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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09
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 The suggestion met with a storm of esponses-amusemen approval. argu- ment for and against, but in the end the first speaker won the day. The matron of the institution was consulted, and, having a kinder heart than is usu- ally credited to those who hold such of fees. readily promised her consent and aid.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09
Ruatmarks on Linen.

WHEN hooks and eyes inconsiderate- ugly. if small. rustmarks, the mischief may be repaired with salts of lemon ana boiling water.
 Cover each of the marks with the least bit of the salts. pour the water through them, and prese
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

IT WING ROOMS. libraries and dens
 are all very well, but they can- AA-~< not quite take the place of the upstairs sitting room. 1t is so nice to have room where we can have our sewing machine. and where we can do the mending and alarming without be- ing caught; and if we wish can leave the machine and the other things out from day to day. A man appreciates sitting room. too. if he is allowed a desk in it. where he can get away by himself to do work If he wishes to- A woman enjoys having a room where she can sit in her kimono in perfect safety.
 The walls of sitting room should not be too much like bedroom, but neither should they be too much unlike one. for then they spoil the vista of the second floor. A striped or plain paper Is a good choice.
 4 pretty sitting room. with a yellow striped paper, is shown in the illustra- ton. This room is fortunate in having an open fireplace. The box couch beside the flFeplace has a Mexican blanket on 1t and some bright-eolered cushions. A box-couch Is very useful dn a sitting room, as it can be quickly turned into a bed If an extra one is needed. There should always be some sort of couch in the room. Often. if a person is ill, 1t makes a nice change to leave the bed room and lie on the sofa of the sitting room
 Another illustration shows box couch covered with cotton curtain of old rose, with white stripes. The other curtain belonging to this pair has been carefully put up at the back of the couch and finished off with a wooden moulding, which makes a most effective seat.
 One or two chests of drawers are not out of place in such room. and are very useful, especially if the room Is used as sewing room. for materials and trimmings can be kept in them.
 Have window seats if you can. A useful one is shown. This has lids on hinges, which lift up. and disclose a useful receptacle.
 Bookshelves are a useful improve ment. and these. if they are not needed for books. with curtains on them, prove a convenient hiding place for odds and ends. The book shelves shown are simple and substantial.
 The furniture of living room should be light It should be a happy medium between bedroom and library furniture. Wicker chairs with pretty cushions are always attractive and comfortable. The side chairs could be simple wooden ones, with cushions made to fit the seats. These should be covered with cretonne or muslin for summer. and tapestry or velour for winter. A large simple table fin the middle of the room is often use- ful as work table for cutting out dresses, etc The sewing machine, if 1t is kept in the room. should have an ineonspicuous cover made for it, and then 1t will not detract from the room.
 Simple swiss curtains against the glass; caught back by cord. would be attractive. and there might be inside curtains of lattice cloth, of green or
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09
HdYe Mz1oEo1V eSeak5 U T0u Can

whatever color the room Is carried out in.
 Generally the half-worn-out carpets from downstairs are put in the sitting room. These old carpets can sometimes be made to look as good as new by hav- ing them dyed. but owing to the shrink age in dyeing they can seldom be put back in the room they originally occu- pied. An allover filling is serviceable; mating, however. is cheaper. aAd with one or two inexpensive rugs of soft warm colorings, is pretty and suitable.
 Window boxes add much to room, besides greatly improving the outside appearance, and as they can be made for a pittance the wonder is there are not more of them.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
BUG STOPS DIVORCE SUIT.
Queer Defense Put Up by Husband
Changes Mind of Wife and the
Couple Are Living Happily.

Beaumont, TeX.-In the suit for di-
yoeee brought by Mrs. Anna Orren, of
Parish, against her husband on the
ground of non-support OF herself and
child, the husband answered the COM
plant in defense and declared that
the alleged non or insufficient sup
port, if any, is from an act OF God,
whereby the living pestilence of the
bol. weeyil did attack and has de-
fstroyed in various seasons his cotton
90 thus for the time charged by the
.,lalntiff reducing him to impoverish-
ment aad rendering him powerless
against the Divine will to provide sup
port"
Upon being informed OF her hus-
lands defense. and he having in the
Meantime abandoned cotton and gone
into truck farming, Mrs. Orren with
drew her suit and the two are living
happily together again on the farm.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
BALKS BIC JAIL DELIVERY.
Sagacious Sheriff Scents Danger
Gets Confession from Elk
cited Convict.

