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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
A SPANlARD'S INVENTION.
Apparatus for the Control
of Distant Electric
Power.

Telekino is the invention of DON
Bernardo Torres Quevedo, distin-
guished Spanish engineer, who has
been experimenting successfully with
an apparatus for the control of dis
tant electric power by means of WIRE
less telegraphy. He intends to ap-
ply his invention to vessels and made
his public trials with them. The
transmitting station was a wireless
telegraphic apparatus. The boat car
ried battery of accumulators, mo
tor for driving the propeller, another
for the rudder, and two servo motors
for operating the mechanism Of the
other motors. The servo motors were
connected directly with the telekino,
wherewith they formed single ap-
paratus. Hertz waves were received
motors, which sent currents either to
control the rudder motor or the pro-
peller motor so as to govern both the
steering and the propulsion of the
boat. Taking up his position at the
transmitting station, Senior Quevedo
began manipulating the transmitter.
whereupon the boat, containing nu-
merous press representatives, as If by
magic slowly moved forward, gradu-
ally attaining high speed, turning.
twisting. lacking, advancing, or re-
ceding just as if it were being guided
by an expert steersman. The boat ex-
ecuted all manner of maneuvers with
out hitch under the sole guidance OF
the inventor on shore.
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 Cor tracted.

Topeka, Kan.-An interesting fea-
ture Of the report Of Seth G. 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 ii not that large boun.
ties were paid on gopher scaIps 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 we're 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
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 F. Du.
mont Smith, state senator from Ed
yards, 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

paignlhg covering a continent, Ameri-
cans as whole prove The innate
moderation of action and temperament
that underlies their often violent
speech Ana then this Eng'ishmaa
goes on to tell us that less decent and
impressive" is the election OF an Eng
lish parliament He refers to the
meetings broken up, the storming of
platforms, speakers howled down, and
heads broken during the home rule
crisis In England in 1888; that on Mr..
Gladstone's conversion to the Nation
alists' cause there was a region in
which insult and perhaps mobbing
would have attacked the grand old
man, in spite % his age ana career,
and compare This state OF Affairs with
the single instance In our own coun-
try OF an insult offered Bryan by the
Yale boys In America if a person in
terrnnts q political meeting a police
man pais HIN cut; in England the au-
dience win cry a verbose chairman
dowa by Shut up! shut up!' Anyone
may rise at any time and interrupt a
speaEe with a fire Of questions; ana
if tn speaker prove uncongenial 10 the
British woFlIngman he viii be howled,
cross-quesi toned and harried into si-
lenca. No public man, however loved
and admired, scapes.
Personalities are INDUCED in as
here. and also, as here. there are ca,
paiga ditties. Certain Of Balfour's OPP
ponents in the late fight resorted 10
the contemplate device Of making
game OF some gossip in a recently pub
lished book to the effect that the foun-
dation of his family wealth was the
sum Of $1000000 his grandfather OBJ
tanned by defrauding the Indian gov
eminent in connection with army con-
tracts.
TO turn from this questionable work
Of opponents to partisan methods, we
present a couple of lines occurring in
one Of the campaign ditties:
"And if all Englishmen do their duty
as they did on Trafalgar day,
Wen send Balfour back to Downing
street with a note that he's come
10 stay.
The liberal landslide which has
lust swept Great Britain makes this
prophecy little ridiculous
CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
s1z,sa


When the Americans elect presi-
dent wave Of excitement passes over
the land; our British cousins are even
more stirred when they elect parlia-
ment.
We have recently had the spectacle
in that country Of most bitterly con-
teste1 election, and are minded to look
up party campaigning as carried on
over In England. The first feature that
strikes us is the more or less active
part taken by women in the work
which here is left entirely to men. We
are lot informed as to whether our
kin across the water have adopted our
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
KEEPING THE WORLD WARM.
Safe to Predict That the Temperate
Zones VIII Always Be
Comfortable.

