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Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-08-12
Garden and
Flower Seeds
or 1904

Truckers and farmers can buy
Garden Seeds at A. NJ. GIL
BERT'S Drug Store cheaper
than they can buy them from
the growers. We have just re-
ceived a large stock of fresh
Garden and Flower Seeds for
season 1904.
Extra Early Peas, Beans,
Storrell's Evergreen Corn, To-
mato Seed, Cabbage, Seed, etc.
Guaranteed to grow true to
name. Call and get catalogue
and prices.
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SAPEAKE sTEA dsHGP COMPANY
CHESAPEAKE LIVE.

ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMERS
"AUGUSFA" AND 'ATLANTA.'
For OLD POINT COMFORT and NORFOLK &.
VIRGINIA..
Steamers leave Baltimore daily except
Sunday at Top. M, and arrive Old Point
Comfort at 4 a. m. and Norfolk at lis a. m,
where connection is made with the Rail Lines
for all points south and SOuthwest.
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DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK i?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
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YORK RIVER LINE.

ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMERS
"CHARLOTTE" AND BALTIMORE"
For WEST POINT and RICHMOND, VA
steamers leave Baltimore daily Except
Sunday at p. m, and arrive West Point at
80 a. m, and Richmond at 9l5 a, IA.
Steamers leaving Baltimore on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, and leaving West
Point on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays
call at Gloucester Point anu ALMONDS Wharf
and steamers leaving Baltimore on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and saturdays, and West Point on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, call at
Yorktown and Clay Bank weather permit
ting)
STEA MERS LEAVE BALTIMORE FROM
PIERS Is AND 10 LIGHT STREET WHARF.
Through Tickets TO all points car be secured
baggage checked and staterooms reserved
from the City Ticket Offices Nos, loo, l2o and
l21 T.. Baltimore Street, or the General Offices,
$40 Light Street, Baltimore, Md.
REUBEN FOSTER, +. T. CHISM,
General Manager. General Passenger Agt
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the guest of Mrs. H. l.. Snodgrass at
the Big Spring.
Miss Virginia Webster, of Wash
ington returned home after pleasant
visit to friends.
Mr.. and Mrs Edgar Carter and son
paid a short vssit to Mrs. Carter's old
home, Boydville, last week.
Mrs. Samuel Freeze left Saturday
for Mountain Lake Park where she
will spend several weeks.
Misses Lulu and Lizzie Muth and
Rose Cutting are the guests OF Mi
Ida Sperow, near Hedgesville.
Mrs. DR.. VIM. White, of Nashville,
Tenn, formerly iss Jane Faulkner,
arrived in this city last Friday, On
visit to her old home Boydville
Misses Elsie and Mamie Holman
have returned from Cumberland after
a pleasant visit to friends.
Miss Carrie Roush entertained a
few friends most leasantly at lun c.
con, on last Thursday, at her home,
Rosemont, near this city,
Quite a party of Martinsburg young
men have gone to Bellaire Ohio. where
they have obtained employment on
the construction work of the Wabash
| railroad.
| A Stewart W. Walker Club was or
ganized at Inwood, last Saturday night
with Is members. f. l.. Henshaw,
president, Gray Silver Vice president }.
L. Staub secretary, and w. r. Lewis
sergeant at arms
Representative Mudd, OF Maryland
has adopted a new scheme for educa-
ting the negro voters of his district
He is going around with Slate, and
offering prize to those who can pick
out his name from the other mud on
the ticket.
The wife of General n lson A. Miles
died suddenlo of heart disease at West
Point N. Y, on n.enday, August st,
aged OF years. She is said to have been
very popular in army circles, and was
regarded as a charming social leader
in Washington.
Mr. c. J, Thatcher, who is now 10
Gated in Camden n J. spent several
days last week, at his old home. He
has bought home in Camden, and
and viii remove his family to that city
in September. We will be very sorry
to see Mr.. Thatcher cut loose from
old Berkeley, but from a business
standpoint, our loss will be his gain
The picnic of the combined Sunday
schools of tie Presbyterian and Fpis--
copal churches was held at Mt. Alto
on last Friday. There was small at
tendance. owing to the short notice
that was given, and the absence from
the city, and business engagements
of number of the members OF both
congregations, only no tickets having
been sold.
Harry Arnold son fJohu Arnold,
retired business man of Keyser, w.
Va, was drowned in the Potomac
river at Lovers Leap, two miles east
of Keyser, Tuesday afternoon.
He was in boat with two boys and
was thrown out as the result of rock
ing the boat. Arnold swas about 10
years old and was d brother of Miss
A. w. Stanhagen, of South Cumber-
land. The boys had been bathing from
the boat. Arnold's body was recover
ed.
Turner Ashby Camp of Confederate
Veterans, of Winchester, has accept
ed an invitation to attend the annual
reunion Of the 54th Pennsylvania In
tantry G. A. K. to be held at Johns
town, October nth Tbs announce
ment that the Lion and the Lamb
have laid down together. may be ex-
pected to follow
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WORLDS FAIR EXCURSIONS.

