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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-11

A f-w more weeks now and the
berry season will be over. Straw
berries have seen their day, rasp.
berries are just winding up their
affairs, and blackberries and buckle
berries are all that remain. The sea-
son has not been a success by any
means.
Spring put In an appearance on
schedule time and everything
looked favorable, when winter
rushed back and sat right down In
the lap of April just as she was
preparing to leave and give her
place to May. Consequently the
berries that had become rather far
advanced on the road to ripeness
were severely injured and that In
cluded the territory Of the Ohio
Valley and about all the State OF
Ohio, making practical failure OF
the crop, reducing the quality aud
putting the price away up. The
first shipments from Georgia and
Florida, however, had not been
hurt and we're the finest ever re-
ceived along the lakes and through
New York State where the berries
had not become far enough advan'
ced to be hurt by the cold spell,
and were as good and plentiful as
ever.
Can't Touch Failure,
There Is not enough of them
though to, overcome the failure of
the other crops. Along the Ohio
river from Cincinnati up the berries
produced this year, such as they
were, equalled In quantity last years
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-11

The Elks of this city have been
planning for some time to attend
the grand lodge of that order at
Baltimore week after next. Some
fifty or more OF them will leave on
the 10TH on special Pullman sleep
el. In the number there will be
quite a few ladies. The reports
from the metropolis of Maryland
are so fattering that new names
are being daily added to the list.
From what has come on the best
authority, the antlered tribe will be
entertained as never before. Balti-
more Is a magnificent city, noted
for Its hospitality, has an Elk lodge
and some that are famous through
out the entire south, and Is prepar'
Ing to devote It's whole time
and attention to the Elks for the
entire week that they will
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-11

Guy W. VanCamp, brakeman on
yard engine No. 319 In the o, R. R.
division yards, was maimed for life
while at work at eight. thirty
o'clock Thursday evening at Par
kersburg.
VanCamp had just come on duty
and was assisting In switching some
cars from the main track to track
No. 2 In front of the round house
when by accident his foot slipped
under the wheels OF the engine
tender and the member was COM
pletely severed just below the ankle.
The Injured man bore the pain
we'll and was taken down to the de.
pot from where he was taken to St.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-11
TEACHERS INSTITUTES

be held at St. Marys for Peasants
county with A. S. Bell and ". M.
Foulk instructors. The Wetzel
county institute Is also held on the
same date at New Martinsville and
w. L. MCGOWAN and w. II. Gallup
are the instructors.
The enumeration for 1908 and
1904 for this county shows school
population of $3.50. Our county
will receive from the State fund for
school purposes this wear $8,64o,72.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-11

The universal interest in the con
dition of Pope Leo and the sympa'
thy for His Holiness In his illness
by Protestants throughout the
world are very significant evidences
They indicate that the world Is
rapidly rising to higher standard
of religious matters. The Pope,by
his wise and. conservative policy
has contributed much to this noble
aud happy end. By his liberal
views, wise and rational actions, ne
das woB the confidence Of the ert!re
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-11

Yesterday afternoon between the
hours of 2 and 4 o'clock the resi-
dence of Mrs. L. Vickers on the
South Side was entered by some
sneak thief and looted. Mrs. Vickers
Is absent from the city and at the
time the robbery was committed
the house was locked up, or sup
posed to have been. Mrs. Vicker's
SON Chester, who holds position
In the wholesale department of the
Brilliant cafe, locked the house up
at I p. m. and placed the key In a
letter box near the door and the
thief securing 1t entered the resi-
dence. Forty dollars which was
secreted In a bureau drawer and
also $50 of Mont Wetzel's who was
coming at the house, was taken
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-11
ILLNESS OF POPE LEO

world. He is recognized by Pro-
testants as we'll as by Catholics, as
one of the worlds great seekers of
religious knowledge and truth. As
a whole the religious world will
miss the influence of the great
pontif.
There Is little change 10 his con-
dition to report today. The WON
derful old man was never more
wonderful than In the fortitude
and vitality which he has shown In
holding ont against death after bis
physicians had given him up.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-11
RESIDENCE LOOTED

