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Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-10-14
Special Commissioners Sale
OF VALUABLE
Real Estate.

BY virtue Of authority vested in the under,
signed Special Commissioners, by a decree OF
the Circuit Court of Berkeley County, West
Virginia entered on the 18th DAY ot Sept
ember, 1901, In the Cha0cery cause OF Jasper
Nj. Emerson ct al vs. w. w, Euei son ct nj, he
will offer for sale at publ. auotit ., l. front
door OF the CoIrt-hourc, in the town of Mar
tinsburg, Berkeley county, West Virginia, on
Saturday, October the 80, 1904,
CONNIE 0cing at 1850 o'clock in the afternoon,
Two Jacks OF real estate OF whic' W, W. EN-
-Isou ,ed stizeI and prossesse and which
vs. seil nto to Elizabeth Emerson as her
W l. the ii s. tract containing
- Acres, ; Rood and 81 Poles,
v,tskaow, as the "Dowor' lot in partition
t. lands O the sud " + emerson, de-
9, Scd. This ina { is improved oy good six
oDnr dwell ing, smoke house, hen house, shop
arm and granary, corlI crib and w'gon shed
no 1og pen, never lAiiiug water and good
,ttesian well at the front do II of the dwelling.
lei ty OF good fruit Of all varieties and the
ltct is under good fencing and the land Is in
II n state Of cultivation. The seconi tract
obtaining
7 Acres, : Foods and 14.5 Poles,
nown On the plat OF said partiti m as lot ''D"
tact o. good timber These two tracts al
IN each other and are located about one-mile
outh OF Failing Waters w Va, about one
iourin OF mile east Of the Martinsburg and
Potomac pike, along the q. V. r Il Churches,
schools, railroad shipping points within two
miles. This is rare opportuIi ty to get nice
home in a most desirable location. For a
more particular d As 'ription of said tracts: see
Deed Book 50, page ig2, in County Clerks Of
fee For particulars see the undersigned
Special Commissioner, whose office is in the
Dorm building second floor.
Terms of Sale as Fixed by Decree
One half cash on day of sale, and the bal
ance In one year from Day OF sale, the pun
date, negotiable and payable at one of the
banks Of Martnshure. Tor he deferred pay
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-10-14
MAY ABOLISH EXCURSIONS.

MAY ABOLISH EXCURSIONS.
Railroad men have been notified Of
the annual meeting of the American
Association of General Passenger
Agents, which will be held at Old
Point Comfort, beginning on October
IS. One of The questions to come be-
fore the meeting in the matter of
abolishihg Sunday excursions. Th-re
has been considered discuss; onamorg
passenger agents as to whether OF not
Sunday excursions are either profit
able or desirable ior railroad COM
panies.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-10-14
DO YOU GET Up
WITT A LAME BACK !?
kidney 1roubls Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody VINO reads the news
narers is sue to know Of the wonderf,,I
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-10-14
Notice to Lay Pavements.

Each of the following named real estate
owners in the town of Martlnsburg, w. Va,
are hereby notified to make the proper grade
ana Jay concrete pavement in front OF and
along their res INct5Nc properties us horcf8ai-
ter named, within thirty davs from the first
publication fthiS notice, and In the event of
the said improvement not having been made
Improvements viii! be made by the municipal
authorities of the corporation of MartInsburg
against and collected from the said property
holder pursuant 30 the lass Al sue. cases made
and provided.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-10-14
@ BALTIMORE& Ono
RAILROAD.
In effect May 18th, 1909.
Trains leaves Martinsbarg as follows
WRIST


