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Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-04
THE HUBBARD BLIZZARD.

There were great preparations made
for the meeting to be addressed in the
Opera house last Thursday night by
Hon w. T. Hubbard. Of Wheeling.
Posters were out week In advance,
hundreds OF invitations were sent out
to the business men to attend a bust.
ness mems meeting, thousands of
dodgers were passed on the streets,
Comrey's band pafaded the streets and
led the carriages with the speaker and
escort and company OF rough riders
composed OF two niggers on horse
b Ack, to the opera house and Thomp
IN % orchestra was also employed.
The house was comfortably filled
first but In 40 minutes halt the audi
ence was gone and the old liners who
staid were asleep. There was not one
In five who sat it through and the
noise aud commotion was 50 great
that the speaker could hardly be
heard. Even those on the stage began
slipping out aud 1t is said that c. II !.
ouenzel, the bucking broucho OF the
third ward in slipping Oft the stage
KIN ocked down the scencrys nd nearly
broke up the meeting. II was not .
frost. It was veritable blizzard.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-04
HICKS FOR NOVEMBER.

Rev. Irl Hicks make, his usual pre-
diction for November as follows:
First storm period, regular, covers
the first six days of the mqnth, hay
ing its Gentle the third.
Second STORM petiod. resctionafy, is
central on tile and 9. Look for gusts
Of autumn wind and rain at this time
followed by change to colder, With
snow squalls and frosty nights.
Third storm period. regular, will
eliminate on the r4th 18th and 10Th
although its effect will be felt from
the I2th to the 18th.
About the I2th and I3th marked
changes to warmer and falling barom-
eter will begin in the west and by the
I4th cloudiness and rain will be
spread eastward across the country.
Frosts and .freezing may be expect
ed during the nights succeeding these
disturbances.
Fourth storm period, reactionary. is
central on the 9th and goth. The vul-
can reactionary and the first stage of
the Venus period will disturb at thi
time, Rain and snow are due in this
period.
Fifth storm period, regular, extends
fron the 24th to the 25th. This Vul-
can period is fully within the Venus
period. having the combined forces oil
the two disturbing factors.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-04

Some of the Republican speakers
are telling their hearers what COM
plicated thing it is to scratch tick ct
in order that they may be afraid to
vote the Democratic State ticket for
tea of losing their votes. The process
is very simple. Put all the names you
wish to vote for in one column. Write
Cornweil's name under Dawson's,
Walkers under Dayton's and so on.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-04
UNCLAIMED LETTERS

Following is list Of unclaimed let
lers, remaining in the post-office in
Martinsburg, October. 81. 1904.
Mrs. Alice Banks. Cleveland Bart
low, Nora Grim. H. J. Cushwa. Glenn
Davis. Mrs. M. B. Easley, II. T.
Foster. Toe Fizer. Mrs. Nancy Gin
slew, Mrs. Effie Grove, May Harley,
II. d. Harmer, Frank Kidd. F. C.,
Lang, j. J. Mar,ie, Laura Payne
Rali Thompson, w. B. Watson.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-04
ESTRAY STEERS

Two es,ray red steers came to my
place August /. The ownef Coming
and proving same and paying cost
can have them
S. NJ. VanmetTe
Martinsburg
R. K. I
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-04
FOR SAIL

FOR SALE
One hundred high grade stock
steers and calves, one mile north oil
Vanclevesville.
Robert l.. Van Metre
ara
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-04


acknowledged
his
last Peuna the and dedicated the following letter
to
and feel greatly
benefited thereby of head feel
aged believe that i'll use short time longer will be fully
eradicate the disease of thirty years Standing Davd
bfeekson, ex-Alember of Congress-
catarrhal Men OF
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-04
ESTRAY SHEEP.

Two estray ewes came to my plac e
July the Ist. The owner coming and
proving same and paying costs can
have them.
James d. Fulk
Martinsburg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
FLOOD DID IT.
Records Show What Ais TOpe-
ka Water Pressure.
Was 119 Pounds Day the Flood
Commenced.
SHAW is CONFIDENT.
Says He Will Soon Restore
Former Pressure.
Has Been Falling Off Since Last
December.