together with a number of other
articles Including jewellery.
The house Is two story and every
room In 1t was looted. Trunks
were pried open, ahd every conceiv.
able place where valuables were sup
posed to be secured were ransacked
Just previous to the storm yester-
day afternoon Chester sent Mont
Wetzel to the house to close the
windows, and 1t was then the rob,
berry was discovered. 1t was one
of the boldest deeds that has been
committed In the suburbs of the
city for many years, aud 1t Is to be
hoped the guilty party, or pardes,
will be brought to justice. Up to
going to press this afternoon no
clue to the robbers had been Sc
cured.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-11
BERRY CROP

output, for the reason that three
times as many are being cultivated
w. o. McClusky, the berry mer'
hant of Wheeling, has stated that
although a good crop of blackber-
ries was promised he could hardly
believe 1t. II have never seen," he
said, "a failure In one part of the
berry business bat there was
corresponding failure In the entire
crop. The time of maturity for all
berries Is linked so closely together
that 1t seems impossible for one
kind to be hurt by the weather and
the others suffer no injury. Rasp-
berries commence coming In before
strawberries are all gone, and now
blackberries have been coming for
a week past, while raspberries will
be coming for another week, and
then huckleberries from the Blue
Ridge district of Old Virginia will
be coming In. So when they are so
closely allied I cannot believe but
that the whole crop will be a dis
appointment"
Wanted Good Berries.
What made the situation more
awkward for the growers was the
fact that the demand was unques'
tionably for the finest berries, the
people seemed to have the money
to pay for good ones, and that was
what they wanted. We will all have
to take what there Is, however, and
perhaps the quality will not make
SO much difference after the fires
have burned and cauldrons bubbled
long enough to convert the whole
product into jam and jelly.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-11

Our Champions easily defeated
the Woodsfeld team yesterday
afternoon on the latter's grounds at
Woodsfeld, the score at the end OF
the game standing 7 for Sistersville
to for Woodsfeld. The gentle
men who attended the game from
this city report the umpire as hav'
ing been very fair, the game a very
tame one, the attendance not
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-11
DE-
FEAT WOODSF|ELD

over 200 and the Woodsfeld people
frankly admit they cannot beat our
home team this year unless they
get some better players In their
team. The same teams play again
today. Yesterday, Captain Out
cault made his first error for this
season. The Woodsfeld team
made their two runs In the first
and third innings The Champions
made run In seven innings, one
run to an inning.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-22

nected the wires with dynamo. Then
with the magnet thus made. he pulled
the bitof steel from he wound "a bout
the same time an Apprentice IN the
Mare Island navy yard In California
was injured in the face By some bits
Of steel from i broken tool The sur
geon failed to extract all the pieces,
and the wound infamed. The chief
electrician then improyised a magnet.
capable Of lifting five hundred pounds
and held it in front Of the boys face,
when the remaining bit of steel few
out Of the wound as promptly as if 1t
had been sent for. Now R some one
would invent magnet that would pull
slivers out of boys fingers, thou
sands of young Americans would rise
and call him blessed.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-22
luxtary and Degeneration.

@ TUDENTS Of sociology have dwelt on the Anglo
- Saxon habit Of luxury as II 1t were an AngloSaAoh
Ahabt and not an implant from the Latin Ihey 10
49, call 1t luxury they name 1t comfort and between
and the other line be drawn for what was
extravaganza In the last century Is the common properly
OF all In this In housing feod drink clothing
transportation ornament domestic properties the aces
life every day citizen expects
and obtains than did the nobleman and merchant
three centuries ago The effect of comfort luxury to
draw to the cities where Is easily bought; to
add the congestion already existing here by that con-
geson induce nsanitary modes of fe through luxury
to induce, also softness, weakness that make us the
reader prey disease ennu melancholy and eventual de-
generaton-physical mental moral
Such at least Ia the theory but instinct not merely
Of sepreservaon but of preservation, beget in
the Shore months in the year. travel
golf to take walking, horseback, bicycling automobile
tours, to fill the eye with light and pleasing images and
the lungs with unbreathed air. to regain the Of
beauty, to live simply and bring back the vital
1ty that Is Slapped by artificial living in the cities.
Hard conditions make hardy men, If they not too
hard, and in the brief apses from those conditions
natural rest and upsprngere Is greater happiness than
acquiring uxures the forgetting of pleasure
In q newer. The barefoot boy, fishing with pin and
Whistng in his freedom not only healthier stronger
and OF sturder moral Aber but Is really happier than
the pale overdressed city boy who has hundred
unknown to the rustic Still. the country people
ious for their share in the distribution uxures and
rightly for in their environment they less Injurious
y affected by them, If affected at a-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-22
Vanity Fair.

