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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-08-23
FINED FOR 'PHoNING OATH.
ST. Louis Physician Is Punished for
Losing Fills Temper and swear
ing AT an Operator.

In = &c Sidner's police court at
ST.. las the other day DIR. 5. l..
t,et,,s, "A West end physician, who
was arrested for swearing at" a
Bell telephone operator was fined
five dollars and costs for disturbing
the peace.
The judge decided three interest
ing points, to wit:
/. That profanity has no sufficient
provocative.
,. That it is always aggressive.
never protective, and heretofore
never eXcusable on the plea of self
defense.
b That the working principles of
laws have not been invalidated by
modern invention; that crimes or Of
fen es committed at long distance.
and such as the hurting of oaths at
a rerson in another Jurisdiction over
I've telephone, are amenable to the
in the Jurisdiction in which the
ne enee was committed.
~ Gettys admitted that he swore
9sa the telephone, but declared that
re 'cussed" the service, not the op-
orator, and pleaded that he, there
fore did not disturb the operators
peace
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-08-23
Low RATE Xxx. TO NIAGARA FALLS

On Thursdays August 21st, Septem-
Der 4th, Sth, 10th and October 2nd and
10th, 1902, personally conducted excur
sions to Niagara Falls will be run
from the line of the Cumberland Val
ley Railroad. Tickets will be good
going on regular G. V. r. r. train
No. 4. and direct connecting train ON
P. r. r. on dates given above. Re-
turning they will be good en- any reg
ular train within ten days from date
of5issue, with stop over pivilege at
Buffalo on return trip, within limit
Train leaves Martinsburg at S.15 a.
IN. Rate SO. 90 for the. round trip.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-08-23
NEED MORE OFFICERS.
Secretary shows by Figures That
There Are Not Enough Commits
stoned Men for Wnrships.

Evidence in black and white that
there are not enough commissioned
officers in the navy 10 properly man
the warships now in commission is
contained in a statement issued at
the department. Secretary Moody
firmly holds that substantial in
crease must be made IN the commits
stoned force or the United States
must stop building battleships. The
statement compares the personnel Of
1893, when the new navy" found it
self well under way, with that OF the
present year, and incidentally brings
in the eyer-present subject of shore
duty.
In 1893 there were 965 officers avail
able for sea duty in the navy, the
total displacement of which was 244.-
s43 tons. This was an average of 254
tons to each officer. OF the commits
stoned force $50 officers were doing
active sea duty, and 400 were as
signed to shore service. In 1902 there
were 1923 officers available for sea
service in the navy, the total dis
placement of which is s27,022 tons.
This is an average of SOC tons to each
officer. OF the total commissioned
force 720 officers are at sea and 303
are doing shore service.
The period between 1893 and 1902
has been one of greater growth for
the United States navy than any 20
years previous TO that time. The
size and efficiency has increased
threefold in that time, but there is
an increase of only SIS commissioned
officers. The intricacies of the mod
ern battleship are such as to require
the highest skilled attention. The
Importance of shore duty is far more
than ever before, but the force at
present engaged on shore service is
smaller than ever.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-08-23
HOW MEXICANS LIVE.
Peculiar Customs Noted by Visitors
from the States.
Light Breakfast Taken by Inhabi-
tants of Our Sister Republic
Food Of the working Peo-
pie In Very Plain.

The Mexican breakfast, like that
of the French, consists only Of bread
and coffee Lunch and dinner, or
dinner and supper. as they are cali
ed, differ but slightly. Dinner is
served usually about O'Clock. 1t
Bogus with soup and eggs, and then
follow number Of meats, each
served as separate course, with an
entire change of service every time.
The meats are eaten quite alone,
few vegetables being served in adj
dition to the salad course, and such
as are used for garnishment. The
dessert courses at a Mexican table
differ even more radically from those
served ON American tables. Home
made pies, cakes and buildings are
practically unknown.
The Mexican housewife, says Mod
ern Mexico, pays comparatively lit
tie attention to the kitchen, and
rarely cooks anything herself. If
pastry is desired, it is purchased at
the dulceria. Nothing is baked in a
Mexican house, even the bread being
universally bought from bakers.
Mexican cooks do not, as a rule, UNI
derstand pastry making, and their
sweets are limited to stewed fruits,
usually cooked to the consistency of
the richest and sweetest preserves,
so that very small portion is salts
flying.
Business hours in Mexico begin in
the afternoon at 2:30 or 3 O'clock,
and run until or s in the evening,
so that the supper hour falls any,
where from $3.50 to an hour later.
This is probably one reason that
Mexicans are not more given to even
ing entertainments. Attendance up
on the theater entails the necessity
of an unusually early supper, or else
in postponement until after the per-
Torrance, thing that often occurs.
On the cher hand, leisurely sup
per of an hour or more, beginning at
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-08-23

