
county, Fairfax and Prince William
unchanged.
is. Madison, Culpeper, Orange and
Rappshannock unchanged.
81 King George, Richmond, West
moreland, Lancaster and Northumber'
and unchanged.