Johnstown. PA Jail delivery was
prevented at Somerset by the timely
discovery OF Sheriff Begley. When
he took breakfast to the prisoners he
thought he noticed an air of sup
pressed excitement among the men,
and stopping in his work. he took a
prisoner to his Office and forced him
TO make a confession.
Taking a couple of deputies he
searched the prison and found the
bars of a cell door had been com.
pletely cut off ana the bars on one
of the cell windows had been sawed
through.
The prisoners intended using the
cell door as battering ram to break
down the outer gate in the wall while
the sheriff and the guards were al
breakfast. The saws used had been
concealed in the jail since 1900, when
Milton Sheeb sawed his way to lib
erty There are about forty prisoners
in the jail.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03

PERcHED ON HORSES NECK
End of the Hen That Used Dobbin as
Roost-New Animal
Seals Fate.

Alton, lil.--A hen with a bad habit
which had become the talk of poultry
circles at Upper Alton. ILL.,. came to
grief this week. The hen belonged to
John Cartright. She was a good layer
cheerful sitter and a successful
brooder. but she would persist in
perching upon the neck of certain
horse in Mr.. Cartright's stable at night
The horse rather enjoyed the novel
sensation of having a hen on its neck
at first. 1t was a distinction which
gave Dobbin a chance to put on airs
among her equine friends. But in time
the experience grew monotonous
When night came in would walk Biddy
and proceed to appropriate her GUS
tomary seat on the horses bony neck
Dobbin was moved to another stall
but Biddy followed him.
One night, however, strange horse
which had not been accustomed to hav-
ing its neck used for a chicken. roost
was placed in Dobbin's stall. The old
hen came in, looked anxiously around
for Dobbin. and as he was nowhere in
sight. flew to the neck of the strange
horse, The latter gave an up-to-date
imitation of a bucking cayuse. The
next day was Biddy's last.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
BOUNTY IS BASIS or DEBT
Payment on Gopher Skins Is Reason
for Which Many County Deficits
Were Contracted

Topeka, Kan.--An interesting fea-
ture of the report of Seth q. Wells
auditor Of state, showing the indebted
ness of the Kansas counties, is the
manner In which the debts of many OF
them were contracted. Some of these
counties would now be almost free
from debt were it not that large boun,
ties were paid ON gopher scalps dur.
ing the hard times of Is years ago. In
Stevens county the total debt is only
100000, and OF this amount $4,000
Is for scrip issued by the county com.
missioners TO pay the bounties on GO
pher scalps.
When the poor crop years and hard
times struck western Kansas, In 1891
and 1892, there were more settlers in
the small counties than have lived
there since. There was no other appar-
ent way for them to live, and the coun-
ty commissioners conceived the idea
OF offering bounties on gopher scalps.
These bounties were paid in scrip,
which the settlers managed to sell for
enough to live on until they could get
out OF the state or until better times
returned. The bounty was simply a
cloak for the charity OF the county to-
ward the destitute inhabitants. This
fact was generally understood, but the
recipients worked as industriously in
collecting scalps as though the wei.
fare of the community depended upon
their efforts.
There are many families now living
in the western counties" said r. Du-
mont Smith, state senator from Ed
wards. who were saved from actual
want by these bounties. The men,
women and children, by working all
day, managed to catch enough gopher
to buy the necessaries of life unit
they could raise crops, The bounty
was good thing for western Kansas,
and the counties will make no objec-
ton. now that they are prosperous, to
paying the debt
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
BROKE LEG PULLING BOOT
Accident Association Is Being Sued
for Insurance, Because of
Novel Happening.

Hartford. Conn.-Andrew j. Cur
tiss, of Bristol. commercial traveller,
broke bone in his right leg while en-
gagged in the apparently simple opera
ton of pulling on his boot. This un-
usual occurrence has brought about a
lawsuit in which Mr. Curtiss is the
plaintiff and an accident association
the defendant.
Mr.. Curtiss declares that he broke
his leg in CRANKY on June 10, 1904, the
left strap to his boot coming off sud
denly, "by which his leg was suddenly
and violently wrenched causing a
fracture of the public bone and has
caused him great pain and soreness
which has continued to the present
time" He says that for more than 80
weeks he has been totally disabled and
unable to attend to his business or any
otner, and for much of the time has
been confined TO his bed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
THE FIRST HINDoo TEMPLE
To Be Established in America Is in
San Francisco-Building
Unpretentious.

