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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-20

Rev. : A. Ora i'll. former mi'sisEer
II tire United b tnten church -
Joaes Sring int who nov has 4
charge in q amhershu-g. il herr T.
make the necessa preparations fnr
the moving If ~ family. Mr. Grm
bill is nleasea y i'm his rev chnrg.
Passenger. Engineer shenahruu9h
AMI FrpiVhs I'll pman moran, 81 'h'
Cumberlnnd Val es service, who we're
snspenaea efie the fafAl wreck reaf
Nee Vile. have heen ie'nstated The
verdict Of the cotnrer's inrv placeu
the blame on Engineer Shenabrnuph.
THE fog born whistle at the new
pumping station became laosened We'd
nesday, causing continuous blast
tnr more than half an hour. Manv
thought il was danger signsl, and
Ohicer Snyder made hurried trip 10
the station to Investigate. The dam
age wa Fepai ed.
Msssrs. George ". Buxton and 4
B. Ncll, If this citv, through the r
agent, Mr.. A. Il. Hunter. have sold
property in Berkeley Springs. known
A. the Philip R'hdletnn properly, 70
s. A. b Kendall. The prie. re.
eeiyed was 81, 100
The following are the new cortribu-
tors to the lihrarv fluid, having placed
their amounts with the treasu err
joseph W. Gain, Frnuk s. Emmert.
C. c. Westrato, Miss Jessie NIGEL ~,
Miss Maud Betx. Misses Seihert aud
sister, Lee VI. Bender and John W.
Stewart.
The exploding Of lamp in the
house IN South street. occupied bv a
family BY tie Nome Of Bennett. caused
slight fire. The flames. however,
were put out before any great dana Q
was done. The loss which was com
para'ivelv small was covered by IN
surance BY Nj. Harry $. Thompson.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-20
TAKEN AWAY F02 BURIAL
Remains OF MRS. sprech~r and Miss
all Taken Away for Interment.

The remains of Mrs. Susan j.
SDrecber, who died on Sunday a. 3
O'Clock. were tsken to HaQerstown
Wednesday on tie morning Cumber-
lanH Valley train, where intermert
was made at ,Longmeadow church near
that place.
The remains of Miss Anna Wall
were taken to Piedmont, Ter former
home Wednesday N the Baltimore q
Ohio train No. 3, where interment
was made. The funeral services
we're oonhucreG by Rev. A. j. Gill
Tuesday evening.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-20
CoHIW SALES

Feb. 22-David o. Bartles VIII sell
his stock and farming implements at
his home on Dry Run.
Feb. s3-Warner w. Vanneire will
sell valuable stock, imple nents and
some house goods near Winebrener's
X Roads.
Feb. "a g w. Emmersons will sell
valuable stock. and farming iinple-
ments at his home 2 miles south of
Failing Waters.
Feb 24-Mrs. Mary G. Miller will
sell stock, implements and some house
hold goods at her home on the d..
Page Miller farm q mics south Of
Arden.
Fen. 25-A. r. Porterfeld will sell
valuable stock and farming ilnple-
ments at his home near BedIngton.
Feb. 27-Geo. f. showers will sell
his stock consisting of registered Jer-
sey cows, horses ETC, and implements
at his home two miles west of town.
February 27-Mrs, Florida Shirley
will sell stock and other personal
property at her home one mile from
alartinsburg on the Winchester pike.
March 1-E. K. Harwood d Bro.
will sell stock and implements at their
home on the home farm OF tho late
Eugene BaLer Ii ear Leetown
March Jacob f. Pearrell viii sell
valuable stock and farming imple-
ments at his home on the Decatur
Hedges farm near Bedington.
March &c. l.. Stuckey will sell
stock and farming implements at bis
hon near the county Alms House, 5
miles west of Martinsburg.
March 2-Mr. j. Deau Teller will
sell valuable stock and farm property
at his home on the "Bush' farm,
near Swan Pond.
March 4-Thomas wolford win sell
his valuable stock of farming nipple
ments at his residence two miles south
of Jones Spring and two miles north
OF shanghai.
March 4-Thomas Wexford will sell
at public auction at his home on
Hampshire grade, 2 miles south OF
Jones Spring, his stock and farming
implements.
March &c. w. Hodges will sell
valuable stock and farming imple-
menls at his home on the Morgan
yanmetre farm 81 miles east II
Martinsburg.
March 10-C. M. Roush will sci
valuable stock and farming nipple
ments at his home farm three miles
west of Martinsburg.
March ll-Mr d. l.. Magruder will
sell stock and implements at his home
on the Files farm l mile northwest
from Kearneysville and seven miles
east of Martinsburg.
March l2-Mr. G. l., Miller will sell
at his residence, near Buttons brick
ward valuable stock and farming i'm
plements.
March l5-Mr. w. A. Herbert will
sell verv valuable personal pronertv,
aJ his home on the Runnymede fam.
south of Gerardstown.
March IS -George Ryneal will sell
Htoc and implements at his farm
known as Honeywood on the Potomac.
March ga. j. Rlue will sell stOcR
and farming implements at his home
Old the Southwark place on the Opeqn-
on near Mt Zion church.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-20

