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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-27

ON TO PORT ARTHUR.
JAPANESE ARMY NOW OCCUPIES
FAVORABLE POSITION.
Military Experts at Washington
Think, Howe yer, That the Storm
ing of the Russian Fortress
Would Be Suicidal.
washington ID. c. Special

The military experts believe that the
occupation oil the elevated defenses near
Kinchow must be regarded as an i'm
portant incident in the Japanese plan OF
campaign, at least in the Kwantung PEN
Ursula. The Nanshan-cali Nanshan
hill pleonasticaily, since shan means
hill-at which the hardest fight occurred,
now seems to be not the one at the mar.
rowest part of the isthmus, just south.
west OF Kincbow, but the one some miles
further down, directly at the northwest
corner of Victoria bay, within cannon
shot OF Dalny. II was there that the Rus
slams we're beaten. 1t was thence that
they were driven toward Port Arthur.
Tafangshan station, where the Russians
planted mines and blew up the station
and the railroad, is at the point where
the railroad touches the head of Hand
bay. Shanehilipao, from which the Rus
slams fed after burning the station, is
at the point where the railroad branches,
one branch running to Dalny and one
to Port Arthur.
1t is valuable position for the Japa-
nese to hold, mainly because it COM
mands the approach of Port Arthur,
which is evidently to be the object OF
Japanese assault, or, at least, siege. II
stia remains question where the at
tempted reduction Of Port Arthur will be
worth its price, for there Is much to be
accomplished by the invading forces be-
fore they exchange places with the Rus
SLAMS in Port Arthur officers here ex-
press much curiosity In regard to the
Japanese campaign, now that they have
taken Kinchow, or, what is much more
important, the adjacent hills. 1t remains
to be disclosed whether the Japanese in
tend to sit down in front of Port Arthur
and tire and starye out the Russians or
attempt to carry the place by force.
There are perils in both plans. That of
the siege opens the japanese to attack
from the Russian forces from the north; ;
that of the attack means great losses, and
perhaps entire rout. In all the calcula-
lions of the officers, they pay special at
tention to the work which may be ac-
complished by the mounted Cossacks, a
part of the Russian force which Is capa-
bic of great mobility of action and valu-
able in flank operations, and these must
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-27
HIS WEDDING BOOTS.
THEY HAVE BROUGHT GOOD
LUCK TO FARMER ARNOLD.
For Fifty-Two Years He Has Donned
the Same Pair When Wooing
Fortune and Has Always
Won Out.
IanesYllle Az sneolal.

Wedding boots should be kept in the
house to bring and keep good luck.
At any rate, this is the opinion Of
George ". Arnold, Of Delavan Lake. who
is still wearing the pair that he bought
81 years ago, and he says they are likely
to last him the balance Of his lifetime.
As to the good luck that surrounds the
caring for and making use of the foot
gear, Mr.. Arnold puts up HIS own ex-
perienee In affirming the proposition,
and this In itself is unique beyond de-
gree.
No other pair Of boots has a like
record Mr. Arnold lives only a short
distance back from the shores Of beau
tiful and popular Deiayan lake, where
the gay, fashionable people have brought
from may states all kinds Of boots, shoes,
pumps and slippers. They came in calf,
COW and kid skins. There are tans and
patent feathers There are outing shoes
Of duck and canvas, but there are none
like the top boots owned and worn for
more than a half century by this Wal
worth county farmer.
Talk about style In bootsl The Della
van summer people think they have the
newest wrinkle and toe, but Mr. Arnold
holds up his pair Of wedding boots and
tells the crowd they have gone out and
come back In style six or eight times
since have owned them"
1t was the work OF the little god OF
love that caused Mr.. Arnold to buy the
boots Away over in Cayuga county, N.
Y, Mr.. Arnold was working on a farm
when he was invited by his friend,
George Fox, to stand as his best man at
his wedding. He was in need OF pair
of boots, so he went to a shoemaker in
Moravia and asked him to fit him out by
certain time. The cobbler said he had
a pair that he had made for another man,
but they didn't fit He believed they
would fit Mr.. Arnold. He might have
them for so cents less than the price II
they would do. And says the Wiscon-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-27
EDISON'S CURE FOR COUT.
Famous Inventor Brings Researches
Into Field of Medicine and
Treats Case of Friend.