Low-rate ten-tay coach excursion s
via PennsNlvAnia Railroad, July 2, 7
IA, q, and IS Rate $1,000 from Mar
tinsburg. Train leaves Martinsburg at
$40 a. m. connecting with special train
from New York arriving ST. Louis 4.
NJ. next day.
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Mr.. and Mrs Edgar Carter and son
paid a short vssit to Mrs. Carter's old
home, Boydville, last week.
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MIS- May Bird Hart of Baltimore, IS
the guest of Mrs. II. l.. Snodgrass at
the Big Spring.
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cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-T2oot.
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
tits the great medi-
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The Springfield herald., 1904-11-04

A friend of the Gould family related
the other day the story of the origin
of the Castellanes of France.
81 know that this story is true" he
began, "for got it from Count Boni
himself.
"lt seems that centuries ago the
Castellanes were only poor folk-till-
ers of the soil, warders. armorers. and
so on. Finally a youth appeared
among them Of a different caliber
from his simple, timid, frugal rela-
tives. He was a bold fellow, tall,
strong, gay, with blue eyes and yell
low curls, ready to laugh always, and
equally ready to fight.
"He became, as was natural, sol
dier. He bore arms under one of the
warrior kings of France. But he was
only dragoon and, though he served
his country well. promotion did not
come to him.
"One day it happened that the king,
reviewing the troops. rode at the head
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-04
Wounded by Own Shell

A story which throws an interest
ing light on at least one South Afri-
can war pension comes from a well
known British firm of gun makers,
says the London Daily Chronicle. The
other day an employe, who may be
called for the present purpose Sam
Jenkins, and who had lost leg at
the battle of Magersfontein, stumped
into the managers Office and an
nounced that he wanted to leave.
Jenkins was known to the manager,
for he had been employed by the firm
before the war, and had even. on his
tre-engagement after the campaign,
been supplied by them with a cork
leg in place of the limb he had lost
under very peculiar circumstances.
His account of the injury that cost
him his leg is remarkable one. The
wound was sustained after the disas.
trous charge of the Highland brigade
in which jenkins served-to rush
the Boer trenches at Magersfontein.
All the following morning, 1t will be
remembered the survivors of the
unsuccessful night attack lay facing
the enemys position. exposed to
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-04

Why is 1t that the tenderest feet must
tread the toughest road?
Why is it that the weakest back must
carry the heaviest load?
While the feet that are snrest and firm
est have the smoothest path to go.
And the back that is straishtest and
strongest has never burden to
know.
Why is 1t that the brightest eyes are the
oues coon dim with tears?
Why Is it that the highest heart must
ache and ache for years?
While the eyes that are hardest and cold
est shed never a bitter tear.
And the heart that is smallest and mean
est has never an ache to fear.
WHY is 1t those who are saddest have
always the gnyest laugh?
WHY is ii those who need not have al
ways the biggest hair?
While those who have never a sorrow
have seldom n smile to give.
And those who want just little must
strive and struggle to live.
yyhv is It that the noblest thoughts are
the ones that are never expressed?
WHY is 1t that the Arandest deeds are the
ones that are never confessed!
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-04