o o'clock, brings the close pretty
close TO bedtime.
The Mexican day laborer swallows
a bowl of coffee at a street stand,
on his way to work if he is fortunate
enough to pass one, and has the
price, but usually he begins his daily
toll upon an empty stomach. About
9 O'Clock his faithful spouse, or
some member of his family, and, not
infrequently, all of them, mother and
children, come trudging to the scene
of labor with n basket containing
a pitcher of soupy brown beans, tor
tillas (eorn cakes that form the staff
of life among the lower classes),
some rice and possibly some bits Of
meat that are minced in "A tortilla,
which. in addition to serving often as
both bread and meat, is also knife
and fork and spoon. Bits are torn
off. and by deity curling it into
semi-circular form and doubling the
end il is used as an effective scoop
for even liquid food.
A jug or pulqae, the fermented
,iNANt W iht iAttE az VI NtnbhAA illdiN,
that is the universal leverage among
the masses on the tableland is also
a usual accompaniment of this meal.
The Mexican laborer does not have
a midday rest. but works until about
3 o'clock, when the morning repast
is repeated without variation as to
bill of fare. He begins his toll at
daybreak, and is expected to work
till dark, with little regard to a
clock. On his way home he stops at
a pulqueria 10 have all the drinks
he can afford. and arrived at his
home he may find something more
z e. and kr may not " seems TO
make little difference To- him.
The Mexican peon can eat more.
or vet along on less. than almost any
other laborer on earth. In the south
ern part OF the country. where the
mountain Indians are at times draft
ed for work in the lower country,
these men bring with them a bali Of
heavy cornmeal paste, about the size
OF their heads. slung about their
necks with a string. When hungry
they break off piece of this and
mix IL up in a cup OF water, and up
on this single ration they win SUBJ
sist for an entire week
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-08-23
10 DAY EXCURSION.
sea shore Excavations viii he RIM via
the Cumberland Valley and Penn
svIvnnta HafIroad@

The Cumberland Valley Railroad
has fixed upon Thursdays June 26th,
July 10th. and oath, Auguts 18th, and
2l st, and Sept list, for their Annual
Midsummer excursions to the Sea
Shore, the time allowed Oh these ex-
curisons being sixteen days.
Excursion tickets to Atlantic City,
Cape May and other South Jersey re-
sorts Will be sold from all stations ON
the Cumberland Valley r. r. on above
dates for train No. leaving Martins
burg S. Is a. IN. at IS. 80 for the round
trip, and will be good to return on
any regular train Except the New
York and Chicago Limited and the
Pennsylvania Specially within sixteen
days, including date of issue. For
full information call on Local Ticket
Agents.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-08-23

Intelligence comes from the recesses
of Long Island that that greatest of
conditional scientists. Prof Nikola
Tesla, is going TO do all sorts Of mar
gelous things in the way Of transmit
ting electricity without wires For
the last Is years, says the Chicago
Chronicle, Mr.. Tesla has been going
10 do things and other men have done
them, whereupon Mr.. Tesla has
emerged from his medicine tepee and
calleH upon heaven TO witness that he
thought out those things years before,
but did not think it worth while to
mention them In the matter of
ton Of promise and a grain of per-
Torrance Mr.. Tesla enjoys undisputed
prominence among living physicists.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-08-23
DEER PARK HOTEL,

Agents.