1t is averred that the medical pharm-
acopeia owes to Edison the discovery
of one Of the drugs now used in the
treatment of gout-hydrate of laura.
ethel ammonium. Mr.. Edison met a
friend one day, and on hearing that
he was in great suffering, and noting
the swelling of his finger joints, asked.
with his usual curiosity: What is the
matter?"
"Gout," replied the sufferer.
''Well. but what is gout?" persisted
Mr.. Edison.
Deposits of uric acid in the joints, -
came the reply
why don't the doctors cure you?''
asked Edison.
Because uric acid is insoluble," he
said.
II don't believe It," declared Mr..
Edison, and he straightway journeyed
to his laboratory, put forth inhumer-
able glass tumblers and into them
emptied some OF every chemical which
he possessed. Into each he let fall a
few drops of uric acid and then
awaited results. Investigation 4S hours
later disclosed that the uric acid had dis
solved in two of the chemicals. One of
these is used to-day in the treatment Of
equity diseases.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-27

Goodwill and blessing Of this swee,
gAinE-
The 1rst Of May is the ceremony OF
blessing the fields. Young girls
dressed in white, and each carrying .
nnaAil image of the virgin. will form q
weird procession. dancing backwards
and forward over the fields and calling
on the saints to bless the harvest.
n On Easter Sunday is the greatest
feast OF the year. Effigies of Judas
stuffed with torpedoes and pennies. ar,
strung over the principal streets ol
the town, and on Eastern morning TIN
nfScorks and shooting at Judas re
gembJes our Fourth Of July. At las
.he efigy will be pierced and. with I
great explosion, the remnants Of thu
unfortunate Judas win be scattere,
Ear and wide, while all the populac'
scrambles for the pennies.
ANNA H CLARK
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-27

ssionally there is feast, or fiesta, once
or twice week, you may see 1t makes
considerable difference to the busy
mine-owner or manufacturer who may
be employing scores of those exceed
Sngly religious poems.
On the day of the Feast of the
Passover quite curious ceremony
takes place. During the day everyone
sn the village, man, woman or child,
repairs to the church. On this occa-
sion the affairs and galleries ara
draped In purple, significant of mourn
fng, and the priest after brief services,
advances to the altar rail to bless the
faithful worshiper.
AS the suppliant kneels before him
the priest by means of little pow
dered charcoal and rubber stamp,
places a black Greek cross upon the
upturned forehead.
1t is most curious sight to note
the old men and maidens, business
men, stately senoras, tattered beggar
or babe in arms, each bearing the
symbol of the faith.
For years it was universal custom,
and is even yet maintained in some
parts of the republic. to crawl upon
the hands and knees for miles over
thorns and rocks as a penance or as a
Mupplication for divine favor.
AT the entrance of the mines you
will invariably find little shrine be-
fore which each miner will bow his
head and cross his breast before enter
dng to work, and at night the ends of
che dripping candles will all be placed
in front of the little altar to propiti-
sate the blessed saints and assure good
will during the coming darkness.
Once year. on the day of Corpus
Christi, early in June, there is a grand
procession and the virgin is besougnt
TO bring rain and sun to the summer
ElAarvest.
"a statue OF the virgin is carried
about the town and then placed In
some wayside shrine. Here she stands
: cor ten days, and II 1t rains during
I chat time It Is taken as a token OF the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-27