HAS eyestrain anything to do with
the drinking habit?" asked writer in
the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Some of the men who claim to know
have declared that this increasing
habit is due, in a great many In
stances. to eyestrain, and SO they
reason the habit into the list OF all
ments to be treated by oculists. Come
to think of it, the theory is plaus-
ible one in many respects, though
doubt whether any considerable per-
centage of drunkenness is due to eye
strain. But you take men whose call
ings require them to use their eyes
graf deal, men, for instance. who have
to read and write nearly all the time,
and you will, as rule, find that
large majority of them naturally take
to the habit of drinking.
Literary men drink great deal.
Newspaper men drink. Lawyers
drink. Many doctors, particularly
those who give more attention to the
theoretical side of the science OF med
icine than to the practical side, are IN
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-04
Cat Made Poor Choice

II was mean thing to do. certainly,
bu, the cat meant no harm. On the
contrary. she evidently thought she
was doing very graceful act.
A well-known resident of Baltimore
county left home the other day for a
trip to the seashore. A short time
previous to his departure he bought Z
silk hat' of excellent quality and daz-
zlins finish but he deemed the
weather too hot to use such a head
piece on his trip, and consequently
left it at home. He put it carefully
away on the second shelf of a ward
robe and did not give a thought to
any possible harm Detailing it during
his absence.
Upon his return from the sandy
beach and out of hearing of the "sad
sea waves" there arose within day
an occasion demanding his presence.
together with the full dress regalia,
at function OF large moment in the
county. He dressed carefully and
when the job was done he smiled with
infinite satisfaction as he regarded
the impression his mirror gave him Of
himself.
All that remained was to take his
silk hat and cane and go forth. He
went to the wardrobe to get the hat
which he had never worn, except to
test its "becomingness." AS he opened
the door OF the wardrobe he was sur
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-04

heavy short-range fire. If they lifted
a hand 1t drew hail of bullets. while
the bare insides of their knees were
SO flayed by the burning sun that
hundreds were completely famed for
a considerable time. ITO add to our
enjoyment says Jenkins. there
were our own guns in the rear a.
firing over us-and sometimes firing
short. One of their shells burst with
a bang near me, and killed the man ly-
ing next to me. At the same time |
felt what seemed like sharp twinge
on the foot. Very cautiously l slid
my hand down. and found my leg had
been nearly shot off. No, it was
queer, but it didn't hurt much then
not till moved. A lew minutes later
| noticed something glittering in front
of me. slowly grooved out bit
of trench in the hot sand and pulled
myself to it without knocking against
Boer bullet. The glittering thing
was the base of a she'll l turned 1t
over and saw on it private mark.
such as workmen, at our firm, put on
the work they do. An it was my own
mark"
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-04
Pancake Time.

AS the days grow shorter and the
mornings colder the toothsome pan.
cake appears at many a breakfast
table. in spite OF all the doctors have
10 say about them, and a whole army
OF small boys are delighted to swim
big pile of them In maple cyrup and
tuck them under their vests by way
of their throats. before they hurry of
to school. Long. long ago, in old Eng
land. pancakes were thought to be
even worse than they are now looked
upon. Some ancient writer's went SO
far as to gravely claim that the eat
ing Of pancakes would drive people
stark, raving mad.
In those days pancakes were greed
lily eaten during Lent, when meat was
forbidden. Great patches OF them
were fried in fat and served swim
ming in grease. When they we're
ready bell was rung, calling the hun
cry laborers from the fields to the
feast. This bell came to be known
as the pancake bell" Boys then went
out 'pancaking," and. armed with
sticks and stones and broken crock,
cry to rattle door" repeated this
chant from house to house:
J am come shrovinG for piece of
p1ncake.
II you'll give me little I'll ask no raor%.
If you don't give any I'll rattle your
door.
They usually got the pancakes
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-04
First Of the Castellane S