"smart set" is early at Its refined diversions.
which annually grow more novel In conceit and ex-
quisite in humor The genius whose original and hap
py dongs the particular delight Of society, reco
ecting the glory he last year by dining monkey
among other guests at his table, the other day, the
deck of the ferryboat brought joy to
and all by barking like dog and jumping about
all tours while he picked the ladies' with
his teeth The dvertng idea of the host who recently
dined party horseback In sherrys ballroom from little
tables fastened the pommels of hartytwo saddles
too splendid triumph to 60 long unrtvaled M. Santos
Dumont has given his friends the exharang experience OF
dinner In midalr from stilted tables and chairs with
miniature alrships circng round their heads whls for
another candidate for social glory Sherys ballroom
transformed from stable into barnyard where live
chickens and pigs furnished delightful of
reality and in the middle of which colossal egg ncosed
table at which elaborate luncheon served by watt
clad farm hands
The ingenuity displayed in these enterprises the In
ventlve the taste and thought exercised bringing
details to perfection the lavish disregard the of
outre settings and the spirit Of Wanting deness
souclancehow refreshing contrast all this affords
plain and unimagnatve abors OF those whose
absorbed In earning daily bread carrying worlds
work. teaching Its children healing Its SICK striving to
to elementary human needs spreading mod
est tables of hospitality for smplehearted
deiphia Public Ledger
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-22
EDITORIALS


this generation to direct steamship connection between
the inland seas of the North and the ocean II vessels were
bult big enough to them profitable as reghters Pc
tween Duluth and Liverpool they could NOT -.
tho canadian canals and there prospect Of the Do
mnion charging those waterways they nave
already cost lot money for improvements ana bein8
now adequate for ordinary purposes they Will De main
tanned In their present condition for time to come
They can be used to advantage by ships OF mod
est which are large enough to encounter sue
cessfuy the perils of navigation in the lakes Such are
planned for the Great Lakes and 81
Company They will carry grain for longer distance With
out breaking bulk any other vessels built for
Northwestern trade and will facilitate export by reducing
charges-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-22
JOKE and this man on the spot for
sWore practical joking forever
Youths Companion.
Not a Bit Surprised,

Say, boys" he broke in. poor Jim.
my Turner's dead"
Jimmy Turner was iockev and
trainer well known on Western tracks
and each member of the party haavod
preliminary sigh of regret at his tax
ing OH But not one of them was sur
prlsed. Not at all. Quite to the con-
'rafy' Every one of them had fore
seen and predicted it time after time
Well I'm not bit surprised" said
tne hrst man., THE last time I saw
Jimmy he looked mighty bad to mo
AND of peaked about the ewes"
les said the second man, break
ing H. and he's had that hectic flush
0n - MS cneeks for the last two months"
4 was telling my wife yesterday y
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-22

infantry, under"the supervisor Nj
III. L. Bailey. 1t is in .the sbsns /
pyramid, fifteen feet high ma 49,
upon the top is an old Spanish NJ II
surrounded by four modern sbsll,
Adjt. Gen. Corbin has ind NJ
from a friend in Manila an aopsss n
the unwilling of the menlorial Il,
photograph of the monument MAJ
reproduced. The ceremonies wo,.ls
pie. yet very impressive.
That Gen. Lawton was lovot
respected by those who served n
him was attested by the preseSss
the ceremonies of a large nIInks,
Americans who had served Win
in his Indian campaigns Id thIs \
try. Conspicuous also among il
present were the I4awton Post IN
Veterans OF the Army Of the Phi
pines, and a number Of native !
DinoS.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-22
Stimulated His Imagination,

