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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-09-19

PRESBYTERIAN CHURcH-South Oueev
street. Sabbath School, o.80 y m.
preaching, ii q. m. and Sp. M. nraver
meeting, Wednesday s D. m: month :
concert OF prayer for missions, fIru1
wednesday evening OF each month !
communion: first Sabbath of September.
December, March. and June. Rev. =.
N. Woods. d. d., Pastor.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-09-19

TaiNrTY M. K. CHURCH, SourH--W est
Martin street. Preaching, II q. m. and
p. m. Sunday school, 9.15 q. IL. 81 ASA
z p. m; weekly prayer service, Wednes-
Day pm. official meeting on Monday
after third Sunday, 8 p. m. Seats free
Rev q. ID. Harris, Pastor.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06

pointing ont that IN oil cases IN
which production Is on q large scale
ia This country the domestic supply
and demand absolutely regulate the
price in the home market, and that
IN all such cases foreign producers
who seek an American market for
their goods are compelled to pay the
tariff tax when there is one. The
tree trade contention that the tariff
is always a tax on the consumer is
~untenable. and our experiences with.
coal is demonstrating the fact. as adj
mitted by the free trade advocate
above quoted. The effect would
be the same on n.ne-tenths Of the
items upon which a protective tariff
is levied.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06
NEW NATURALIZATION LAW.

Iuly 20, Gov. Dockery received
the following communication from
the department Of state at Washing
ton, d. c.
81 have the honor 10 call your at
tention 10 the enclosed copy Of the
act Of Congress approved March 3,
ITO regulate the immigration Of
aliens into the United States,'' the
th,rty-ninth section of which, taking
effect July 6, 1903, provides that in
order 10 render a court judgment OF
naturalization valid, the court
record must show that the person
uaturalized is not opposed to all or
ganized government nor affiliated
with any organization so opposed
that he does not advocate the IN.
lawful assaulting or killing of Off
GERS OF government, and has mol
violated any of The provisions Of the
said act to regulate the immigration
Of aliens and has always complied
with the terms of previous acts OF
the subject Of naturalization. Th'
act requires also that every oertih.
cate Of naturalization shall specific
ally recite that the~Iequirements .
the above act and previous acts hay,
been complied with or be null ant
void
You are requested to bring to tn
attention OF the courts Of Missouri
having power to naturalize alien
the above provisions OF law now il
force on the subject of the naturaIi
cation of aliens.
l have the honor to be your ODE
dient servant,
(Signed) F. b. LooMis,
I, Acting Secretary.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06
TO DEFEAT osoMrERs

Led by mide workers and The
'lougshoremen, labor unions are re-
ported 10 have formed q combina-
ton to prevent the reelection Of
Samuel Gompers as president oil
the American federation of labor,
which he has guided successfully
for lwenty-one years.
During the next few weeks Chi
cago will be the Mecca for leaders
fighting the present leader. James
Duncan, secretary of the granite
cutters, will be asked to take the
field against him.
Friends Of 6ompers say Presi-
dent John Mitchell is opposed 10
him. President d. J. Keefe OF the
'longshoremen is also mentioned q,
an adversary. The mineworkers,
monworkers and longshoremen have
rallied to their support the brewery
workers, with $1,000 men the car
pen,ers, with more than 100, 600.
and the bottle blowers, with 10000,
The conservative policy Of Gompsr
is said 20 have made enemies 70.
him.
Labor leaders refused to discus
the move against Gompers, bu. &C
knowledged they had heard of j,
The conferences next week will oc
cur as soon rs the labor leaders sup
porting the move reach Chicago.
is probable Iheys will attemp, I
MAINTAIN secrecy, but will make az
engagements 10 conduct q sysiemati
campaign.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06
RAILROADS THAT DISAPPEAR.
Effect Of the Combinations Made In the
Last Ten Years.


