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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-24

Hon. c. IT, Grosyenor, Of Athens, o..
was in Wheeling in conference with
W. P. Habhara ongressman-elect
giving Mr.. Hubbard some pointers as
70 heine cor sresswlaN and informine
him G y e ~~acter s leg s'atiDa ~
come I'D in Congress Mr. Sturgis
rco~ntl-' ~'ei-4 c ne ~ ffrcsvenOr n
his home n 1..hea FIR tl.s same par
pose
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-24

Edward and Harry Br.ll had a very
strange encounter while ON their way
TO Winchester from Mountain Fall. A
magnificent antlered buck sud- emily
jumped a fence at the side of the road
and came to full stop rot five feet
from the two mon, seet i their bug.
gy. Neither was arLaed and the deer
soon made off across the fields. 1T IS
very unusual for big game TO venture
so near town.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-24
BRUNSWICK LAUNDRY BURNS
Three Girls Narrow escape When
Gasoline lgnted.

The Brunswick Steam Laundry was
destroyed by fire Wednesday, entailins
a loss of about $3,500. The building
was a three-story frame structure.
The fire was caused by the bursting
Of tank of the gasoline engine which
was used to operate the laundry. The
flames spread so rapidly that three D.
the girls had to jump from a second
story window to escape.
The building was owned by Mr.,
Park Willard There was no insur-
ance
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-24
silver in Harrlson county.

Silver is believed 20 abound IN
some sections Of Harrison COUNTY III
paving quantities. a discover having
just been made TO That cfsct Naica
is beginning 10 eause considerable e2-
citement among those VINO Enow of
the valuable end
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-24
SENT TO JAIL.
Cleveland Clark, Convicted of Carry
ira Concealed Weapon.

In Justice Thompson's court, Cleve-
land Clark. who resides near Kear.
neysville, Jefferson county, was given
a hearing Non the charge of carrying
a concealed weapon Clark was ar
rested Monday night by Officer Hollis,
and when searched a big revolver was
found on him. Ee was found guilty
and sent TO Jail for 80 days.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-24
Quick Justice.

Two Burglars, James Plat and John
Baigley, who pleaded guilty TO the
commission of many robberies n Ches-
ter, w. Va, and East Liverpool, Ohio,
were sentenced 10 serve ten years in
the Moandsyille penitentiary Theg
were arrested. tried, and sentenced
within ten dss establishing Q record
IN Hancock county.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-24
Natal Statistics.

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Rhodes. OF West Martin street. son.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. George John-
son, of North Queen street, son,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-24
KEPT WEDDING SECRET.
But Young Couple Announced the
Event After Months Silence.

Formal announcement is made of
the wedding of Miss Elizabeth Myers.
daughter of Mrs. Rosa Myers, of this
city, aud Mr.. Shaultner l. Trussell, Of
Washington. which was solemnized in
this city October IA, the officiating
minister being Rev. Chas S. Trump
pastor of st. Johns Lutheran church.
The young people had decided to keep
the wedding a secret until Christmas,
but the information leaked out, when
the formal announcement followed
The groom is the junior member of
the wholesale firm of Trussell Bros,
in Washington.
Married in Texas.
The Courier, published at Mineola
Texas, gives lengthy account of the
wedding of Miss Bessie Gibson, grand
daughter of Prof. William Gerhardt, or
this city, and Mr.. Moreland Stafford,
both residents of Mineola. The cere-
mony was performed on October 81,
and was brilliant event The groom
is son of Senator r. N. Stafford,
and the brides mother is a daughter
of Prof. Gerhardt, and was well known
in Martinsburg a quarter of a century
ago as Miss Dora Gerhardt.
Sister of Mrs. Berkeley Weds.
Miss Agnes Catherine Woklgemuth,
daughter of Mrs. Lucy Wohlgemuth
of Leavenworth. Kansas, and sister OF
Mrs. G. A. Berkeley, If Martinsburg.
was married to Lieut.. William r.
Cleary. of the Eighteenth United
States infantry, at the home of the
bride in Leayenworth.
Married in Haserssown.
Miss lrma NanMe,re, daughter of
Mrs. Sarah VanMetre. East Martin
street. this city, and Mr.. Carl Riddle
berger. also of this city, We're married
in Hagerstown On Saturday afternoon,
the ceremony being performed by Rev.
w. c, Griffith. The young couple VIII
reside in Martinsburg.
Married at Middleway.
Miss Nellie Shaull, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George b. Shanll, and Mr..
Robert u, Smith,-of Middleway. JEFF
fergon county, were married a that
place Thursday afternoon by Rev. A.
J. Willis. pastor of the Lutheran
church,
Married in Hagerstown.
Miss Sarah b. Butts and Mr.. John
l.. Socks, both residents of Berkeley
county. were married IN Hagerstown
on Wednesday afternoon, the cere-
mony being performed by Rev. Mr..
CUM
CoIored Couple to Wed.
A marriage license has been grant
ed to William H. Thomas and Ida 3.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-24
Married in Hagerstown.

