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Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-16
AN INSULT TO THE FARMERS.

OF all the absurd and utterly silly
propositions that we have ever heard
advanced the one that the Republican
politicians are trying to stuff the
minds of the farmers with, that pres
ent high price of grain is in any way
due to the manipulation of the Re
publican party takes first place. 1t is
a down right insult to the intelligence
of the agriculturists.
Every sensible man, or even one
who is one degree removed from a
jack, must be aware that the advance
in wheat and corn is due. primarily,
to the unfavo1able reports OF the crops
throughout the country. and secondar-
lily TO the existence of war in Russia,
one OF the large wheat producing
countries OF the world.
IL would be just as reasonable in the
democrats to claim that the present
condition of the market is due to the
bright prospect OF the success of The
Democratic party and the dethrone-
ment of the republican, but the dem
"cIatic party has never undertake to
treat the people as if they were natur-
al born tools, by resorting to argu-
nents that the veriest idiot knows
there is no force in. Such puerile pre-
tensions serve to show the straits the
republicans are in, to stern the tide of
public opinion that is setting so
strongly against them.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-16
THIS WILL INTEREST MO

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Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-16
ASK FOR ALLEN'S FOOT e.
A POWDER

To shake into your shoes. 1t !
tie feet. Makes walking easy. {
corns, Bunions, Ingrswing L
Swollen .and Sweating feet. A,
Druggist an6iShoe Stores. 25cts. d
accept any substitute, Sample free.
dress, Allen S. Olmstead, Leroy
Y.
81
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-16

Ex-Mayor McCue, o Charlottesville
Va, has been accused OF having cau,-
ed the death Of his vile, an account
of which appeared n as. W -eks issue
He has been lodged in jail and the ex-
cite1nent against him IS verJ high
The Baltimore & Ohio 81 TOAD
company has awarded contact Toy
1000 steel gondolas to the standard
Steel Car company Of Pits urg The
cars are to be com oleted by the after
part Of the year, and will be used tor
the coal trade.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-16
"A prominent Southern lady, Mrs
Blanchard, of Nashville, Tenn, tells how
she was cured of backache dizziness, pain
full and irregular periods by the use of
LYDIA E. Pinlharn's Vegetable Compound.

@DEAR Mrs PNKHAM:Gratitud
gs merit Of your Vegetable I9ave suffered
would Only suffering me.
Better health all wanted and possible Lydia
hams Vegetable Compound brought health and happiness
few short months feel like another My
have left Life everything
pleasant and easy.
@ bottles brought me health and worth than months
under the doctors which really did benefit ALL
isfed there medicine good for sick your Vegetable
Compound and advocate TO lady friends need
hep"-MRs. B. A BLANCHARD 422 Broad St. Nashville Tenn
When women troubled with irregular
feeling Inflammation of boang
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-16


good that another and the result satisfactory
bought six bottles and feeling like
never be without it hope that my testimonial will convince
that your VesetaDe Compound the greatest medicine in the world
for falling OF the womb other female
CoDY 1000 Birch St, Philadelphia, Pa
emenlber cordially
there E about her symptoms she does
cheerfully given to aing woman who asks for it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05
A Trade that Lengthens Life

The best and healthiest trade In the
world Is that Of dye-making from coal
tar. There Is no manual work that
comes near it, Tor tar and the smell
of it is the best Of all tonics and tissue
builders. The average life of a tar
worker comes out at SO years The
mortality Is so per cent lower than In
any other factory trade. Malignant
diseases are almost unknown In anf1fne
dye factories, and even In epidemicS
the workers suffer very little. And
there is nothing like a tar-works for
keeping off influenza. Yet the work Of
actually making the tar, which falls
to the gas and coal works, Is virtually
unhealthy, because Of the sulphur
fumes; but when the tar Is finished"
it hrims with health and strength, and
the weakest men improve while work
ing it. Eghty-six years Is a marvel
Gus average when we remember that
the average length of life for the whole
population is only forty-nine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05
Results of InocuIating Fields.