of the column to which Castellane be-
longed. The young mans horse was
restive. 1t SHE'D now to the right and
now to the left. Finally, with a quick.
siding movement it lunged against
the mount of the king himself. The
shoulders of the monarch and Of the
soldier hurled together, and the king
was nearly thrown.
He turned pale with rage. and
struck Castellane across the cheek
with his riding whip. The blow was
seen by the whole army.
1.-THE young man, red welt across
his face, bowed low over his horses
neck. and, drawing his pistol, extend
ed it. butt forward, to the king.
"'Sire,' he said, you have taken
away my honor-take my life
This picturesque gallantry i'm
pressed the king. He took the young
man into his favor, ennobling him in
due course. From this youth the Gas.
tellanes descend"
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-04
Why Literary Men Drink

the habit OF taking a stimulant now
and then. Do you suppose in these
cases eyestrain has anything to do
with the drinking habit? am In
clined to think SO. OF course it would
not be reasonable to assume that in
al! cases of drinking among men OF
this class the habit is due to eye
strain, because in some instances we
will find other special causes, maybe
an inherited taste, environment and
other influences that might be men,
toned.
"If we take the most favorable view
of the theory, allowing all that is
claimed for it by those who advance
and advocate it, we will yet find that
other causes and excuses must be
found for the vast majority of cases
Of drunkenness. Still these theories
are all interesting, and we do not lose
anything by considering them: We
must not permit them, however, to
lead us to wrong conclusions. nor
must we accept as altogether trus
that drinking is a necessary thing
when we overstrain our eyes"
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-04

prised to see the family cat come
bouncing into the room. making the
most cordial "meows" he had ever
heard. She rubbed against his legs
and seemed very anxious about some
thing. He was fond Of the cat and
stopped and stroked her back very
gently. But her agitation increased
when he raised his hand to the Shelf
where the hat was. He found the hat
unusually heavy. In fact. 1t was so
heavy it seemed that it would be i'm
possible to lift 1t by the brim. He
curiously looked inside and--well, he
is humane man, but he kicked the
cat out of the room, called the serv-
ant and said things Of which he has
since repented. The trouble was the
cat had taken advantage of his alb
sence and had placed a brand new
family of kittens in his hat. At that
very moment five of the prettiest lit
tie feline infants in the world were
sleeping serenely where their fond
mother had put them.
The friends of this gentleman have
heard the story and he is having a
hard time finding an antidote for their
digs" There is no doubt the cat
thought she was paying her master
big compliment, and 1t would be in
teresting to know what she now thinks
o. her masters lack of gratitude and
his disposition in general.-Baltimore
Sun.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-04
ParIor Blind Man.

In "parlor blind man" the leader Il
blindfolded, while the other players
stand or sit about the room. The man
ager of the game has told each child
what animal he is to represent for the
time being. and when he is touched
by the blinded child he must initiate
the noises made by that particular
animal, repeating the noise three
times if requested. From the noise
thus made the blind man" must
guess the performers name. II sue
cessful, the child named takes the
place of the blindfolded one, and sc
the game goes on. For instance, one
child news like cat, another barks
like a dog, still another Kisses like
goose, etc,
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-04
Insects That Draw Pictures.

Few people. except lumbermen and
scientists, know that there are 5. lot
of American insects that draw pic
lures. But lumbermen know 1t to
their cost, for the pictures are drawn
in the timber of valuable trees, and
the drawing instruments used by the
little artists are their jaws and boring
tools. with which they carve their de-
signs SO deeply into the trees that
they die.
The most striking pictures are
made by the Columbian timber bee
tie. When this insect bores into oak
it makes perfect engraving of a
steamboat. The hull, with its round
ed keel, and the black funnel, are SO
well made that it does not require the
least bit of imagination or study to
see it. AS soon as anyone lays his
eyes on piece OF white oak in which
the timber beetle has been he is sure
to exclaim: why. look at the picture
OF steamboat"
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-04