II all the peoples Of the earth should
suddenly insist on being kept as warm
during the cold months as the average
American does, the resulting demand
for fuel would revoluuouize the worlds
trade and transportation. says Youth S
Companion Nothing inpresses our
winter travellers am0ng ,he civilized
peoples Of Europe move than the low
temperatures which hey endure, Mr.
Howells JIM his recent book, London
Films, casts a gentle shr on the Eng
lish fireplace with it's meager outGlv-
Ems 9f heat but comedies. that ''At the
end il Is aquestion OF whether You would
rather be warm and well, 6, cold and
~".l; we .h he frs tcurse and they
Tie rest he woi makes small e-
mands upon lae faei supply FOR warming
'wc!!inge In some cold regions OF the
earth il is regarded as detrimental .
eeal;h 70 have rooms artificially heated.
In many cold regions the people have
little more artificial warmth than the
domestic animals in our barns.
The United States has been peculiarly
fortunate, first In its enormous wooded
areas, and second in its coal-beds, oil
wells and natural gas. The coal supply,
1t is estimated, will last at the present
rate of consumption, nearly 1900 years.
However long the great coal supplies
OF the world may hold ont. it is safe 20
predict that the peoples Of the tempev-
ate zone win not have to MIGRATE to the
tropics each winter. even after all the
coal is exhausted The winds and the
tides may be harpessed to dypamos as
effectively as the waterfalls are there
are other heat-giving possibilities; but
for the present coal is the worlds chief
reliance for artificial heating
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 tale
up the waters OF Feather river i'll
aorthcrn California and car.y il
through aqueducts and tunndi until
i01. 0a1-hocsepowe has baen 6ev ed.
caoegh to supply all the tow of
the Sacramento vallty Oakland, Ala
media and Berkeley wi h lectrlc e
is tho purpose 81 a s50,0z0O00 corpo a
tion organized by I. b own Viii ON q
Co.. Of New York and San Franchises.
II viii be possible to genera more
than three times the power ( RMS ed
10y the famous plant at Nisgata all
This project is at the head of the
Sacramento valley and wiz furnish
power for this valley and to San Fran
cisco by means of two pole transmits
sion lines, l75 miles tn length.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
VETERAN PoSTMASTERS.
Two Who Have Served Uncle Sam
in That Capacity for Very
Long Periods.

Another of the many instances
where faithful service has proved 4
barrier against interference for politi-
cal reasons with the service OF
Massachusetts postmaster is that OF
John S. Fay, of Marlboro. who has
been in charge of that Office since
April &c, 1865 when he was appointed
by President Johnson at a salary OF
81, 100. He had been successfully re-
appointed. twice by Grant, once bg
Hayes. Arthur, Harrison and Mchin-
ley, and came under Mr. Cleveland's
special care in each of his two terms
Mr. Fay has over two years yet 10
serve under the reappointment given
by President Roosevelt February rs,
1903, when the salary was advanced To-
81 800 per year.
Milo T. Winchester is believed
hold the lcng-service record as post
master He is still performing his du-
ties in charge of the office at South
Armenia, Duchess county, New York
under the commission first given him
July 10, 1S49 The record was held for
many years by Roswell Beardslev at
the North Lansing IN. W Office lie
was appointed June %, 1928, and
served until his death, November 8,
1902. at the age of 93.
.--onkev That Wears Glasses.
In the geological gardens at BresIau,
Germany. there is spider monkey
| which was operated upon tor cataract,
and now wears glasses. For more than
year after it was received at the zoo
| It was very healthy and lively; then
It became very quiet. ceased to play.
and crouched in corner 1t was
examined and found TO be suffering
from cataract. 50 it was Immediately
| taken 70 the eye hospital and operated
| upon. IN less than a month 1t was fit
ted with a pair Of spectacles which Il
wears with becoming gravity.
Beware the Kiss
London medical journals are disors-
sing the suggestion that lupus may be
acquired through the medium Of a kiss.
According to one leading practitioner
it is largely a matter of pred spositi n.
Nine persons out Of ten. it was
claimed, might kiss a person with The
lupns with impunity, while the tenth
would fall victim Baron Suyemat-
su, the japanese statesman, expires ses
the belief that Japan's immunity from
lupus IS due TO the nations ignorance
! Of the kiss.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03