Miss Sarah b. Butts and Mr.. John
l.. Socks, both residents of Berkeley
county. were married IN Hagerstown
on Wednesday afternoon, the cere-
mony being performed by Rev Mr..
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-24

A marriage license has been grant
ed to William II. Thomas and Ida 3.
Johnson, colored couple of this city.
The Washington times., 1906-08-13

boys have gone TO the cities. There
are other newspaper men whose
powers qif observation may be quite
as keen as those of the New Yorker,
and who have the added advantage
of observation of the same farming
districts in New Hampshire for a
long period OF years.
A writer in the Boston Journal af-
firms that not only are the farms
in the region he knows better and
more productive in every way than
they were twenty-five years ago. but
the standard of living is higher all
round. The farmers have improved
machinery of all sorts; they enjoy
the luxuries Of ice and running
water, undreamed of in their boy
hood; they know more, for they
take papers and magazines. These
things are true of the farmer in
general, and they ought to be true
of him in New England. There may
be fewer of him up there, but he is
hardly going down hill.
The Washington times., 1906-08-13
INDIAN PEEKABOO.

The Hobart Republican prints
this poem Of doubtful origin which
has in all probability been resDonsibIe
for the boom OF Omar Benedict. tho
editor Of that paper. for Congress from
the Fifth;
Then appeared fair Minnehaha.
Minnehaha, Laughing Water
Spoke she thus TO Hiawatha.
Thus she spoke and made him listen.
Cant you take a little notice?
Cant yOu see I need. some clothiugT
Must You always spend your wampum
All on bows and feathered arrows?
VIII -OU see your little wiley
Going to a luncheon party
Looking ike last years birds nest?
Can YOU never, never, never
Get move at least approaching
Something Ike q gentle hustle2'
UD then spoke the HiSWatha:
What wOuldst have. On Minnehaha?"
Then her heart was filed with glad
ness
"Ha" she cried, "rd have shirt
waist,
OF the brand called peeka boowis."
ThereupOn old HiaWatha
Hied him to the nearest lCnothoie.
Cut piece from out the knOthole:
Then he. found a darnlng needle
And constructed such a shirtwatst
AS would make the heart Of maiden
Sing for JOY 20 see such beaut-
Thus we see the true beginning.
Minnehaha, Laughing Water,
Fairest maid OF Oklahoma
Made her husband. Hiawatha,
Get move akin 10 hustle.
And construct a lovely shirt waist
With 4 needle and a knothole,
OF the kind called peeHaboowis-
Kansas City journal.
The Washington times., 1906-08-13
DEATH OF A DAUGHTER
MAY RECONCILE COUPLE

DENVER. Aug. l3. - Henry Herbert
Pigott. a Philadelphia attorney who
figured in the sensational elopement with
Mrs. Walter Garsed two years ago, COM
ing TO Colorado and being apprehended
at Fort Collins. may be recOnctled 10
his wife as a result Of the death here
Of Miss Ida Pigott daughter. She had
labored for years 10 effect a reconcllld-
tion between her parents
Pigott has telegraphed that he is on
his way to. Denver. His VIE and two
other daughters are here. and recOnciiia-
,tion beside the bier of the unfortunate
girl is anticipated. Typhoid fever caused
When II H PIgott eloped with Mrs.
Garsed, who is a daughter OF J. Emory
Byram. select councilman from the
Twentv-third ward, philadelphia, two
wears agO. there was a furOre Of excite
ment in certain circles. Mr.. Byran him
self refused to be drawn into the discus
sion, ana contented himself with the
statement that his daughter was OF age
and responsible for her own actions.
The Washington times., 1906-08-13
HEART TAKEN OUT.
PATIENT RECEIVERS
Surgeon Holds Organ in
His Hand For Six
Pulse Beats.