Il will stake my reputation on the
statement that when we complete the
repairs at the pumping station we
will be able to furnish as good water
pressure as we did prior to the June
food."-Jesse Shaw, superintendent of
the Topeka Water company, to State
Journal reporter.
Everybody in Topeka knows Jesse
Shaw, and when he makes a statement
like the above there will be very lit
tie disposition to believe that he is try
ing to deceive or mislead the city.
And if Jesse Shaw can put the pump
ing station back where it was before
the flood, he will settle the question
Of whether Topeka should conclude
Its deal for the purchase of the To-
peka waterWorks.
In order to present the exact facts
about the water pressure prior to the
flood, and to show what effect the flood
had on the situation, the following
records Of fire pressure have been Sc
lected at random from those on file
at hre department headquarters.
First are a few records selected for
each month from January, 1903 to May
28, which was the last fire before the
main broke. The maximum pressure
shows what was reached and approx
mately sustained during the fire The
gauge stood when the record COM
minute or two after the alarm came
In.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

unexpected moments. when she's not
posed or primed or primped, when she
has forgotten that such a thing as a
man exists, and is wrapped up in some
thing else, when she is most Indifferent
and, consequently, most natural, when
she is making no effort to be fascinat-
ing or anything else and
Il know I agreed, enthusiastically.
II once saw a girl tumbling about on
the grass with her dog, when she
thought nobody was looking
Polly blushed.
And once I went on, II danced
with a girl until her cheeks were on
fire and her hair tumbled down her
back in heap of funny little curls.v
Polly looked straight in the glass as
she drew a fine, black line through an
eyebrow.
"And another time.'' I continued,
catching the eye of the reflection in
the mirror, II went into my sisters
room to look for something and found
another girl in a kimono--'' A.
Mr.. Heavyfeather!" said Polly, drop
ping the hairpin she had just started to
put into her curls and letting the whole
s'And once I went on brazenly. II
caught the same girl in the midst of
lot of other girls, doing a skirt dance
Polly gasped and rose from her chair.
And once declared. IT saw her
when somebody-was teaching her how
to smoke cigarette, and she went MAX
ing funny little faces and trying not to
cough"
With a fiutter, the makeup towel She
had pinned about her slipped from her
throat and fell to the floor. A vision of
white shoulders above a mass of tulle and
tinsel with floating curls and blazing
eyes, made me drop my cigarette and
catch my breath.
POLY exclaimed. Polly! You are
Mr. Mr.. Hea,vyfeather," said Polly. be
a girl when she was-furious ~
Polly" I pleaded please stay-furi-
GUS! 1t makes your eyes so bright and
your. cheeks SO red, and your lips curve
So
Polly's rage fell from her like man
tie and slow smile began to creep about
her lips.
! I flung. down my rescued cigarette and
caught the bundle of tulle and tinsel and
curls in my arms.
"Sweetheart-' I began softly.
why, Jack Heavyfeatheri' cried the
| lady manageress, suddenly opening the
door: What on earth-Oh, 1 see," she
/ laughed softly, as Polly screamed and
struggled to get out of my arms you
were rehearsing the third act" And the
door closed behind her gently
| glanced at Polly's doWncast Iashes and
| flushed cheeks.
That" I said, was one of those-un-
expected moments. Helen Rowland, in
Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
PANIC AMONG INCURABLES.
Fire in Scottish Institution Imperils
the Lives of Many.


London, Feb. ia serious fire oc-
Cured at the Broomhill Home for In
curables, Kirkintilloch. This institution
was founded for the hopeless invalids
belonging to Glasgow. 1t is situated in
a picturesque spot in Stirlingshire, I'M
der the shadow of the Campsie hills.
The alarm came early in the forenoon,
and there was a panic for a time.
Nurses, attendants. and doctors flew
hither and thither in their haste to get
their helpless patients out of danger,
and the scene was one of great con-
fusion.
At the spot where the fire occurred
the patients were unable to leave their
beds, and with difficulty they were car
ried through the choking smoke out to
the grounds. The home brigade made
strenuous efforts to quench the flames
and was afterward assisted by the Kirk
intilloch brigade. Much damage was
done to the building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
C DEPARTMENT.