Moss Daily at IL q tor Cincinnati, 4 l1lsviu
and st. Louis. Connects for Berkelep spring
ana Homney EXCEPT Sunday at Grafton 10
No 5 Daily at Il Sc m for Pittsburg ana
NOT Daily at 9 81 p m lor Wheeling, ooluD
bus and Chicago.
Mol Daily at IL p M for Cincinnati. Louis
Vile and st louis. Connects for Berkeley
Springs except Sunday.
+ MOB Daily at IS IN for Cincinnati, Lotia
willie and St Louis.
Nos Daily at Il 80 m tor Pittsburg and
No IS Daily except sunday at q m 70
Gu m berland ara intermediate stations con
meets for Berkeley Springs.
EAST B0UID.
No IL Daily at IL Al m for Washington
Baltimore. Philadelphia and New York.
MOI Daily at 20 m for Washington, Bal
tinore. Philadelphia and New York Connscts|
for Frederick except sunday.
No 10 Daily at 4 II a m for Washington an
Nos Daily at 10 90 a IA for Washington. Ball
timCre and New York Connects for Lexington
and HagerstOwn except Sunday ana to1
Frederick.
MOI Daily at 10 Is M for Washington Bal
tinore, Philadelphia ana New York.
Nos Daily at2 ~ p m for Washington. BAL
timore, Philadelphia and New YORK
No 45 Daily at Al p m for Was hingtonI
Baltimore Philadelphia and New York.
No is Daily except Sunday at u IS for Fred |
erick, Baltimore and all intermediate station'|
via old line.
NoH Daily except Sunday at Is p m foI
Washington and Baltimore and all interme
diate stations. Connects o. Frederick.
Express trat IL all Vest'bu,-- anu tlidmInatI
ed with Pintsch light.
c. =. SIMS, General Manager,
Baltimore, Nd
D. b. MARTIN, Manager "assenger Traits
Baltimore, Nd.
6. W. sANTMAN. Ticket Agent
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-10-14

cures made by Or.
Kilmer's Swamp-Ro
the great kidney. liver
and bladder remedy. .
Il IS tbs great medi-
cal triumph Of the nine
teentn century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
Or. kilmcr, the emf
nent k.dney and tad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-03
vAaAR1Es OF OUR LANGUAGE.
This Little Story Sounds Well, but
Something is the Matter With It.


Something is the Matter With It.
From st. Nicholas.
The vagaries of English spelling are well
Illustrated in the following extract The
words sound properly, but the spelling does
not correspond to the meaning required.
1t would make good exercise in spelling
to rewrite the extract in its proper FORM
Know won kneads weight two bee toIled
thee weigh too dew sew.
A rite suite little buoy. the sun Of a CRATE
Kernel with rough around his neck, flue
up the rode as quick as a dear. After a
thyme he stopped at a blew house and
wrung the belle. His tow hurt hymn and
he kneaded wrest He was two tired to
raze his fare. pail face. A feint mown
rows from his lips.
The made who herd the belle was about
two pair pare, butt she through it down
and ran with awl her mite. for fear ner
guessed wood knot weight. Butt when she
saw the little won. tiers stood in her ayes
at the SITE
Eve poor deer! Why dew We lye hear?
Are yew dyeing?"
Know" he said, "I am feint"
She boar hymn in her arms and hurried
to rheum where he mite bee quiet, gave
him bred and meet. held cent bottle under
his knows. untide his neck scarf, raped
him up warm and gave him suite drachm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-03
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
Surplus Will Not Be Up to Expecta
lions.

