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Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-03-11
VIII Of Johu W. crisweIl.

A paper in Mr.. John Criswell's
handwriting was found among his
papers in the Peoples Trust Company
which was probated as his last will
and testament. No executor was
named, but upon the petition OF the
next OF kin, Mr.. A. c. Nadenbousch,
qualified as administrator. The date
of the instrument is Dec. 10, 1902.
81 leave $1,000 to the trustees Of
Falling Waters church, the interest of
which is to be sed il caring for the
Criswell graves in said church yard.
/ give to Bob Criswell, In Martins
burg, boy, 70 acres of land, during
bis life, at bis death to revert to Fall
ing Waters church. Also farm that
bought of small and part. of Tabb,
to Willie Criswell's boy, Robert, aud
at his death to revert to Falling Wa
tiers church. The Missouri land owned
by SO 62-;oo acres in Bates
county is to GO to Robert Girls
we'll, son of Willie Criswell of Mis-
souri,. and is his absolutely without
reservation. Rolley c. Criswell's boy
and John Robert Criswell's boy are
to have my Falling Waters place, as
long as they live and after their
death is to revert to Falling Waters
church. My land in Berkeley, known
as the Middle Mountain, bought of
St. John Shepherd, is to go to VIM.
H. Ctiswell's son, with my mountain
Land in Morgan county, during his
life and litter his death is to revert to
the Falling Waters church.
The Tennessee land, if not sold, be
is to control in like manner as long
as he lives, and is to sell same TO best
advantage, and said money is to go to
Laura Criswell and she can use it as
she sees best. Any money, bonds,
bank stocks &c are to be held in my
name and the proceeds are to be paid,
if any, from said stocks, to Mrs.
Margaret " Criswell as long as she
lives, and after her death said stock,
with anything that may have accrued
therefrom that she did not spend to
go to VIM. H. Small, son of David
H Small. and anything that may ac-
crue to him by said proceeds left to
him II expect of him to hold as sa-
cred to the Presbyterian church. Now
mind they are all to get the proceeds
of the bonds during their natural
lives. If anything occurs with me |
want Milton Sellers youngest daugh-
ter to have $1,000 or the interest on
it, for life ard then it is to revert to
Falling Waters church.
J. w. Criswell.
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Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know it.
How To Find Dat.

III bottle or common glass with your
sr and let it stand twenty-four hours; a
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-03-11
Farming Implements

. wagons four horse studebaker /
inch tread nearly new with bed, two
horse wagon, Dayton wagon buggy
and buggy pole Deering binder Nc
cormick mower and horse rake, Owego
grain drill nearly new, set hay ladders,
set dung boards, , No, 40 Oliver chill
ed plows, l single sand 2,double shovel
plows, yring tooth harrow, corn cover,
| heavy drag, HOosler corn plan ter
with fertilizer attachment, single dou.
ble and treb DE trees, open rings, crow
bar digging iron, pick, mattock shovel,
scoop, hand corn planter, breast
chains, wheel barrow, stone fork, .
mapping hammers, hog troughs, %Tag
on Jack hoes, rakes X saw, log chain
grinding stone, 2.grain cradles, NOW
iug and briaI scythe, axes wedges, lot
of chicken coops, ton fertilizer J
nu measure, peck measure, corn, dusk
ets, 8 cow chains, 8 prong and 3
prong forks, , uuzzes,'l dung hook,
Il hu potatoes, los of enpty barrels 80
grain sacks, 81 chickens, sets Yankee
harness. 2 sets ploW gears, , sets single
harness, set OF check lilies, collars 4
bride, riding saddles aud hrld IS H.
ers, 100 bu corn, 500 bundles f0dder, 5
tons hay, &c acres waeat we'll fertilizsd
lot of old iron
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sediment or set
ting indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton of the kid
neys; If it stains
your linen it is
evidence Of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass ii or pain in
the back is also
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der are out Of order.
What to Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every
wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the
back, kidneys liver, bladder and every part
Of the urinary passage. 1t corrects inability
to hold water and scalding pain in passing
1t. or bad effects following use OF liquor,
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity Of being compelled to 90 often
during the day, and TO get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. 1t stands the highest for its won
derful cures Of the most distressing cases.
If you need medicine you should have the
best. Sold BY druggists in Soc. and 81. sizes.
You may have sample bottle Of this
wonderful discovery en-
and book that tells a g ia
more about It, both sent u
absolutely free by mail, 1911. III ssflssgg s9
address DR.. kilmer & Home of swsmpRoo..
Co.. Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men
ton reading this generous offer in this paper,
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c4EsAPEAKg srEAMsHIP coNPAN1
CHESAPEAKE LIN,

ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMERS
"AUGUSrA" AND 'ATLANTAr
ForlOLD POINT COMFORT aud NORFOLK i,
VIRGINIA.
Steamers leave Baltimore daily except
Suniavl st SO .. m and arrive Old Point
Csntorl at 6 n. IN. and Norfolk at 7. r. u. M ,
where connection Is made With the Rail Lines
for all points South and Southwest.
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Terms

A credit of nine months will bs Civ
Gu on all sums OF $40 and upwards pur-
chaser to give note with approved Sc
curitv negotiable and payable at the
Citizens National bank of Martinaburg
with interest from date Interest to
be remitied If paid at maturity. No
property to be removed until terms are
complied with.
G. L. Miller,
J. o. Butsrbaugn, Auot.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-03-11
Public Sale
OF VALUABLE
Personal Property.

Intending to discontinue farming |
will sell at public sale at my residedce
near Buxton's brickyard on
Saturday March II 1904
commencing at 10 O'clock a. III, sharp
the following valuable personal prop
erty
5 Head of Horses and Colts
8 are No l work horses will work any
where htched are quiet, l fine year
old colt, year old colt, the above
horses and colts are sound and have
good eyes.
8 Head Cattle. 5 Mich Cows
2 with calves by their sides / will
he fresh ey sale heifers, / fine bull
coming 8 years 90 head of hogs, pair
of the o. I. c., SOW has 8 pigs, 10
thrifty Sbot ts
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q DRIAN G NADENBoUs IL
Attorney-At-Law.

Practices in State ard ederal Courts. Con-
NeyanclDg and collections a speciality. AS
commissioner of accounts will give prompt
attention to settlements OF estate accounts, etc.
oFFICE-Corner Public Square.
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YORK RIVER LINE.

ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMERS
"CHARLOTrE' AND "BABTIAORE"
For WEST POINT and RICHMOND, VA.
Steamers leave Baltimore daily texcspt
Sunday at 3 p. M, and arrive West Polat ut
= % a. m, and Richmond al els a. IN.
steamers leaving Baltimore on Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays and leaving West
Point on Tuesdays. Thursdays ana SATURDAYS
call III Gloucester Point am Almonds Wharf
and steamers eavins Baltimore on Tuesdays,
Thursdays 0ne Saturdays, and West Point on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, call at
Yorktown and Clay Bsak weather permit
ting.
STEAMERS LEAVE BALTIMORE FROM
PIERS ~ AND 10 LIGHT STREBr WHARF.
Through Tickets to all points can be secured
baggage checked and stateresNs reserved
nor the City ticket Otkoes Nos. loo, l2s and
III 4. nalt more Street, or the Ssa eral 0 fees,
$50 LiSh, street. Ealh xsre, Nd
RKUBES FOSTER, n ]. CHIs2,
General Manager Cs@srsl Pssse ger Agt
a. n he5Ab f.. yrA~eltsg Passenger Act.
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u AIi.
What to Do.

convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out Of order.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-03-11

Daily spaily eAcspt Sunday sSundays only
Fl. g. CLARK, +. "a HOWELL,
Manager. Gen'l Pass Ag
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-16
PLEASANT WORK. FOR GIRLS.
Government Will Give Help Free to
Those Who Want to Try Silk
Worm Culture.

The department of agriculture is in
vestigating the possibilities of silk
worm culture in the United States. To
persons wishing to experiment, and
who can furnish proper food for the
worms, the department is distributing
free of charge a small quantity of silk
worm eggs, and also a manual of in
structions. The proper food for silk
worms consists of leaves from the diff
ferent varieties of white mulberry tree
and the Usage orange. The paper null
berry with the fuzzy leaves) is not
suitable, nor is the common red null
berry. AS the season is now open ap-
plications for the eggs should be made
at once, and must be accompanied by
a statement as to the number and kind
of mulberry trees or the amount of
Usage orange which the applicant pos
sesses, otherwise the eggs will not be
sent. II the variety of the mulberry is
not known to the applicant sample Of
large leaves should be sent to the, de-
partment The department of agricui-
ture buys the cocoons which the worms
spin, paying for them CATER they have
been dried) rs cents to one dollar a
pound, according to their quality The
work will prove an interesting pastime
for women and children who can de-
vote to it odd minutes during the day.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-16
POULTRY YARD POINTERS.

