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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-10

The Hagerstown High school debat-
ers continue to solve and dispose of
the important and uorplexing ques-
tions of the dav in an easy and nom
chalant manner. They decided the
other day that the abolition of slavery
was benefit to the country, reaching
this conclusion enthusiastically and
unanimously. If they keep up their
present lick it will be- unnecessary for
congress to meet this winter.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-10
Paper Makes strong Wheels.

The wheels Of Pullman car are
made Of paper. The body of each
wheel is a block of paper about four
inches thick. Around this is rim of
steel measuring from two to three
inches. 1t is this steel rim. of course.
which comes in contact with the rails
The sides are covered with circular iron
plates, bolted on.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-10
Nitrogen In Radium.

One mystery seems to have been re-
moved from radium. Sir Michael Hug
gins, the greatest authority living on
the spectroscope, with the aid of his
wife, has discovered that the lines at
tributed to helion in the radium spect-
rum are really the lines of nitrogen.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-10

The Philadelphia Inquirer perpe'
trates the following unconscious bit OF
humor;
Mr.. Bryan's suggestion of a pen
niless campaign" for Indiana is re-
ceived with the comment that Indiana
is a state in which a penniless cam
paign is likely to end in voteless
election.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-10

The announcement that jail diner
ences between the Baltimore q Ohio
company and it's trainmen have been
satisfactorily adjusted will be received
all along the line with feeling of
relief
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-10

Mr.. Frank Brown, of somewhere IN
MARYLAND, is out for Cleveland as the
democratic nominee for president next
veal. Brownl Brown Where have
We heard that name before?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10
SOUVENIRS
FOR THE
EASTER SEASON.

folds Of the cotton, the effect is even
more odd. The eggshells may be OBJ
tanned in perfect condition if a small
hole is made in each end Of the shell
with a pin and the contents carefully
blown out.
Embroidered doilies, teacloths, table
3centers and tray cloths are always ac-
ceptable gifts for women. This season
embroidered linen seems to hav Il
greater vogue than ever. The Easter
pieces are commonly adorned with some
springiike patterns, such as sprays Of
violets, d%affodils, lilies Of the valley,
anemones,, crocuse or similar flowers.
Such designs may be had at any shop
where embroidery patterns are sold.
Leather and burned woodwork are so
popular that the woman who under
stands the art is fortunate, for, with a
few hours application, she can produce
membranes for her friends which
would cost her many dollars II bought
in the open market. Charming boxes
with lids and side panels ornamcnted
With a lily pattern in burned wood are
'mong the most admired specimens o.
the work now shown in the shops.
handkerchief, stationery, collar and
cuff, stamp and veil boxes may be
made on this plan. Picture frames COW
cred with burned leather are seen in
the shops and have great apparent pop
ularity. Flower patterns, modified for
ornamental use, are the designs repre-
sented.
The pincushion, ever old, ever new,
has been an unfai1ine friend to the wo'
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10

THE exchange Of Easter gifts has
come to be such a source of profit
4 to merchants that one may pur-
chase almost any article desired espe-
sally adapted to Easter use. The lily
Ind the butterfly are especial symbols
If Easter, although any flowers peculiar
10 spring are also typical Of the season.
Any pretty or useful article is suit
lble for a Easter gift. Ornate prayer
books, handsome prayer book markers,
Easter cards, booklets and flowers have
been stock souvenirs for years past.
New, almost any pretty article accom-
panied by an Easter card or Easter
compliments is quite suitable. e
Among the ready made souvenirs the
useful penwiper is always prominent.
Penwipers cost little and may be easily
adapted to all sorts Of shapes, odd and
Apt. For instance, several pieces of
flannel. green and white alternating, are
iewed together at one side and adorned
With an empty eggsnell painted to rep
resent a Humpty Dumpty; or the orna-
mental shell may have. a tiny chick
seemingly just picking it's way out of its
little house. Rabbits in a woven straw
nest are often used for the penwiper
cover. The rabbits may be bought at
lny toy shop and, made OF plaster, they
are often very quaint n lifelike,
Eggs filed with pink cotton, with a
Tiny doll wearing a picturesque wide
ttmmed bonnet, just peeping out Of the
sotton. make quaint decorative con-
setts. If several of the tiny black dolls
IAN be obtained and disposed among the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10
A farmers Good Story.

