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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-05-08
NOTICE
To Take Dispositions.

state Of West Virginia, Jefferson County, Is.
William G. Bennett. ..Plaintif.
Mary Bennett. ...................De Defendant.
Case pending 10 the Circuit Court Of Jefier-
son County, Wet Virginia.
The above named Defendant will take
notice that on The 9tb. day Of May. 1901. the
above named Plaintiff will take the Opposition
Of Williamm O. Bennett and sundrY witnesses
to lie used as evidence in the trialo the above
cause, IN behalf Of The Plaintiff, at tn Office
Of Forrest W. Brown, In the town OF Charles
Town, In the County Of Jefferson. In the
State Of West Virginia, between the hours of
eight O'Clock a. m. and six O'closk p. IN. Of
said day. and II from any cause the TAX
ing Of said dispositions ehail not be com
rncnced, or being commenced shall not be
completed on the day aforesaid, the taking
OF same viii be adjourned from day to day,
or from time 10 time, at the same place be-
tween the same hours. until they are CON-
plefed. FORREST W. BRO an.
Apr. IL A.. Attorney for Plaintiff
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Money to loan, In sums to suit. Apply to
GEO. NJ. BELTzHoovER, JR-
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Motto for 1906: Save your money fol
1907 jamestown.
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Ordered By The Council

OF CHARLES TOWN.
That ali dogs which came in contact with
the supposed mad dog. April 2Gth. 1905. he
confined by the owners for the period Of Elk
90 weeks. and all doga running at large mn
muzzied shall be taken up by the police and
be confined 10 the public pound for the same
period at the expense Of the owner or owners
thereof.
This order will be rigidly enforced.
@ o. Z. LIGHT. Mayor.
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DEFRIGERAl ORS.-We will have In a
Ii short time full line Of Ut Refrigera-
tors Come and buy one ard keep things
from spelling. 1t will pas for itself in ope
season. yesterday 4 Co.
April 10. s nth harles ST.
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For Rent.

Dwelling OF Mrs Ann Brown on Main street.
near East. Charles Town Possession April
1, 1906. Apply to
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For Co. Supt. of Free Schools.

We are authorized to Announce Mr.. E. ID,
TURNER as q candidate for Cou ~ Superin'
tendent of Free Schools-subject to Demo.
cratic Primary.
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For President of School Board.

We ore requested to announce Mr.. JOHN
w. NJ CARRY as candidate for reelection
as President of the School Board of Charles
Town District-su' ject to the Democratic
Primary.
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Money for Sale.

Money for sale by Jefferson Building and
Loan Associafion-Series No. 2-Tuesday
night.
GEO. r. HAGLEY.
April 5. 1905 Sec'y and Treas'r.
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For House of Delegates.

] am o candidate for reelection to iepresent
jefferson county in the next House of Dele
gates of the West Virginia Legislature Sub
feet to the action Of the Democratic Primary.
G.. NJ WETZEL.
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FOR BOTH

One disease of thinness in
children is scrofula; in adults,
consumption. Both have poor
,lood /; both need more fat.
These diseases thrive on lean
ness. Fat is the best means OF
overcoming them; cod liver oil
makes the best and healthiest
tat and
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Whitewashing.

G.. W. Powell the Whitewater. IL now al
your service. Expert in ali eoiors Of wash, in
sr out of doors. houses, barns, ouihouses.
fences. de-. whitewa-hcd OF yellow garhed.
Work In town and out Residence rex to
old foiegate house. on BerryyiIie turnpike.
Cia.1e, Town. w. Va. You will end t1ase
banging on my door Il ave your name and
where 10 come. Resp. yours,
May LIN. q. ". POWELL.
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Public Sale
FROx THE
Silver Spring Herd
Scotch Topped Short Horns
Thursday, May 81, 1906.

