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Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-05-19

one woman in twenty-five but what
suffers with some arrangement of the
female organism, and this is the secret
of so many unhappy homes.
No woman can be amiable, light
hearted and happy, a joy to her hus-
band and children, and perform the
duties incumbent upon her, when she is
suffering with backache. headache,
nervousness, sleeplessness, bearing.
down pains. displacement of the womb,
spinal weakness or ovarian troubles.
Irritability and snappy retorts take
the place of pleasantness, and all sun
shine is driven out of the home, and
lives are wrecked by womans great
enemy--womb trouble.
Read this letter
Dear Mrs Pinl<ham:--
al was troubled for eight years with irregu-
larities which broke down my health and
brought on extreme nervousness and despon-
dency. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound proved to be the only medicine which
helped me- Day by day improved in health
while taking it until was entirely cured. /
can attend to my social and household duties
and thoroughly enjoy life once more, as Lydia
f. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound has made
Mrs. Chester Curry, AZ Saratoga Street,
East Boston, Mass
At the first indication of i'll health,
painful or irregular menstruation,
pain in the side, headache, backache,
bearing-down pains, nervousness or
"the blues" secure at once bottle of
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and begin its use.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-05-19
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

One farm of $50 acres, 10 room brick
and frame house, new barn, wagon
shed and all necessary out buildings.
Strictly first class limestone land.
About miles from town.
One farm of l25 acres, about miles
from town, seven room stone house,
bank barn. This farm lies close to the
railroad and contains saleable lime
stone. Twenty acres of it has already
sold for $4,000 and we offer the remain
ing l25 acres for less money than that.
One farm of l07 acres, about | mile
from town, seventy acres OF it bottom
land, new house with seven large
rooms, good barn and all necessary
outbuildings. Well improved in every
respect. This is a very fine farm.
Have a farm of IS acres, ) room
house, good barn and outbuildings,
about 400 young trees coming into bear
ing, 10 mile from this city, 3 mile from
railroad station.
| have one farm of 80 acres, 20 acres
of good timber, room house, barn,
wagon shed, other outbuildings, 900
apple trees years old, York Imperial
and Ben Davis. Will sell this farm for
$1,000.
A farm of 122 acres, nearly all clear
ed land. Will sell for $500.
Have a farm of 431 acres, all cleared
but 70 acres, house and barn, other
necessary outbuildings, two acres of
young orchard, spring water Will sell
for SO per acre.
\ farm at mouth of Back Creek, POO
acres. 100 acres of bottom land and
about 100 acres of clear land. 3 rooms
, story frame house. Price $1,000
100 acres of almost new land, in Fall
ing Waters district, ! miles from town.
No buildings but splendid land.
Have fine, good roomshouse, well
and cistern in yard, about 300 fruit
trees in bearing condition. 6 acres of
strictly number one land, on pike
within mile of two railroad stations,
for sale cheap.
A home, one mile and a half from
town, room housa, half acre of land,
o.her necessary outbuildings, located
o pike.
Property located at a station on the
b. & o. railroad, about ! acre of land,
new dwelling of eight rooms, also an
other dwelling of five rooms, store
room, waiting room, warehouse, good
stable, and other outbuildings for sale
cheap.
Another property at station on b. Il
o. railroad, consisting of house and
lot. good frame seven room house, saw
mill, store house, warehouse and other
buildings, and about three acres of
land.
Another home, about four mile from
this city, at railroad station, acres of
good land, good room house, stable,
wagon shed, hen house and corn
house. For sale cheap.
PROPERTY IN THIS CITY.
-Four new houses ON West King ST.,
for sale cheap. One house on West John
St, IS front, for sale very cheap. One
new 6 room house on West side of Boyd
Ave. for sale cheap. One new double
house or boom for sale cheap.
5: 5. FELkER.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-05-19