The extent Of railroad consolidation
in this country in the last few years is
strikingly Illustrated by the recently
announced merger of the Rock Island
and St Louis & San Francisco inter.
ests. In combination the two roads
Will constitute a system OF some $1,000
miles. and their combined capital
stock at the present figure. will be
about 5000 GOO. 900. The territory
served by the system comprises more
than a dozen states. the Western ter
ninal being Denver; the Eastern.
Birmingham. Ala; the Northern. CHI
sago. and the Southern. Galveston.
Not more than ten years ago there
were eighty railroads furnishing week.
~ compilations OF earnings. To-day
only hfty.hve roads publish such
figures. so that twenty-five have dis.
appeared. In a few cases this lie due 70
the abandonment of reports. but in far
the greater number the Teason Is
found in consolidation.
The roads that have disappeared
were at one time big factors in the
railroad world. Their names were on
the tongues Of Investors ard shippers
day after day. Now II Is doubtful IL
some are even a memory, 30 complete
~ has their identity been merged in
the systems OF which they are a part.
A partial list Of such roads IL Of IN.
terest It includes; The Baltimore s
Ohio Southwestern; Burlington. Cedar
Rapids a Northern; Chicago g. East
ern Illinois; Cincinnati, Jackson q
Mackinaw; Cleveland. Loraln 4
Wheeling: Louisville, Evansville a 81
louis: Peoria, Decatur & Evansville;
Pittsburg & Western; Cleveland, Ak
ron a Columbus; Cleveland. Canton &
southern; Kansas City. Fort Scott &
Memphis; Kansas city. Memphis s
Birmingham; Memphis & Birmlng
ham; Memphis q Charleston; 81
Louis. Alton a Terre Haute; Western
New York & Pennsylvania; ri,
Grande Western; ST. Paul & Duluth.
Western Maryland; Mobile & Ohio
and Colorado Midland.
There are. o. course, many roads no
mentioned IN this list, but these aIon
account for some 1900 miles Of raj.
way. To them should he added Oh
Northern Pacihc. tho Burlington an.
tho Great Northern. all now In "a
Northern Securities Company. In a
there are 10 be included about $500
miles Of roads. which have PRACTICAL
disappeared a. independent concerns.
: All This has been brought about
less than ten ycarR-Now York Sua-
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06
now oEnnAN wUHKnrs LAVE

A Berlin politician asked a Sile-
sian factory hand, earning the aver
age wage, TO keep a book Of his in.
come and expenditures during one
whole year. Here are the hgures
that will be laid before the
Reiehstag;
Regular income. sso6. OF expen-
di,uie, ssoS s..
Among the annual expenditures
were the following. SaS.sS for
bread, S. for potatoes, SIS ior
meat, $I7.ss for coffee, ehieory,
sugar and tea.
All told, the family, consisting Of
man, woman and three children,
used siILS7 for food aud drink il
an entire year. The expenditure
for meat WAS a little over = cent
pes day per head. Yet, despite
extreme earefulne@, the familY be.
gan the ne~ year with a deficit o.
s. 50.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06
a ou.er peek d cards.

A member Of New Yorlcs sporting
fraternity has probably the queerest
deck Of cards in the world. II took
him 20 years to collect the pack and
he Is exceedingly proud Of It. He be-
gan by picking up playing cards in the
street whenever he happened to run
across them. He got fifteen or more
before he began striking duplicates.
Some days no you'd find two or three,
snd then II would be months before
he would sec another stray paste.
board. But he was always watching
for opportunities 10 add TO his strange
collection.
In ten years he was rs cards short
az a complete deck. 10 the ext three
years he considered himself lucky In
finding ali but four The missing ones
we're the Jack Of clubs. the deuce and
eight Of diamonds aud the trey Of
spade In the course Of another year
be picked up the eight Of diamonds
and six months later was oyerioyed TO
ind what be az FIRST thought was a
full deck Of cards lyine on the side
waIk on Broadway. near Torty-sscoRd
street The jack OF clubs and trey Of
spades were there all right but hYo OF
six cards we're missing and among
these was the deuce Of diamohds.
Il seemed as II be y would be
able to obtain his %hfty-seoond card.
but the other day he entered one OF
the suburban trains on the Jersey Cen
trail railroad. and almost the hraN
thing he saw was the deuce Of dia
mopds face upward 10 the aisle. Il wal
gnteaged and glossy backed-tbe I'm
est OF them all. He had been search
ing for this identical card for hye ans
a half years. and nOs brcathed a sigh
u relief.
The pack Is composed o. cards OF al
qualities from the cheapest 10 IN
highest priced. Some are clean an
bright Others are sOlled gnd won.-
New York Press.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06
wHsar Is fHt- oolNoi


