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Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-11
LETTER 10 VIM. MILLS.

Dear Sir: Let's talk il iigh, out be-
fore folks, there's nothing to hide III
your business or ours. |: there is, We d
better hide ourselves.
We are in trade to make money; so
are you, We make it by saving our
customers money, so do yeu. Our
object, in trade. is to save yonr GUS
toners wood from rotting, ard iron
and steel and tin from rusting; yours
the same.
We work for thousands OF property
owners; you for few. We can do
some things that You can't do; we
I've the facilities. You can do some
things that we can't; you are there.
Let us work together; be faithful to
one another We can serve our Gus
toners better by working together
and being faithful to one an ther.
Your dollar, put into our paint, will
paint more feet than in any other
way; and the paint will last longer.
This saves you money, and saves
your customers money That's all
there is in cur whole business.
Yours truly
F. w. Devoe * Co.
Sold by c. G. CushMa. & Co.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-11

What's the secret of happy. vigor.
Gus healths Simply keeping the
bowels, the stomach. the liver and
kidneys strong and active. llurdock
Blood Bitters does il.
They say he is to be disciplined foi
conduct detrimental to the interests oil
the exchange.
What has h. been DOING
Advising lambs not to speculate,
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-11

There's an awful fat feeling comes
over girl after going through tun-
mel when nothing Happens.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-11

The number of sick aud wounded
soldie IS under treatment in Japan to-
ward she end of September was 49,
600.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-11

TO CURE AcoLD INsoNE.pAy.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinlne Tablets
All druggists refund the money II IL
fails to cure. Il. w. rove's signature
on each box. 25c.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-11
A RUNAWAY BICYCLE.

102s2 mos
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
Couldn't Saw His PRAYERS.

The late Wilson S. Bissell, formerly
postmaster General in the Cabinet of
President Cleveland, was fond of tell
ing a story concerning one of his
legal confreres in Buffalo. It appeared
that the gentleman in question was a
pillar of his church, but when he
went to New York or elsewhere on
business he used to dine a bit I'M
wisely.
Zone time said Mr.. Bissell, "Jim
and | were mixed up in a case which
called US to New York for several
days. We were at the Waldorf and
had adjoining rooms. I came in very
late one night. The door between the
rooms was open, and there in his
room, kneeling beside his bed in his
night clothes, was Jim, crying as
though his heart would break.
Il went in and laid my hand on his
shoulder. Whats the matter, old
MANI l asked.
Jim looked up at me, the tears
streaming down his face. Shan he
said sobbingly, Shan Bissell. your
OF frien's so drunk he can't say his
prayers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

the cowboy on the plains as a long
haired white man clad in fringed buck
skin trousers. AS a matter of fact,
half the cowpunchers i'll this part OF
the country are Indians in blue over
alls. Even up in Nevada, Utah, Da-
kota and various other more northern
States, the Indians have become ex-
pert cattlemen. ! attended a roping
contest in Reno, Nevada, some years
ago, in which several scores OF white
men competed against half as many
Indians, and the red men carried off
all the prizes. An Indian cowpuncher
roped steer and branded him in
little over three minutes.
Then take the Navajo and Moki
Indians. Carloads Of their pottery,
basket work and their rugs go East
every month. Each member Of those
tribes has to earn his own living. They
haven't taken much to white mems
ways. but they supply a steady de-
mand for their work. They make their
blankets on the reservations for some
thing like S. apiece, but by the time
they get to New York they are worth
from $50 to $50 apiece SO, evidently
white men get more profit out of that
work than the Indians themselves.
"One OF the principal products Of
California is the hop harvest In
Pleasanton and Healdsburg, California,
there are square miles of hop yards
Those two places alone import whole
tribes of Piutes from Nevada each
year to reap the harvests One Of the
Indian headmen goes to San Francisco
every summer and contracts for SO
many laborers. In August the labor
ers appear, bringing with them their
squaws and papooses, and they form
big encampments on the hop grounds
They work every day from morning
until night, bucks and squaws and
children alike, picking hops for three
months. At the end of the season
they give big dance. to which all the
white people are invited, and then they
hit the trail for home until next year
In Southern California there is an
other big population of hard working
Indians. They have left the reserva-
tons and taken to fruit culture and
cattle raising Those Indians have
worked longer than any others, for
my WIZ taught ll4C dl u VI dSI lCui-
ture and horticulture by the Spanish
padres, whose vast estates they work
ed. They have been more successful
than the Americans, for they work on
principles gained by practical expert
ences, instead of following out scien-
tihc theories that do not make allow
ances for local conditions.
Further north the Indians are ex-
pert vineyardists. There they have
been so successful that most Of them
own big vineyards and, not being able
to get laborers among their own peo-
pie, they hire Cinnamon and white
overSeers.
"You have probably heard of the
labor troubles out West between
white men and Chinese. But you have
never heard of any such difficulties
between whites and Indians. The In
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

