Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-11-17

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4 Hie-Good have YOU ever taken
c,okingl ssons?
Sne-No
lie Bitter still. WIN you marry
me2
The little flks.love DR.. Woods Nor
way Pine Syrup. Pleasant to take;per-
fectly harmless. Positive cure for
coughs. colds, scronehitis, asthma.
Simkins-Chattcrton is great fell
low to argue, isn't he?
| Timkins-0h, don't know. lie
usually drops a subject before he has
rasped it.
Miss Maud Souders spent Sunday In
Washington.
| owe my whole life to Burdoek
Blood Bitters. Scrofula sores covered
my body. ! seemed beyond cure BIB
b. has made made me a perfect we'll
woman Mrs. Chas Hutton, BervilIe
Mich.
Touehem How are you, old man7
| Wiserly--Pruspering, thank you.
Touchmen Tam glad to hear that
BY the way can you let me have
Wisely linterrupting) And ~ / was
about to explain, my prosperity Is due
to the fact that gave up my worst
habit recently.
Touchmen--Y Your worst habit?
Wiserly--Yes, gave up giving IN.
Applicant lat the pcarly gatesl -
May come in.
st. What basiness were YOU
engaged In while on earth?
Applicant owned several apayt-
ment houses, and
st Peter llnterrupting)-- Sorry, bu
Lam afraid the people here would .
noy you. Go bump the bumps.
John Hook a well known guide OF
Capon Bridge, Hampshire co unity, w.
Va, has lost the sight Of one eye en-.
tirely and may lose the other a. the re-
suit Of being accidentiy shot by 4 CAP
itaiist Of Wheeling, w. Va, who was.
In party Of tourists. The hunter
aimed at covey Of cartridges which
flew up In front Of Hook. The entire.
load struck him in the face and Shout
der, and his condition Is serious. Hook.
is the father Of a large family.
Asa result Of injuries received in
fight with cadet, Minor Meriwether, OF
La, midshipman J. II. Branch, Jr., Of
New York, died at the Naval Academy
at Annapol 5, last Tuesday morning.
The light took place Sunday night IN
der aneensbery rules, with gloves, and
lasted for Y rounds, when youngBranch
fell from exhaustion and struck hts
against pile Of wood He was taken
I, the Naval hospital where he lin =
gered In an unconscious condition,
until he died. His mother arrived
jist in time to see the sad end OF her
son.
DR.. J. =. Boak, who sufIeree stroke
OF paralysis, about two weeks ago IN,
slowly improving.
Complete returns, from The election
In Virginia, show that the democrats
gained three members Of the LegisIa-
ture.
Ground has been broke n for the
erection Of the Davis monument, In
Richmond. No ceremonies attended
{ );B ion.
Andrew Carnegie has contributed q
check for $4,000 for the relief Of the
Jews In Russia. The gift was enclosed
in letter to Mr.. Isidor Strauss,
New York, In which Mr.. Carnegie
says, II am only too glad to send you
the enclosed as contribution to the
fund for the relief your coreligionists
In Russia. The terrible crimes being
committed there are such as mighx
lead one to lose faith in humanity had
not the history Of the past shown us
scenes equally demoniac.
''Do not be discouraged, however.
Under the law Of evolution we must.
8 eadily, though slowly, march upa
ward, and finally reach the true con-
option of the brotherhood ofman.
Miss Carrie Hunter, OF Winchester
Is visiting her aunts Miss Betty j.
Hunter, and Mrs. J. Fl. DOLL ON East
King street.
Owners Of soft-coal mines have de-
cided to hold national convention IN
Chicago, and it Is expected to result In
the formation Of q national federation
of coal-mine operators.
The meeting will be held Nov. Y 81
the call Of the commissioners and Sec
retsries Of the Mine Operators Asso-
Citations, which are scattered through
out the United States.
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