For the ten months of the present fiscal
year the receipts have been $451, 612, no.
and the expenditures $449, 153. sos, a surplus
of 81, 459.572. For the same ten months Of
the last fiscal year the receipts were $780,
Ais. sol, and the expenditures $43O 800 $50, a
surplus of $35. 418.656. These figures indi-
cate the situation in the Treasury Depart
ment. They show that receipts have de-
creased about $15.00o.000 this fiscal year.
and expenditures have increased something
like $1S,0OO.0CO. With both affecting the
comparative receipts and expenditures the
surplus the present fiscal year will not be
up to expectations when the present year be-
gan. 1t Is probable that the next two
months Of this fiscal year will make bet
ter showing as to receipts and that the
surplus for the year will be not less than
$1O.OO0.O0O.
The receipts from the various sources for
the ten months of this year have been as
follows: Customs, $220, SIC. 965, against
$241. 723 366 one year ago; internal revenue
$193. 115,S72. against $780, $40 one year
ago; miscellaneous, $37 ,925, $50, against 1874, :
419594 one year ago.
For the month Of April the total receipts
were 41.529, Al. and the expenditures ST.
O1O,264. a pretty large deficit. During the
same month last year the total receipts
were $43,326, 100. and the expenditures SAL
76S,S14, considerable surplus. There has
been decrease the past month in both GUS
toms and internal revenue receipts, as COM
pared with the same month last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-03
HERRING REJECTED.
Fishermen Restore Them to River Be
cause of Glut in Market.

The catch of herring at the fisheries on
the river below this city is far in excess of
the demand. both here and at Alexandria.
and at the larger shores the herring are
turned out of the nets after the shad and
bunch fish, for which there is good demand,
are culled from them.
At Fairy Landing novel scheme has been
devised to get the shad from the mass of
herring without loss of time After the
ends of the big net are landed and the cir
Gle of the net inclosiEg the fish is found a
smaller seine with meshes large enough to
allow the herring to go through them is
hauled inside the big one. The little net
catches all the shad, but allows the her
ring to go free. and after the shad are
launded the net is dropped and the her
ing are released. This is the first season
on the Potomac in many years that such
an expedient has had to be resorted to in
order to get rid of the surplus catch Of
herring.
The dealers here who have been receiving
herring from the gill nets along the lower
part of the river, have notified the fisher
men that there is no market for the fish
here, and will not receive them. Many Of
the river boats and all the tugs employed
In towing from the OILERS have been laid
off, as the supply of herring coming from
nearby fisheries is more than ample to
meet the demand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-03
Edgar Fawcett, the Author, Dead.

A cablegram from London says: Edgar
Fawcett. the American author. died here
Monday after having been unconscious for
several days. Death was due to cirrhosis
of the liver. Funeral services will be held
on Thursday. Mr.. Fawcett was born in
New York in May. 1s47. and was a grad
uate of Columbia College. New York He
had lived in England for several years.
1t is said that Mr.. Fawcett always wrote
with a lead pencil, and that he never mark
ed out word-always carefully erased IT,
His plentiful verse gained for him the title
of "The Poet of Pessimism." Among his
numerous works are New York." "A Ro-
nance of Old New York." "A New York
Family" Rutherford" American Push"
"a Tale of Two Misers" written for the
WORLD, 1.-THE Vulgarians." "The Evil That
Men Do" 1.-THE House of High Bridge"
Thinking Cymbals." 1.-The Bunting Ball."
Short Poems for Short People," and $50
cial Silhouettes." He wrote also successful
plays, including "A False Friend" and an
opera Htyetto. THE New King Arthur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-03
APRIL STATISTICS.
Report Of Chief Belt Of the Fire De-
partment

Report Of Chief Belt Of the Fire De-
partment.
In his report Of the operations Of the
local fire department during the month Of
April. submitted to the Commissioners to-
day, Chief Engineer VIVA. T. Belt invites
the special attention of the Commissioners
to the department Of the members Of the
department, there having been but one vio-
lation Of rules Of serious nature during
the past three months. the one case mem
toned resulting in the flreman's resigna-
ton while charges were pending against
him.
Chief Belt reports that. during April the
department responded to 100 alarms, forty
eight bell and sixty local, finding six of
them to be false. The total estimated loss
for the month amounted to S19,365, or a
little over ID per cent of the total insur-
ance on the property, 1871, 800.
Chief Belt also forwarded to the Com
missioners today the report of Fire Mar
shall Sidney Bieber in which.he states that
buildings, twenty-nine in frame buildings,
one in stone structure, seven were the
burning Of grass, nine of brush, one of an
automobile, one was a fire on a dump and
the other was out of the District of CO.
lumbia.
During the month truck company G was
installed in the house provided by the
Fifty-seventh Congress, and Chief Belt
states that this company greatly strength
that has in the past caused the truck COM
pany on North Capitol street many long
runs. 1t has responded already to two
alarms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-03
POLITELY DIsoBEDIENT.
Lack Of Discipline in Early Life Means
Lawlessness Later.