LOS ANGELES. Cal, Aug. l3.-After
having his heart cut ont and held in
the hand Of surgeon for the space OF
six pulse beats, a. Mccartney stiI lives
and is eating heartily, gaining strength
and looking forward 10 an early resump-
uon OF his former activities.
The remarkable operation was recent
y performed by Dr. W. p. Thompson.
OF Burbank. On June i. while riding
a motorcycle at a high rate Of speed,
Mccartney cOlllded with the seven-foot
iron prong OF buck-rake. The prong
entered McCartney's left breast and
penetrated his body seven inches. pierre
ing the lower lobe Of his left lung, broke
the bronchial tube leading 20 90. pushed
the heart four inches out OF position.
into the back between the eighth and
ninth ribs, and caused the loss OF three
and half quarts of blood
Those who ran 10 the cyclists as
sistance expected his death at any mo-
ment, but his splendid vitality sustained
him until Dr. Thompson arrived and
the physician Immediately performed the
daring operation. He took out OF the
patients heart. deftly rearranged the
other injured organs and then replaced
the cardiac organ,
After the broken and displaced ribs
had been attended 20 the gaping incisiOn
in the patients breast was closed
Mccartney has continued TO improve
daily and supported by pillows was able
TO sit up In his bed for his picture.
The Washington times., 1906-08-13
VENUS CAUSED
SEVERE SHOCK
She Gazed Placidly From
Window While Crowd
Gathered.

WASHINGTON. Pa Aug. I3-Wash-
iagton is an Anthony C0msJOCk town.
Not 10 extremes, but it does not approve
o. living pictures. The nude in art does
not shock, but the Venus de Medici iu
aesh and blood is little too much for
this seat of learning.
Fouscclcaulug has been going on al
Neutrality-suspicious. College for several
weeks. Just TO get the old girl out OF
the road d lfe-size statue of Venus
was stood up in the college window last
Thursday evening and lefl there. No
person thought anything Of that
one OF VVlshiugton's best and most
particular young women was on her way
home from q church meeting that even
ing, and IT, passing the college she hap
pened 70 glance at that particular win
dow. There IN Ehe pale moonlight. show
ing her beautiful form TO all the world
which cared TO look, was Nenus-only
the young woman didn't know that
Tales Of the terrible pranks occasion
ally played By the young women al the
seminary shot through her mind. she
ran all the way home and explained 10
her parents that some young woman
was standing. q Ia Irilby In the alto
gether, at one of the college windows.
To say the story raised a little excite
ment Is putting il mildly. The father
called several of the neighbors. among
whom were some OF the college trustees.
They hurried to the college DuliqlnS' anG
there baheld the apparition which had
so startled the circUmspect young wom-
an With a rush they charged on the
window. But Venus stood her ground.
With her marble eyes and stumpy arms
she gaZed out stOlidly over Lht heddS
of the band Of Purltans.
Venus de Medici has been removed
from the window.
The Washington times., 1906-08-13
IN CLOTHES
GAVE BURGLAR AWAY
Scent on Stolen Goods Gave Clue That
Quickly Led to ThieTs De-
lection.

GENEVA. Aug. ia thief who
.Jbbed a chemists shop at Bienne yes
terday has been arrested through the
medium Of perfume IN his clothes.
The thief got away with about S240 Of
the chemists money. In his hurry he
upset a bottle Of perfume, which was
broken on the floor
The local police hoped that some Of
The violet scent had fallen on the burg
lars clothes. and followed up this sien-
der clue
They visited the house OF a man whom
they suspected. and during his absence
examined his wardrobe. They found not
only the perfumed suit OF clothes, but
nearly all the money as well The
burglar Was arrested on his return
home. and confessed.
The Washington times., 1906-08-13
Is the Farmer ReuOgrading?