The breeding birds should not be
kent in the same flock with the ones
that are being fitted for market. After
a certain age the birds that are to be
fatttened should be separated from the
others.
Poultry demand good sized grit, as
they are constantly reducing in size
the little stones that compose it. Sand
will not take the place of good-sized
grit, even in the case of chicks.
Above all things look out for lice
and mites. These are the great
enemies of our poultry and destroy
more birds old and young than any dis
ease.
Many failures with incubators are due
entirely to ignorance in those trying to
run them. In this, as in everything
else, a person must learn how.
The larger the flock of fowls the
greater is the danger of contagion. For
this reason it is best to keep the fowls in
focks of so or less.
Do not forget that bone meal is always
a good poultry feed, and that on all
farms hundreds of pounds of bone go to
waste every year.
Chicks raised in late spring and mid
summer can be made to lay by February
if they are given some meat in their
daily ration.
In bringing new birds into the flock,
let them be quarantined till it is proved
that they have about them neither lice
nor disease.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-16
STRATEGY THAT SUCCEEDED
One Way to Get Woman to Take
Her Hat Off in q
Theater.

She sailed down the aisle just before the
curtain rose for the matinee, an elegantly
dressed woman of middle age and more,
wearing a broad, black hat with long,
curving feather on it. She took seat in
front of two young women and gave no5
the slightest intimation of removing that
marvellous tower of headgear, relates the
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Pardon me, but would you mind re-
moving your hat?"
This request apparently made not the
slightest impression on the owner of the
handsome plume, and few minutes
later the second young woman asked, in
3 tone somewhat louder than that of her
companion:
Would you please be SO kind as to take
off your hat?"
The offender moved her head slightly
but otherwise gave no response.
The victims of fashion were silent for a
few minutes and then one of them was
heard to say very distinctly to her friend:
oh well, perhaps she is a little bald.
That, of course, explains it. Don't think
of asking her again"
The woman with the hat started and
before the speaker had finished the Of
Tense was removed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-16
The Gopher as a P1owrnan.

Darwin concluded that the earth
worm in five years brings up soil
enough to cover the ground one inch
thick, and that, therefore, the result OF
its labor is of vast importance. / reck-
on that the pocket-gopher does this in
five months. 1t does not do it in the
same way or so effectively, because
the earthworm actually digests the
substance of it's castings; but it is evil
dent that the photographer method
answers the purpose of fully disinte-
grating and mixing the dead vegeta-
ton with the soil to produce a rich
and fertile black loam.-Ernest
Thompson, in Century.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-16
MISTAKES TO BE AVOIDED.
fective Unless the Work Is
Done Right.

1t is generally conceded that more
corn can be grown on an acre in drills
than in hills, but in weedy land The
great trouble is to keep drilled corn
clean and free from weeds. The great
mistake in cultivating drilled corn
usually is made at the first working,
when shovels of medium size are used
and small burrows left close to the
rows. We find it no harder to keep
drilled corn free from weeds than it is
to keep hill corn clean, by using the
smoothing harrow across the rows just
as soon as the corn is up. In four or
five days a second narrowing may be
given and then the cultivators be set
to work
Avoid leaving any furrow close to
the rows, and also be sure not to throw
ridge of earth up to the plants. Keep
the land just as level as possible the
first two or three workings and then
as the plants begin to shade the ground
they will do much to smother out
weeds. The later cultivation of any
corn is best given by a one-horse five
shovel cultivator, instead of the two
horse riding implement, as with the
former one can go very shallow and
keep at any desired distance from tia
growing corn. We believe there are too
many high-priced riding cultivators
and not enough small one-horse imple-
ments used The latter, diligently
used. insure clean crops.-Farmers'
Voice.
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GOSSIP OF PARIS STYLES