Swept by mountain breezes, 1850
feeta bove sea level, absolutely free
from malaria, hay fever and mosqui-
toes. Reached without change of cars
from all principal cities via Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. Every modern
convenience. Rooms EN- suite with
private baths. Electric Lights, Long
Distance Telephone, Elevators, Turk
ish Baths, SHINING Pools, Golf Links,
Tennis Courts, Boiling alleys, Billiard
Room, Magnificent Drives, Complete
Livery Service, Annapolis Naval Acad-
envy Band Hotel remodeled with adj
ditional conveniences and renovated
throughout. All cottages have been
taken for the season. Open from June
2lst to September 30th. -.
For rates and information addres
w. +. BurwAll, Manager
b. & o. Central Bu1loing, Baltimore
Md. until June 1st After that time,
Deer Park, Garrett County Md.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-08-23
BApTIsTs TO MEET nnKE.

The annual meeting Of the Shenan-
doah Baptist Association will he held
in the First Baptist church, this city,
next week, beginning on Wednesday,
August 81 and continuing throughout
the week There are $50 delegates to
the convention and il is expected that
there will be at least that number Of
strangers in the city, including dele
gates and visitors during the..meeting
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-08-23
LABORERs SCARCE.

Scarcity of men, it is claimed, is de-
laying the work ON the connection be-
tween the p & r. and c. V. r. r..
at Shippensburg, over which the inter
change of traffic between the +. q G.
is to be made after September LIST, and,
it is stated, that if this connection is
not in shape trains will run through
to White Hill, where they also con
meet with the p. &. r.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-08-23
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
EXCURSIONS TO ATLANTIC CITY.
N. j., Ocean City, Md, and Rehoboth
Reach, Del,
AT VERY Low RATES,
Thursdays, June 10, July IL and 81 4,
Aug. ~ and rs, and sept. 4, 1902

Tickets will be good sixteen days. In
Guiding date of sale.
For full information concerning tick
cts, stop-overs, time of trains, sleep
ing and parlor car Accommodations call
ON or address nearest Ticket Agent,
Baltimore and Ohio r. r. for full in
formation.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-08-23
JnstLook Az Her.

Whence came that sprightly step,
faultless skin, rich, rosy complexion,
smiling face. Here's her secret. She
uses DR. Kings New Life Pills. Re
suit, all organs active, digestion
good, no headaches, no chance foT
blues " Try them YOURSELF. Only 25c
at all druggists.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-08-23
NORFOLK & WESTERN RY.
schedule la sffeet.Junes
SOUTHBOUND

schedule la effect.June
SoUTHBoUND
Leave Shenandoah Junction.
No IS. SO a. IN. for Roanoke and
intermediate Stations. Bristol,
Knoxville and Chattanooga. Pull
man Sleeper for Knoxville. Also
for Bluefeld, Pocahontas, Column
bus. Cincinatti and points west.
Pullman Sleeper for Roanoke and
Columbus.
No La OF a. IN. daily, Tor -Roanke,
Bristol, Bristol, Blueheld, Warto.
PocanontaS. Welsh. Pullman sleep
er Shenandoah Junction % WEIGH.
No 27.-6.oo p. m. for Berryville-
Front Royal. Luray and iuterme-
date stations.
NORTHBOUND.
No. 80 s a. m. for Shepherds
town, Antietam and Haeerstown.
No. 4.--o.o4 p. m. for Hagers'
and points north Pullman Steep
err to New York.
No. as 30 a. m. daily, tor Hagers-
town. Pullman sleeper tor Phila-
delphia.
For rates. schedule. etc. spply 10.
any agent N. x w. Ry.. or
w. B. BEvILL. NJ. r. BRAGG,
Gen. Pass. Agt Trav. Pass. Agt-
Roanoke, Va.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-08-23

An experiment, with view to as
certain the relative resistance, under
pressure, of the hardest steel and
the hardest stone, was recently made
at Vienna. Small cubes, measuring
lem, Of corundum and the finest
steel were subjected to the test. The
eorundum broke under the weight of
six tons, but the steel resisted up To
~ tons.
The Washington times., 1902-10-14
Both May Be Unhappy.

