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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-21
PATTI is AGAIN WITH US.
THE MOST FAmoOs SINGER Is THE
WORLD IN THIS cOUnTHY.
Century Ago ana ~ Oh Yearss

Patti is back in America, and we are
glad to say she has brought with her her
old songs, "The Last Rose Of Summer"
and Home. Sweet Home" At Patti
night without these would be very lack
ing In sentiment.
The songstress. though 81 years Of
age, shows astonishingly little Of the
, usual marks OF long acquaintance with
Father Time-she looks not day over
IS. Her face is smooth and fair, her ex-
preston mirthfully joyous, her dark
eyes sparkling, her whole being sug-
gestive of undiminished vitality. And
this after long public career, 1t being
now SO years and more that her voice
has been the wonder of the world.
Adelina PATHS father and mother both
were celebrated singers, and the night
she was born the mother sang in the
opera of Norma, the parents starring at
the time i'm an opreatic engagement in
the city Of Madrid. Soon after the birth
of this daughter, the family removed to
Italy, remaining there three years, and
then they set sail for America. Money
was needed, and little seyen-year-old
Adelina was put on the stage, an infant
prodigy; and before the age Of IL giving
concerts in all the principal cities of the
United States. She sang difficult opera
airs, and her voice might have been
ruined had not friend stepped in and
demanded two years of rest for the child.
At 16 she reappeared more than ever Of
marvel.
Patti possesses an unusual memory,
and this has been of great aid in the diff
ficult task of singing all the principal
Italian operas in four or five different
languages. She has taken the heroine's
part in at least 80 different operas and,
in all her years of work, In all the diff
ferent places she has appeared, has
failed but once or twice. The music
loving Russians fairly worsNp her, st.
Petersburg probably has witnessed her
greatest triumphs In that city, at a
Patti concert gallery seats have been
known to sell at 10 robes each (s770)
and stalls at 100 robes. At one per-
| Torrance, some enthusiastic Russian
gentlemen showered upon the prima
donna flowers to the value of 5000
! robes.
All the fairies must have watched over
the cradle of Patti, for she was lowered
not only with glorious voice, but also
with glorious beauty. With these two
| gifts she has conqured the world, has
won people of many nations and tongues
And that she is born linguist has
aided considerably in gaining her wide
fame. Louis Engel, writing of hel
triumphs In various lands. says the
Spaniards call her Spanish because she
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-21

The art OF making glass was intro
duced into Japan about $50 years ago
by \ Hollander, who settled at Osaka
For several generations the knowledge
of the process was confined to single
family, and it was not until about 1879
that the employment Of coal instead of
charcoal, and the construction Of brick
chimneys, enabled the manufacturers
to introduce Improvements which
placed the industry on a substantial
basis. Osaka has continued to be the
center Of the industry, and now manu-
features for export besides supplying
the home demand.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-21
CLAIM SERyIAN THRONE.
PRETENDERs WHO WISH TO LIVE
ATE THE BELGRADE PALACE.
Rumor Has IL That Son OF King Alsx.
andcr is the Latest Addition
90 the List.

Rumor says that little George Obren-
3yitch, illegitimate son Of the late King
Alexander, is a pretender to the Servian
throne, but there seems small likelihood
that any such wild dream will ever be
realized. Putting aside the shadow on
the boys birth, Alexander was SO UNI
popular toward the last Of his reign that
1t would be difficult for any son OF his
10 become generally acceptable to the
servians However, report credits the
lad with some few followers, and these
ambitious enes, who desire his ednca-
ton to be that OF princeling with pros
poets
But their plans, even in this prepare
tory step, do not carry well; they are
DOT able to obtain for their charge just
such instruction as they desire; and
they may have TO be resigned to The
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-21
RADJUM CARNATIONS.
scientist Thinks the Wonderful Sob
stance Can He Used to Cure
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