in moccasins and trousers covered
with beadwork, but when they do a
days work in the felds-plowing,
sowing or reaping- you might, at a
short distance, take them for Italian
day laborers. They have learned the
comfort OF working in American over
alls. Often you will find an old-timer
hoeing his corn in the old-fashioned
breech clout
The majority use modern farming
implements. They have the latest
patented plows, harrows, sewers,
reapers and header wagons. They
send their produce to market in mod
ern four-wheeled farm wagons drawn
by stout mules that they have raised
themselves, and when they are asked
for prices, they consult the latest
stock market reports. When they
buy things most of them can give
checks on banks in Santa Fe, Albu-
querque or Kansas City.
The average fastener pictures
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
WEAVING
BASKETS

gullet of the yellow-visaged one. He
choked, he gasped, he rolled his eyes
he smacked his lips-and ex-
tended the goblet for more. Civiliza-
ton struck its first root in the Hermit
Isle at that moment.
And mind you, my lad" shouted
Glynn, as his guest was handed ove-
the rail into his junk, Il sail in three
days, and those whalemen have got
to be aboard before that, or I'll know
the reason why" Answer was re-
turned from the palace that their re-
turn in less than forty days would be
impossible.
Three days." returned the unmiti-
gable Glynn, cor I'll blow your whole
lost island into the Yellow Seap'
In four days the whalemen were
there, and the Yankee frigate cast her
moorings and sailed VIGOROUSLY
away Thus the way was smoothed
for Commodore Perry and the treaty,
and, incidentally, for the transforms
ton of the Mikado's Empire.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
Where Petroleum Tins Are Cash.

The Indians of Alaska have a me
dunn Of exchange which no other peo-
pie in the world have ever used. The
American fve-gallon kerosene tin has
standard value among the coast
tribes that is equal to twenty-five cents
at the trading posts, or two bits, as
the Indians have learned to call il
from the white man.
If an Indian comes TO town TO trade
and the articles to be exchanged out
value each other, the trader may say
something like this:
We'll, I'll charge you ten dollars for
this -four, three dollars for this bacon
and two for this ammunition. You
want seventeen for these skins. That's
two dollars to your balance. Help
yourself to eight tins over there"
And the Indian cheerfully takes the
eight tins instead OF his two dollars,
knowing they will increase in value
the farther up country he goes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

no time to be lost, and, in a panic of
western humanity, the Commodore
ordered up-anchor and set sail.
Whereupon the Japanese were in turn
outraged. Such conduct showed
Americans to be not only discourte-
Gus, but cowardly. Orders were is
sued that no more barbarians should
be permitted within the Mikado's do
minions.
Bluff Captain Glynn, who was de-
spatched to adjust matters, said, Il
reckon I'll profit by the Commodore's
lesson" He was assigned to a certain
anchorage in the harbor Stranger"
said he to the slant-eyed harbor mas
ter, Il guess I'll suit myself as to
where I'll lay-to" And SO, despite
protestations, he did
A messenger from the Shotgun came
to HIM in junk, with his message
held out at the end of a split BAN
boo. Glynn snatched the document
and flung it into the water.
Tell your boss, friend" said he.
shat I'll confer with nobody short
of prince; and he's got to come
here to me, and be quick about it."
w ncll IllS was interpreted OrlentalS
began to see a new light. The Prince
came along next day with fifty yellow
robed followers in his suite Glynn
strobe up to his guest, and dealt him
resounding slap on his sacred back.
Step aftr' he ordered.
Paralyzed with amazement the dig
nitary complied.
Sit down." said the Captain, push
ing forward a campstool.
But His Highness never sits in a
chair" faltered the interpreter.
He'll begin now, then" returned
the remorseless sailor; and down the
Prince satan unprecedented expert
ence. Civilization was making strides
in Japan.
"And now we'll have drink" an
nounced the Captain, twisting the
wires off a bottle of champagne.
But the Prince never drinks
Hes aboard my ship, under the
Stars and Stripes, and he'll drink when
| bid him. roared the American; and
the sparkling liquor incontinently
gurgled down into the hitherto virgin
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
"A ~
NAVAJO
BLANKET
EAVER