miles South of Charirs Town. ] fferson
10. w. Va. and mile from Rifpon Sta
ton on NJ & w. RR
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Saturday. May 20. will be Memorial
Day in Charles Town.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

fatal blow, and under that blow love
withered There was no more peace
no more happiness in the household
Seeing tnis. the children were silent
and miserable.
But the last straw came when Mrs.
Nichols picture, her famous Scarlet
Letter" received encomiums on both
sides Of the Atlantic. The husband
had never done anything like it.
After a year of trouble the couple
separated, the husband going away
and the wife remaining to work out
her own career.
Thereafter her existence was peace
full. II lonely. There was but one easel
now, and one painter. There was but
one ambition, and that was the sup
port and education OF her children.
Art for arts sake was no more. Love
for loves sake was a farce.
The woman continued to worn
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

Jealousy, dlssenslJns, misery and di.
vorce Arc these the inevitable conse-
luences when a wife Is engaged IN the
same life occupation as her husband,
when their lives move on parallel
lines and with parallel ambitions, and
when II IS possible that the work of
the wife exceeds in merit that OF the
husband?
SO 1t would seem from the unhappy
marital history OF Mrs. Rhoda Holmes
Nichols, a history IN which art and
jealousy crept In at the door while
love few out through the window.
Her divorce has just been recorded
in the New York supreme court.
IL IS not an altogether unusual thing
nowadays for a wife to outdo her hus-
band at his chosen occupation. In al
most every instance where this oc-
ours misery is the consequence.
Men do not like TO have wives
smarter than themselves, or more ar
tistic, or wiser in a business way, or
who win praise for doing things for
which praise is usually accorded a
man. declares a writer in the New
York World
Let n woman bake a fine pie, or do
fine bit OF embroidery, or hem or
stitch. or sew or keep a neat house,
and the husband will listen to the
worlds praise OF her With complacent
satisfaction.
But let her keep to the kitchen, II
you please, or play the piano in the
parlor. or mother the children in the
nursery. or do anything but step over
the line OF demarkation where he is
boss.
He is the bread-winner and the king.
Those In his kingdom must be weaker
than himself and dependent upon him,
or the whole domestic structure fails
and there is no more happiness In the
world
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
Then followed period o, deep

Then followed period OF deep
anxiety In which two souls joined. I'm
patiently they awaited the issue. In a
month the answer came. The pic
ture had been accepted and would be
displayed "on the line"
Joy reigned In the Nichols house
hold. They would now paint with a
deep and strong foundation of success
under them. The Paris Salon had
spoken and the Paris Salon vas
mighty. The picture had secured
honorable mention"
The husband resolved to paint an
other picture for the following years
Salon. The wife would try It, too. she
said. Was not her husbands success
her own? II she should succeed, would
not her success be gracious in the
eyes Of her lond and master?
Mr.. Nichols smilingly gave his as
sent to the plan and they set to work
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
FIND HAPPINESS
IN COOPERATION.

Up to this time not q cloud had
marred their domestic sky. They were
happy. with the careless happiness of
children. Their art was ioy-a play
to them.
And so they played together until
the paintings were finished. In order
to Insure separate consideration they
were packed and shipped in separate
boxes to the Paris Salon, where sit
the worlds arbiters in art.
In due time Mrs. Rhoda Holmes and
Mr.. Burr Nichols received their re-
spective verdicts.
For Mrs. Rhoda Holmes 1t was:
Painting accepted and given honor
able mention"
For Mr. Burr Nichols It was: Paint
ing judged unworthy; hereby re-
turned"
Here fell the shadow, II we are TO
believe those who sympathize with
Mrs. Nichols. Here entered the note
OF discord. Here was the parting of
the ways whereby two souls became
estranged, through the life OF earth
and the eternity of heaven.
With the wifes Joy was a feeling Of
sincere sorrow for her husband he
had worked so hard He had hoped
for so much. Why could not both of
them have won?
Although the shadow was in his
heart, the husband spoke bravely of
the future, Let us try it again, he
,ofl. ssara r,ay 10Th min NOV, ti,,,r
And so they went to work for a sec
ond trial. Side by side they painted
as before, But now there stood a
ghost between them-the INCAPABLE
shadow OF jealousy and discomfort
The wife. perceiving this, grieved
much over It. The husband. imagining
things that were not, grew gloomy
and taciturn.
In due time the two pictures were
packed in separate crates and shipped
to Paris and in due time the answers
came back
Fis answer was a box with his pic.
ure. returned with a due acknowl-
e Sgmeut; hers an acceptance with
honorable mention
Then, say Mrs Nichols friends, the
mans nature seemed TO change en-
tlrely. lie became grumpy and cross.
Nothing seemed TO please him. The
iron had entered his soul. The wife
had ouJdone The husband in his chosen
sphere Of life Oh. strange phase Of a
mans nature which makes such a
th,ng unforg'vahle,
Some old philosopher has called
love the egotism Of two" The ego
tism of Burr Nichols had received a
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