The same bacteria that increase the
harvest Of beans or clover or alfalfa
tenfold enable the plants to !eayu
many times more nitrogen in the sol.
than they would have done if unfnocn
lated; in other words, they make the
soil many times more fertile, SO that
the crop of cotton or wheat or corn
or potatoes planted next year is many
times larger. Thus the rotating crop
the year following incubation derives
an equal benefit from the incubation.
For instance, a crop of crimson clover
not inoculated, added to one acre of
land 4.3 pounds of nitrogen; crop of
crimson clover, inoculated, added to
one acre of'precisely similar land 49,
pounds Of nitrogen, an increase of 1914
times; a crop of inoculated hairy vetch
added to one acre fifteen times more
nitrogen than a crop of u1rinoculated
hairy vetch.-Century.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05
SPECTACLE LORE.
Medical Profession Once Considered
Science of Optics Beneath 1t.

Medical Profession Once Considered
Science of Optics Beneath 1t.
In paper recently read before the
Academy Of st. Louis, DR.. G. Barck
gives some information regarding spec
tacles which will not be without in
terest. 1t is impossible to decide if
the Chinese invented glasses before
Europeans But W. do know that the
ancient people Of Ninevah were ac-
quainted with their use, for Sir Henry
Layard discovered convex lens of
rock orgstal ia the course af his re-
searches. The Egyptians and Greeks
do not appear to have used spectacles.
We always used to think that Nero
was shortsighted and used glasses,
says the Westminster Gazette, but DIR.
Barck questions the translation usual.
ly given Of the passage in Painy upon
which the belief was based. He there
fore holds that to the Romans glasses
were unknown.
There is no mention of glasses dur
ing the first 1900 years A. D. 1t was
at the end Of the thirteenth century
that spectacles were invented by two
Italians, Armati and Spina, either to-
gether or independently. But the En-
clycoped Britannica tells us that the
inventor was probably Rober Bacon.
The same authority informs us that
convex glasses were followed shortly
afterward by concave," whereas DIR.
Barck shows that it was two centuries
before concave glasses shade their APP
pearance. Cylindrical lenses fer the
correction Of astignaatism were invent
ed by Airy, the astronomer royal, in
1927. He took personal interest in
the matter, for he suffered from astig
matism himself Bifoca.s were inyen :
ed and first used by Benjamin Frank
lin.
Fer long time the selection of the
lenses for individual cases was lef
to the travelling peddler or the shop
keeper who sold them. Physicians CON
sidered it beneath their dignity to at
tend to such minor matter. 1t is
only within the last fifty OF sixty year
that change has come In this respe :.
Doctors are now all agog because they
consider that the optician is straying
beyond his province. But In the frs
place the change was due to the La
bors of Helmholtz and Donders. 1t
was owing to their efforts that for tho
first time lenses were ad usted accord
ing to mathematical and optical prsn
cipies. The invention Of the ophthal
n,oscope, Of the ophthalmometer and
of remedies by which the saccommo-
dalton can be paralyzed gave til
whole a scientific basis and broke
down the prejudices of the medical
profession.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05
A General NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,

A Boston entomologist, who has
shown the toad to be one of the farm
er's best friends, said recently, 1.-THE
toad has been misunderstood in the
past, as much misunderstood as a GER
tain friend Nof mine who was taking
a walking tour"
One night he put up at small couI.
try hotel. The next morning, at break
fast, the landlord said to him:
did you enjoy the CONTEMPLATING in
the room next to yours last night
Enjoy it!'' my friend sneered. 81
should think not. Why, l spent half
the night pounding on the wall to
make the man STOP"
1T must have been misunderstood
ing" said the landlord, sorrowfully
1.-The cornet-player told me that the
person in the next room applauded
him so heartily that he went over
every piece he knew three tines
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05

they are nothing more than wards Of
the military department
'In the final consideration of the
status Of these people with the view to
determine what shall be done with
them," said General Grant, Il recon-
mend that the government purchase
or secure in the Indian Territory a
tract Of land sufficient and suitable for
the support Of these so-called Seminole
negroes, and that they be located
thereon, with full permanent title and
some immediate help to start them as
farmers"
General Lee, the present commander
Of the Department Of Texas, has Just
made special report to the war de-
partment regarding these Indians In
which he indorses the recommends
tons of General McKibben and Grant,
that suitable provision be made for
them. General Lee speaks Of the In
dams as deserving people," and says
that ''they have rendered most faith
full and efficient service as scouts and
merit generous treatment He con-
ours in the recommendation that they
may be given a home in the Indian
Territory. IF this should be imprac-
ticable," says he, sit is suggested that
they be permitted to remain on tho
Fort Clark military reservation as
now; and in the event of the aban-
donment Of the reservation a suitable
portion of the same be allotted to them
for homes. In recognition of their
past excellent services and their pres
ent usefulness along the border as re-
quired, it is recommended that their
enlistment and re enlistment as scouts
be continued without reduction
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05
NO HOME OR COUNTRY.