Velpen, Ind, April 6.-Wm. OBJ.
Sullivan, a highly respected farmer Of
this place. tells a personal experience
to show that there is still some genu-
ineness and honest worth to be met
with in this 6 in which so many
frauds are reported.
eyes, l have been humbugged," said
Mr.. Sullivan, land when l was so i'll
with the rheumatism, Kidney and
Heart Trouble, I used a good deal of
stuff that claimed to be remedies for
these diseases only to find them worth
less.
But, as you know, I did find the
genuine remedy after all and l had not
been taking Dodd's Kidney Pills very
long before I knew that they were an
honest remedy that would do all and
more than vas claimed for them.
They cured me, made a we'll man OF me
and I am now as sound as l ever was.
Il can testify that Dodd's Kidney
Pills are a genuine remedy for Rheu-
matism and Kidney Trouble"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10
a FORTUNE in A MISSING PAPER
hidden Document in a Blacksmith ShoL
to Brine Wealth to a Virginian.

10 Bring ttcditt ~ q S'''a
New York Herald: Mrs. Eliza Garrett
ST Onancock, Va, died suddenly a,
month ago leaving no will, and by the
marriage contract Mrs. CARROTS large,
fortune went to her relatives, leaving
her husband, George G. Garrett, who
had lived in affluence, penniless.
Garrett told the commemorative at
torney at Onancock of a quarrel and
separation between himself and wife
about thirty years ago, and his leaving
for North Carolina. Mrs. Garrett fol-
lowed him and besought him to return,
offering to make over her property If he
would come back. A paper was drawn
up by a blacksmith in a remote coun-
try village, who was also a notary. Mr..
Garrett attached no Importance to the
paper. believing the blacksmith dead
and the paper valueless.
The attorney, however, wrote for it..
and the. document that had lain in the
b~lacksmith's shop for thirty years
came, and, though covered with black
and SCOT, is slegible. Judge John w.
Blackstone Of the Accomac county
court. says he can swear to Mrs. Gar
rett's signature and no doubt exists as
to Mr.. CARROTS right to the property.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10

electrihcadon,' of the underground rail-
road. evidently meaning the equipment OF
this route with electric motors; and the
same Journal, In reviewing d book on the
Origins OF Christianity, asserted that
much depended t.on the historioityp OF a
certain narrative. The London Spectator
not long ago made use OF continuative-
ness; and the London Athenoeum re-
marked that q story was ''told In what
might be called the dialogical style.,,.ig In
the London Morning Post Mr.. Andrew
Lang declared that II you want to write
good Latin verses you must be watchful,
resourceful. and dodgy Cup to every
dodge. Perhaps ths most curious verbal
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10
A MoNUM TO M'k,NLEY.
Hi6 Heroism at Antietam to Be Com
memorated by a Shaft.

Hi6 Heroism at Antietam to Be Com
memorated by a Shaft.
Leslie's Weekly: The most striking
incident of the soldier life of the late
President William Mckinley will be m
mortalized by granite and bronze. On
January 80, 1903, at Columbus, the
Ohio Antietam battlefield commission
awarded the contract to erect a monu-
ment on the spot where Mckinley as a
mere soldier boy served his comrades
with hot coffee on the firing line. The
entire contract provides for the erection
Of ten monuments in honor OF the sew
eral Ohio regiments and batteries which
too part In that bloody battle, but,
without a doubt, the most unique and
one in which the people of the United
States will be most interested is the
Mckinley monument. 1t Will be re-
membered hat this battle was fought
September II. 1852, on Maryland soil,
and hat the TWenty-third Ohio regi-
ment was an important factor in the
fight. Belonging to the famous TWEEN
ty-third were two men who afterWard
became presidents Of the United States.
Hayes and Mckinley, as well as a long
line Of other distinguished men. Per-
haps no other battlefield commission.
either in Ohio or the other states Of the
union, will have 50 pretty a sentiment
to enlarge upon as this heroic act in the
life of the beloved Mckinley.
While going over the battlefield with
a companion not long before his tragic
death, President Mckinley said, in
speaking of the coffee incident, that he
knew the boys must be hungry and
thirsty from their long service under
fire, and concluded to take them some
coffee. With one Of the supply wagons
he started for the line when he was
stopped by a superior officer and or
dered back.
What did you do?" asked his com
panion.
Il waited until the officer had passed
on and then proceeded to where the
boys We're fighting" said the president.
The to mark this sacred
spot has been designed by the Hughes
Granite and Marble company of Clyde,
Ohio, whose plant is within eight miles
of the lakewood cemetery at Fremont,
Where lies the dus Of President Hayes.
The monument Is a cylindrical shaft, 81
feet 6 inches high, s~ur1nounted by a
granite eagle on a granite ball. Upon
a corner Of the die rests an categorical
figure of peace n Bereavement"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10

holding a palm branch. Two basrelief
portraits of Mckinley, n representing
him at the time he entered the army
and the other just before his untimely
death at Buffalo, appear on the die. On
the face of the lower die will be a
bp,nze battle scene representing the
central idea of the whole scheme by
showing Mckinley, the soldier boy,
serving hot coffee to his comrades I'M
der fire. The Ohio legislature has APP
monuments, Of which $4,000 is espe-
cially appropriated for the Mckinley
monument. The purpose is to have it
the finest monument on the battlefield.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10
Women.