ARNOLD'S WEDDING BOOTS
(They Have Been Worn by Their owner
for 81 Years)
sin pioneer, Il paid him three dollars
and took them along"
That was in November. 1852. On
March 10, 1854, Mr.. Arnold wore the
he led to the altar Miss Philena Gran
son. On September II of the same year
he came to Wisconsin, landing at James,
vile. On March %, 1858, he and his bride
took up their abode in the little frame
house in which they are still living. 1t
was his hands that felled the trees to get
room for house The forest was dense,
the roads were rocky, but the love that
was sheltered in the little 14x28 cottage,
as we'll as the wedding boots, is there yet.
Good fortune took up its abode and
fingered continually with the pair who
had hewn home in the woods. Fields
of the 238 acres were cleared. other
buildings were put up, and some OF the
apple trees in the little orchard that were
planted nearly half century ago are
still bearing delicious fruit. While love
and the boots have lasted Mr.. Arnold
and his good wife have moved along
laying up store until no one knows what
they have safely invested for their old
age. This little farm itself is worth $50
900. but the price OF whole acre
wouldn't buy the boots.
A Chicago Tribune correspondent says
II must not be inferred that the owner
has not taken extra good care OF his
favorite footwear. He has always done
that, oiling them up at intervals and re-
moving anything of deleterious char
acter. He explains that he wasn't ac-
customed to pillow up the virgin sod while
wearing them, and when chasing over
the hills for the cows he wore felts. But
when he goes to town, or any time when
he wants dame fortune to stand him well
In hand, he takes hold of the old straps
that have never once given away and
pulls on his calfskins in which he has
trodden the path of prosperity.
Mr.. Arnold thinks it is a mistake for
young people to throw away the belong
ings with which they commenced mar
ried life. However small the household
there should be given place to the things
that carry the mind away back and bring
up pleasant memories, back as far, at
least, as the time when Cupid set them
going in a life Of happiness,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-27
When a Man shaves Himself.

Il can tell in minute simply by look
ing at man whether he shaves himself
or is shaved by barber, said the WELD
err OF the razor and brush. mo, 1t isn't
a question of cleanliness, nor yet a
question OF hacking the face. There Is
no reason why a man who is accustomed
to shaving himself shouldn't make as
clean job of 1t as the average barber.
And yet can spot him every time. Bee
that little lock of hair that grows down
the side OF the face Just in front OF the
ear? Well, when man is shaved by
a barber those two locks don't vary in
length more than a sixteenth OF an inch.
The man who shaves himself, on the
other hand, 10 Invariably lopsided. He
always beings to shave higher up on the
left side of the face than on the right
side, al consequence Of which one side
Of the face looks longer than the other.
No. I don't know that can explain this
phenomenon. only know that the
condition exists. Philadelphia Rec
ord
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-27

be considered as bearing on the situa-
ton even in the Kwantung peninsula.
Port Arthur is valuable strategic
point to hold, but most army officers here
do not believe the Japanese can obtain
a permanent foothold near the Russian
base. They say it is hardly possible that
the Russians will be caught unprepared
for the most obvious plan of the invaders
"a plan so obvious, indeed, that there
has been some doubt that the japanese
would carry out the scheme. Most OF
the officers look for the unexpected in the
campaigning as calculated to effect the
greatest result, and they consequently
do not anticipate defeat for the Rus
SLAMS in the elemental part of the war.
With Kinchou in the possession of the
japanese. officer say. the great task Of
the invaders is still to be accomplished.
They add that it is far too early to cele-
brate Japanese victory, for whatever
present advantage comes from the latest
movement on the Kwantung peninsula.
the achievement Is only partial in the
final object. and was at fearful cost OF
life
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-27
KEEPING TAB ON EMPLOYEES
Graphic Delineation Of Character
Given by Means Of Simple
But Ingenious Card.
Chicago Special.


\ good idea for saving time in look
ing through the testimonials OF appIi-
cants for employment Is given In the
Magazine Of Commerce 1t consists OF
a chart, as shown in the illustration.
The use Of this chart would be of BEN
eft to the four classes of people princi-
pally concerned.
/. The late employer of the owner
OF the character in question, as he would
be put to minimum Of trouble in CIV
ing the testimonial required.
2. The prospective employer, who
would more readily pick out the men
whose high marks were in line with the
qualities most necessary for the vacant
position.
Q. The present employer, who, in a
large establishment, is not always able
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-27
WHY JAPANESE Is STUDIED.
War Has Aroused Such an Interest
That Dictionaries Are in
Great Demand.