In the Wall Street Journal Of New
York, a paper of great general in
terest even outside its monetary
specialism, we find the following:
A newspaper man whose powers of
observation have been trained by years
of experience brings back from a vaca-
tion in New England the following
pessimigttC view OF the effect upon the
country of the extraordinary develop
menJ OF American cities.
THE principal sufferers are the New
England States, but there are few dis
tricts in the Eastern part Of the Union
at least where the loss OF Indispensable
manhood is not felt. The movement
from the country TO the towns has been
going on with increasing force and vol
ume for half century. and has now
become SO serious that wide areas once
fruitful have gone out of production.
Do not the most enterpTising Of the
young men come 10 the towns. with the
consequence that those left behind TO
propagate a new generation, are rela-
lively feeble and inferior2
Throughout New Hampshire, Maine,
and Vermont the result Is apparent TO
any careful observer. Has not the phy-
siCal standard degeneratedT Is there
any ambition beyond a poor and com
fortress standard of livlngF Farming
methods which once commanded inita-
tIOn and approval are sinking TO the
level Of the merest makeshift
Opinions differ on all of these
points except that many farms have
been abandoned and many farmers
The Washington times., 1906-08-13
EVOLVED NEW POTATO
WITH A STRANGE FLAVOR

LONDON. Aug. 13-Vegetarians will
doubtIess hail with delight the advent
Of a new tuber, blue OF skin and yellow
of interior. which IS about % be placed
upon the market.
The new potato is known 10 the learn
ed in such matters as the Salanum COM
mersoni violet. and is the result OF sclen-
tine cultivation by Messrs. Sutton, OF
Reading
own. Epicures describe IL as q combined
favor of turnips ana asparagus.
AS Il business proposition" too, the
growing Of the new potato would un-
8ouhfedIv prove a great success. The
plant will thrive anywhere, the wetter
or more marshy the soil the better. Il
is claimed that its productive power Is
90 10 100 per cent over the ordinary kind.
The Washington times., 1906-08-13
Princess CdntdCuzene Has
Strenuous Social Duties
General u. S. Grants Granddaughter Royalty
Welcomed in NewpOr'S Select
Social Circles.

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-When in ad-
diti0u 10 being a princess, one IS the
granddaughter OF one OF America 8
most successful soldiers. and is a
charming woman withal, society's
doors are wide open. Princess Canta-
Cuzeue, granddaughter OF Gen T.. S.
Grant. has found this 20 be so.
with Prince Michael and their two
charming children. the princess is at
Newport. and has already received
many cards, enough 10 keep her busy
to the limit Of endurance for the next
two weeks, and she VIII have few idle
The Washington times., 1906-08-13

duced the art here, d. had a romantic
career. An AustralA by birth she
went 10 Germany 10 tudy the piano.
and had nervous hakdOWn. Going
10 81 Petersburg lar. some artists
Glanced % see q fey caricatures she
had done, and advise,her 10 take up
ant Accordingly fournd a half years
ago she went % the rench Academy
M Rome and began tstudy.
NV many artist frhds there" she
said helped me considerably. ] worked
ten EouTE a day. and Eu al night did
more study. but ] acmpl shed what
j wanted, and now d free 20 make
lhls nedal-engraving IT speciality"
ElrFt she makes a az cast. using
her fingers for mOuldin and scuiutors'
TOOLS f0r the fine lines. -he profile only
s. treated. although. here q child 3
portrait is produced, T can be given
fun tace.
The Washington times., 1906-08-13
Medallion Portraits
EurOpe'S Late$ Fad
Craze FOR Miniatures in France ain England
IS SuCCeedeQ by Expensive Licensees on
Silver and Bronze Medal

LONDON. Aug. I3.-To have ones por-
trait engraved on a silver medallion is
the latest society fad. The craze for
miniatures is passing, and IN the near
future every home OF note viii have inn
perishable medalIons Of its chief mem
bers in silver or bronze.
At present this rare and difficult art
is practiced by only one woman in Eng
land on the Continent, especially in
France. portraits in silver are all the
rage.
Chaplain. a Partisan master Of the art.
has commissions In hand which VIII oc-
cupy him for twenty-five years, while
RotI, who designed the Italian coinage
Is booked for ten years. The cost OF
weu-executed medallion is from 500 20
$500
Miss. Dora Ohlfseu. who has intro
The Washington times., 1906-08-13
Trouble in the Colony.