Puck: The womans whose husbands
income is $50 a month tries to dress
like the woman whose husbands in
come Is $50 a week: n she, in turn,
tries to dress like the woman whose
husbands income is $50 a day.
OF course twenty fail where one sue
ceeds, but honest effort is always worth
while, for it's w sake.
When a mans income gets to be $50
an hour, or more, his wife usually gives
up trying to bankrupt him and trims
her own hats.
The wives of poor men are doubtless
happiest.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10
aMade n Enatandu

rande Matthew'S an Harper'ssi Mag
sine for April; with the Criticisms
iof the railways should be mated
Ia Briticism OF the hotels. where
the. bill of fare Qof the dinneranat q
fixed price sometimes informs the trav-,
eler hat ga follow OF n dish will be
served without extra Charge meaning
thereby that hefscan call for d second
helping. This Is simply making anoun
out of a verb, and giving IT antextension
OF meaning. Actual novelties In words
are not frequent. but a few can be met
with now and again, The London Times
recently a~nihaadverted upon tho debated
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10

You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease FREE.
Write to-day to Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE Roy,
N. Y, for a FREE sample Of Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to shake into your shoes.
It cures tired, sweating, damp, swollen,
aching feet. 1t makes new or tight shoes
easy. A certain cure for Corns and Bunions.
AL druggists and shoe stores sell It,. Zoo
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10

novelty is a criticism which has been
deliberately Invented ito balance an i'm
ported Americanism; in the United States
every lawyer is familiar with the mean
ing of Decentralization has served as a
model for w~orsement, a word apparently
made Of hand by the lawyers In Great
Britain.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10
Sentiment and Cash.

New York Times: Henrietta-Do you
like skating as well as you do sleighing?
Henry-I like them both, but skating
seems more sentimental. You see, Sleigh
ing costs SIS an hour.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10
Dropping a Gentle Hint.

Life: Timid loyer-sYour parents
seem to have gotten over their dislike
for me-
Yes. When we first met they were
afraid it might lead to something"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color
more goods, per package, than others.
Aware of 1t.

dear sir, Is exercise
Exercise? Why, doctor, Tn the floor
walker in a big department store!'
II know it. I repeat 1t, sir; what you
need IS exercise"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10

Philadelphia Record: The four sea.
sons are seldom o. good terms with
each other. There is a decided GOODNESS
between autumn and spring.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10

FREE MEDICAL ADVICE
Every working girl who is not
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riss Paine's Experience.
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Compound to all girls whose work
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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10

Mrs. Winslow's SOOTHING sYRur Tor ChildreA
~teething; softens the gums, reduces al
lays pain. cures wind collie. 26 cent? q bottle.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10
Sliuhted,

Washington Star: II think auntie is
very inconsistent said the fearfuIly
bright boy.
"Why asked his mother.
Because she called me a young heath
en-, but she never makes the other chill
dren save up their pennies and send them
to me-"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10

The Devil walked up
From his f~orty-day rest
With a yawn and n stretch
Quite tired and depressed
Said Satan: by links.
This Is, Easter, and now
For another years work.
And a hard one, I VOW"
With a wink and a smile
The Dsvil arose,
And went up to church
In his very best clothes.
There, taking a seat
In a pew at the rear,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10

In man parts of the country the use
of stoves in passenger cars Of steam
trains is prohibited by law.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10

And the of which,
AS the sermon progressed,
Kept their enviouS eyes
On their next neighbor pressed
Said the Devil: "Ho! no!
It's the same hoary tale,
And, really, the sermons
Of little avail.
Tomorrow we start
In the old-fashioned way
The bills will pile in,
And the Devils to pay"
GEORGE r. BRILL
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10

He calmly awaited
The worshipers here.
While the bell in the spire,
With a clamorous peal,
Brought the rich and the poor
Crowding toe upon heel.
Then the rector doomed up
In his surplice and stole,
And the vast congregation
Bowed down as one soul.
Now the Devil peeped out,
Looking this way and that,
And saw not one woman
But had a new hat:
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10
unconqeniaI.

ELIZABETH SCOTT RAYMOND
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-02-01
Eronl SEEDS AND Eeool
L %! BULBS! 1 T(O!
F R E. E |!