bravely. She could have gone TO
France or Italy, where her young artist
days were passed, but she preferred to
remain in this country and educate her
children. She took a studio at East
Gloucester, Mass.
In her artistic career she won eleven
medals. She had shown pictures at the
exhibition Of the Roman Water Color
society in 1888; she was hung on the
line at Turin, Milan, the Royal acade-
my at Paris in 1900, at the Chicago
and Pan-American expositions, at At.
lanta, Nashville, Cleveland and the
Boston Triennial in 1895.
She is a member of many art clubs
and societies and was for nine years
vice president OF the Water Color club
of New York, is a member of the Ma
tional Arts club, the American Water
Color society, the New York Water
Color club, the Barnard club, Pen and
Brush, the Woman's Art club, the
American Society of Miniature Paint.
ers and an associate member OF tho
Woman's Art Club Of Canada.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
MUTUAL HAPPINESS
IN cAlLpREN's LOVE.

For eight years Rhoda Holmes Mich.
ols has never ceased 10 struggle. She
has earned a fair competence and has
led retired life, but gradually she is
learning to be happy again-happy In
the love of her children, which knows
no distrust or jealousy.
The other day the curtain fell on
the last act in this strange marital
drama.
Mrs. Rhoda Holmes Nichols received
a decree Of absolute divorce, carrying
with II the legal custody of the chill
dren. and authority to resume her
maiden name.
IncOmpatibility was the cause given,
but the divorce papers are sealed.
Mrs. RhOda Holmes is still young
and much Of life is yet before her
But 1t is doubtful if she will ever again
regard love as anything but a mirage
of the youthful brain, an unsubstantial
dream, the flesh tints laid upon the
bones OF an awful skeleton.
But the experience of Mrs. Holmes
is not singular. SO long as mans ma.
ture remains unchanged, just so long
viii he demand the leadership OF the
family, both mentally and physically.
The spiritual crown be accords TO
woman without question.
Moral; Do not beat your husband
at anything he may undertake.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
Free Beds for Cats.

In an animal hospital in Phnadel-
phia there is free bed for cats,
endowed by a servant, Ruth Darling,
who died in that city some years ago
She had always liked animals, and
left her savings to provide free treat.
ment OF ailing pets in the Maher ami
NAL hospital, where II takes the form
Of commodlous iron cage with the
inscription The Ruth Darling Bed"
on il in gold letters. This bed has
always a long list OF cats waiting
TO be treated. During one year as
many az So were cared for.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

A Florida man has devised a scheme
by which he declares any man can
make his own Ice at a cost of ten
cents a hundred pounds, the process
taking only five minutes. He adver-
tised widely that he would give the
formula to the world at the rate Of
two dollars a head. This beats the
cold and tedious business OF cutting
fee or building an expensive ice fac
tory from his standpoint but the Unit
ed States postal authorities say the
only trouble with the scheme is II is
u fraud
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