DR.. H. S. CaStlemau attended the
GlaSs-Cover wedding in Winchester,
last We lnesday.
Mr.. S. A. Westenhaver of this city
has been awarded the contract TOR
building new hotel in Berryville,
Va. Work will be begun at once. and
the new structure will be called the
"Battle'owh Inn, after the ancient
name of Berryville.
A commission appointed by Winches
ter Pre- sHytetl, consisting of Rev. Drs.
A G. Hopkins, F. NJ. Woods and Chas
Ghisein, and Ruling Elders j. b. Os-
bouIn and J. II. Black ford, organized
Presbyt ian at Shenandoah juno
ton GU Monday night OF last week.
The Winchester Star is very proud
OF the handsome appearance OF the
Winchester firemen in the parade at
Waynesboro, last Wednesday. 1t
seems that they relied entirely on
their looks as they did not take any
prizes for action.
The town of Marquette. Kansas was
on last Tuesday swept by a most de-
structive tornado, by which 20 were
killed and a. injured. The storm
came at midnight, and cut swath
100 feet Ewide through the entire
length of the town
Mr. Elmer L Peck, who has been
travelling salesman for the National
Commercial company,ot this city, has
gone TO Macon Ga, to take a position
with the Kakola Co one of the largest
whole sale firms in the south Mr.
Charles Silver is with the same firm.
The supper served by the ladies of
the working chapter of the Episcopal
church, last Friday evening in the
parish house under the direction OF
Mrs. Frank Van Horn, was a conf
plete success, and was largely attend
ed. Unlike most church entertain
ments. the wonder was how they
could give SO much, and SO good a
supper for the price charged, 20 cts.
Great Credit is due to Mrs. VanHorn
and the entire committee of ladies
who co-operated with her.
1t is estimated that $4,000, 600 have
been lost on the strawberry crop, mos;
of which will tall on the growers, ow-
ing to the failure of the Armour trust
to furnish refrigerator cars in which to
transport the crop to market. It istak
ing from three to sixdays to bring the
crop from the fruit belt to New York
instead of the usual IS hours, and
thousands of crates of berries have
had to be dumped out, upon their a.
rival, at Jersey City. 1t is hard to
divine the trusts reasons tor this &C
on, but there is cat in the meat
tue somewhere
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-05-19
CIRCUIT COURT.
cHANcERY.

c, L. staff VS.. Lucy G. Staff. De
ee overruled, AMI 80 days given 10
answer.
c. l.. Stuckey Admir-. VS.. j. l..
Clendennirg ct al Defendant filed
answer to plff's bill, and general re-
plication.
Margaret T. Miller &c VS.. NJ. Z.
Miller ct al. Decree con frming comr's
report, and distributing fu nls.
ietition of J. T. Nadenbousch,
qua, dian OF Mable Wise. Decree for
permission TO use S25 per month for
next mouths, from principal OF
wards money for maintenance and
support.
Geo. w. Crawford VS.. Lizzie Engle-
hart ct al. Cause continued to next
term.
Edgar L. Ward. VS. NJ. J. Ross De-
cree confirming sale, and retiring
cause from docket.
w B. Colston admir- &c VS. Bessie
X. Lamon mt al. Decree of sale of real
estate.
Albert Pine VS. Jas A. Butler. De-
cree confirming report of comr's OF
partition and appointing special
comr's of sale.
A. c. Nadenbousch, trustee, VS.
J. M. Woods admir- &c Decree con-
firming report of bonded special com
missioner.
Nat. Bank. VS. S. NJ. Vanmetre,
ct al. Decree confirming comr' report
and distributing funds.
A. d. Tate VS. J S. Cushwa. Decree
confirming Comr's report establish
ing liens and ordering sale of real es
tate
Morgan Weidman sc VS. D. S.
Griffith Exr. ct al. Decree affirming
,tion of County Clerk in probating
will of J. H. Weidman.
Lizzie B Ramsburg &c VS. J, A.
Cunningham ct al. Decree confirming
report of bonded special com'r, and
distributing funds ia his hands.
F. c. Miles VS. Maggie Barrick ct al
Demurrer overruled, and leave to
answer.
Ward B. Lindsay VS. Henry Schadd
e: al. Decree confirming report of
bonded sp'l com'r'
Ward B. Lindsay VS. Edward Bran
denburg ct al. Decree confirming re
port of comr's of partition, and order
ing sale of real estate.
Ella F.,,Mallory &c VS. Geo. w.
Miller ct al. Decree confirming spo
comr's report and retiring cause from
d )cket.
J. w. McSherry VS. Rothwell & Low
cit ct al. Decree ordering sale OF real
estate involved in this cause.
Moses Fry. VS. Ralph Fry It al De-
cree referring cause to commissioner
for report.
Robert Porter, Guardi an VS. Mary
V. Lewis ct al. Decree allowing prin-
cipal OF ward to be used for her main
tenance and appointing William Roth
as custodian.
Motion of Henry Heller Admir- De-
cree releasing certain deeds of trust
I'd re iring cause from docket.
Clarence Z. Martin. trustee, VS. John
w. West set al. Decree referring
cause to Com r for report.
Maggie Crowl &c VS. Katie Bag
nett ct al Dectee confirming Comr's
report. and distributing funds.
State OF w. Va. VS. Geo. w, Buxton
ct al. Decree confirming comr's re
port and allowing defendants to re-
deem the lands involved.
J. Il. Linton VS. Minnie G. Linton
ct al. Decree ordering funds due
Robert Linton to be paid to w. B.
Lindsay Guardian,
w. S. Myers, adm'r &c VS. Vim.
Myers ct al. Decree referring cau' e
to Com'r tor report,
Ward B. Lindsay, admit &c VS. G.
w. Volgamott ct al Decree referring
cause to Conl'r for report.
J. 4. Linton &c US Minnie G. Lin.
ton &c Decree cor firming report of
bonded sp'l Com'r, aud retiring
cause from docket.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-05-19