.e describes
1Oc
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-02-01
PHILADELPHIA MINISTER'S Ex-
ClTEn

Some months since The People, an in
huentia! Pennsylvania Prohibition paper,
adelphia, a political organization which
dispenses liquors contrary to law. A
great stir resulted, and the matter will
not down: The People named thirty-five
ers, are on the Clubs Clerical Roll. So
far as we know, none of these have either
withdrawn from the organization or de-
Tended its illegal sale Of intoxicants,
amounting In one year to $4,000.
The latest outburst over the affair was
at the Philadelphia Presbyterian Minis
ters' Meeting Jan. g. Rev. Geo. B. Bell,
chairman of the temperance committee,
Of Christian men with license parties and
providing for the appointment of a COM
mittee to inquire into the truth Of the
charge that large number of Presby-
terrain ministers were members of the
fashionable "speak-easy," as the blind pig
is called in Pennsylvania.
great uproar resulted. Laughter at
first greeted the report, but this was
greatest indignation that such a report
had been presented. An elder in DR.. Bell s
church threw bombshell into the camp
by inquiring: What if boy in my Sun
day school class should ask me whether
it would be right for him to join liquor
selling club?'' The passage relating to
the political club was finally stricken out.
referring to the relation of Christian men
and ministers to political parties which
perpetuate the saloon, DR.. Dickey, ex-
Moderator of the General Assembly,
averred that the Assembly resolution re-
ferred to in the report was mere ex-
preston of the views of the men who
saw fit to vote for it and had no author
ity over Presbyterians generally. The AS
sembly resolution referred to declares
substantially that mo political party is
entitled to the support Of Christian men
which supports a license policy or re-
saloon
The end is not yet.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-02-01
THE NEXT REVIVAL,

The idea contained in the follow
ing from the Outlook is finding ev-
preston more and more openly and
frequently:
''This country stands in sore need of a
closer touch between it's religion and its
public life. 1t would be a good thing
both for the churches and the country If
the next revival of religion could take
place in politics rather than in the
churches; if men could awaken to the
necessity Of making politics clean, Of
divorcing them from corruption, of at
tracing into public life the cleanest, fin
est and ablest men, and Of securing ev-
erywhere some sort of harmony between
the ideals Of the New Testament and the
political life Of the nation. A breath of
inspiration would redeem our politics If
there could come a revival of religion in
our public life; if men performed their
religious duties, if their consciences were
SO quickened that they could not live in
cities like New York and Philadelphia
without taking instant and tireless ac-
tion.'
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-02-01
CONTEMPT FOR THE CONTEMPT
lRl

Mrs. Nation was again arrested at To-
peka Jan. 1st, for disturbing the peace
lawbreakers Of that city At the trial
next day she was fined $50 for contempt
of court and committed to Jail until paid.
Filled with indignation at the fragrant in
trial, Rev. j. T. Mcfarland, D. D., pastor
of the First M. e. Church, rose, and
acknowledging his liability to punish
ment for contempt of court, denounced
the judges treatment of Mrs. Nation as
IAN internal outrage" DIR. Mcfarland
was then fined 500 for contempt.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-02-01
THE STEWART NUMBER.

We will furnish you with any desired
number Of this issue, sent postpaid in
a bundle to you or separately to addresses
furnished by you, at only so cents a hun
dred. It will not be necessary to occupy
more space or use larger type to induce
bright Prohibitionists to put Chairman
Stewards great speech before every can
did voter whom they can reach.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-02-01
HOW TO MAKE A PROHlBlTIONiST
OF AN OLD PARTY MAN.


Written for Backbone
w. s. G. Mason.
The first thing to do is to open his eyes
And fasten them so with a prop;
Let him see he's been fooled by old party
lies,
And now it is time it should STOP
Then give him a dose Of good moral
Backbone"
Which will give him spinal erection
And give his political system tone
That will fit him to go to election.
Strip off from his back his old party
clothes;
Put good solid sense in his head;
Remove the old party ring from his nose
By which he is willingly led.
Then fill up his heart with a love of man
kind;
Put good moral clothes on his back;
Put lots of consistency into his mind,
For there you will find a great lack.
Create in his heart regard for the poor
In their suffering starving condition.;
Do this, and he'll not vote for rum any
more,
But will always support Prohibition.
Morenci, Mich.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-02-01
THE ANTI-cANTEEN FIGHT, IS WON AGAIN.

REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE MILITARY
AFaAlRs HAS VOTED TO GIVE NO DURING THIS
IN The MONTH SEEN TWO LET1ERs From CHAIRMAN HULL OF
STAND Why AM WITH LETTERS ON THIS suHJEcI EW
HAS GREATLY AROUSED THE PRoHIBIToNsTs OF THE coUN
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-02-01

must have river woods hay big range, in stock
800 Mercer Co., n d. has it. Schools churches
prairie adj % Is, fax it,
got rich; free COAL homesteads Land Mpls Mimi
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-02-01

Rich & Clymer. printera. win satisfy
you on material, workmansnip ma prices.
66 East 9Th st.. st. Paul.
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w A N + f ID M E N {!
$50. 90 first month, $50. 90 and expenses
after. Yearly contract. Room 7l8
Globe Building, st. Paul, Minnesota.