Mr. Sinclair is having trouble with
his colony. Such sordid coLsidera-
tions as a gramaphone playing the
same tune five hours at Ii stretch,
clothes hung out TO dry in some
body's front yard, sauerlTaut cook
ing in somebody's parlor, and the
means of determining what of these
things is a nuisance and what not,
seem TO have utterly destroyed the
peace TO which the community as
pired.
The nation viii be sorry for Mr..
Sinclair. His idea was tempting in
the extreme. Nothing more seduc-
tive than a life where all the cooks
were experts and gentlemen. the
nurses kindergarten teachers, the
houskeepers graduates in domestic
science, where no one gave orders,
where art and serenity prevailed
and gross materialism dropped it's
gorgon head behind the sheltering
horizon-nothing more alluring than
this, we say, could well be pro-
pounded
And we submit that Mr.. Sinclair's
idea is not al fault i'm the trouble
which has arisen. The reporters
may be a little to blame, because
the craft of the pencil and copy pad
has been known TO help a fuss along
now and then for the fun land the
copy there was in it. but the chief
trouble is evidently that the colony
is recruiting from the wrong class
of Americans.
What the author Of The Jungle"
designed was the communion of
kindred souls. Could any idea of
refinement enCure association with
man who threatens il with five
hours of the gramaphone playing
'Dearie" and "Moonlight?" Could
any system of philosophy survive an
attack from a large, round pot Of
sauerkraut bubbling merriIy in
somebody's parlor? Could even the
promoters Of these two industries
live happily together. without auyI
thought of the rest of the world?
Not in n thCIsand years. And If
they cannot stand each other, how
can other people be expected 10
stand them, 10 say nothing of their
brothers and sisters in crime who
keep parrots or crying babies, and
hang their clothes where the bay
tree ought to grow and the modest
violet hide its head from the i'm
pious gaze Of vulgar passers-by?
No wonder, then, that we sympa-
thize with the founder of the col
ony- He dreamPt of Elysiau fields. |
He is tasting Of Pacl1ingtoyn. The
soothing strains of shepherds pipes, |
the dripping sweetness of honey
from Hymettus, the blithe freedom
Of Arcady-these were his hopes.
But he has been hitched up with
the gTamaphOne, sauerlTaut, and n
committee on nuisances which talks
of allowing his socialist comrades"
to enter the dining room in their
bare feet. Mr.. Sinclair's was a beau
tiful vision while il hung in the sl1v.
Mayhap, if ne shakes his present fell !
low-vOyageTs some details of it will /
come down TO earth.
The Washington times., 1906-08-13

moments until the time comes for her
to visit her Chicago relatives.
Here IS q typical days work Tor the
CantacuzeHes: The party went back 10
Oakland farm in an automobile Later
they boarded the steam yacht Narada.
where vice commodore Henry Walters
entertained ihcm at luncheon and took
them for a sail up EarraCansett Rav.
In the. afternoon a large party went
out 10 AiI.Jd Nanderbllts farm for
little fun in the show ring. driving and
riding horses. a large dinner party
was given at the Marble house last
al ght by Commodore and Mrs " K
Vanderbilt r.. for about forty guests
The Washington times., 1906-08-13
LONG WALKS AT SO YEARS
AND NEVER RIDES ON CAR

WESTFIELD, Pa, Aug ia unique
character of this vicinity is Mrs. Polly
Van Pelt, aged ninety-three years. She
Is the active housekeeper for James Vim
cent, who resides in the limits OF this
borough She recently walked 70 Addi-
son, tWenty-seven miles, and, after visit
ing three days, walked home again.
She says she has never ridden on the
cars, and in response TO inquiries averred
she has always walked wherever, she
went and could not be bribed 70 risk
her life on the rail-
The Washington times., 1906-08-13
IN DELlRIUM OF FEVER
PATIENT MAKES ESCAPE

TRENTON, Aug. 13.-While in the de-
llrium OF typhoid fever. Miss Ada New
daughter of william New, OF South
Warren street. escaped from her bed
room late last night and wandered 70
fbe home of Frederick W DOunelly.
more than mile away. sat down on
the porch and remained unnouceq Iof
some time until she was seized with
fr Of Mysteries She was taken 70 a
hOgpftai. where members OF her family
located her a short time later.