Without the slightest trace OF shy
ness the trout came to the edge of the
bank. to the very feet of the lady. and
waited for more bread to be thrown.
In reply to question put by the
visitor. the lady stated that the trout
had been her pet for long time. and
had become SO tame that 1t would
even take worm or a piece OF meat
from her fingers.
The pool is stocked with hundreds
OF trout. but this, curiously enough. Is
the only one among them all to act
| In this way. 1t lives by itself in part
Of the pool which no anglers are al
lowed to invade, and comes regularly
at the appointed time for its meals
OF bread.-London News.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-04

low tin pan. the parties then separ,. tie
and stand in two lines. facing each
other. about eight or ten feet apart.
The starter at the head of one of
the lines fastens one end of ball of
yarn to doorknob or chair just be-
hind him, and, putting the ball on his
pan. tosses it to the player directly
opposite. who endeavors to catch 1t on
Lis pan. and toss it to the person on
the other side, who stands next to the
starter.
The third player in turn sends 1t
back to the one standing second on
the opposite side. In this order. go.
ing back and forth, the ball travels
dcwn the ranks.
When it reaches the end OF the line
it is started back again. and kept go.
ing until the yarn is all unwound.
In no case may the ball be touched
with the hands. When 1t falls to the
floor, it must be lifted up with the
pan by the player who drops 1t or
fails to catch 1t, and when the yarn
fastens itself to the clothing, or be-
comes entangled around the body of
the player. 1t must not be touched, no
matter how much it may inconye-
nience the movements.
Great care should be taken not to
break the thread: any one doing SO
is counted out of the game. He can
not leave his place, however, for NOV
ing may disturb the yarn attached to
others. The ends of the broken yarn
must be tied together before the game
is resumed.
When the yarn is all unwound it is
the object Of each player to loosen
himself from the tangle without
breaking the thread.
The time must be noted, and five
minutes only be allowed for the dis
ENHANCEMENT.
At the end of this time the side
which has the greatest number OF
members free from the meshes OF the
yarn wins the game.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-04

second square and down through the
second slash. Fig. 2 shows you how
to make the second loop. Bring the
free end of the strap around the low
er slash. slip it back through the up
per slash. stick the upper square,
loop and all, through the loop in the
lower end of the strap, pull the strap
back until it forms the loop shown in
the lower end of Fig. i. an there you
are! In taking the squares eff the
loop this process is simply reversed.
Tough cardboard for the squares and
strip of firm cloth for the strap
may be used if you cannot get the
leather.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-04

way across the table her opponent
scores two points. II the button
comes to rest against the saucer the
girl making the shot scores fye
points: If the button should land In
the saucer and slip out again she
scores seven points. A lucky hot
causing the button to remain in the
saucer scores ten points for the player
making it. Twenty-Five points Is
game. The players take turns snap
pirg the button. Grown people as
Tell as youngsters find lots Of fun
in this game. which is a model even.
nc m St;-re
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-04
Strap Puzzle.

To make this puzzle. get two pieces
of leather about two inches square
and one long. narrow strip OF very
timber leather. Now cut slash
across two sides of each square near
the edges, and also long slash in
each end of the strip. The problem
Ia to loop the strap in the squares, as
shown at Fig. /, and then take 1t OF
again. You will find 1t easy with the
strap entirely free to make the loop
shown at the top of Fig. 1. Having
done SO, PASS the free end OF the
strap down through the other slash
and one end of the puzzle is finished.
Then pass the free end of the strap
up through the first slash Of the
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-04
50
A Financial Case.

"He was small boy" said the
clerk in down town bank. telling tho
story. but he was trying to learn.
How do you get money on checks,
please?' he asked the biggest bank
porter who stood outside the parti-
ton.
Why. you Just write your name
on the back and give them to that
fellow over there eYpounded the por-
ter. indicating the paying teller.
ct youngster solemnly scrawled
his ne on the back of a dozen
checks and took them over to the
paying tel!er's window. They were
checks drawn by that boys father
and two other male relatives In favor
Of different people. and the youngster
was much chagrined when he didn't
get the money.
"T was going to take It and run
away to sea- he told us afterward. in
genuously."