Mrs NJ. e. Hawk, of netor,
is the guest of relatives in This civ.
little Cleo Garrett. who has been
i'll for some time, is able to lie cut.
Mr.. Frank Grant, Of Cumhrrland. is
spending few DAYS here with friends
Mr.. John A. Brown, of Huntongdon
Pa is the guest of friends in this citv.
II you want a flock of high grade
Shronshires. see Silver.
Mr.. Frank Laniers, Of Berkeley
Springs, is spending some time il
this city.
Mr. Clarence Young. ot Mon DIS
Vile. is home to attend the funeral If
his mother.
Mrs Mary Campbell. of Hopkins.
vile, Ks., is she guest of Mrs. j. W.
McSherrv.
Silver has the only Dorset ewes,
ever sold in Berkeley Co.
MIR. Baker Seton, who has been a
visitor in Balt'mo for several days
has returned home.
Miss Mamie Hunter, Of Berkeley
Snrinas, is the guest of her uncla,
OsDt. w. r. Colss n
Mrs. N. II Davis. If Philadelphia,
il the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. @. w.
Doll o Burke street.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-20

Or. r. =. : an'an racs i~ed tie in
telligence of the death Of his son-in-
Law, NJ. j. 81. / "a in Cumberland.
TIE cine of ms dea'h was anpeudri-
It's fir wttca he had undergo an
ooeraton. u I'll ra is we'll known
t'ls CITY. having visited here a
numper uf times.
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oEArn os.G u COLOR ED LADY.

Emily Mask probably the Oldest
colored resident i'm this section died
a her home in this city Monday night
She was aged 81 wears. She had been
i'll for long thee in consequence of
her extreme old age. She resided im
this city for the past 40 years. One
son survives.
The funeral occurred Thursday
afternoon ut $50 O'Clock at the home
In North Ma tinsbnr. Rev. Fisher
conducted the ceremony. Inter-
ment in Mt. Hope cemetery.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-20

Mr.. Charles ~rrsver. "bo had his
barn, near Berk ele, Styfion, b. r. Ell
on last Monday, mas rsr. lived throul h
the ibsuraIca firm OF Alexander d
Trsmmell the foil amount OF his ~
ant. The ievment was "a PROMPT
uue.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-02-20
Public Sale

Having rented my farm, Will ser
Public Auetion, in Dnrkesvhte,
Property.
FINE GENERAL PURPOSE MiRE
$ years old, heavy, >v.sh fold. win work
anywhere.
LEWIS GLOVER
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20
Petroleum Production.

The worlds production of petrole-
um in 1902 amounted to 1S5.l51.OS9
barrels. OF this the United States and
Russia produced 91.44 per cent. For
years Russia has led in point of pro
duction. but an increase of l9,3II,I22
barrels in the production of the Unit
ed States in 1902 and a decrease
amounting to 4.62S,515 barrels in the
production of Russia caused these two
countries to change places and put the
United States at the head of the list
Our country has. however, still more
important advantage over its foremost
petroleum rival. More than double
the quantity of the higher grades of
refined products is obtained from the
average crude petroleum produced in
the United States than is obtained
from Russian oil. The United States
produced nearly 90 barrels of refined
products in 1902 for every barrel pro-
duced by the rest of the world.
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20
SCHOOL ESSAY ON DUCKS.
Boys Writing Showed He Had Deeply
Studied the Subject.

A schcalboy in Jewei City. Kan,
was assigned to prepare an essay on
the subject of Ducks" and this liz
what he wrote: The duck is low.
heavy-set girl. composed mostly of
meat and feathers. He is mighty
poor singer. having hoarse voice
caused by getting two many frogs In
his neck. He likes the water and
carries a toy balloon in his stomach
to keep him from sinking. The duck
has only two legs and they are set
so far back on his running gears by
nature that she came purity near miss
ing his body. Some ducks when they
get big have curls on their tails and
are called brakes. brakes don't have
TO set or hatch. but just loaf, go
swimming and eat. If | was duck
I'd rather be drake every time"
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20