Frederick Soddy, who was Prof. Ruth
erford, assistant at McGill university,
In Montreal, has suggested another use
for radium. He argues that as 1t has
been found to cure consumption of the
skin Qupus), it should also cure con-
sumption of the lungs, If it's rays can be
brought to bear directly on the diseased
hung tissue, without any intervening
substances, such as the chest wall At
frst sight, says the Scientific American,
this seems rather difficult thing to do,
BIS IL is, of course. out of the question to
flace any solid mass of radium within
The lungs themselves. But recent stud
les have shown that radium in a solution
gives off gas and that this gas is itself
radioactive. So all that is necessary to
subject the internal lung tissue to the
direct action of radlum rays Is to breathe
a mixture of air and the radium gas. By
This means Mr.. Soddy believes a new and
valuable remedy for consumption will be
available TO the pathologist. The rays
from radium have already proved use
full In the treatment of several forms of
skin disease, and it has been suggested
that the insertion of minute particles
of radium in the interior of cancer Is
worth trying. 1t should be remembered,
however that even If radium proves val
uable in the treatment of pulmonary tu-
berculosis, its cost is so high-severa,
hundred dollars a grain-that it coulc
not come into general use under presen:
conditions.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-21
THE sToRER BARN

1885, but have nearly recovered their
shapeliness.
The most remarkable trees within the
town are located on the old Storer place,
near the site of the shoe factory which
was burned last spring. One of these
is known as the Lafayette elm. When
Gen. Lafayette made his carriage tour
from Massachusetts to Maine he tarried
a day in Kennebunk He was enter
tanned by Squire Storer and his aristo-
cratic dame. who was Cults, of Vir-
ginia.
A garden party was given in his hon
or, all the village folks attending, and
dinner was served under the shade Of
this great elm, whose spreading branch
es to-day cover more territory than
those of any other known tree in this
section of the state.
The Storer mansion Is now owned by
the heirs of William Parsons. whose
family occupied 1t many years. After his
death his sons, who had acquired wealth
in business. passed their summers here.
The house is large, square. roomy
structure, whose timbers, hewed CEN
fury ago, are as sound to-day az the
trunks of the great trees which border
the estate. Behind the house Is GU
riosity which hundreds OF persons come
here annually to see.
Years ago Mr.. Parsons enlarged the
Storer barn, and, not wishing to destroy
an elm that stood in the way of the
n
The great branches of the tree project
through the roof of the barn and tower
more than so feet above It. Sheets Of
lead, made fast under the shingles. 81
closely circle the branches as to preven'
leaking These sheets of lead have "
be occasionally readjusted to allow fo
the growth Of the tree. Lattice wor
| extending nearly to the caves allows ~
tree trunk contact with air and suI
shine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-21

Now the physicians are said to have
forbidden another relish nearly as pop
ular as oysters at this time, says the
Washington Star. Celery has come
under the ban of the doctors, who say
that it is equally well adapted to trans
uniting the poisonous elements of the
soil and carrying the germs Of typhoid
The disease can be acquired only by
introducing the microbes into the sys-
tenn in food or drink, and for that rea-
son advice against certain kinds OF food
is always likely to be regarded. But
to what extent this may be carried is
well understood by the proprietor OF
one hotel, who has seen oysters during
the past three weeks disappear almost
entirely from the orders of his guests.
Some weeks ago well-known man died
of typhoid fever. He had lived at a
large hotel, and the report went about
that he had got his illness there What
ever you do, don't eat oysters at that
hotel" was the advice that one friend
was giving another, based on the belief
that this man had died of disease con-
tracted in the hotel dining-room, where
the chances were immensely in favor
of his having got the fever somewhere
else.
IL they keep on there will be nothing
feft for us to eat except fish and fritz
tiers, and the latter will probably be cut
on soon and pills substituted.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-21
CAUSE OF BAD SPELLING.
Repetition the Only secret of Learn.
ing 10 Spell for Persons with
Average Memories

Probably it is a mistake TO say that
any person with an average memory
cannot learn to spell. AS there is a
lack of analogy in the spelling Of
words, learning to spell is chiefly a
matter of memory. Repetition is the
only secret about il, says the Philadel-
phia Record. There are some aids. but
IL is the words to which there is no
guide which are the common source
OF trouble. Persons who do not spell
well have simply neglected the study
of photography and are not entitled to
sympathy. Operators OF typewriting
machines who have considered them
selves the victims of defective or
biographical memory have often be-
come good spoilers through practice.
In a vast proportion Of cases bad
spelling may be traced to wrong pro-
nunciation, which is even more fire.
quent than is wrong spelling. Prob
ably the modern methods of instruction
have something to do with the number
of bad spoilers among fairly educated
people. The old spelling-bee system
insured repetition. In recent years the
writing of the spelling lesson has in
many schools taken the place of the
oral system. The men and women who
had gone through the district school of
half a century or more ago were al
most invariably good spoilers. If, az
the Evanston councilmen maintain,
spelling be a gift. it is apparent that
It is not bestowed on man as literally
as formerly.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-21
water I'm nrIde,. outnt.