The State eucampment Of the G. A.
r. at Parkersburg, unanimously vot-
ed down a resolution censuring the
legislature for allowing the Daugh-
tiers OF the Conlederacy to erect
monum Mt in the capital yard at
Charleston, to the memory OF the con-
tolerate dead,
Joseph Booze, aged 90 years, the OLD
est man in Morgan county, died Tues
day at Berkeley Springs, after an ILL
ness of three days. He was born at
Boonesboro. Md and removed to NJ or
gan county in 1885. He is survived bv
one sister, Mrs. Sarah Cost, of this
county, who is Sc years cid, and five
children,
Quite an ovation was rendered the
fireman and band on their return from
Wayn4sboro last Thursday night. Al
though it was near on to midnight, q
numHer of C tizens, including members
of the city government, with the city
Band, met them at the {, v depo'
and took the line of march for Fir'-
mems hall, where an impromptu ban
ouet WA served. amid mach fun and
jo hty.
Hagerstown, Md, May I2.-Mayor
Strife, in speaking OF SMALLPOX Ill
Hagerstowu, sad the disease was
making some Roadway, but not very
mu h. There are about 27 cases now
in the city and the disease has made
its appearance in the East End. Up &c
Yesterday it had been confined TO Tie
westi south and north sections OF II {
iowa
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-05-19
REDUCED RATES TO PACIFIC
COAST POINTS.
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Account
Lewis and Clark Exposition and
Various Conventions.

On account of the Lewis aud Clark
Exposition, at Portland, Ore, June l
to October Is, and various conventions
to be held IN the cities on the Pacific
Coast during the summer, the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company will sell
round-trip tickets on speched dates
from all stations on its lines, to san
Francisco and Los Angeles, April 8 to
September q: to Portland, Seattle, Ia
coma, Victoria Vancouver, and San
Diego, May % to September p, at
greatly reduced rates.
For dates of sale ard specific infor-
nation concerning rates and routes,
consult nearest ticket agent. 3ts.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-07-24
Jamie's Manliness.

jamie came into the house crying
like a girl. Mother sighed, for her lit
tic son was not showing the manly
traits that should come with Il boys
fifth birthday.
What Is the matter, .Jamie?"
"The boys is pickin' on me, mamma.
They're always pickin on me, an
maxim fun. Boo hoo"
There, there, son. You'll never be
Il man If you cry like that"
But. mamma dearie, that's just the
matter of me. Everybody thinks I'm
d girl with these horrid old curls and
dresses, too. The boys laugh at me
and pull my hair and tell me to go
play with the girls, an they run away
from me an won't let me play with
them. Boo-hoo. An yestiddy when
that lady called, she said: How de do,
little girl an she kissed me, an
wanted to jes' slap her, an l hate her,
an want to be boy! Boo-hOo-hoo!
Mother sighed. Those beautiful
golden curls had been her pride, and
when they were gone her baby would
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-07-24
ooooooooooooooooooooooooo
CONCERNING PRESENTlMENIS.