the back, which can be drawn over the
face IL the wearer desires. This chiffon
vel is slowly but surely ouSting the
lace veil from the pinnacle of fashion
Some OF the muslin frocks here are
the prettiest revivals of the eighteenth
century. They are made up very SIM
ply, with full pleated skirts, chemi-
settles and fichus of embroidered lawn
or muslin. With this style one some
how rather likes TO see the 1880 bonnet
or the bergere hat, but instead of these
the newest thing worn is kind of
"marquise" shape in white panama.
trimmed with wreaths of pompadour
roses, clusters of green leaves and rib
bon velvet.
Millinery is extraordinarily beau
tlful at the moment, though 1t still
continues to change. AS quickly as one
mode becomes popular so do the mod
istes bring out another. 1t is almost
impossible to lay down hard and fast
rules about hats Everything seems to
be worn, but no style lasts long, and
one wonders what will be the next
thing? Then the same applies to frocks,
and | think the only modes the dress
makers wish to keep rather exclusive
are the new designs in muslins.
In taffeta l have seen some real old
puce shades, which are very noticeable.
For afternoon wear these are made
with chemisettes and fichus of en-
broidered lawn. All the smart taffeta
frocks seem to be made in 1880 fashion,
with pointed bodices and ruched skirts.
The fancy for checks has by no
means abated The pointed effect is
sometimes arrived at by the elongated
waistband, but in many cases the bod
ices are being drawn over the skirt.
There seems to be no skirt worn but
the pleated one, even in serge, with the
exception of that which accompanies
the long basque coat, and which is cut
perfectly plain with only a few fiat
pleats at the back. These skirts just
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-16
Linen For Summer Wear

of the country frock; but it still does
so, being very inexpensive fabric. De-
laine is produced in navy blue with ex-
tremely good effect, which should be
welcome news to the general public,
for what is more universally becoming
than real, old-fashioned navy?
think it may be said that we have
somewhat tired of spots, or will do so
ere long, although there is a certain
amount of smartness about them which
would certainly make them hold their
own until the end of the season.
What a revival there is in favor of
grass lawn, Tussore and linon de sole
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-16
Same Summer Precautions.

Provide dust baths for the fowls. The
dust should be put in large boxes, and
kent out of the rain. Whitewash the
houses, adding one gill of crude carDolic
acid and one pine of common kerosene
to each pailfuI of slaked lime. Lice will
attack chicks at all ages, even in winter.
Chicks require warmth at all seasons,
and the most critical period for young
chicks is between the time they drop
their downy coats and before they put
on a full dress of feathers, at which time
they must have the very best of care, or
they will sometimes drop off with but
very little indication of disease or other
difficulty. After the young chicks are
fully feathered they are strong enough
to help themselves, and will no doubt
thrive if they have plenty of food and
are kept well sheltered. and
?ireside.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-16

frock is indispensable and SO is fan
mel or delaine.
Now, linens this year have surpassed
themselves in the matter of color, tex
ture and variety; we have plain linens,
coarse linens, fine linens, linens pro-
fusely and finely embroidered, linens
coarsely and sparingly embroidered,
linens spotted, striped and patterned;
in fact, linens of all kinds and in all
shades.
Linens nowadays may be treated in
a variety of ways, from the linen coat
and skirt to the elaborate toilette. Per-
sonally, prefer the happy medium, for
| do not think linens should be over
elaborate. To my mind, the prett1est
of all are those with little embroidery
on the blouse and round the plain trot-
teuse skirt, worn with leather band,
a pretty colored scarf and a Breton
sailor hat This makes an ideal cos
tune for the river.
In the linen frock I see salvation for
the girl on very limited dress allow
ance, for it seldom looks better than in
blouse and skirt form. Scarlet in my
opinion is one of the prettiest colors
for the country, if it suits the wearer;
this is run very close, however, by
ducks egg blue, while white, of course,
embroidered in scarlet (the fayorite
French linen frock) is a delightful
combination.
A rich deep cream is a favorite
shade in coarse makes of linen, and
there is a new purple shade which is
very effective mixed with white. Many
shades of blue, too, are worn, though
cannot remember having seen any
very good navy blues. The old-fash-
Toned butchers blue is worn, embroid-
cred in white, and in linon de sole
there is a new shade of deep raspberry
which is very much in vogue in Paris,
but this fabric comes into the category
of smarter frocks than the ordinary
linens.
Tt is good news that we have revived
the wearing of cotton mate ials of an
very inexpensive order, such as
zephyrs, batistes, etc. These form
charming frocks if treated with tie
same care as the linen; that is to say,
with no elaboration, unless you can af-
ford to go to a clever dressmaker,
which few of us can when it is a ques-
ton of simple cotton frocks.
Then delaine is produced in such
good designs nowadays that one feels
It should hardly come into the category
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-16
GRANDPoP'S MOTTO.