we can't join you
THAT made the whites mad, and the
whole five hundred advanced on the
Indian camp in body to try to make
them come out. Well, that Indian
chief just gave a whoop, and every
buck made for his tent. In a minute
they were all assembled with such 4
strong showing of guns and clubs
that the white men decided to 90 on
with the strike by themselves.
The same tendency to strike for
higher pay is shown by the Alaska In
dams who are engaged in the salmon
fisheries. They fish on the percentage
basis-So much per pound-but they
have it pretty closely figured out what
a certain percentage will amount t..
for the season. So, in a poor season
they demand and get higher rates.
otherwise the salmon don't come in.
and the Indians can get along well
enough without working Nature fur
nishes them with strike funds up
there
The Siwashes along Puget Sound
are great fishermen, too. The ST.
washes are a degraded tribe, but they
work. If they were all 10 abandon
the fishing industry suddenly there
would be remarkably quick rise in
the fish markets
And so, you see, Lo! the poor In
dian, IS of some industrial value after
all"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

dian stands shoulder to shoulder with
the white man when there is a demand
for higher wages, and have seen red
men and whites strike together in
hop yard. The strikers got the worst
of it, and finally the white men went
humbly back to work, but the Indians
pulled up stakes and struck out for the
reservation. Next year they came back
for the higher wages they had de
manded the year before. They were a
labor union in themselves.
On the other hand, they are fair
to their employers. About two years
ago there was a big strike in the
Pleasanton hop yards, and about five
hundred white men stopped work
Their delegates went to the chief OF
the two hundred Piutes and asked him
to call his men out with them.
Well, boys said the chief, I'd
like to help you. believe you're in
the right, but unfortunately we con
tracted for the wages we're getting, 50
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

and professions of the whites. How
ever, as we are only considering the
Indians who have not yet taken to
derby hats and short hair, we will
leave them out
Take the Indians who live right
along this track, in New Mexico,
Colorado and Arizona, and you will
ind thousands who labor earnestly
every day from sunrise to sunset.
Some are herdsmen. The sheep-raisers
along here are almost ali the sons of
the red men who thirty years ago
greeted the incoming immigrants with
warwhoops and arrows. Where once
they built mud huts and skin tepees,
they now live in comfortable farm
houses of adobe and timbers.
i have been the guest OF many
wealthy Indian sheep-raisers and farm
ers along here. Their lives are a
strange combination Of the old and
the new. AS you have seen, they still
have long hair, and they come to town
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
.4guinaLdo'S LUav of TeacEinq His Wen to Ghoot

There are all sorts of ways to lick
a raw army into shape, but perhaps
the most original method was en-
ployed by Aguinaldo during the Fill
pino instruction.
Few of his recruits had ever held a
gun in their hands, and fewer still
knew how to shoot. There was not
much opportunity for training, eepec-
tally as many of the officers knew as
little as their men. So Aguinaldo had
some pictures of gun made, showing
the separate parts and illustrating
their functions. He also had pictures
OF soldiers in the various positions
of firing.
These he published on thousands of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
When Japan Uds Made to
Take Her First FOrlO0rd Step
BY JULIAN HAWTHORNE.