The Seminole Negro Indians Are in a
Queer Predicament.
According to reports received at the
war department, says the Washington
Post, the so-called Seminole Negro In
dams, sequestrated on Fort Clark mill
tary reservation in Texas, have Meth
er country, home nor citizenship. The
peculiar situation Of these mongrel
people has been under consideration at
the war department for many years,
with a view to more clearly defining
their legal and political status, but SO
fur nothing has been done fer their
relief. There are about 100 of these
Indians. They all reside at Fort Clark,
by permission Of the war department,
and are under the control of the post
commander. They are reputed to be
peaceahle and honest, live in huts and
houses, cultivate some ground, raise
little stock and support themselves
by their own labor. Twenty Of them
are listed scouts, eight at Fort Clark
and twelve at Fort Ringgold, Texas,
and as such, 1t is reported, render ex-
celient service. Their history in brief
appears as follows:
They were originally with the Semi
mole Indians in Florida. About 1919
their ancestors emigrated to Mexico.
Corporal Tibbits, survivor Of these
movements, the oldest man among
them, and who claims to have been
born in the Indian Territory, says:
1--WE remained in Mexico until 1870,
then recrossed into the United States
at Eagle Pass, Tex, Told Fort Dun
CAM. A number of us then enlisted as
scouts. About forty Of these scouts,
with their families, came to Fort Clark
In 1876" He claims that some kind
of "a treaty paper" which was ac-
cidentally burned, promised them
homes back in the Indian nation 0n-
dian Territory.
It seems that by ruling of the
interior department they are not bene-
fttiaries in any respect under the Semi
mole treaty Of 1866.
General McKibben, in his annual
report for 1900, said, regarding these
people:
Having forfeited their rights to re-
silence and citizenship In Mexico. and
being neither citizens of the Unified
States nor recognized by the Seminoles
as part Of their people, some action
should be taken whereby the status of
these people may be defined. It is re-.
speetfully recommended that the at
tention of Congress be called to these
people,
General Grant stated in his ANIMAL
report of 1908 that many, of not all
Of the male adults have been at one
time or another enlisted in the army
as scouts, so that at the present time
the entire adult male population may
be regarded more or less, as discharg-
ed veterans; in some instances the
grandfather, father and son in fam
lily having all served as scouts in the
regular army. AS it is. how
ever, they are an interesting tribe of
mongrel Americans, and dependent as
they are upon the mercy and man
agement Of the military at Fort Clark,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05
THE ROAD LEADS HOME.

On pilgrim you journey. gladly say.
burdens the roughness of the
atterall the bitter
Heats
home?
glad content
companonship Kindred early
holding shall be
will mind the journey with blessednes
will not mind the roughness the of the
chill the
no a turning o o
60 O
often comfort will the guide
wisdom IN solaee. heart
you a gIde you straight
All the time tatyou will journey be the ending late
the road home.
N
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05
All-Important Part.

She-What do you think of the legal
profession for women?
He-Oh, It's all right, suppose; but
l hope they will never get on the ju-
dicial bench.
She-Why do you say that?
He-Because they would be conEinu-
ally adding postscripts to their opin-
ions and we poor men would never
knew where we were at.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05
Skeptlcal.

st. Peter-Se you want to come in
here? What are your grounds for adj
mission?
Gasman-That l never read a meter
wrong in nay Life.
st. Peter Ito attendant)-Place this
man in the detention camp for a few
days. The case may be all right; but
I'm suspicious. It's almost too good
to be true.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05