suggestion as she rescued the feather
and put the hat down carefully out CT
reach of my boots, fancy that it is
youth that makes a woman attractive"
THAT depends 1 remarked, ION
whether you like them at Is, when they
are unsophisticated and unconscious, or
at SO, when they know how to wear
their frocks properly and hide their
emotions
Exactly" said Polly; at is merely
the difference between getting the raw
material and the finished article, or or
dering your dinner on the European
plan and eating at table d'hote. 1t
is all a matter of taste. Besides, there
are lots of women who are fascinating
from the time they begin to crow in
the cradle until the crows feet begin
to come around their eyes"
"And YETI said I, watching Polly dust
the rice powder over her nose, there is
always time when woman is most
beautiful"
THAT is not necessarily the time when
she is most fascinating" rejoined Polly,
as she moistened her little finger be-
tween her lips and wiped the powder
off one eyebrow. Beauty is only pow
der deep, you know. never found that
a snub nose and few freckles pre-
vented m-anybody from filling a dance
programme, nor that a lack of height
less anxious to have-anybody lay her
head on his coat lapel"
That's So" said I; I've seen dozens
of raving beauties in Paris gowns stand
ing round against the wall trying to
look comfortable while red-headed lit
tie thing with green eyes and a badly
fitting frock had to divide her dances
into quarters, and even sixteenths, to
satisfy
And it is always the best looking
women" broke in Polly, who make the
| worst matches. Are you sitting on those
curling tongs, Jack?"
I felt under the trunk cover and ex-
tracted what looked like a pair of iron
pincers or a dentists tool with a. wooden
handle. Polly grasped it joyfully and
then gave me an injured look through
a stray lock of her hair that hung over
one eye.
You were sitting on Them" she said
reproachfully, Just as a man always
sits on anything pertaining to beauty
or style when there are more fascinating
| things about.
There isn't anything" 1 remarked
more fascinating than style when 1t is
represented by a smartly groomed, we'll
| set-up woman. And such woman is
| always at her best
'In a kim ono, with her hair falling
/ down her back" interrupted Polly. II
never yet saw man who could diStin-
guiSh between an imported gown worth
| fifteen hundred dollars and a little
homemade cotton frock worth fifteen
cents yard. And I've SEEN many a
man gaze straight through a girl in a
Worth creation at a little thing in mus
lin with a rose in her hair It's the
picture girl, and not the fashion plate,
/ who catches the masculine eye; and 1t
isn't when she is youngest or oldest OF
tcleverest or prettiest or best dressed
that girl is at her best. It's Just al
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
FISH EGGS TO DELAWARE.
Commissioner Confident Salmon Ex-
pertinent Will Be Successful.

Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. 17.-State Fish
Commissioner Meehan is confident that
his efforts to stock the Delaware river
with Atlantic salmon will be success
full. Several thousands eggs of Atlantic
salmon taken from fish reared in Maine
have been secured - Commissioner
Meehan from the United States board
of fisheries, and forwarded to the Belle
fonte hatchery
When the eggs are Matched and the
fry have absorbed their sacs they will
be transferred to nursery ponds speci-
ally prepared for them, and when
spring arrives will be removed to ponds
built for them in the Bellefonte hatch
cry and in the Pleasant Mount hatch
cry, in Wayne county.
There they will be daily fed on liver
and other foods until they reach ma
turity and at an egg-bearing stage.
The eggs will then be Matched and the
fry deposited in tributaries of the Del
aware river from above the Delaware
water gap to beyond the New York
state line. Some of the larger trout
streams in Wayne county, which flow
into the Lackawanna will be the prin-
cipal planting streams.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
TEST FOR BANK CLERKS.
Young Men Seeking Work Required
to Undergo Severe Examination.

London, Feb. 17.-When young man
applies to any of the great British
banking houses for employment this
question is put to him: HAS any rel
ative of yours, and especially any an
cestor on either side, been convicted
of any crime ?''
The questioner adds that true and
free answer is expected, and informs
the applicant that his genealogy will
be looked up with care to see if there
is any faint of that sort on it.
If the young man passes muster he
is then obliged to submit to just such a
series of measurement under the Ber-
tillon system as the Scotland Yard de-
tectives here and Inspector McClus-
keys men in New York apply to crimi-
nails, and to have his photograph, in
profile and full face" taken
Then he goes to work, the bank being
reasonably sure of catching him if he
runs away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
WEEDS A SUPPLEMENTARY.
Woman of 80 Becomes Bride of Man
More Than Double Her Age.