eve opened this little atelier," said
a pretty Japanese student, according
to the New York Times. "just to sell
Japanese dictionaries and teach the
language"
But do you find people enough to
buy dictionaries?" was asked.
do II" She shrugged her narrow
shoulders. "The only trouble is /
haven't enough books"
"Are these pupils young or old, men
or women"
Cali kinds. Some are learning JAP
anese for business purposes and others
for culture. The war has aroused great
interest in my country. OF course, all
those who come are not in earnest.
have some pretty girls who want Just
few phrases at their tongues end,
like: Give my regards to them all,
NINA san nj yoroshiku; good morning,
ohayo; good by, sayonara; are they all
well at home? ouchi de wa nina san
gokiger 20 gozarimas ka? And how
to count ten: One, hitotsu; two, fu-
tatsu; three. mitsu; four, yottsu; FIVE,
itsutsu; six. mutsu; seven. nanatsu:
eight, yattsu: nine, kokonotsu; ten. to.
Zone very funny but dainty little
lady called to see me. She lives near
by, ct the Waldorf-Astoria.
"'I'M give you $10.' said she. II
you'll teach me how to call q Russian
know an old farmer
AT first I didn't quite understand,
then I said: Why, of course. just say:
"Ano hit1wa hyakusho-ds gozar-i
ma8.Ss
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-27
RELIGION IN MEXICO
N.he People Zealously Observe Every
Rite of the Church.
tasany Forms Of Penance That Are
sCustomarily Performsd - Feast
Days That Are Popular with
All Glasses of Inhabitants.

Why should we wonder at the re-
Sligious fervor and superstition OF the
ago of the Crusaders when there Is Q
people at our very threshold who haa
fostered just such fervor until the
priest is the ruler OF the man and the
'eross his weapon?
Nothing IS begun or ended without
the blessing and consent of the priest
and the emblem of the cross Ia
stamped upon Mexico.
During Lent business is a most sec
ondary matter and in Holy week IA
suspended altogether.
Every feast day is celebrated with
appropriate solemnity and, as occa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-27

Chart Which Shows Good and Bad Points
at Single Glance.)
to be familiar with the characters of all
his employees, and would, therefore, find
It useful to obtain periodical character
sheets from his departmental heads. to
the more readily note the way his stan
was shaping.
The owner Of the character him.
self. who would find 1t greatly beneficial
to see himself as others saw him, In
more complete sense than is usual.
AS matter of interest the reader is
recommended to try his hand at drawing
his own character curve, and to compare
It with curves drawn by his friends from
their knowledge of him. Most people
would be surprised at the differences
displayed, provided strict honesty is OBJ
served in making up the record 1t will
De found that the results are not always
catering to ones self-conceit, but the
graphic delineation of character is mona
the less instructive.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-27
AIwaya Visible.

MRS. Growells-You spend most OF
your time finding fault
Growells-Well. I don't have TO sps0d
any time, looking for II since I m@Ss
I'D ycu.-Ch age Daily NewA
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-27
Pneumatic Mail Collection.

Mail collectors in Berlin are not
needed to gather the contents OF the
pillar boxes. These boxes are connect
ed with the post office by pneumatic
tubes. At stated intervals the machin-
cry isset in motion. and in few minutes
the letters are whirled from each pillar
box to the sorters' table In the post Of
free
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-27

During some experiments with rifles.
earbines and pistols in Karlskrona,
Sweden. under the direction of the gov
-ernmsnt, the bullets failed to penetrate
Targets made OF pasteboard three inches
20 thiokness. yet they easily passed
tAEoexh planks ave inches thick.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-27
No. 40

The advertisement very small
advertisement will pay 1t is only continuous persistent effort
and effort that strong enough make IMPRESSION
found adequately profitable
Once in while the oneine advertisement on special occasion
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-27
Victim Of Wife,s Entsrnrisa

A lady in Elkhart, Ind. was very
active in advertising an anti-spitting
ordinance In that city. Her husband
was the first person arrested and fined
TOR ita infraction.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-27

raise pier that will be and permanent and that will hold
useful and necessary bridge as
is just with advertising. The first ads you drop only
serve foundation They do not anything you do
drop in enough of them you keep png top tho
other, the end you will
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-23