1t develops that the exchange OF sta
iions made by the President TO suit the
convenience Of the Government in the
case of Consul General Bragg at Ha-
vana and Consul General Rublee at
Hongkong may make both of these emf
nent wisconsin statesmen unhappier
than they now are in their present sta
tions. General Bragg. it will be re-
called. wrote letter to his wife soon
after mis- arrival at Havana, that 1T
would be easier to make whistle out
of a pigs tail than TO make American
citizens out OF the Latin race. This
observation even though IL was made 10
his own wife. rendered the general per-
soma non grata to the Cubans. and IN
order TO preserve the peace the Presi-
dent had to inform the Cuban govern
ment privately that he would relieve the
strain at an early date by removing the
gallant old general. who undoubtedly IS
loved by many of his fellow citizens for
the enemies he has made. Now it turns
out that Consul Rublee some time ago
wrote as follows TO a friend in Milwau-
kee about Hongkong: 1T is no place
for q civilized man. accustomed to the
ordinary comforts of life. TO live. l. is
interesting to the stranger who may stay
a few weeks, but to the permanent resi-
dent it is extremely distasteful. Thus
it is not improbable that the President
has made bad swap all around.
The Washington times., 1902-10-14
GENERAL SUMMERS DUTY.

The action of the Sultan of Bacolod
that the Mndanao Moro
they instead of that the American
proceed teach these the their
The of punishment thus made should ag
gyel possible
dons This duty The Mo Mndanao
brought understand authority supreme Philip
archipelago Being wild and fierce
such until have had opportunity elevate barbars
If at the time employ military force for their
only they capable of compendng
suit will show that this the
rebellion
of restoring order will but be made the bood The
must be conyincingy whipped now.
General Sumner be trusted to perform this properly all
without
of them will be seized by the anmpeass
raise another oucy of the ihumaniy of Philippines
leveld Jacob a. Smith for punitive campaign
island of Samar soldiers this Injustice as
they The animperasts curioh folk
Glory of necessity they be against flag of their
The Washington times., 1902-10-14
Gen. Grosvenor's Strange Dispatch.

The Hon. Charles Henry Grosvenor
sees trouble ahead-for himself, at
least-and maybe for some important
interests fer which he has been fight
ing valiantly in Congress as chairman
of the House Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries. From Chicago
the other day General Grosyenor sent
dispatch to Clement A. Griscom. OF
Philadelphia. president of the Interna-
tional Navigation Company. which runs
the American line of steamers from New
go home tomorrow TO face 5000 mad
coal miners, with miners candidate
against me- General Grosvenor's dis
trict Is the seat of the most active coal
mining industry in Ohio. Mr.. Griscom
does not live in the district Neither
is he coal miner. nor is it known that
he in any way is connected with the
efforts now being made TO settle the
anthracite coal strike. Just why, there
fore, the gallant Grosvenor should feel
called upon to lay his troubles at the
feet of the president Of the Interna-
tional Navigation Company, who Is not
Still. maybe If the '.nine thousand mad
coal miners" who General Grosvenor,
has to face when he goes home should
replace him in Congress with the ,nisn-
,rs' candidate ship subsidy legislation
might be held up much longer than IT
has already been.
The Washington times., 1902-10-14
Wants to Swear Mr.. Jackson.

Over in the. First Congressional dis
trict OF Maryland the Democrats have
nominated candidate who las submit
ted to his Republican opponent. Repre-
sentative jackson, a novel proposition
This remarkable Democrat. Ellegood by
name. has asked Mr. Jackson to go with
him before a notary public or other oiti-
cial with the authority to stamp the
great seal of the State of Maryland upon
documents that thus become legal and
binding. and there solemnly swear. de-
pose. etc. that neither candidate Will
spend one cent OF money for votes.
While there is no record of Mr.. jack
sons refusal 10 enter into this COM
pact. still there is no record Of his hay-
ing accepted the proposition Pending
further negotiations it is supposed there
is no obligation on either side not to
spend in the canvass all the money re-
uuired or available to set before the
voters of the Eastern Shore the i'm
perishable principles of government and
of human rights upon which both candi-
dates are appealing for ballots. Mean
time. of course. the suffragans in that
part of the moral vineyard need not so
without coal.
The Washington times., 1902-10-14
Preparing to Boom Dalzell.