Among the articles comprising a
brides outfit in the japanese island of
Oshima is big tub of drinking water
Water is very scarce in the island, ant
every prudent bride tries to have q
supply on hand
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-21
rRE NAzrInsBURs pERALH
A REPUBLICAN NEWSP PER
Pu5liSAed e0eyg Satnyaay9Y
NJ. e. HOFFHEINS g. co.
145 N. Queen St.,
MARTINSBURG, w. VA.

The United States now produces
more hops than any other country.
OF the worlds crop of 100000 hum
dredweight, the United States furnish
es 462 900 hundredweight.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-21
Cheap Medical Service.

Some of the doctors in the London
slums only charge about is cents for
consultation. with medicine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-08-13

ing into her brain; and then - second,
new. unnatural self rebelled. and she
greeted him with cold, Indifferent smile.
you will dance with me, Winifred?
he whispered. as Lord Harold turned to
speak to someone behind him.
Il am engaged for every dance, thank
you"
May | come and call in Eaton
Square"
Il dare say Lady Grace will be pleas
ed to see you"
But you"
at is my duty to be pleased to see any
and all of Lady Farquhar's guests.
"You are not natural. Miss Eyre-you
are strangely altered from the generous.
ge-hearted, true Winifred | knew two
years ago"
us it well for ignorant country girls
to be trustful?" she asked, with quick
scorn. IF they are generous, do they
always meet with like generosity from
those whose minds are more enlarged.
or should be, from their birth and sta
tion"
lis your enmity to be lifelong them
mo doubt it will wear out in time, as
every Otner IeellnS uOeS, WAS tue quASh
response.
As Mr.. Hastings walked away, he ask
ed himself how it was possible that
man whose inherent fault was intense
pride could voluntarily expose himself to
the sights and Indifference of a young
girl.
Il wonder how it is that still care for
her? She seems to have lost all that
made me love her when | first knew her.
What fool am! l will not think any
more of her"
And he left the room and the house.
and went off to an entertainment where
Il considerably greater degree of freedom
regned than at the mansion of stately
Miss Douglas, and where he was sure OF
an enthusiastic welcome.
With the charming Inconsistency of the
sex, Winifred was terribly chagrined ON
discovering that he was really gone.
He is Disguised with me-he will not
bear my unworthy trea tment of him long
err" she thought, bitterly. Il love him
with all my heart, and have lost him.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-08-13
Signs of Hy drophobia.

AS to hydrophobia: Beware of the
dog when it becomes dull and hides
away; appears restless; always on the
move and prowling; whose counte-
nance is somber and sullen; walks with
head down, like bear. Beware of
one that scratches necessarily and
tears up things. Look out for the dog
that has become too fond of you and
Is continually trying to lick your hand
and face. Beware. above all, of the
dog which has difficulty in swallow
ing, which appears to have a bone in
its throat, and one that has wandered
from home and returns covered with
dirt, exhausted and miserable.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-08-13
CHAPTER Nv.