ere Earth'e Destination.
An Importance which relatively few
persons are aware Of attaches TO an
expedition which has Just zone 70
Chile from ihp lick observatory Ia
California. itn object IL 70 hnd out
whittier we are an bound.
Everybody has heard that the solar
lystem Is fying swiftly toward the
aorth. II Is a plunging alght that car
rlcs us more that 4S.0oc miles straight
through the ether every hour Of the
aay and night Il Is a motion that
has nothing to do with the earth's
annual revolution about the sun. ex-
tept as It prevents that revolution
lrom carrying the earth back turn and
turn to the same spot In space.
In truth. we never get back to the
same place. Every new year comes in
with the globe at a point thsn
f, 800. 900. 900 miles nearer to a very
northern star. named Vega, than II
was a year earlier. As far as the evil
aence now in hand goes the flight of
the sun toward the north is as straight
as that OF an arrow, but the path de-
soribed by the earth. since it is COM
PEELED all the while to circle round and
round the flying sun. Is as a great
spiral.
And thus We sweep onward, moving
continually into new regions, running
through what perils nobody can guess
perhaps none at all-and impelled by
q force rs mysterious as that which
drew the unfortunate ship in the Arab
ian Nights to be wrecked on The noun
tain Of Adamant.
Il Is this strange voyage CT the sun
and its worlds through the u~nexplored
ocean OF imusensity that the Californ-
| ian astronomers have gone to South
I America to investigate.
Now. the precise object OF the ex-
; petition to Chile Is to examine the
/ flight of the Southern stars from which
we are flying away. They have been
7 much less studied than nave the NoIth-
ern stars. TO which We are drawing
/ nearer. 1t IS as if the people on the
Z bow Of a ship. after watching for a
, long time the effects Of their approach
! to objects ahead. should visit the stern
I in order Il note the recession Of OBJ
; jects behind. Through a combination
Of such observations the speed and d.
| ~rection Of the ships motion could b
2 dedueed.
But there are many other absorbing
ly interesting questions relating TO thu
: organization Of the universe, and oui
place and rank in it. which will b
. brought nearer TO solution by the sue
!. cess of the exploration Of the South
: ern heavens. now beginning.-Collier'
Weekly.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06
,ErrEcr or FREK COAL.

Less than a year ago Senator Vest
of Missouri, got himself a great
name by advocating taking off the
tariff Of 81 cents per ton on coal and
thus deaf = body blow TO the coal
trust. The Republican congress
took the senator At Ills word and re-
moved the tariff duty from coal.
Coal war then selling in Rich HILL
At o cents per bushel, and il is now
selling Mt the same price. A Tree
sfade Democrat whose attention
was called 10 this fact a few days
ago, said 1, wouldn't make any diff
ference in the price OF coal here il
she tariff was $500 per ton.
This frank admission that the
tariff made no difference in the
price, sas amply justified by the
experiences of every observing mai
in this mining district. However,
this free trader has most illustriou'
company in his estimate as 10 the
effect Of the tariff on prices. No les'
a person than Geo. Fred Williams.
q leading free trader OF Massachu.
sets, has been obliged 10 confess
shat the suspension OF the tariff OF
coal. has afforded no rrliel 10 tbs
consumer.
"The price" be says. 'is nov
regulated byahs failure Of our hcmI
supply, aud Il the duty os o. cent
4 long ton on this coal be suspended
during the period Of high prices
Is perfectly apparent that The pnc
Of coal 10 The the Unite
States vail net be reduced BY . sin
PIE penny. because the coal viii sci
At the same price IN this marks
whether lhe duty is paid OF mol
The only resnii will be 10 take iron
ths unncd Slaies treasury o. cent
on every ION and add b, 10 the o.
rad, enormous profit Of the Cans
dian producer
Fro,srlionivi, haye ior ysAf' bee
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06

The following is the government
formula for hog choiera medicine.
Many who have tried think it a good
remedy. Try it. "One part wood
charcoal, one part sulphur, two
paris sodium chloride (salt), two
parts sodium bicarbonate (soda),
two parts sodium hyposuIPhi,e, one
part sodium suIphate, one part anti
mony sulphite. PuIverize and mix
thoroughly. Dose, n tablespoon.
full Tor each 400 pounds weight Of
hog once a day"
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06
Revised List of special Fares,

Revised List Of special Fares,
Via tie Frisco line,-on d:st
aud third Tuesdays ia each month
lill November.
One way at bali fare plus Sa.oo,
TO IS states
Home.seekers-N North. west and
south. one fare plus $500.
South Dakota, Que fare, plus soc
Per,le Springs, one fare plus sse.
Michigan, Ohio, New Nolk, one
fare plus S2.oo. June 10 November.
SanFraneiscoi SI5,co. Angus, 1
10 Ii.
All points within 200 miles, luly
3 aud 4, % fare plus soe, and
many Others, too numerous too men.
ton. Call on local sgen, Tor par.
neulars. Z T. LABARnsrRr,
Agent.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06

1t IS recorded Of cornelius Van
derbiIt that before he died he said
10 a friend: 81 don't e what good
i, does me-all this money that you
say is nine. / can't eat Iti ! cant
spend it; in fact, | never saw il and
never had il in my hands for one
moment. / dress no better Than my
private secretary and cannot eat as
much as my goodman. live IN
a big servants boarding house, an
bothered % death by beggers, have
dyspepsia, cannot drink champagne,
and most of my money Is in The
hands of others, who use it msinl,
Tor their own benefit"
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06
IVORY Ano mrEncAAuM.