San Francisco. Cal.--"May the Also
the entrance to the Vedanta mission
at No. 21l5 Filbert street. the first tenn
pie in the western world for the propa-
CATION of the Hindoo philosophy and
religion for Vedanta is both. The mis-
sion is a new two-story frame build
ing at the corner of Hilbert and Web
ster streets. There is nothing to dis
tinguish the building from other two
story fats save the entrance to the
temple on Hilbert street, where there
is a vestibule of white marble under
an arch after the Hindoo style OF archi-
lecture, and above 1t MOSAIC work
bearing the inscription quoted. The
auditorium will seat probauiy 100 per-
sons. At one end is a small rostrum
containing chair for the lecturer and
back of it is a life-sized oil painting OF
Ramakrishna. he whom the Vedantists
call master
Swami Trigunatita, the priest, is
short and rotund, with the swarthy
skin of his race. Il was educated in
Calcutta said he. land when | took
holy orders was obliged to put away
all secular things, and with it | put
away my English, which | am now re-
covering. Up to few years ago the
Hindoos never preached their religion
to other countries or peoples, and, ow-
ing to this fact. we were misrepresent-
ed by the clergy of other nations and
races. II was Ramakrishna who sug-
gested the idea of missions. and it was
followed. | was one of the mission
aries selected Vedanta is preached in
centers, as we term them. but this is
the first established mission in the
western world. At present we have
about so enlisted members. but may
say we have many admirers. Our
members raised the fund with which
TO erect this temple. We have many
inguirees both from the Catholics and
Protestanis.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
PLANS TRIP TO THE POLE.
New York Pilot Hopes to Be Able to
Get Family and Airship to
northern Goal.

New York.-Capt. James A. Clinton.
for rs years pilot In and around New
York, is confident that he has solved
the secret OF practical airship. To
prove II he is willing to take the air
route TO the north pole, guiding his
own craft, and taking his six little
children as passengers. Other aspiring
explorers would better sit up and take
notice of what he says.
A propeller driven by turbine, and
capable of either raising or lowering
the aisship, is one Of the secrets OF the
Clinton craft. Another is the driving
propeller, which forces air against the
rudder in a manner which enables the
ship TO be always under control OF the
navigator, independent OF contending
air currents, which have proved the
undoing OF other airships.
Capt. Clinton estimates that he can
drive his ship about Is miles an hour
against a ten knot wind, or 30 miles
an ncur under normal conditions. In
case CT accident to the gasoline en-
ginc. IL can be disconnected and q
hand device used. Manual power will
easily work the turbine wheels.
Il have worked on my airship for 10
years" Capt. Clinton said. II believe
/ nov have ii perfected. have in
vented it on an entirely new principle
of air navigation. The same barriers
found in air navigation are those pres
ent in water navigation. except chat in
the ali one must contend with forces
assailing from every direction. AS
long as it's aluminium. iron and Silk
hold out the ship will find its way all
over the earth and against all winds,
and never higher than al safe dis
lance
Il am experienced in the United
States geological survey ard not the
least doubtfSa Of what have invented
and patented. I would like chance
to prove, as / believe can do, that at
least one American knows more about
airships than any FTenchman who
ever tried his hand at the work.
Capt Clinton Is seeking capital to
build his airship.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
OUR ROADS In LEAD.
AMERICA rs FOREMOST IN THE
WORLDS RAILWAYS.
xhis Country Owns 81 i ,O74 Of Worlds
Total Mileage of 543, 0Oo--Bu-
reau Of Statistics Reports
Uncle Sam Ahead.