A new law of France provides for a
"rest day" and even gay Paris is TAX
ing TO the idea with relish. In fact.
the employees in some establishments
which have disregarded the require.
ments of the law are in such earnest
that they have made a lively demons.
tration. 1t is evident that a great
many French people are more willing
20 observe Sunday than has been sup.
posed And as the law is in the in
terest Of good morals as well as good
order, there will be general approval
of those who seek TO enforce H.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

Recently lamagno, the Italian tenor
and the greatest singer Of the age, de
string to leave for his children some
record OF his genius, had made, upon
especially prepared plates for reproduc-
tion in the phonogrlph, several rec
ords of his songs. Two OF these rec
ords have been preserved In a museum
in Paris. The plates We're made with
great care and are sealed In metal
boxes, containing also chemical com
pounds for their preservation, Tho
boxes are labeled and dated. One win
be opened 90 years from now and the
other AZ the end OF a century.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

Damascus. whose pedigree IS the
longest Of living cities is losing its
character An enterprising Belgian
company is cutting through it witch an
electric tramway, and is sprinklius
electric lights in fits ancient s.loe,s.
What is more, the motive power 10,
these installations is derived from
the Harvesting OF the river .Slis -
miles OF, so that no feature ef tL5
modern invasion is spared the place
whence the jew of Tarus escaped in
q issket over the wall The British
acting coniul reports that ~ miles
Of the tram line aro already being laid.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

course IN life, separate and distinct
from that OF her divorced husband.
Before Rhoda Holmes married she
was known as now as a water-color
painter Of much merit Her pictures
were sought by dealers and connois.
seurs, who paid good prices for them
Being an artist, she naturally be,
came well known IN tie New York
artis, colony around Fiftyseyenth
street and Eighth avenue. She was
pretty and popular and good
Miss Holmes was nOC lI.T painter.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

but even after she began to Sc her
pictures she continued to be sn en-
thusiastic student
She went to France and Italy, where
she studied art in the best schools.
She was successful there, and event
ually went to South Africa and Asia
for landscapes.
St1l heartfree and winning her own
way In the world. she settled down in
Florence. where the air is the very
breath OF art, and where the sky Is as
tender as the eyes of love.
Here in the course OF her work she
met young painter named Burr Mich
ols. lie. too, was a fine artist, and
their mutual tastes drew them much
together.
II Is strange that the very traits
and characteristics and the mutual
likes which give birth to love should
In the end be the means of its death
and funeral The young artists did
not dream Of the truth Of these things.
How could the art from which love
sprang be its murderer? Neither did
they reck OF the future when they
became engaged. Was there not the
magic OF love in their brushes? Were
they not bohemians enough TO face
the future with light hearts? Could
they not paint the fearful eyes away
from the face Of sorrow, and put the
cap and bells on the picture OF pov.
erty? On these fundamental beliefs
they were married
Nichols, like his wife, was a fine
painter. They lived an ideal life in
their studio. They painted together.
talked together. planned together, liv-
ing and dreaming for each other.
All, what a little fraud love is after
all, He had fired the last arrow in his
culver when he shot them through the
hearts, and then he left them, deeming
his duty done.
The Nichols artist family was in
creased by two lovely children as
time passed. and their happiness in.
creased accordingly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

II is said In New York that there
are seven dictators IN the financial and
business world. and that those men
are John d. Rockefeller. j. p. Morgan,
James j. Hin, James Stlllman, George
+. Baker, Jacob Schiif and f. II. Har-
rimaa. These seven men represent in
terests that cover every possible
phase of business enterprise in Amer.
fca
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

priceless value in mis- future work.
The wife watched his work with
the greatest solicitude and pride, She
encouraged him and gave him loving
and unstinted praise. She put her
own brush by TO watch his. To her
his work Afforded a period Of selfab-
nesation in which all her being was
wrapped up in his.
Eventually the grea; painting was
finished. With the utmost care they
packed II and sent II or to the Paris
Salon
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