London, Feb. Tits never too late
to get married" evidently thought the
bashful bride whose wedding was cele-
brated at St. Peters church, Norbiton.
The respective ages of the bride and
bridegroom are 80 and ~.
With view to keeping the wedding
select and quiet" the date was not
only omitted from the wedding cards,
but it was altered several times. Sug-
gestions were even made that the event
should take place at in the morning,
before the neighbors awoke.
Modest and shy as the bride was,
everything was carried out in proper
style, even to the wedding cake boxes
being tied with primrose ribbon and
sealed with scented primrose wax. She
was becomingly attired in a brilliant
royal blue dress and white toQue, and
tripped to and from the carriage like a
schoolgirl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
TO TRAIN MOTHERS.
London Women Propose Education
in Care of Children.

London, Feb. 17.-An effort is being
made by the Women's Industrial coun-
ell to secure the establishment of
schools for training girls in the care of
children.
At meeting held yesterday at the
London school board offices, over when
Mrs Creighton presided, a resolution
was passed in favor of this PROJECT II
was suggested that the training should
take place at a day technical school
and continue for at least one year.
The national Importance of training
future mothers in the care and man
agement of children was emphasized
nv ali the speakers, and it was also
pointed out that the position of nurse,
filled generally by girls of the indus
trial class. offered a skilled and we'll
paid employment to women.
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WOMAN AT HER BEST.

why is it, asked, sitting down on
Polly's trunk and dangling my legs
over the side, that a woman is always
at her best when she is acting?'
Polly lifted her haresfoot and care
fully spread a delicate coating of rouge
under one eye before replying.
I'm tel you,' she said at length.
leaning lack and squirting into the
mirror - get the effect, when you tell
me why it is that a man, knowing that,
never is satisfied until he goes behind
the scenes and sees the rouge wiped off
and the wrong side of the calcium"
"Oh. boshi'' said I. that's, easy.
Didn't you ever want to see the wheels
go round. or stick a pin into your doll
to get at the sawdust, or wonder what
was on the other side of the moon,
when you We're youngster? Every
thing attractive is always on the 9th
er side even heaven.
We'll" said Polly, touching the tip
end of her nose with dash of pow
der 80 is a wOman-when she is most
attractive. But, Mr.. Heavyfeather, the
lady managereSS would object If she
knew that you were bothering around
the stars dressing room, even if this is
only an amateur performance. I've goI
that rouge on quite crooked, and I
can't find my curling tongS, and you're
spelling my temper and shattering
your Illusions
II suppose YOU mean" said I, set
Ting myself well back on the slippery
edge of the trunk and lighting cigar
cite with a grim determination, that
a womans attraction is all in the pros
pective--
II DON'T said Polly, rubbing the cold
cream into her nose and eyes until they
were nothing but a smudge, eff you
mean that you won't go away. Wo-
man is most attractive when she is
most engaged. 1t doesn't make any diff
ference whether she is playing Juliet
or making biscuits.
"Or 1making-up, declared, looking
admiringly at Polly through cloud of
smoke. "a man ought always to watch
a woman 'making-up if he really
wants to see her at her best"
"A man." said Polly, scrubbing her
cheek violently with a towel, never
sees any woman at her best. That is
comes around, the average girl drops
her rollingpin, or her ping-pong racket,
or her water color brush, or her powder
puff, and Immediately begins to try &c
be fascinating. If she would only &c
on Just being herself, regardless of his
presence, and would look at life AND
at what she is doing through trans
| parent medium composed of his heac
and body, he would-Mr- Heavyfeather
will you please stop playing tit-tat-toe
| on that trunk and hand me the big ha'
with the feathers? You're distractine
me So
why don't you look at what you art
| doing through a transparent medium
composed of my head and body?"
asked sweetly. as I held the hat ou
/ by one feather.
some men," said Polly, ignoring m,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
DIGS UP BODY OFHIs CHILD
Court Has Mercy for Man Who
Moves Corpse Near Mothers.