The Harvest Cleaners were few in
number the afternoon the society met
at Mrs. Shaw's, for the day was cold
and stormy. The nine women had
been discussing the subject of pre-
sentiments, and were startled by the
voice of Mr.. Shaw, who had come
into the roOom unnoticed and had
stood, nobody knew how long. behind
the group crowded round the Frank
lin stove.
II don't wonder you believe In pre-
sentiments. most Of you," said MIR.
Shaw, pulling up chair and joining
the group. II believe in 'em myself.
III give you an instance"
Now, Mr.. Shaw" said the hostess
Of the day in feeble protest, II wish
you Wouldn't" but she began to laugh.
and her husband went on.
"One day last MONTH" he said, my
wife here had presentiment that
something was wrong over at my
brother Williams, at Marshtown. She
had 1t strong when she woke up, and
at the breakfast-table it came over her
SO she could hardly eat. She mention
ed it to me several times during the
morning,-came out to the shop on
purpose,-and by dinner-time she be-
gan to ask me If I'd ever be able to
forgive myself IL whatever was hap
pening might have been helped il I'd
needed her.
n thN
ALLY take Williams folks over some
fall apples. SO hitched up and went.
And sure enough, there was something
happening"
"Well?" came in breathless under
tone from eight voices.
Il heard the sound Of loud talking
from the Kitchen" said Mr.. Shaw,
slowly, land l had presentiment I'd
better step up carefully. round back.
did So and when l looked in at the
kitchen window, l saw two great ket-
ties steaming on the stove, and third
one on the table, and over that, with
her back to me, stood Williams wife
with spoon in her hand, kind Of
brandishing it.
AS If 'twasn't enough for me to
have your four cousins come down on
me In the midst of my grape jell,' she
was saying, without your letting 1t
burn on, just while had to see the
minister's wife. William, you're a
good man, but you make me- and
| that's where l had my presentiment
again.
II had it borne in upon ME that If
l didn't make tracks for the wagon
they'd turn and see me, and accord
ingly 1 left.
"Oh, I believe in presentiments. I've
got one now that l shall come down
with an influenza unless some Of you
ladies could close up little and let
me edge my chair in somewhere" said
MIR. Shaw, giving his chair prelimi-
nary hitch toward the center Of heat
Youths Companion.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-07-24
The Wiifnl II kangaroo.

The little kangaroo
Of this story is quite true)
Could not be made to battle him in the
river.
He said he never yet
Saw water quite SO wet
The mere suggestion made him shake
and SILVER.
His mother said, absurd.
You're II ninny, on my word.
What well-bred jungle creature would
act so?
The little Elephants
Are glad to have the chance
Their bath is just frolc as you know.
"The little Barbary Ape
Does not try to escape
When threatened with cold water and
the soap;
The Hippo-pota
Don't maze such awful fusses.
Nor the Jaguar, nor the little Antelope.
"The mild, obedient Yak
Would never answer back,
Nor does the Rhino- cinoroa rer horse:
And the baby Crocodile
Why, the water makes him smile;
And he takes his daily plunges as of
course"
st. Nicholas.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-07-24
THEIR YEARS ARE WASTED
ExtravaEant Habits Rob Ball Players
of Benefit of Big Salaries.

The worst fault Of the baseball bust
ness is that it teaches young men the
habit Of extravaganza and high living
writes Jimmy Ryan, once one of the
best Naturally the players on each
great team are lauded as heroes by
their admirers; the newspapers are full
of accounts Of their doings: they meet
hundreds of good fellows" who want
them to drink, smoke or carouse with
them. They meet sports" of wealth
and they try to initiate these sports. u
They spend their money for rich
clothes, wines, costly cigars and dia-
monds, and usually when they are sud
denly confronted with ten days no
tlce Of release the diamonds are about
all that they have left to show for the
earnings of years. The old-tlmers were
more reckless in this regard than the
there are enough youngsters now
wasting money.
To me it is sad commentary on the
game to see the great stars of other
days toiling as. day laborers. The
greatest pitcher Of them all is digging
bitches in Indianapolis; perhaps the
greatest infielder the world has known
is clerking in a cigar store at $12 q
week. l have seen him spend $500 in
one night. ! find them in cheap sa-
looms, on police forces, In city Jobs,
but few In any established business
and still fewer accommodating wealth.
They wasted their years Of time on
the ball field and wasted the money
that they earned.
At the end of baseball career the
player is usually left stranded in the
business world. He gains false idea
Of his own Importance from the cheers
of the crowd-and the crowd fOrgets
him almost as soon as he gets out of
his uniform. He depends upon some
of his powerful friends to get him a
position when he gets through. The
end usually comes with startling sud
denness. The friends that he relied
upon are not so friendly to back
number as to brilliant player. He
drifts to the minors, drops out Of sight,
and seldom rises again.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-07-24