1 used to let the cattle out and putting up
the bars
Would stand alone space. perhaps, and
gaze up at the stars.
Then I would take glance around>to see
that all was right
Before I shook the lantern out. and went
in for the night
And sat with mine own people meath the
rafters time-embrowned.
Before the wide and open CRATE while
shadows danced around.
I see things now as plain as then, where
father used TO sit,
And mother in her rocking-chair would
slowly rock and knit,
And sister on her patchwork Quilt with
fingers deft and slim
Would work and hum, it all comes back
from out the years grown dim;
Ard I can see old gran'ther sit. the light
on his old face,
Where he could chew and chew and spit
in the old fireplace.
Grandfather was "Sir Oracle" within our
humble cot;
What gran'ther said was 50; twas so cen
if twas not;
His sayi so just made It so; he chewe6
and spat and chewed.
And when he spoke we all kept still and
sat with mien subdued;
And ev'ry night he'd say these words be-
fore he sought his cot:
''Tenacrescultivate drigh Observation-Disclosures
drednot"
And that thing ground in us each night be-
fore we went to bed
Sank like brand into our souls, and
fastened in each head;
Whenever We thought of biting off more
than we we'll could chew
We would remember gran'ther's words,
and know it wouldn't do;
Brother ard / both own our homes and
teacE, each in his cot:
''Tenacresc iltivat Observation-Disclosures
dredno.''
~. 81 Ise WIS. in Houston Post
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-16
MANAGEMENT OF COLONIES.
A Few Timely Directions for Farmers
Who Are Beginners in the Bee
keeping Business.

There are some decided advant ages in
artificial swarming. For the benefit OF
amateurs, and those just beginning to
give few directions.
In this way you can raise your own
queens from your best stock.
Strengthen the colonies until they are
almost ready to swarm, by putting the
frames of brood from other colonies,
and by feeding them. When the hive is
we'll filled with bees, take the queen
away with enough bees to give her a
start. Continue to feed the old swarm,
as they will raise better young queens.
About IL or II days after removing the
old queen, the queen cells will be ready
to take out for use in starting nuclei.
To start nucleus, go to one of the
strongest colonies and select three
frames with good many bees, but with
only little brood and few fresh-laid
eggs. Put these into d hive that has
been so carefully closed that the bees
cannot get either in or out at the bot
tom. Then take care to fasten it so Sc
curely that no bees can escape from top
or bottom. Leave the hive thus closed
until after dark the next day, when the
entrance to the hive may be opened.
Before preparing the nuclei all the
sealed queen-cells must be removed
from the parent hive but one, and each
one placed in a little funnel shaped
queen cage made from a strip Of fine
wire netting with hole at the small end
about the size of lead pencil, so the
young queen can crawl out. This wire
cage containing the queen cell must be
so placed between two of the frames in
the nucleus that it will be firmly in
position. The wire cages are necessary
to prevent the bees from cutting the
queen cells open and singing the young
queen to death when the nuclei are first
started. Open the nuclei now and then
to see when the queens are Matched and
beginning to lay, To encourage the in
FAINT swarm card of sealed brood may
be taken from an old colony and given 1t
to insure a good start.
This method will keep the old colonies
very strong for the honey season, and
still the number of swarms increased.
In good honey years it is no uncommon
thing to get from $50 to 200 pounds of
comb honey in one pound sections from
single swarm, spring count. A colony
can usually be prevented from swarm
ing by removing one or two frames of
brood from a full hive. giving it empty
| frames. The queen cells must be cut
out, and plenty of room supplied in the
upers.-Farmers' Voice.