Few Native Born Americans Engaged
N Carving.
The trade Of the carvers in hone.
ivory, ~mecrschaum and Ike materials
has never fully recovered from the
Il received in the hard times be.
ginning In 1898. There we're At that
time probably more than 800 such carr
sers WORKING In the city Many Of
thom we're driven out Of the trade into
other and cruder lines OF carving, and
only a few Of those who thus changed
their medium have been able 70 and
work OF the old Kind Only a very
small part II those who DO such caryI
ing belong TO the class OF true artists
sn ivory. bone and m~eerschaum. or
such highly skilled oarvcrs the whole
number could probably be counted on
the fingers Of the two hands. The
business grows very slowly. There are
few native Americans who have mas
iered the craft Possibly a single ems
ployinE carver, a native American or
German parentage, is the only n now
engaged in tho art. Only two skilled
Japanese carvers are employed in this
ritz. and no Chinese carvers have
come to town. Most Of those engaged
IN the art are Germans, though a few
~Frenchmen have worked here. The
Cerman-American referred to thinks
that most Americans lack the patience
70 become skilled " Tho Amer
lean haste Is antagonisuc 20 the atut
tude OF mind that the successful car
yer must maintain.
German carvers Of taste and Skin
could earn much higher pay here than
at home. and II more should some over
they would find permanent employ
ment. but they are not attracted by
conditions here. On the whole. they
can live more cheaply in Germany than
than here, and amid more eongenial
SURROUNDINGS. Another consideration
that deters the skilled carver from
coming to New York is the Tumora
they hear Of disagreements between
employers and employed, strikes and
trammeling union rules. They have 9
notion that trades uuion conditions
here are such as to disturb the seren
ltty Of the artist AS a matter Of fact
the artistic carver would probably be
little disturbed by the wars Of employ
er and employed. but the news thai
reaches Germany on this subject Il
alarming.
Chinese carvers Of real artistic ski
would be very welcome here, but thu
difficulties presented by the Chimes
exclusion law help to keep them a
home, for there might be some troubl
in having such immigrants admittei
as artists. Then, too. the Chinese skill
I'd carvers are a eontented body o
men, earning good pay for China, an
enjoying some social consideration
Few OF them now have the skill Of tn
earlier Chinese carvers, and many d
only the crudest work
The skilled carver in this city usua
" makes his own tools, FORCES them
the workshop, tempers, grinds and 20
ishes them ready for use. The Japai
: csc carvers use much the same tool
. and almost exactly the same method
: as the Germans who work beside then
F, The pay OF the skilled earver is exec
lent-from So 10 $40 a day. accordin
10 the character Of the work and II
y ability Of the carver 20 impress h
worth upon his employer. There al
unions Of the artistic caryeTs, but Il
ablest Of them have no need OF unto
> aid in maintaining their rights.-Ne
York Times. III
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06
MANAGER WANTED.

We desire 20 employ a trustworthy
lady OF gentleman 90 manage our
business IN this County and adiOin.
Ing territory. our house II well aud
%ihvOrably known.
$1,000 straight Cash salaFy
aud All Expenses paid Each
week By clieck direct from head
qunFteFs. kApense m0ney advaneedi
previous ~experiepee a~niHsassaryi
position permanent. Addr'ss
THOMAS J. Coorrn. Manager.
i0i0 caxton building, cHlcAo0, LII.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06

We have sIew Of III Hicks al
mauscs which we will give TO any
new subscriber who pays one year
n advance or to any old subscriber
who will pay up one or more years
subscription. There isn't many Of
them, but they are good and give
q splendid forecast Of the weather.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06

A comparison of the weather pre-
dictions made by DeVoe and Hicks
show a remarkable similarity, for
the month Of August. According
to these Professors August viii not
be a dry month, but rather favor
able 10 all crops.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06