spread 1t open; yes, 1t was a news
paper-some months old. What could
be the reason for preserving it? A
sudden thought-he looked at the date
and then-Yes. there 1t was on the in
side sheet. Terrible Railway Acct
dent, The 4:30 train from Dover
wrecked and partially consumed"
There was full account of that
ghastly affair, with minute details
of all the horrors-a recollection of
which returned to him. most vividly
as he scanned the column. He re.
placed the first. and took down an
other and another.
Further details-number of bodies
found-distressing scenes-the in
quest-the verdict-mysterious dis
covery with regard to a first class pas
senEer-foul play suspected! Verdict
of Wilful Murder," And so on and
so on he retraced his way through the
whole of that dark tragedy-wasting
what he felt to be precious time. but
unable to tear his attention away
from these records of the past
At last he rammed the paper back
into its pigeon hole and turned his
attention again to the drawer be-
meath. When 1t at last yielded to
his efforts. he was rewarded by the
sight of a fatty folded packet of
parchment. tied with tape-the iden-
tical last will and testament which he
had heard spoken of so often by the
cook. But this, though of interest in
one way. was not that of which he
was in search and he began to feel
a qualm of fear lest, after all, his
quest should prove useless.
His eye, roaming restlessly about.
was caught by the CLEAN of brass in
dark corner. The candle. which was
sufficient to light him at his task. still
left the greater part of the room in
semi-darkness. and there was some
thing over there, in that corner. which
he had not taken into account
1t was an old fashioned piece of fur
niture-the only shabby and evidently
second hand article in the room. 1t
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20
ITO be continued.)
Doctors nnew a Good Thing.

Congressman John Sharp Williams
tells of a man in Mississippi who is y
hypochondriac of the first order. This
individuals failing is a source of new
er-ending amusement to his fellow
townsmen. 1t was of this man thai
some one humorously remarked. in an
swer to a question as to how the sica
man was getting on, that he com
planned that he was feeling somewhat
better"
Mr.. Williams says that the hypo'
chondriac was one day telling friend
of his efforts to regain his old-time
health. He ran over the list of doc.
tors whom he had consulted. Where.
upon the friend remarked:
We'll. old man. | must say that you
appear to have lots of faith in doc
tors"
Certainly have" replied the sick
man. Don't you think the doctors
would be foolish to let good Gus
toner like me die?" - Colorado
Springs Gazette.
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20

the upper floor, and began to descend
the staircase.
1t was much in his favor, the stairs
being so well and so massively con-
structed, that there was no startling
and treacherous creak to betray the
feet which trod them secretly in the
dead of night. And so he made his
way slowly and safely to the floor on
which the room was situated into
which he was minded to penetrate.
After careful and noiseless search,
he succeeded in laying his hand upon
a candle and box of matches, which,
earlier in the evening. he had secreted
in a convenient, but out-of-the-way
corner.
He struck match, and. lighting
the candle, advanced towards the door
of the apartment into the lock of
which he inserted his duplicate key.
He entered and closed the door be-
hind him. without, however COM
pletely shutting it.
He put his candle down on the writ
ing table while he considered what
was to be done next. The waste
paper basket first attracted his atten-
ton as being at oTce the nearest and
the easiest object on which to exer-
else his powers of investigation.
1t was about quarter full of torn
fragments. which he promptly
emptied out before him. A rapid and
cursory examination was sufficient to
prove that these were of no import
ance. So he swept them back into
their original receptacle.
The next thing to be done must be
to tackle the writing table. How was
this to be accomplished? Shocking
to relate. he produced from his pocket
nothing less than-a bunch of skele-
ton keys,
To his great disappointment one
after another of the drawers upon the
right hand proved to be empty. He
turned his attention to those on his
left.
He put his hand to one and pulled
out the tightly wedged contents. He
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20

as soon as you can; or"-with a
slightly more lenient tone, as he re-
fiected that, after all, as the fellow
himself had said, there might be rea-
sons, not necessarily bad. for the con-
cealment-"you can remain until to-
morrow. if you like"
Victory, Another night, which was
all he required.
He could scarcely prevent himself
from showing some signs of exulta-
ton. All! perhaps by this time to-
morrow the situation might be chang
ed He might be the judge, and an
other
Stay one moment" Mr.. Ferrers
continued.
This time he addressed the woman
Perkins. who had reached the door
las | have also a strong objection
to persons who pry into other peoples
concerns and interfere with their pri-
vate property. you may as well take
a months notice at the same time
That will do; you can 60
The bitter was bit. She had not a
word to say for herself. She had
succeeded in wreaking her spite upon
him who had despised her attractions
and repulsed her overtures, but she
had done 1t at the expense of a good
situation. Moreover. the man whose
disgrace she had labored to secure
laughed in her face as he passed her.
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20
So Much-So Little!