The mother of the three hoss ~ T.
noticed that when they slept u X
same room they were a long tlhle Il 4
ing to sleep. A little inFestsaess
brought out the reason.
John" said she, what KEEP. Y
boys awake SO long last nlgn1
Bob was telling us stories, " !
piled.
But I heard him saying bo,s
wish you wouldn't bother me- "
to go to Sleep" 81
YES admitted John. "When v u
told us one story we'd get oat Y Il, Il
and run around the room a W. =
Then we would crawl in again : :
put our cold feet against his pacA' II
keep them there till he told Us aAS''
err -..--... 49,
Years afterward Bob" became . !, =
nous lecturer and story-teilet' \
that, possibly, is the way ne 81
start.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-22
HIS LAST PRACTICAL JOKE.


G. NJ. Harger tells in a Western ma
per the story OF the way in which a
lawyer came to abandon practical iok-
ing. The senior lawyer OF the bar in
certain county was courteous gen
tleman of the old school, of whom his
juniors were fond. This old LAWYER
was very near-sighted. but had hab-
1t, when addressing a jury, of taking
OF his glasses.
One day when he was thus sneak
ing, and his spectacles were living on
the table, his back was turned to the
other members Of the bar The LAWYER
to whom alluston has been made no
ticed on the table piece of tissue
paper. and saw in this a chance to
play joke on the older man.
With penknife he cut out pieces
OF the tissue-paper just large enough
TO cover the lenses OF the spectacles
and with a little mucilaSe fastened
them to the glasses. The paper WAS
scarcely noticeable, but it was enouvb
to prevent vision through the glasses
Presently the old lawyer had occa-
sion to read some paper in the conrsa
Of his address. He came back to the
table, put on the glasses, and attemnt-
ed 10 read. He strained his ewes 70
adjusted the. glasses, and tried again
Then 9 deadly pallor overspread his
face, which was not in the least amns
ing to see. He staggered to a chair
The young lawyers gathered around
him.
MY God, gentlemen" he said "1
am blind! l have feared it for wears p,
Then he dropped his face in his hands
The courtroom was hushed Ro
fore any one could speak. however,
he had lifted his head and perceirod
that he could see again. He examinod
his glasses, and as he rubbed the tis
sue-paper. he flushed with ipdipno+,on
Not person in the room found in 49,
Incident anything to smile atInot
even the one who had perpetrated the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-22
Roth MtsFa1xAn-

An Irish merchant, who had more
money in his pocket than his appear.
ance denoted. took q seat In a first
class carriage. A dandy fellow pas
senger, was much annoyed at Pats
presence and, missing his handker-
chief, taxed him with having picked
his pocket. After recovering the hand
kerchief. which he had put in his hat,
he made lame apology. but Pat stop
ped him with the remark:
Make yourself easy. darlInt; don't
bother about the matter. You took nue.
for thafe, took you for a gentle
man. We Were both of us mistaken,
that's all. me honey"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-22