TO-DAY Japan takes rank with
the great Powers of the
/ world, and is equipped with
the best armament money
can buy and Occidental civilization
furnish. Here is a story which shows
what she was only half century ago.
With Perry's expedition and the
Treaty of 1858 we are more or less
familiar, but Americans are less con-
versant with the events that befell
Commodore Biddle and Captain
Glynn in their visits the years imme-
diately previous. Comic opera con-
tains no more amusing and extraordi-
nary scenes.
The Commodore, instructed to
politely request the return of certain
American whaling men who had been
shipwrecked on the coast and held
prisoners some time before, found his
soft advances misinterpreted and him
self cavalierly treated. One of his
officers, having stepped aboard an
official junk, was knocked overheard
by one of the crew into the Jeddo
Bay. He resented this treatment, and
demanded satisfaction.
This was a position which the
valiant nation could appreciate. The
next day there came a message from
the local Shotgun, saying that salts
faction would be accorded, and that
the offender, his grandparents, father
and mother, sisters and brothers, wife
and wife's sister, would all appear on
board the American vessel, and would
there proceed most punctiliously to
commit harikari in the presence of the
offended party. This was Japanese
satisfaction" in I847.
Gallant, but provincial old Commo-
dore Biddle was shocked by the prop
osition, and even the outraged Off
Ger declared that he had no use for
the entrails of an entire clan of Japs,
male and female. Nevertheless, there
was the devoted band, already leaving
the shore for the frigate. There was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

large cotton neckerchiefs in gorgeous
colors, with printed instructions
around the border in Illuminated types.
One neckerchief was given to each
soldier, and in short time the rawest
recruit could not help being thorough
ly familiar with the theory of marks
manship.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

The new paper weights show the
most innocent-looking animals and
birds in imitation papier mache which
appear to be quite as light Upon
lifting polly" or rooster, however,
they will surprise one with their
weight.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
ft-Handed Philosophy.

1t IS curious how when opportunity
knocks at our door we usually believe
afterward that we were away on a
visit.
Scattering seeds Of kindness is all
well enough, but the crop must be
tended pretty carefully afterward or
drought may set in.
Duty is doing the things we don't
want to do,- and making other folks
think we are happy in their accom-
plishment. II. P. TABER.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

had stopped at small New
Mexico station. His lips curled at
sight of the scores of Indians who
lounged up and down the station with
apparently nothing to do except to
stare at the passengers with bovine
curiosity
What are those creatures good
for?" asked the supercilious tourist,
addressing fellow passenger beside
him.
They do look rather useless, don't
they?" said the other Still, you
can't always tell by appearances. You
must remember that these loafers
here are only part of the 10000 Indi-
ans that live in this country, and even
they may be only taking a holiday. [
am not merely barking in the air now,
for | was an Indian Commissioner for
four years. When you come to con-
slider it, the Indians take pretty inn
portant part in the industries of this
country, even if they don't build brick
factories"
The tourist shifted cynically.
That isn't the general impression
in the Eastern States" he said.
Well, it's a wrong impression,
then, continued the ex-Commissioner,
and it's strange, too, because in the
East the Indians are even more indus
trious than in the West There are
five thousand Indians in New York
State alone, and they all work hard for
their livelihood, at the same trades
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
HOW the Red Man Is
Gradually acquiring
the Every Day ArtS of
the Unite Man.

A TOURIST was standing on
"A the rear platform of a west
{ y bound overland train which
had stopped at small New
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-07
Hawaii In Financial Distress,

Honolulu, April THE legislature
has met in special session to discuss
the appropriations asked for by the
government as we'll as measures TIC
lessen the financial distress. Cover
nor Carter, in his message to the leg
islature, recommended the abandon
ment of the appropriations for the ma
tiona1 guard the government band,
hospital subsidies, jury fees and gov
eminent physicians. and he submitted
plans for sweeping reductions in ex-
penses, the consolidation of Offices and
reduction in salaries
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-07
MUST GO TO JAIL
Thus Says the Court in the Case of
Senator Burton.


St Louis, April limited States
Senator J. r. Burton of Kansas has
been sentenced to six months impris-
onment in the Iron county jail and
fined 81, 500 for having been convicted
Of using his influence before the post
Office department in behalf of the Ri
alto Grain and Securities company of
Sc. Louis, and of having received pay
ment from the company for his serv-
ices. Senator Burtons lawyer imme-
diately filed bill of exceptions in the
case and offered bond of $4,000,
which was accepted.
1t is a coincidence that the amount
of the fine, $4,000, imposed upon Sena-
tor Burton, is identical with the
amount which, according to the evil
dence, he received from the Rialto
Grain and Securities company. The
Iron county jail to which Senator Bur-
ton was sentenced for six months, is
located in the county seat of Ironton,
Mo, village of 1.400 population, SO
miles southeast of st. Louis on the
Iron Mountain railroad. TIE Jail is a
two-story brick structure and in a por-
ton of it Sheriff Polk makes his home
with his family.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-07
Saves Two From Death.