Cecil Rhodes
Is the" no debt that thou dost owe
70 tighten others care and wo"I
Is there no comfort thou canst give
To help another creature llveP
Hast tnou no peace thou cnnst bestoW
And Let a sadder being know
oh. Fellow Pilgrim, stop n while
To give helpful loving smile.
Thy life is not thine own to live.
As thou hast gained 50 much thou EiveI
But give not only Of thy wealth.
Give. too. a llttlc-of thyself.
oh. do not answer thus to me
I'VE greater cares that nrst must be
Thou caust not live this way. for, Friend.
What will confront thee at tn" end.
Since there IL little comfort stored
For those who live to mcrely-hoard.
oh. Soul 50 stultired and mean.
What bit OF love CIust thou thcu glehnT
with not one voice tu interccde
And hSip thee in thy pressing neod2
Look then to II. Ay. count the cost
OF precious. helpful momcnts-lDst.
SO much to do-so little donci
u f. not strange the worlds unwon.
SO lttle done by ecu and me.
So little love with Charity.
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20
End of World Predicted.

The end of the world in ninety
years has been predicted by DIR. John
Robertson at the evangelistic services
at the First Presbyterian Church in
Austin. a suburb of Chicago
THE day of judgment Is at hand,
he said. Roughly speaking. about
1000 years have elapsed between each
coming of the Lord. After he created
man it was 1000 years until he ap-
peared again. and 1000 more until the
coming of Christ.
Reasoning by. inductive analogy
the end of the world and the coming
of the Lord are not far distant. He Is
about due for the fourth time. and this
time he will come as judge.
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20
SPELLING ORIENTAL NAMES.
Rules Adopted by United States Geo
logical Survey.

Mr.. Henry Gaunett. geOgrapher OF
the United States Geological Survey,
has recently received numerous letters
of inquiry regarding the proper SPELL
ing of the place names in Korea and
Manchuria that have become proml-
nent in the news columns of the day
since the outbreak of hostilities
between Russia and Japan. The varia-
ton in spelling observed in the usage
of different newspapers and different
map makers is confusing to the COM
mon mind. Mr.. Gannett suggests that
the matter would be much simplitied il
it were generally known that a system
of transliteration of such names has
been adopted by most European ma
tions, by Canada. and by this country.
This plan is published in the second
report of the United States Board on
Geographic Names"
The confusion arises from the fact
that these geographic names are writ
ten in their native tongues in charac-
ters unlike those we employ. Different
persons transliterate them into Roman
characters in different ways. The value
of set of rules that would reduce the
variations in spelling to minimum Is
apparent.
The rules adopted by the Board on
dtOBTaDnlC NaUltS pIoNlut 'hdI 'h'
yowels shall have the sounds that are
common to the vowels in the language
OF southern Europe. 1t follows. there
fore, that has the sound of 90 in boot
and that Manchuria is therefore pre-
terred to Manchooria. Chefu to Cheioo.
Amur to Amoor. 1t has been ruled that
al has the sound of / in ice, au the
sound of ow in how tao-a very fire.
quent combination in the East, heard
in named like Mindanao and Nonao-
is slightly different from the preced-
ing); eli, as in Beirut. has the sound of
the two Italian vowels, but is frequent
ly slurred, when it is scarcedly distin-
guishable from ey in the English word
they.
In accordance with the rules. is
always soft" having the sound of s.
Hard" C is represented by k. and IL
therefore follows that Korea is the
accepted form, and not Corea. Other
rules are that ch is always soft" as
in church: is sounded as in English
and ph should not be used to repre-
sent this sound; 10 always hard,
as in get; h is always pronounced: J
and k have the English sound; XII has
the sound of the oriental cultural; gh
is another cultural; ng represents IN
different words different sounds-two
sounds, as in finger. and one, as in
singer; q should never be employed
for the sound of qu. which is repre-
sented by XIV. as in Kwantung; y is
always a consonant. as in yard, ana
should not be used for the sound oil
the vowel /, as it is in very or rely.
These rules are recommended as
simple and easy of application. Their
general acceptance would undoubtedly
be appreciated by the average reader
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20
CHAPTER xxII.-continued.