IN MISFORTUNE


| That shall never be. I will send her
word that am dead, and then, when
she has grieved a while, youth will tri-
umph; she will marry the young
farmer who loves her so truly, and is
good as well as rich.
letter, and so as he passed I called to
him and told him ALL
ut will be best for her." said. 1T
will set her free. She will grieve bit
terly, know, but the other lover viii
one day blot out my memory. Tell
her died with her name on my lips
I do. AS I die, heart and soul, here
before yeu, have but one thought.
1t is Bettina.'
"Sl1e ioves~me even as I love her."
I said.
81 will WRITE" he said "Stay-eome
to my little office with me. We shall
be quiet, and let me think. A woman
can tell the story better than I, espe-
Gladly as it is touching and not quite
true. I have nurse here now who
can break the news tenderly, / be-
lieve, If any one can"
He took my hand in his and led nae
to the room he called his office. Then
lie left me moment, and when he
returned l heard the rustic Of a wom-
ans garments following him.
"This is the nurse who will write
the letter. he said.
II thank her. said I. BE gentle,
madam; my Bettina has a gentle
heart"
"WEat shall I writer she asked, al
most in a whisper.
write that I am dead" / said.
write that I loved her to the last.
Write that I babe you tell her when
her grief had passed to wed another
and be happy"
The pen moved over the paper. Soon
she said:
81 have written. Shall 1 read it to
you?"
eyes, If you will, madam
"Die, unhappy girl! Your Bernard
has pnrished. What is life to you any
longer? He is dead. Had he lived,
blind or MANNED or helpless in any
way, there would be hope for you.
You could fly to him: you could com
fort him: you could toll for him; you
could be his sunlight. Alas! no such
joy awaits you. He is gone. Lie
down and die. This is all that you
can do. He is dead"
"Why do you write thus?Y' cried.
"Who are you? How did you come by
that voice? Speak,
Then I felt two little hands steal
about my neck and wet cheek touch
mine, and whisper came:
Bernard, 1t is I. Did you not
guess? Do.you not know your own
Bettina? The good DOCTOR" she said,
'the first day Of your illness found a
letter you had begun to me- and sent
it with word Of your misfortune, and
a letter to one who could bring me to
you if desired to come. All, God
bless him! He knew woman's heart
better than you did.
"When that letter came my dear old
grandparents were lying dead. l only
stayed to look upon their graves be-
fore l came to you"
II shall never see the sweet face
that remember so we'll. But I know
IFS beauty and it's goodness and the
lovelight in the eyes too well to for
r
er to her for my misfortune, and l
am happy.-Ghicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05

NOTE.-The following article has
been widely published and is one Of
the most remarkable Illustrations Of
the value OF careful marshalling and
analysis of facts in presenting sub
ject to the public.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05
The Diagnosis.

Doctor-So you think you have IN
sonnia?
Spoiled Darling-Sure of it, doctor;
/ can't sleep after 8 o'clock in tbs
morning.-Detroit Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05
From Archery to Golf.

Once Cupid, the frolicsome laddie.
With culver and arrows would call.
But he now takes man for a caddie.
And uses his heart for ball.
Washington Star
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05
An Explanation.

"Why Is the ocean so restless?s
queried the fair passenger.
well" replied the gallant captain,
zone could hardly expect 1t to rest
easy with SO many rocks Ia Its bed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05

Do the best you can, and you Will be
surprised how well you do.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05

The CamDbeIls Are COMM.
The esaznpbeas are ceHaif, s-io, OHIO.
The Caanpbesas are cenaiH', Ohio, Ohio
The Can1pheals are eenlin'
To bennie Lechleven;
The Campbells are comfn', ohio, Ohio.
Upon the Lomonds I lay, I lay.
Upon the Lomends lay, lay.
I looked down to bonnie Lochleyen
And saw three bonnie pipers play.
Great Argyle goes before, before;
He makes the cannons and guns Il
roar;
WI sound o trumpet, pipe and drum
The Campbells are comm, Ohio, Ohio.
The Campbells they are a. in arms,
Their loyal faith and truth to show;
VIZ banners rattlin' in the wind.
The Campbells are comm, ohio, Ohio.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05
OLDH=
FAvORlTES