The Hon. Thomas s. Butler, of West
chester. is the first member of the
Pennsylvania delegation TO speak out
boldly in favor OF the Hon. John Dalzell
for Speaker of the next House. To .
Washington friend Mr.. Butler said ths
other day: Pennsylvania should have
the Speakership in the event of Repub-
licau success. Why not? Well. VS.
will strike with the long pole, and IL the
fruit is not out OF reach we will get il.
Dalzell is a brilliant man. He is the
parliamentarian of the House l sup
pose the question of location will arise.
1t should not Fitness should be the
only consideration. II is not the time
for details. but movement will be
made | understand that the Pennsyl.
vania members have agreed that If the
next House is Republican they will give
Dalzell unanimous Endorsement, and
continue a campaign for him that will
De determined and successful. | am
told that both Pennsylvania Senator's
have promised their assistance
The Washington times., 1902-10-14
THE NEW COMMISSIONER.

Columbia every itself
the appointment the Herr L. West Mr.
West has been for intelligent student of District sf He has
been brought and intimate touch with life and
Washington He watched the by which laws
made for restraint He has measured the influences
familiar with all those and of legislation which make for
municipal advantage or municipal detriment.
The Commissioner has also the for his which
from long with District needs District
conditions He has youth adaptab and counted
useful credabe the responsible office which
the President has Just appointed him.
Some protests Vests selection
reached the President from But the opposition
fue and lacked
channels which egmaey to The President wisely brushed
aside objections disngenuous invalid after
eraon made the choice thus coy objected grounds of public
interest and personal fitness.
Mr. West the District Commission with the cordial support
good wishes of the Washington public We predict for
cessful and agreeable official
The Washington times., 1902-10-14
MORE BLUECOATS NEEDED.

However optimistic be regard the
ta City, admitted that the millennium distant
the police doubt
able condition of social order Washington largely
the bucoats;
been too few for the territory be guarded.
Major Sylvester forwarding his schedule estimates
lice the his
that the Police Department be brought standard
He advised men,
and requested a general advance in salaries
The Chief of Police has been capable and conscientious
that his be taken showing
of his department The exhibition of
fordd during at the
of sadly overworkng the faithful who the police
reasonable proposition however, that such burdens
The Washington times., 1902-10-14

apprecative the
the End Suburban Citizens Association looking toward the
continued of the Badenug Road the of the
system that the The thus asked
with the general bemen of Washington and WILL of tend to
the deaby of the city place of residence The expenditure
contemplated the for the work with advan
age be included in the report to be submitted to Congress
Only the other day the of brought to pub
lie notice the fact that the Navy Department unable grant the
leaves of absence after three afa because of the
shortage of officers difficulty being
fenced second foa of torpedo boats because there
lack of officers and that these be drawn from
warhp and cruisers thus diminishing the complement of the latter
condition should be without its effect Congress The
begun by the building Of number of ships be formidable only
theory there officers command the
colder and the first snowfall
expect weather.
westerly Old Mother Nature has been kind
providing exceptional mldne but
the and
If the of undue hardship the public because
of the prolonged coal strike the sentiment favor of providing for
the disputes between capital and labor will be
vastly strengthened.
The amenabe accident by which the French aeronaut De Brad
and lost their lives while balloon above Paris
yesterday much aerosacs
additional proving that brave who cautious and
full well should indulge such In all likelihood the
will when the paccaby fully and satisfac
to demonstrated but such demonstration will not be the work of
of the De Badsy type The who takes chance
than absolutely the type of whom the world
must look for the solution of the airship problem.
The Washington times., 1902-10-14

drastic action, and he has now been
placed by the Austrian courts OF law
"unter curatel.' that is to say, reduced
to the legal status of minor or of a
lunatic, deprived of all legal responsi-
bility and civic rights. while the ad-
ministration of his affairs is vested in
the hands of curator" or trustee.
precisely as il he were mentally ire
sponsible.
The trustee in the present instance is
Prince Charles Louis of Thurn and
Taxis, his brother-in-law. and there has
been no opposition on the part Of Prince
Francis Joseph of Braganza to the ar
rangement, to which, indeed, he has
been consenting party.
As a rule people are placed under ecu
ratel" either on account of insolvency
and extravaganza. or because OF mental
irresponsiblity. In this case, however.
no reason is given for the action OF the
court. the inference being that it is the
mental irresponsibility which has been
the cause.