Before he could reply the house
maid put in another word.
Begging your pardon for speaking,
after being told to hold my tongue,
but it's something beginning with a
'B'-as ! saw it myself in prayer
book | came across accidental
SO that is how you came by your
information" said her master. Some
thing beginning with B. is it? Sup
pose you let me see the book?"
Which | intended to have showed
it to you at the first" she said. fun
bling in her pocket and producing the
well worn little volume. which she
was about to hand to her master,
when
A sudden dart-a long arm stretch
ed out, and powerful hand wrested
it from her.
This is my property" exclaimed
its owner, sternly. The name writ
ten within may be mine or another's.
but so long as | choose to keep it a
secret-secret it shall remain"
This is most extraordinary CON
duct!" exclaimed Mr.. Ferrers, most
extraordinary! Under the circum-
stances, only one course is open to
me. 1t is impossible for me to harbor
under my roof one who has obtained
adpittance under false name. and
absolutely refuses any explanation. |
must. therefore, assuming his Sc
verest expression. while the young
man seemed to hold his breath as he
waited for the sentence to be pro-
nounced upon him-"I must, there
fore. discharge you at once. and with
a months wages in lieu of the ordi-
nary notice"
1t was all up.
"When-when am | to leave?" in
quired Ted, with eyes fixed upon the
floor and heart beating furiously.
This question seemed to take the
person to whom 1t was addressed
unawares.
When" he answered; "why-oh.
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20
cARNEolE's HERO FUND.
Five Million Dollars for Injured He
roes and Dependents.

Pittsburg. April l6.-Andrew Car
negie has created fund of $1,000 900
for the benefit of the dependents OF
those losing their lives in heroic ef-
fort to save their fellow men, or for
the heroes themselves If injured only.
Provision is also made for medals to
be given in commemoratiOn of heroic
acts.
The endowment is to be known as
the hero fund.- and consists of So
600 900 of first collateral five per cent.
bonds of the United States Steel Cor
poration. The trust is placed in the
hands of a commission of twenty.
The commission held its first meet
ing here yesterday and made known
the project The scheme was conceived
by Mr. Carnegie Immediately after the
Harwick mine disaster, when he sum
r.oned to New York Charles l.. Taylor,
chairman. and f. NJ. Wilmot manager
of the Andrew Carnegie relief fund, to
discuss with them plans for the relief
of the sufferers from this catastrophe.
1t is provided that no grant is to be
continued unless il be soberly and
properly used and the recipients remain
respectable. well behaved members of
the community.
A medal shall be given to the hero's
widow or next in kin, which snail re-
cite the heroic deed it commentaries,
The medal shall be given for the he
roic act. even If the doer be unin-
iured, and also a sum of money, should
the commission deem such gift desir-
able.
Mr.. Carnegie warns the commission
against the danger of Interference or
conflict with the pension funds for mu-
nicipal employees that exist in many
cities, and urges it to act in harmony
with such funds. This, as is the case
with all the details of the funds ad-
ministration. is left to the commission.
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20
Owner Of Many Cattle.

Mrs. Charles King Of Corpus Christi.
Texas. owns more land than any other
woman in the world. Her husband
was a famous cattle breeder and he
left her 1900 acres in Nueces, Hi
dalgo, Starr and Cameron counties and
there are now about $1,000 cattle on
her ranges. The vast estate must be
kept intact until her eldest grandchild
comes of age.
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20
The Lively Little Jap.

"A Japanese associates three ideas
in the time a Russian takes clearly
to formulate one. have sat in class
rooms beside both" says a writer in
the Pail Mall Gazette. and the great
er length of the Russian thigh-bone.
the greater weight of the Russian mus
culature, go for just precisely nothing
at ALL Nowadays men battle. not with
Drawn, but brains"
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20
CHAPTER XIII.
The Envelope With Three Seals

The Envelope WITH Three SEATS.
1t was twelve o'c.ock on Friday
night. The clock in the hall below
had struck the hour. Another half
hour licked slowly by, and at the end
of that time a door in the upper part
of the house was opened softly and
by imperceptible degrees.
The room within was in darkness
and the figure of the man who eau
tiously emerged was barely visible in
the general gloom.
He crept lightly on his stockinged
feet past the doors of the rooms on
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20
Clock Made in 14e2.

Emil Kuehnel of Manchester. N. H..
has a clock which was used in the
days of Columbus. 1t IS marked AN
no, 1892"
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20
Carnival of Nenice,

The carnival of Venice, which once
was celebrated by the whole populace
of that city. has now become monop-
oily of the children.
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20
Last Of French Peers.

The Marquis of Gouvion Saint-Cy
who died in his seth year. was the
last survivor of the peers of France
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20
EIaus of Admirals.

An admiral fires his flag at the
mainmast. a vice admiral at the fore
and a rear admiral at the mizzen.
The Lamar register., 1904-04-20
Three staaes Of Marriaae.

Old Sourdrop says: Before mar.
riage woman expects man; after
marriage she suspects him; after he
dies she respects him."