An ordinance has been introduced
in the Mexico city council making the
skating rink license ten dollars a week
and prohibiting the use of pianos in
such places of amusement. II, says
the Mexico. Mo-. Ledger. there is a
place on earth calculated to make
woman forget mother. home and
heaven Il Is a skating rink.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

The London county council has
passed law which makes the throw
Ing of a banana skin on tho sidewalk
q misdemeanor punishable by fine
of 40 shillings. II generally costs
more than that TO repair the damages
of the man who steps on a banana
peel
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

The year continues its earthquake
and volcano record. Emulous of We
suvius and others which have been
displaying their pyrotechnic possibil-
ities, La Soufriere. on the West In
dian island of st. Vincent. has start
ed its internal fires and is giving an
interesting exhibition.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

In 1904 the United Staes sold IN
China fabrics TO the value OF $i7S2,.
141. In 1895 sales OF the same goods
amounted to s12,5G6.O93. The boycott
seems to have satisfied the demands
of Chinese patriots without al the
same time doing any great injury to
American merchants.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

Some day there may be United
States OF Central America. A party
has lately been organized in San Sal
vador. the leaders of which hope to
bring about federation of the Central
American republics. The experiment
of federation has been tried once or
twice; but the people are better quail
fed for It now than they used to be.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

Thousands Of Cinnamon are cutting
of their r;gtails in China and one was
arrested for "mashlng' in Chicago
lately. The yellow men seem to be ad-
vsncing in the ways of civilization at
brisk gallon.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

A Georgia sheriff has prevented a
lynching by carrying the proposed VIC
tim away In an automobile so swiftly
that the mob couldn't keep up. The
mob may try. however. to obtain re-
venge by having the sheriff prosecuted
for exceeding the speed limit
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

with light hearts. Mrs. Nichols could
only paint between the intervals of
caring for her children, but she went
at the work with a light heart, hoping
against hope for success.
The two painters wrought and la
bored side by side. They saw their
separate efforts grow from mute out
lines. and take form and shape accord
ing to their ideas.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
THE BEAVER HERALD
Maud o. Thomas. Pub.

John Jacob Astor is regular auts
crat. He is the owner OF more motor
cars than any other man in tho United
States, and is constantly adding to
his store.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
DECIDE AMERICA
is BETTER FIELD

While they were prosperous and
contented in Florence they at last de-
cided that they could better them
selves in this country.
They came accordingly and settled
down in the studio quarter in New
York They continued their successful
career, disposing of their pictures as
fast as they could paint them. They
were happier than most married peo-
pie. They made friendly criticisms of
each others work, adopted each 9TH
er's suggestions. were forbearing and
forgiving, as men and wives should be.
In 1897 Mr.. Nichols began a picture
which, as It developed and the inspira-
tion took wings within him, he re-
solved to send to the Paris Salon. AS
the idea grew his work became more
painstaking. Should he succeed, the
added incentive. as well as the pres
tige It would give him would be Of
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

New York burglars a~e travelling
around to business in automobiles. If
you wish 10 avoid being mistaken for
a burglar or a capitalist, don't travel
In an automobile.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

a negro who claimed to be 1O9 years
old IS dead in Illinois. AS he never
boasted OF having nursed Thomas Ief-
ferson he may not have exaggerated
his age, either.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
ARTISTIC JEALOUSY
CAUSES SEPARATION.

So It was with Mrs. Rhoda Holmes
Nichols, who now has her own studio,
her own children, and her own lonely
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
WIFE'S SUCCESS
KILLED LOVE
Discussions, Misery and Divorce the Result OF
Husbands Wounded Egotism.

Average Man Must BE the
Bread Winner and the
King or the Domestic
Structure Is IN Dan or of
Collapse - The Case of
Burr Nichols and His
Gifted Wife.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

Shattered Romance of Two
Artists Seems to p Que
That a Woman Must
BeWare of Be comm g
More Famous Than Her
Husband, in HIS Chosen
Line of Work.