Washington.--The United States
Heads the world, both In the present
mileage and the recent growth Of its
railways. This is shown in report
m The Transportation Routes and
Systems OF the World" issued by the
bureau Of statistics of the department
OF commerce and labor
IL points out that OF the total rail-
way mileage OF the world, aggregating
I'm 1904 $4,000 miles, there were 211,-
O74 miles In the United States. 35,323
miles in European Russia, 32,967 miles
in Germany. 2S,102 in France, 26,950
in India, 24.120 in Austria Hungary,
22.634 in the united kingdom, 1851
in Canada. 1850 in Africa. 14,113 in
Australia, 1859 In Argentina, 1886
in Mexico, 1861 in Italy, 9,36S in Bra
I'll. 1857 In Sweden, 1892 IN Siberia,
Manchuria and the other former ASH
attic possessions of Russia, 4,495 in Ja-
pan and l,176 in China
Growth Of the railways in the Unit
ed States has been very rapid. Be
ginning in 1885 with 1000 miles, the
number steadily grew and in the dec
ade 1866 to 1875 it doubled and then
rapidly came UP to the present num-
Der, which represents an outlay OF SILL
$50. 100000 out of an aggregate cost OF
So. 1000 100000 for the entire world.
The total tonnage of vessels flying
the American flag increased from
5,212.001 tons in 1856 to 6,456.543 tons
in 1905. This increase is due to the in
crease in the tonnage of vessels en-
gagged in the coastwise trade The tom
mage OF vessels engaged in the foreign
trade fell from 2,34S.35S in 1856 to
3,750 tons in 1905.
Freight rates on both land and sea
have decreased. The rate per bushel
Of wheat from New York to Liverpool
was about ten cents in 1873 and about
enc cent in 1905. The amount of pas
sengers and freight transported has
Increased considerably During the
last year the railways transported
71S,654,95 passengers and 100000,
900 tons Of freight. In 1885 the num-
her of passengers carried was 351.427,-
6es and freight 437,000.0O0 tons.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
TO CARRY POWER ITS MILES
$50, 100000 California Company
Plans Vast Electrical Project
Beats Niagara Falls.

Portland, Ore,-A vast project to take
up the waters of Feather river in
northern California and carry it
through aqueducts and tunnels until
400 000-horsepower has been devslo ed,
or enough to supply all the tow OF
the Sacramento valley, Oakland, Ala
media and Berkeley with electric p5N er
is the purpose of a 100000 900 corpo a.
ton organized by /. Brown vii on 4
Co., of New York and San Francisco.
1t will be possible to genera.e more
than three times the power furnished
by the famous plant at Niagara sails.
This project is at the head of the
Sacramento valley and WIN furnish
power for this valley and to San Fran
cisco by means of two pole transmits
sion lines, us miles in length.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
TO ADOPT LAWS.
Riding Il Driving Club Will Hold
Meeting Tuesday Next.

Promoters of the Mnrtinsburg Rid
Ing & Driving club are now engaged
I'm preparing the constitution and by.
avs of the organization, which vii
be adopted and the officers elected al
a meeting to be held on Tuesday Of
next week in the grand jury room a
the court house. Those interested in
making the club success are graft
led at the.progress made.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
Winchester People Snap Up $4,000
Worth on Saturday.

Blocks of stock aggregating s25, 00t
in the Winchester and Washington
City Railway Co. were placed on the
market at Winchester on Saturday
and the entire amount was taken In
less than 10 minutes. The coElpany's
capital is Sl25,000. Its great power
plant along the Shenandoah river al
Millville, Jefferson county, will soon
be ready to produce electricity for il
Illuminating and trolley purposes.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
CAT FOUND ITS WAY HOME.
South Dakota Feline is Swept by Flood
But Finally Reaches Warmth
and Comfort.

Sioux Falls, S. D.-Not even flood
in which several lives were lost and
property to the value of many thou.
sands of dollars was carried away, can
destroy the family cat and prevent il
from coming back.
This was illustrated by the adven-
ture of a cat belonging to the family
Of John Barley, a resident of Fort
Pierre, situated at the junction OF the
Bad and Missouri rivers in central
Sonth Dakota The greater part of
the residence district of the town was
swept away by food last July. the
food being caused by eloudburst up
the Bad river.
Among the buildings carried away
was the home of Barley In the
house at the time was the family cat
big, tiger-striped animal known as
Tabby. Nothing was seen or heard
Of the cat until day or two ago
home which Barley had erected and
took its place by one OF the stoves,
Barley expresses the opinion that
the cat at the time of the flood was
carried by the swift current direct
" across to an island opposite the
mouth of Bad river. where 1t lived on
rabbits and other small game until ii
discovered that crossing the Missouri
river on the ice was possible. when il
yentured to the main land and found
It's way to the Barley home.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03