Although the nominating conventions
will not be held for a year, the cam
paign for the election Of a President
is well under way. The daily newspa-
pers are filed with discussion of the
availability of candidates and the rela.
tive Importance Of issues. This Is not
an unusual condition. No sooner Is q
President elected than the party mana
gers begin preparations for the next
campaign. The people begin as soon
as the President is inaugurated to dis
cuss the question whether he will be
candidate for denomination. If the
Presidential term were eight years in
stead of four, the campaign would not
begin actively so soon after the cleo
ton; but 1t would still begin, for 1t is
true in politics as we'll as in farming,
that the price of success is continuous
application. AS government in the
United States is the business of the
people, the kind of government they
have depends on the amount Of atten-
tion they give to 1t. The exercise of
that eternal vigilance which is the
price of efficiency in the public service
Is wearying, and now and then one
wishes that the Presidents term were
longer, or that the citizen were able to
perform all his civic duties by a single
act once in four years, and then not
be troubled by the matter till another
Presidential election. The duty is con-
tinuous. Not only does the Presidential
campaign never end, but the Congress
sional campaign as we'll is in progress
all the time. The same rule prevails
IN State. county, city, town and village
government. 1t is much like house-
keeping. When the breakfast dishes
are washed preparations for dinner
begin, and when dinner is over the
table Is laid for supper Now and then
woman, grown weary with the cares
of her home, goes into hotel or q
clearinghouse where some one else Or
ders the meals; but in government the
tendency Is away from the boarding
house plan, because men prefer to de-
eide for themselves what cut of politi-
cal roast beef they shall have, and
when their desserts shall be cabinet
pudding and when Washington pie. It
is this ability to choose for ones self
that constitutes political as we'll as So
cial independence.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-22
EMPEROR OF ETHIOPIA
That L. Menelik's Title, and he i
Descendant Of Solomon. I

That Ia Menelik's Title, and He II
Descendant Of Solomon.
And who Is the Emperor Of Iii
opia? Those who may happen to KID!
may consider it an absurdly easy ql
ton to answer. But such Is the lgaA
ance of things most necessary to kli5
in which our people are sunk that oil
few are aware that Menelik II.
Abyssinia has borne that title saa
1889. He used to be called the neg
his full title being neg1s nega
meaning king of kings. The Abys
ian monarch used to be mere liz
of ChCa. But, now he rules the ults
Kingdoms of Choa, GOdjam, Djimn
Kaffa and Watamo, with some eh
provinces. Consequently he Is an
perOr. .f4485
Ancient blood is expected In an
peror, and it is remarkable. that be-
Abyssinia, the most obscure Of the
perial band, is of the Oldest stock
all. At least, that is his claim. Y
his father, came of the old royal az
lily of Ethiopia that traces Its desa
to Menelik l.. son of Solomon bY u
Queen of Sheba. Ailu was eldest
Of a great chief named Sella-Sela2
under whom the kingdom OF Ghoa 1
tanned to its highest pitch Of poTe
Now Sella-Selassie's own name "
formerly been Menelik, but be
been warned by a monk to change
otherwise he would suffer great u
fortune. He should, however, sala Y
monk, call the son Of his first bonn
the name of Menelik, and the enaa
christened would one day be the ees
queror of all Ethiopia and the greaez
Of her rulers since the days OF Melea
l., son Of Solomon. AS soon, theftlu'
as the grandson was born ne "
named Menelik. The really cula8
thing about this story is that ! v
certainly told and retailed BY ah " T.
ian traveller some years before Menu
conquered Ethiopia" and co1s0llos'a
his realm.-LondOn Daily News.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-22
Protection Against Fire.

T~aE town of Salem, N. c., offers useful object les
son In the system of protection from the dangers
fire. The town is 1877 years old, and In that time
not only has had confagraton but no disastrous
nre 1t has never In all it's history had where the
loss was over $3.50 There only dwelling burned
In 100 years. dating from 1776 and there was but
one IRE which got beyond the building which 1t orig
mated On that occasion two buildings burned each
worth $780, During the FIRST 1877 years the towns history
the total loss of property by fire GOO And
salem Is town Of between 1000 and 5000 people,
The explanation Of this remarkable immunity from fra
Is saiems fire ordinance which provides Inspection of
all buildings In order to dangerous heating app
ances The inspectors hunt defective nueg
ana furnaces Insecure sovppes chmneya and
unsare for ashes They also give special
zion to the construction of buildings property
allowed to put insecure building What ip even more
TO the purpose the people themselves cheerv
with the inspectors and from long experience have
themselves Well acquainted with all the methods of proe
ten against fire. Thus they have mnimzed the danger
with the results already stated.
1t Is the old story ounce of prevention ia worth
pound OF cure Fires cannot be absolutely stoppe t
they can be largely prevented by thorough inspection The
causes OF danger being provided against
Is little chance of fre-Chicago Tribune