The purchase Of the Danish West
India Islands IS of. The time for
completing the bargain has expired
and will probably not be renewed
very soon.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06

There are so,II4 pensioners IN
the stale Of Missouri who received
s6,Sss,aso during the pas, year.
Kansas has 1904, and received
$s445.4so during the year.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06

Judge w. w. Graves, who was
called as special Judge IN the cases
Of Senators Farms and Smith, upon
The proper showing, put the cases
over until August.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06

$3.50, rounl trip to St. Louis.
Mo. July 18TH SPECIAL excursion
leaves Rich Hill ., 10 p. m.
q, ST. Louis 2 a. ~. July 10Th,
leaves VI. Louis $3.50 p.
m. same date.
n. A. BAILEY
Local Agsnl,
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06

Excursion tickets on sale via The
Mo. Pacific ny, to Colorado, Utah,
and South Dakota, june isl 10 Sept.
solh return lmi, Oct stsl, one fare
plus SO cents round trip
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06
Southern Fruit
and Vegetable
Growing.

The fertile lnpds along the
Louisville A NASHVILLE r. Il.
Ia Alabama, West Florida
aud Mississippi are yerltable
bonanzns for thefruit grower
and truck gardner. One mnn
sold from one single acre, 100
barrels OF rndlshcs for $500 o.,
gross: another patch of {
acres rndishes yielded 81 i63.-
%, net. In the spring OF 1907,
another truck gardner sold
500 harrels Of potatoes in
Pittsburgh from 3 ncres Of
ground for Sl,5tS, and after
paving all expenses cleared
sS0a 90, or S417 80 per ncre.
Within two weeks after sell
Ing his potatoes, corn was up
aud watermelon vines VEN
running on the same land.
He harvested his corn,
sold his melons, and after
wards cut two crops OF hay
OF the same land, and on
january 20, 1905, was plant
ing Il again IA potatoes.
Strawberries ylcldfrom $500
~ 10 $4,000 per mere; ns high
as n. lN0 quarts 81 luscious
berries have been grown ON
a single acre. Address
G. a. PARK,
OeBerai lndustriai zna liant
grafton agent
Louisville & Nashville R. R.
LOUISVILLE kf'
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06

Reiornler-A person who wants
you 70 divide your wealth with him.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06

Tomboy-A girl who has some
life about her; she is hated by the
women because she is liked by The
men.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06

Texas. Oklahoma & Mem
phis. Man and Express GOO p. m.
Carbon Centor.....f;45 y. IN.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06

Kansas city Mail and Ex-
a. IN.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-06

The Fria-o System qgFrates WidevrsHnul
egertrtclirhtcd trains. -Ali cafe ~srs aut utntag
sails uHdcr the manaaemsut - free barvcr.
lime Of trains -
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-27
Advertising Rates.
LOCAL NEWS

Base bali goods at Jake Horns.
Mrs. c. B. Steunenberg is in the
city.
E. Wilkins was a Boise visitor
Saturday.
R. A. Cowden was Boise visitor
Wednesday.
R. A. Leroux was in from Mid
dleton Sunday.
Miss Cora SIusser of Nampa was
in the city last week.
Mrs. Della Brokt is in the city
visiting with relatives.
w. S. Sibhyl was over from
Rockville Tuesday.
Mary A. Kingsbury, Osteopath;
Office, residence of M. I. Church.
J. H. McSparrow of Star, was
transacting business in Caldwell
Tuesday.
A. Phillips was down from Pay
cite Tuesday, attending the State
land sale.
Mrs. w. G. Whitney of Payette,
was in the city a couple of days
this week.
c. f. Brainard OF Payette was in
the city Tuesday. He purchased
some State land. ~
The Nampa boys came down to
Caldwell last Saturday and were
shown how to play ball.
Adam Blackstock of Enterprise
is in the city. He is one of the
substantial sheep men of this sec
ton.
Mrs. Mary w. Beardsley of
Bridgeport, Conn, in her will be-
quested $4,000 to the Weiser Acad-
envy.
Miss Ethel Egleston has returned
to Caldwell after spending a very
successful year in Paris studying
music.
The dog and pony show gave
fine exhibition Tuesday evening.
All who attended say the perform
ance was great.
The young folks who attend the
Methodist Sunday school enjoyed
picnic Wednesday afternoon. A
fine time was had by all.
Mrs. A. ]. Mcfarland of Falk's
store was in the city Saturday.
She returned home the tore part of
the week accompanied by her son,
Arthur, who was student at the
College the past winter.