D. o. Bartles Had Novel Experience
While Visiting Old Home.

superintendent Bartles, of the coun-
ty asylum, has returned from a weeks
trip to his old stamping ground In
Franklin county. Pa. This was his
first visit to his boyhood home In "a
years, but he met a number of peopl.
he knew when lad. While paving
around in the mountain he ran across
a moonshine still, and calmly proceed
ed to appropriate asjug of the stuff
which he says goes down like a torch.
light procession. He was accompan-
led on the trip by Tom Austin, of the
county.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
Cassie's Hard Luck.

A dispatch from Columbus says Mrs
Chadwick will be compelled 10 work at
the washtuD during her stay in the
Chic penitentiary. Here is additional
evidence OF the fact that woman la
lors under disadvantages in this world.
III The lady who wrecked banks and
took the savings of other people for
her own use we're a man she would no
doubt be provided with an easy job in
fhe bookkeeping department.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
TURNPIKE OFFICERS ELECTED
Road Between City and Potomac Ii
Good Condition.

Officers for the Martinsburgg& Poto
mac Turnpike Co. have been electd fol
the pre- sent year as follows:
President-H. l.. Couchman.
Secretary aud Treasurer-W. W.
Westphal.
Directors Frank Myers, w. w
Westphal. John Kennedy, II. l.
Couchman, B. f. Wien.
/. The annual report shows the concerl
to be in very satisfactory condition
with a substantial sum spent for i'm
provements since the last report.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
caught Coming and Going.

JOHNNY gotta reform an go ter
Sunday school err else git lot tougher.
Susie-What do you mean?
MA won't let me play with about
half the kids in this neighborhood an
the rest o. the kids mothers won't let
'em play with me- got no friends ut
all."-Cleveland Leader.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03

We are TO whistle for health. So
says the latest of the London health
faddists. Every morning-and at in
iervals during the day--we are grave
~ to purse our lips Solitude viii 5a
necessary for many of us or we shall
laugh and whistle the burden that we
love.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
tuberculosis killing the Negro.

1t is the opinion OF DR.. Hunter Nc
CURE, of Virginia, that tuberculosis
viii exterminate the negro race in this
country. The death rate of the negro
is already twice that of the whites, as
a whole, while in towns and cities it
is nearly three times as great and the
proportion is constantly on the in.
crease
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
The Twice-a-Week American
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Six Months, so Cents.

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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
Ancients Shot Craps.

An English scientist claims to have
discovered evidence that the ancient
Reitons played dice, and loaded dice.
too oh. the virtue and goodness OF
GlAe ''fathers!"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
sr.ApEAkE STEAMSHIP coMpAs i
CHESAPEAKE LINE"
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMERS

ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMERS,
AUGUSTA AND ATLANTA
Cor OLD POINT coMFoRr ard NoKFOLk,va
Steamers leaves Baltimore daily Tex
ept Sunday at $50 A. NJ, ana arrive a,
Did Point Comfort at 6 A. Nj. and Norfolk
Il 7.Is A. M, where all connections IS
made with the Rail Lines for all points
South.
"YORK RIVER LINE.
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMER CHAR
LoTTE" AND BALTIMORE"
FOR WEST POINT AND RICHMOND. VA.
Steamers leave Baltimore Tuesday.
Thursday and Saturday 1T P. NJ, and
rrive at West Point at 7.3o A. NJ, and
Richmond az o.os A. NJ.
Steam rs call at Gloucester Point. Clay
Bank and Almonds Wharf in both di-
recuons (ueather permitting)
STEAMERS LEAVE BALTIMORE FROM
PIER rs AND Io LIGHT ST. WHARF.
Through tickets to all points mas be
secured. baggage checked and stateiooms
reserved from the City Ticket Offices.
Ifo I. Baltimore street. ARTHUR w.
ROBSON. Agbnt, ro7 +. Bsltimore
street. or the General Offices. $50 Light
street.
REUBEN FOSTER, Ell CHISM,
General Manager. GenI Pass. Agt.
IT. H. MCDANIEL, Asst Gen'l.
Passenger "A gent,