FROM the ft0uSekeeper.
Twenty years ago famous American
millionaire, speaking of bis unruly and
Pampered little son, said with smile:
'Yes. Harry is politely disobedient boy"
The other day, after disgraceful career
extending over two continents, that boy
was placed behind the bars, a prisoner Of
Justice. His polite disobedience was but
the seed of future lawlessness. Obedience
is not only the soldiers first duty, as We
have been told, but the first and most i'm
portant duty OF all of us; and the place to
learn 1t is in the home; and the time
when We are children. The danger of &C.
Quiring the vice of disobedence is not con-
fined to the children of the rich alone. It
Is constant menace in homes of all grades
OF society. No greater harm can be done
TO a child than to permit him to be dis
obedient, either politely or impolitely
There are many troubles laid I'D for him
who has not learned early in life to obey.
Obedience to parents. obedience to teach
ers. obedience to employers, obedience to
the law, are all allied Failure In the frat
means failure In all.
The question is often asked whether the
children OF the present generation are as
opedlent as were their parents and grand
parents. Certainly there is not the out
ward reverence that characterized the chill
oren of former generation but we need
not say that the feeling of respect and the
aesire TO obey are not there. The danger,
however. Is right here: that the omission
OF the outward appearance of reverence
ana obedience may lead, in time to the
omission of those virtues themselves The
parent who permits child to grow up
without learning and learning thoroughly.
this great lesson of obedience commits a
crime against society. There are prisons
waiting Tor the politely dtSobedient boy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-03
Women in the Smoke War.
cago Record Herald

frofn the chicago Record Herald.
Woman has already demonstrated her
ability as street cleaner. She has shamed
the sterner sex by delivering whole wards
from their burden OF filth. When lazy
man could not be hired to sweep dirty
alleys she has grabbed broom and made
the dirt fly. To the extent of her physical
strength she has aided in the campaign of
cleanliness not only directing the sweep
ers and disbursing funds raised for that
purpose, but going personally Into the
abodes OF filth and assisting In the clean
ing process.
Having shown her ability In this direc-
tlon she may easily become a power in
the tight against the smoke nuisance And
the way to exert that power is through
orsanization. 1t is gratifying. therefore to
note the success OF the movement by the
University of Chicago Settlement Woman 8
Club 10 enlist all the women's clubs in a
war of determination against SCOT These
noighborhood clubs. organized for other
purposes. represent potential centers of
civic force and influence. Many of these
cluls have already organized netghborhood
leagues for cleaning back yards and alleys.
the members of which are taught that they
are responsible for the sidewalks and
streets in front of their lots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-03