The weeks rolled on and the London
season was at its height. Drawing rooms,
concerts, balls, operas, fetes champetres,
flower shows and garden parties went on
as usual to make up the sum of the gay
worlds pleasures and dsappOintments.
Mrs. Clayton-one of many, perhaps-had
been leading a life of ftful, feverish hap
piness for the last month. She did not
dare to think-a pause of retrospection
would either send her headlong down the
precipice that was yawning at her feet
or make her fly from it altogether And
yet she was SO unpardonably weak that
she hesitated and could not bring herself
to break off all intercourse with Col.
d Agular.
AS if to draw the last plank of safety
away from his wife. Mr.. Clayton treated
her daily worse. He left letters in her
way that could not fail to mortify her.
If they went out together he made point
of keeping her waiting. He never open
ed his lips TO speak to her unless he was
positively obliged, and then his words
were sneers and taunts. He paid other
women the most extravagant compli-
ments and attention. In short, but for
Col. d'Aguilar's presence and sympathy.
Fees life would have been uncomfortable.
They met constantly.
One of the entertainments that was in
tended to rank among the first of the
season, was a garden party given by the
Honorable Mrs. Vivian Lynedon at her
beautiful villa on the banks of the river.
No expense was to be spared; amuse-
ment of every imaginable kind was to be
provided; and the whole was to end in a
display of such costly fireworks as were
rarely seen. and a dance. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clayton were invited At the last mo-
ment he declined to go, and his wife went
without him He did not attempt to pre-
vent her. Col. d Aguilar was to be there
Il will not spoil the sport" he said to
himself, with a smile that would have be-
come Mephistopheles.
All her friends were there, all but one,
at least, and at first it was with sense
of relief that she missed him. But hour
after hour wore on, and there was no sign
of Col. d'Aguilar. First she felt restless,
then little impatient, then angry, and
then she could have cried for the bitter
ness of the disappointment. 1t was four
days since she had seen him, and then he
lOiu nSI ulStIuCllS ludl nc lultuueu u De
there
Fee sat down YEARLY on the edge of
one of the seats. Suddenly she heard a
voice pronounce her name. and a quick
thrill of pleasure went to her heart He
had come at last! She forgot her anger,
her impotence, and the weary hours she
had spent waiting for him, aud looked up
with glad smile.
AT lastr' she said. 81 had given you
up long ago. | am so tired of all this"
she added. in a whisper; "let us walk
little"
And then she perceived that he was
slightly lame.
Then it is true, what some one told
me. that you have sprained your ankle?"
she uttered hastily. THAT kept you away
and it hurts you 10 walk"
Not at ALL" he answered.; lit is moth
ing. That did nor keep me away"
| What thenY' Fee asked. quickly
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-08-13
FOROHAM COLLEGE FARM.
Sixty Acres on Which Are Crows
vegetabIes for Establis ment.


st. John college at Fordham, N. Y,
is one of the largest farmers OF the
Bronx. The glebe lands of the col
lege closely bordering Bronx park, are
about sixty acres in extent. Here the
farmer of the college grows hay and
corn for nearly score of cows and
keeps walled garden in which are
grown fresh vegetables for the table.
The whole arrangement smacks of the
medieval monastery, says the New
York Times, only the clergy do not
work the glebe. Nevertheless st.
Johns is the only college in New York
city that in part supplies its own table
from its own land. The score of cows
do not give enough milk for the needs
of the college and the products of the
garden must be supplemented from
the markets, but the whole situation
serves to recall time when st. Johns
was really in the country, when the
great, ugly town had not penetrated
the grounds and the smiling glebe
lands actually produced enough TO fed
both teachers and pupils.
The long row of farm buildings and
especially the old-fashiOned barn with
it's dependent cowsheds bespeak the
earlier conditions. A long, narrow farm
lane lined with giant elfns leads east
ward to the rear fields of the glebe and
still looks as it must have looked when
all the region round was yet unspoiled
;,, Of
the row of farm buildings, and the
strange impertinence of child's cart
in the college garden indicates the
presence of the lay element.
Oddly mixed with farming nipple
ments are old desks and chairs from
the schoolroom and ola furniture Of
various kinds from the lodgings Of
the teachers and students, while
priests in long robe and biretta Occa-
siOnally take their constitutional along
the farm lane in the wake of the farm
er and his laborers.
How long st. Johns can maintain its
old farming traditions nobody can tell,
but the time must come when it will
no longer be profitable to keep the
glebe under cultivation. The yearly
growing beauty of Bronx park is con-
stantly adding to the value of the
glebe. and the development of the
whole region round about it is contrib
uting to the same thing Already the
extension Of the elevated railroad to
the entrance of the park has taken a
considerable slice off the fine old col
lege campus, and some years ago the
college authorities leveled bit Of the
ground to the north of the campus
proper. as If in anticipation of time
when the campus might be extended in
that direction. The time will surely
come when the glebe will be further
narrowed by the sale of portions not
needed for ordinary college purposes,
and the farm will be merely a ira
dition.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-08-13
RELIGION IN BUSINESS.
1t II Sometimes Shown Even When
It Causes Loss.