SSc~S~>~~|Sc>~cc
"Father, Bear Father, Come Home
with Me Now.n
Father, dear father, come home with me
now,
The clock in the steeple strikes one:
You said you were coming right home
FROM the shop
As soon as your days work was done
Our fire has gone out, our house is all
dark,
With poor little Bennie SO sick Ia her
arsMs,
And no one to help her but me.
Chorus:
Come henIe, Gene home, come home,
Please, father, dear father, come home
Hear Che sweet veiee of the child,
Which the night winds repeat as they
roam.
o, who could resist that most plaintiye
Of prayers
Please, father, dear father, come home!"
Father, dear father, come home with me
now,
The clock in the steeple strikes two;
The night has grown colder and Bonnie
Is worse,
And he has been calling for you;
Indeed, he is worse; Ma says he will die,
Perhaps, before morning shall dawn;
And this is the message she sent me to
bring
"Come quickly, or he will be gone"
Father, dear father, come home with
me now,
The clock in the steeple strikes three
The night is so lonely, the hours are so
long
For poor weeping mother and me.
Yes, we are alone; poor Bonnie is dead
And gone with the angels of light:
And these were the very last words that
he said:
II want to kiss father goodnight"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-05

Therefore we see many illustrations
showing how nature checks too rapid
advance. Illinois raises phenomenal
crops of corn for two or three years.
If she continued to do so every year
her farmers would advance in wealth
far beyond those Of other sections or
countries. So Nature interposes a bar
every three or four years and brings
on bad year"
Here we see the leveiing influence at
work.
A man is prosperous in his business
for number of years and grows rich.
Then Nature sets the 'leveIing infiu-
ence" at work on him. Some of his in
vestments lose, he becomes luxurious
and lazy. Perhaps it is whiskey, to-
bacco coffee, women, gambling, or
some other form. The intent and pur-
pose Is to level him. Keep him from
evolving too far ahead Of the masses.
A nation becomes prosperous and
great like ancient Rome. II no level
ing influence set in she would dominate
the world perhaps for all time. But
Dame Nature sets her army OF "level-
ers" at work. Luxury, overeating and
drinking, RIGHTEOUSNESS, waste and ex-
travagance, indulgences Of all kinds.
then comes the wreck. Sure, Sure,
Sure.
The law Of the unit is the law Of the
rnass. Man goes through the same
process. Weakness Tin childhood),
gradual growth OF strength, energy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-06-19
Frisco Exeurslen Rates.

Nat,cTal Republican. convention,
Chicago. H.. June IS 80 ~ Rate.
S251O
Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
coach excursions. *. Louis, Moa
June and %. Rate. sE245. LmiEe
TO seven days.
/ Annual meeting Imperial Couma;l
Ancient Arabic Oriar Mobiles Of tle
Mystic Shrine. Atlantic City, " J..
July Q, 10. Rate. So
National Prohibition convention In
iianaplis, Ind, J1ns Goth and 2Ith
Rate $27.40
Louisiana Purchase Exposiiieo. st
Louis, Mo, Apail 18th to N.M 18th
Rate season ticket. s2s 40. SIXTY da!
s23.705 Is, dag st975.
W A. DsSSRalELLc Ticko& Agent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-06-19
SANTA FE EXCURSIONS.

Round trip tickets to Galveston and
etdrn at rate of $r7,65, good for 60
hays; on sale June L 20 Sept. 80.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
coach excursions. St nnuis, $40, June
9 aud %. Rate s1245, Limited to
seven days
Account Emancipation Day celebra.
tlon the Santa Fe will seil tickets to
points within 100 miles. distance at
one and one-third fare.
Imperial Council Mobiles, Of the Mys.
tic Shrine, Atlantic City, ~ j., date
of sale, July 8 and 10; rate, si2
Young Peoples Christian Union,
United Presbyterian church, St Joe,
Mo, June ID TO July 3. Rate 1885.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, st.
Louis, Mo, April 18th to Nov. 18th.
Rate season ticket $2s.4O SIXTY day
ticket s22.7S; Is day tickets, 51o.75.
National Prohibition convention, In.
dianapolis, Ind, June 26th and 9th.
Rate s27.4e
Annual ccRelave Knights Tenn.
emplar, San Francisco, Cal Rate
s45. Date Of sale Aug. Is to Sept. 10,
1904
w. A DAsELELL, Ticket Agaat.
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a Strond Heart.

is assured by perfect digestion. lndi'
gestion swels the stomach and purs
Il up against the heart. This causes
shortness of breath. palpitation of the
heart and general weakness Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure cures indigestion, re
lieves the stomach, takes the strain
of the heart and restores It to :
fun performance of its function natu
rally Kodol increases the strength
by enabling the stomach and digest
i've organs TO digest, assimiIate an,
appropriate TO the blood and tissue
all OF the food nutriment Tones tn,
stomach and digestive organs, Sold b,
all druggists.