swell dealers show that though flower.
themselves are never vulgar, they can b,
sold in the vuigarest manner Yet therr
has never been much of a flower marke
here. The dealers congregate In West 2stl
street now; there is an informal fiowc
market at the foot of East 34th street, an
there used to be a market on the north.
east corner of Union Square. until the sui.
way exca vations disturbed II last century
or the century before. was It?
Many foreign cities have markets fo-
flowers, just as they have them for ord
nary goods. At the great Halles Centrales
in Paris there is an old-established publ
flower sale, and the Church of Madelein
Is the center Of another. Covent Garden
in London. is famous for its flower marke
The Florists Association Is at last al
tempting to start such a sales place here
not, of course. simply to be a show. but be
cause the flower trade of the city has
grown SO that 1t seems to need a centrSl
spot for it's operations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-03
MODISH ENGLISH GIRL
SHE Is SLENDER, LONG OF LIMB
AND GRACEFUL.
Her Type Will Be In Favor With the
American Summer Sister
This Year.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
1t is settled thing that the long-legged
girl is coming into fashion. She was the
girl made popular by Du Maurier, the tail
slender. graceful girl. She was the girl
who came in with the first golfing togs
She was the girl you saw when the bicycle
fever was at it's height She is slender,
full of limb. round, though not plump, and
splendidly athletic. This type is not to be
confused with the girl who Is all elbows
and pushes her way through all dlrncuities
She is not the angular girl. who has ex-
ercised all her flesh off and who is bunch
of muscles, nor the restless girl who must
keep moving. = II
On the contrary, though tall and slender.
she is well covered with flesh. sufficiently
so to take off thef Angles. and. though not
at all fat. she!is far from lanky. She is
very long in. limb. She moves with fine.
easy grace. Her motions are not quick
and birdlike They are deliberate, and, in
most actions, you would call her slow. This
girl has not an angle about her. Gibson
must have taken his first type from the
English girl. for his girl has the curiousiy
uplifted chin of the English woman. And
he might have borrowed the full, round
limbs from the English cousins over the
water. for the american girl did not possess
them at that time. IAno in other ways MS
girl has the English traits.
Will Be Healthy.
The Anglo-Amsrican girl OF the coming
summer will dress with American chic. but
she will have few English features which
the American girl does not always have
For one thing. she will be healthy. She
will not have the curiously headachy look
which afaicts SO many American girls. She
will be immensely fond of open air. She
will throw away her curtains and let the
windows stand open. She VIII eat upon
the piazza.
The American girl has been. taking her
summer on shares. She has been spend
ing half of 1t in the open air. The other
half she has been spending closely housed
up. .s
While she was out she was very much
out, and for hours at time she would
breathe the air of the fields and woods.
But after the golf game, the summer girl
would shut herself up in the house: and.
closing the windows against heat and files,
would nap and sew, gossip and loll. with
the air about her close from the closed
windows and doors.
THE summer girl OF this year will live
entirely In the open" says a teacher Of
physical culture. '.She will copy the Jap
anese girl. who has her windows arranged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-03
TRAFFIC In TWO CITIES.
More Travellers, but Fewer Pedestrians
in New York Than in London.

More Travellers, but Fewer Pedestrians
in New York Than in London.
From the New York Sun.
There is more traffic, decidedly. in London
than there is in New York, but the figures
recently published in the English capitai
to prove the greater amount of travel there
In a day. compared with New York. fail C
take into account all of New Yorks trans
portatton facilities. There are 600 miles @
railway of all kinds within the boundariey
of London. The railroads of New Yor.
city with 100000 less population than
London) have more than 800 miles, Of whica
the Metropolitan has approximately, go
the Manhattan Elevated, lis: the Unio-
(Huckleberry). 75 and the Brooklyn line
800. This is exclusive of the mileage of tn
New York Central and Hudson River, tn
New York and New Haven. the Long Islanc
and the New York and Putnam within the
city boundaries.
The number of passengers carried by tn.
New York lines exceeds a billion In year
which Is 200, 900 900 more than are carrie!
by the lines within the boundaries of Lon
don In the like period. There Is a much
larger number Of vehicles In the streets OF
London than In the streets of New Yors:
The number Of cabs in the English capitul
is much larger than the number IN use III
New York and the London omnibus system
Is very extensive. 1t has been pointed ou
that Piccadilly. between the hours of an +
Pm, Is the most crowded point of traffi
In London. There IL a record in twelve
hours of more than 1900 vehicles passin
a given point.
These figures appear large or would ar
pear large, until compared with the morn
ing and the afternoon crush at the Manhat
tan entrance of the Brooklyn bridge. Nor
people travel in New York In a day than D.
n
fewer people walk than In London. Nor
ride.