No conception can be had of the
horrors of the siege of Port Arthur.
From the cable adyiees IL is known
that the Japanese, though unable to
assault the city directly, have work
ed around on both sides and at the
cost of thousands of lives have taken
the forts on Wolf hill on the west
and Taku Shan heights ON the east
These places have been fitted up
with great siege guns and naval guns.
and, worst of all, with mortars which
hurl huge shells filled with pow erful
explosives Within three miles Of the
city and In the rear of It's strongest
lard defeuses tho Japs are dropping
death and destruction day and night
into the doomed city.
Up on Wolf hill, from the forts
marked | and 2, the Japanese poured
steady. merciless fire into the Rus
sian naval yard and upon the fleet
open sea, where Togo's fleet pounded
them. The ships that were drawn
back into the port could not remain
because the steady hail of fire was
resumed and so the second dash was
necessary
Some idea of the horrors of the
city can be gained when II is realized
that the ships in the bay. which are
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-23
HISTORIC SADDLE

Arthur ~ Lewis. bookkeeper in
Treasurer Mudgett's office and demo-
cratic nominee for county clerk. has
i'll his possession a relic of the pio-
neer days in the northwest, which
will be in the Spokane County Pio-
neers' exhibit at the Interstate fair
1t is n saddle that his father. Lee l..
Lewis, deceased, rode in at the battle
of Willow Springs during the Ban
mock Indian war In oregon. Mr..
Lewis was slightly wounded in this
battle and the old saddle shows the
bullet marks from the redskins bull
let's.
The war of 1877 called forth the
united efforts of eastern Oregon to
quell. Mr., Lewis joined a company
of volunteers made up of steekmen.
who spent great portion of the time
protecting the white population. He
was shot through the leg. the bullet
passing into the saddle. MIR. Lewis
died in 1900.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-23

MONRONIA, Liberia, Aug. 2S.-It-
IBERIA. now the only republic in africa.
recently iuaugurated Thomas Barclay
it's twenty-ninth president Like all
his predecessors. he is negro, but
unlike the majority of them he is u
man Of ability and modern ideas.
Barclay was born in Barbados and
brought to Liberia in 1855. and as a
boy sold salt in the streets, \ few
years ago he entered politics and as
secretary of the treasury made an ex-
traordinary record by keeping ball.
anee on hand i'll real money.
Now, as president. he is endeavor-
Ing to improve the commerce of the
country, bring its army and other
public services to n state of efficiency
and above all to keep on friendly
terms with the native troops.
Today in Liberia there are only
about 5000, negroes who speak Eng
lish and are emisrapts or the de
seendants of emigrants from the civ
liked negroes OF the United States.
All the remainder. some 500, GOO are
savages The American emigrants
and their descendants have kept on
top by their superior industry and
Intelligence, but the mass of barbar-
ism about them threatens alternately
to envelop them by war or to lower
their standard of living by example.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-23

BRUSSELS. Aug. 23.-The mar
riage of Princess Clementine of Bel
GUM and Prince Victor Napoleon is
the latest court rumor. If the gossip
prove true, they are as badly match
ed pair as can be found in the royal
lists of insists
The Princess Clementine is 80 and
has rejoiced to be known as the old
maid daughter of King Leopold.
The tragic marriages of her sisters,
the Princess Stephanie to the ILL
fated Rudolph of Austria, and the
luckless Louisa who now languishes
in a madhouse at the instigation of
her husband, Philip of Saxe-Coburg.
added to her mothers unhappy union,
have taught her caution. She is ex-
tremely popular at the Belgian court,
as the one member of the royal fam
lily worthy of admiration
The Princess Clementine has man.
aged to live in apparent peace with
her father, although she was the
warm champion of her mothers
cause, and has tried in vain to aid
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-23

President Barclay believes that the
first step toward enabling them to
resist the wild troops Is to improve
the, efficiency of the army When he
taak office the l.iberian soldiers were
little better than marauders who kept
peaceful members Of the community
In constant jeopardy of their lives
and property.
In the t.iherian army 1t was not
at all important to have any uni
forms. Bright eolored cloth and braid
We're the only essentials, Traders
sent down cheap lots of cast-on uni
forms from all the countries of
Europe Sometimes In the same corps.
corporals, guards, infantry. cavalry
and artillery uniforms would be rep
resented and suggestive of the
French. German and English armies.
The commanding general was array
ed in the full uniform of British
admiral with very gorgeous golden
nondescript. being condemned weap-
ous from all the countries of Europe.
Confronted by such conditions.
President Barclay has his work cut
out for him, but he is said To be
making some progress One novelty
he is trying tn introduce is to supply
the cavalry regiments with horses,
which they have never previously
had