1t Causes Loss.
Francis w. Crossley, the English
evangelist and crusader among the
slums of London, was In his early life
an inventor and manufacturer Of gas.
engines. His biographer tells a story
Of him that shows, in spite of all mod.
ern sophisms about the hostility Of
business and charity, that good bust.
ness man may be generous Christian
even to the sacrifice Of profit.
Two brothers, starting in business,
bought a factory apd installed one
of the Crossley gas-engines to supply
the power. After the engine was set
up, the brothers found that it was
necessary to make the business pay
They began to lose money.
Things got worse, until one of them
said, 1T is no use carrying on any
longer; we are bankrupt. Let us sign
our petition in bankruptcy and get
matters settled"
But think what disgrace 1t will
bew said the other. 1--WE are both
church members and Sunday-school
teachers. | will consult the Crossley
firm about it."
His brother replied, "What is the
use Of that? 1t Is not Crossley's fault
that the engine has failed. We should
have got larger engine"
The other went to the firm, how
ever, and asked for Mr.. Crossley. he
was not there, and the man saw only
an under-manager, who gave him no
hope. He was turning away when
Crossley came in and heard the story
81 am very sorry for you, my iaa'
and will do what / can to help you.
Go back and tell your brother that
will put in a larger engine and take
back the old one. ard it shall not COST
you a penny to effect the change. ASK
your brother to find out how mucn
you have lost since you started pusi'
ness, and / will send you check lOf
the amount.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-08-13
FARM LAD TOOK HONORS AT YALE.

Professors call Frederick Erastus
Pierce, of South Britain, Conn, the
most remarkable student Yale Univer-
sity ever had. He entered three years
ago from his fathers farm, where he
had been toiling in the fields. His
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-08-13

every aspect betokened the plowboy.
But in a short time he began to at
tract attention. In the first year he
won three prizes and the Woolsey
scholarship. and has kept up his rec
ord. Pierce is working his way
through college.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-08-13
Poultry and Eggs.

The last census gave the value of
poultry raised in the United States dur
ing the year 1899 as $136S91 ST.; Of
eggs produced in the same year, $144,-
2S6, 15S.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-08-13

When the average actor announces
himself as ''star" his associates are
apt to pronounce the word backward.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-08-13

Pay as you go or you won't go very
far.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1903-02-24
Rome wiadOmoscI
teIegraficZne.

- Petersburski synod rozporza-
dzii, by d. Io lutego S. S. g mar
cay w cerkwiach prawosiawnych
uroczyscie obchodzono rocznice
zniesienia pahszczyzny.
- Ukaz carski sklada urzedu
czterech gubernator6w w Finlan-
dyi, ktorzy wzbraniali' sic zasto-
sowaG do rozporzadzeh rzsdo-
wych.
Byly arcyksiaze Leopold
Ferdynand, brat by}ej saskiej ma
stepczyni tronu, uwiadomi} swo-
ich rodzic6w w Salcburgu telegra-
ficznie, re ma zamiar zostania O.
ficerem w marynarce amerykah-
skiej.
w 27o zakladach W Prusiech
znajduje sic 7o,S29 ob1akanych
wedle urzedowych statystycznych
wykaz6w.
= w izbie nizszej angielskiej
debatowano mad wnioskiem u
dzielenia nagany ninistrowi woj-
ny Brodericlowi "a nieudolna re-
organizacya arnlii.
= Gubernator okretowy wyspy
Guam, Schroeder, bawiacy obec-
ME w Honolulu, oswiadczyl, re
wyspa owa w skutek trzesieh zie-
mi wznios1a sic o 6 cali wyzej po-
mad powierzchnia morza.
= Krajowcy ma wyspach Fidzi
wystosowali do krola angielskie-
60 adres, w kt6rym sic skarza, IL
Biali obchodza sic z mimi jak z
NEWFOUNDLAND.
I Buffalo uprawnieni do te-
go przedstawiciele dyecezyi glo-
sowali mad kandydatami ma ma
stepce ks. Biskupa Quigleya. Kan
dydatami zostali obrani ks. Biden
Buffalo, ks. Cannon Lockport
ks. Lanigan z Buffalo.
= Zaklad oblakanych w Kan
kakee, ILL.,, w ktorym jest 1900
pacyent6w, wczoraj ME mial ami
funta wegli. spotrzebowuje on
dziersrtie 100 ton.