forty kilometers an hour, an average
that would have been raised to eighty
had they listened to Baron Weissschnit-
zerdorfer. The truth is that the Chinese
driver had no notion of making up the
time lost between Tchertchen and Tchar-
kalyk.
The country is changing as the railway
runs south of the fortieth degree, so as
to skirt the eastern base of the Nan
Chan mountains. The desert gradually
disappears, villages are not SO few, the
IDENTITY of the population increases. In
stead of sandy fats. we get verdant
plains. and even rice fields, for the neigh
boring mountains spread their abundant
streams over these high regions of the
Celestial Empire. We do not complain
Of this change after the drearness of the
Kara Koum and the solitudes of Cobb.
Since we left the Caspian, deserts have
succeeded deserts, except when crossing
the Pamir From here to Pekin pictur-
esque sites. mountain horizons, and deep
valleys will not be wanting along the
Grand Transasiatic.
We shall enter China, the real China,
that of folding screens and porcelain,
i'll the territory of the vast province Of
kin-SOu. In three days we shall be ut
the end of our journey. and it is not l,
mere special correspondent. vowed to
perpetual movement, who will complain
Of its length. Good for Kinko, shut up
in his box, and for pretty Zinca Klork,
devoured by anxiety in her house in the
Avenue ChaCoua!
We halt two hours at Sou-Tcheou.
The first thing do is to run to the tele-
graph office. The complaisant Pan Chao
offers to be my interpreter The clerk
tells us that the posts are all up again,
and that messages can be sent through
to Europe. At once favor the Twenti-
eth Century with the following telegram:
"Sou-Tcheou, 25th May, 2:25 p. IN.
Train attacked, between Tchertchen
and Tcharkalyk, by the gang Of the
celebrated Ki-Tsang; travellers repulsed
the attack and saved the Chinese treas
ure; dead and wounded on both sides;
chief killed by the heroic Mongol gran!
dee, Faruskiar, general manager of the
company. whose name should be the OBJ
ject Of universal admiration"
(To be continued)
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-07-24

be gone. But she could not have her
baby and manly boy, too, that was
certain.
"Well, II must must. Now,
Jamie, If you'll stop crying this very
minute III have the curls cut Off this
afternoon"
Sunbeams broke out all over Jamle's
face and dried up the tears.
"Oh, mamma. An pants, too! Can
have pants?"
"We'll see"
That night when papa came home
there was strange boy at the gate
to meet him. A boy with a crop Of
yellow bristles, and trousers with
pockets, and face as jolly as a har
vest moon.
Hello, pop. See me. I'm a real boy
now"
JAMES manly traits began to de-
velop rapidly. He stamped heavily
when he came into the house and
threw his hat at the hall rack instead
OF hanging it up as he had been
taught. He grew whistle and got
chummy with the boys.
Mother was startled one evening to
see her baby Of two weeks ago stand
| ing In front of the long mirror and
| thrusting his fists at his own likeness
| In manner most ferocious. frowning
meanwhile as il upon a hated foe.
"Why. Jamie, what are you doing?"
Her last fears for her sons manli-
ness vanished as he looked up and
stopped in the midst of Il terrific up
percut. and answered:
I'm jes' practisin', mamma. ! got
to lick a Teller tomorrow. It's about
! a girl"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-07-24
Couldn't Be Both.

During the taking Of religious
census of the District Of Columbia the
past winter" relates a representative
from Tennessee. "a couple Of young
ladies who were engaged in the work
stopped at my home on Capitol Hill.
and when the bell rang it was an
swered by the negro boy 1 brought
from Tennessee with me. The ladies
asked him:
"'Will you please tell me who lives
here:
"Yessum; Mistah Johnsing,' was
the answer.
lis he Christian:'
"No, ma'am. He's err congressman
from Tennessee.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-07-24
JACKSON TRANSFORMING
Changed from Clodhoppcr to Gentle
man Almost in a Twinkling.


President James Buchanan related
this anecdOte on President Andrew
Jackson:
when l returned to Washington
from Russia, where l served as min
lister, l was accompanied by young
woman Of the British nobility who
had expressed desire to see our
President. Leaving her downstairs. I
assembled to the second floor Of the
White House, where l found Jackson.
unshaven and unshorn, with his feet
encased in big slippers. his dressing
gown on, and an old-fashloned corn
cob pipe held between his lips. l
looked at the President in dismay. L
have with me- l said, "A young and
noble lady who wants to see the Pres
ident.' All right said Jackson, tell
her l will be down in few minutes
But don't you think you would better
change your clothes! | asked hest
tatngly. Jackson's eyes flashed. He
turned upon me and said: See here,
Buchanan; there was Il man in Ten
| nessee who left Il large fortune which
he made by attending strictly to his
own business
Il left him. When I had returned
to the lower room and had entered
into conversation with my lady friend.
the door suddenly opened and there
stood President Jackson. arrayed in
a suit Of black his stiff white hair
ri ct ol,n
carefully shaved, his polished boots
peeping from his trousers, as he bowed
to the young woman with more than
kingly courtesy, and exchanged with
her some of the current coin of small
talk. Then she took her leave; but
no sooner were we outside than she
broke forth with: oh, Mr.. Buchanan.
I must say think your President IS
| the knightlest man l ever saw