"Our little daughter had an almost
fatal attack of whooping cough and
bronchitis writes Mrs. w. K. Havi-
land, of Armonk, N. Y, "but when
all other remedies failed, we saved
her life with DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry. Our niece, who had consumption
in an advanced stage, also used this
wonderful medicine and today she is
perfectly well. . Desperate throat
and lung diseases yield to DIR. Kings
New Discovery as to no other medi-
cine on earth. Infallible for Coughs
and Colds. SOC and $1.00 bottles guar
anteed by A. G. Luken & Co. Trial
bottles free.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-07
DOINGS IN CONGRESS
The Question of Pure Food Up In the
Senate.

Washington, April AFTER waiting
with much patience for many days
Mr.. Hepburn found opportunity to
speak to the senate on the subject of
pure food. Technically the speech was
in support of a resolution calling on
the secretary of agriculture to send to
the senate the results of the investi-
cations made by his department into
adulterated foods, but in reality it was
in support of the pure food bill. Mr..
Hepburn contended that a very large
proportion of foods, drugs and liquors
were adulterated, and that many drugs
were absolutely poisonous. The post
Office appropriation bill is still before
the senate.
The house passed seventeen bills re-
lating to the District of Columbia, in
Guiding one incorporating the Carne
gle Institute. 1t also passed the Bow
man omnibus claims bill, carrying ap-
proximately 1928, 900 for the payment
of small claims.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-07
.SUFFRAGISTS WIN
Women Who Want to Vote
Get a Plank In Prohi-
bitionist Platform
STATE TICKET NAMED
Felix L. McWhirter of indianapolis
LIZ Named For Govenor---The
Other Candidates.
Among Other Resolutions Is One
Taking a Rap at the Mich
olson Law.
TICKET NAMED

Indianapolis, April THE Prohibi-
tionists of Indiana in state convention
here selected full state ticket, with
the exception of candidates for judges
of the supreme court, which was left
to the state committee The remain
der of the ticket is as follows:
Governor-Felix T. McWhirter, In
dianapolis.
Lieutenant Governor-H C. Ramsey,
Fredericksburg.
Secretary of State-Alva H. Swain,
Arlington.
Auditor of Slater. " King, Frank
lin.
Treasurer of Slater. L. Leason,
Elwood
Attorney General-W. A. swank,
Charlottesville.
Reporter of the Supreme Court-Ed-
ward w Clark, indianapolis.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction-A l. Green of Purdue Uni
versity.
State Statistician-J. E. Cowgirl, In
dianapo1is.
The platform adopted by the party
declared for the repeal of all laws
which now make the state party to
the crime of liquor selling; asked a
constitutional enactment prohibiting
the manufacture and sale of alcoholic
liquors for beverage purposes; criti-
cized the Nicholson law on the ground
that it throws the burden on the peo-
pie instead of on the applicants for
liquor licenses; declared for woman's
suffrage, and urged the creation of
boards of arbitration to settle all diff
ferences between capital and labor.
Congressional Aspirants.
Indianapolis, April THE candi
dates for congress nominated by the
Prohibitionists are as follows: First
district, A. c. DeForest, Evansville;
Second, Alexander P. Asbury, Farm
ersburg; Third, T. j. Shrode, New Al
bany; Fourth, F. o. Lamoreaux, Frank
lin; Fifth, David Hadley, Mooresville;
Sixth, Charles A Johnson, Greenfield;
Seventh, Elijah w Lawhon, Indianap-
oils; Eighth, Aaron Worth, Bryant;
Tenth, Isaac S. Wade Lafayette; Elev-
enth, Edward H. Kennedy, Amboy;
Twelfth, George G. Ulmer Lagrange;
Thirteenth, Charles F. Holler, South
Bend. The Ninth district will select
it's nominee at Frankfort, April 81.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-07

prominett N cnurcn work and so.lel,
in South fIarion.