Berlin, Feb. IA laborer named
Carl Klose was yesterday charged at
the criminal court at Prenzlau. Prussia,
with disturbing the grave in which his
child was buried.
He had desired the grave to be near
that of the child's mother and baby sis
ter, but the sexton ordered a grave to
be dug in another part, and the body
was buried there. Immediately after
the funeral the father took a spade,
dug up the coffin, and reinterred it
near the resting place of the other lost
ones.
The pathetic circumstances appealed
to the court, and the man received a
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
DEBT IS 11S YEARS OLD.
Man Asks Payment of State Certifl-
cate Issued Jan. !, 1885.

Trenton, N. J., Feb. IA special act
of the legislature will be necessary to
enable the state treasurer to pay a
certificate of Indebtedness forwarded
for payment by John Fennimore of
Burlington. The certificate is No. $50,
is dated January I, 1856, and is made
out to the order of May Fennimore for
&13 Is Sd. The rate of interest is
specified to be 6 per cent annually.
AS every bill now is a portion of
some appropriation, the state treasurer
has no account from which he can pay
the certificate of Indebtedness, and as
there may be urged the statute of limi-
tation it will be necessary to pass a
special law to enable the state treasur-
er to pay if he decides to do So.
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$500 TO CALIFORNIA,
$22.5O to Oregon and Washington,
$4,000 to Montana and Utah.

Via Rock Island system Tickets on
sale March / to April 80. Good in
tourist sleepers and reclining chair
cars. Liberal stop-over privileges. For
full information see nearest Rock Is
land agents or call on or write to
A. MEFULLER c. P. & T. A,
Both phones 1884. Topeka, Kan
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lowe Convention Placed.

Des Moines, Ia, Feb. 17.-Des Moines
was selected for the Republican state
convention to be held May Is, for the
purpose of selecting delegates to the
Republican national convention. J. S.
Irwin, said to oppose Governor Cum
minis on the tariff question, was selected
as chairman of the convention. Other
members of the various committees are
friendly to Cummins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
CALIFORNIA $4,000
Via Santa Fe.

Tickets on sale during March and
April. This rate also applies to inter
mediate points. Good in tourist Sleep
ers and free chair cars. Liberal stop
over privilege allowed
For full information and free 1itera-
ture, address t. L. KING.
c. p. & T. A.. Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

On October %, the fire pressure, for
the first time since the flood, reached
100 pounds. The fire occurred at lao
p. IN. and the pressure was 1O1 pounds
at the maximum.
very fair; nearly all the fires were
fought with a pressure of over 100
pounds. The following are samples:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

After July II, the waterworks com
menced the removal of their 1O-inch
main, and on July Is there was no wa
ter service at all except what the San
ia Fe pumps could furnish The pres
sure for a fire at 1905 o'clock on the
morning of July IS started in at three
pounds and reached the splendid max
tmum of 31s pounds.
After the waterworks completed the
laying of its 18-inch main, the pressure
for fires was as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

All the healing balsamic virtues of the
Norway pine are concentrated in Dr.
Woods Norway Pine Syrup. Natures
own remedy for coughs and colds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

Since December, the water pressure
has been getting worse rather than bet
ter. Some times the pressure does not
get over 40 or so pounds for fire. This,
1t will be noticed is as low or lower
than the normal pressure used to be
before the flood. The normal pressure
nowadays stands at 20 or 30 pounds.
Since the terrible fire of Saturday.
February ID, the pressure record for
two fires has been as follows:
Max Min
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

On December q, the highest pressure
since the flood was reached at a fire
at 1:45 a. m. The maximum was us
pounds. During the early part of De-
cember, however, the pressure was not
so good. It ranged as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

She-W ould you be willing to die for
me?
.He-why. I'm dying for you know!-
Town and Country.
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DUE TO "SLIPPAGE

These statistics show that the whole
trouble with the waterworks is because
of damage sustained in the flood,
which has not been repaired. The pre-
sumption is very strong that this
trouble is with the pumps, and is due
to what engineers call "sIippage, -
which means that the packing of the
pistons is worn. The wearing is prob
ably due to sand which got into the
machinery at the time of the flood.
VIM. Schmittendorff and E. B. Cow
gill, who examined the water plant for
the city few weeks ago, reported that
except for this "slippage" the pumps
are in good condition
The water company claims to be
now at work making repairs to the
pumps. They have frankly stated that
the pumps needed repacking, and Su-
perintendent Shaw expects that this
job of repacking will enable the COM
pany to give as good pressure as it did
before the flood.