1IOIN1til1i|J
term "stump-speaking, but certainly
they engage in this means of appeal to
the voter Temptation leads us to
digress right here and look up old and
later meanings of stump" The Eng
lish Worcester says: ITO stump it is a
cant phrase signifymg to make cleo
tioneering speeches in favor of ones
self" Bartlet's Dictionary of Ameri-
canisms declares it "a term borrowed
from the backwoods, where the stump
of tree often supplies the place of
the English hustings.') Prior to Eng
lish general election, women often act
as campaign orators or stump-speak-
ers. Cultivated old England lacking
the siumps of American backwoods,
the fair ladies mount potato cars, or
what not, and from such platform
make their addresses to the British
workingman Here are some of the
cabled dispatches sent when the cam
paign work was at it's height: I'm fact
it is impossible to recall an election
in which such bitter feeling has been
displayed on both sides. 1t is difficult
for the candidates to get hearing
anywhere the only electioneers
who appear to receive any considera-
ton al the hands of constituents are
the women workers.
AS things are proceeding, Lord Ed
mund Talbot is unfortunate in the
fact that he is i'll and unable to leave
the louise, and his wife is electioneer-
ing fer him with apparently consider
able success. Lady Edmund is engaged
daily in canvassing for votes. Wher-
ever She goes she arouses the enthusi-
asm OF the Unionists.
The beautiful socialist, the Countess
of Warwick. is another, TO listen to
whose addresses the people crowd. and
give her attentive and courteous hear
ing. She is what in America would
be called spell-binder, as much by
her appearance as by what she says.
The workmen and their wives fock TO
see this society beauty, to admire her
beautiful eyes, her beautiful figure
and ner beautiful clothes ana jewels.
she tlhnks nothing OF climbing into
dirty potato cart TO preach socialism
TO the workmen The Lady Holmsley.
who has inherited much OF the charm,
tact and talent of her mother, the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03

John b. Tracy, recently elected
mayor OF Taunton, Mass, is one of Is
children born 10 a poor man in the
ueighboring town Of Milford Twenty
Years ago, then a small boy, he went
20 Taunton and began life as a boot
mack. Later he managed shoe shine
stands in other towns and accumulat-
ed a little money. Buoyed up by his
pluck, he studied law, borrowing
money to pay Tor his tuition was ad-
mitted to the bar and when elected
mayor had a practice worth Sl2, 900
year. Previously he had served
'wice as city attorney
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
STATUE TO JACKSON.
MONUMENT BY MILLS FIRST
BRONZE OF IMPORTANCE.
Artist Entirely inexperienced When
He Made Famous Washington
Memorial to "old Hickory
Replica in New Orleans.

washington. The first bronze statue
az any magnitude ever cast in this
country stands In Lafayette square, op'
posite the White House, and Is remark
able not only for its excellence, but
the further fact that the artist, Clark
Mills, OF Charleston, S. G., had had no
experience in this line, and was called
and known by some members Of the
house and senate he Southern Black
smith" Mr.. Mills having worked al
hIacksmithing in his young manhood.
Congress wanted an equestrian
statue OF Jackson in bronze, and Mr..
Mills was applied TO to furnish a model
Tor the work. but declined TO do so,
feeling that ne was not equal to the
task, he having never seen an eques-
trian statue. However, Mr.. Mills after
ward changed mis- mind, telling MEM
Der of the committee that he had been
huanted by the idea, that he could not
throw it off, and that II given reason
able time he would submit design.
After many months of faithful labor
ne submitted a model to the commit
tee. which was at once adopted. How
20 cast the statue was the next ques-
ton, as the price offered by the COM
mittee did not justify its being done
abroad No such work had ever been
done here, but Mr.. Mills told the COM
mitee that If congress would buy a
small tract of land at what is now
Langdon, just within the district line,
he would get 70 work, and felt satisfied
that he could make the statue. This
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
Says Mathematics Lead.

Mathematics lead, thinks DR.. s. b..
Christy, OF the University OF Califor-
MIA, in the engineering school He has
always found that the students who
90 well in mathematics do well in
everything else requiring close think
ing. instruction. in physics and math-
smatics should go on side By side,
and the two COURSES should be
- arranged that the mathematical
rinciples may be at once applied to
lysical problems of a useful nature.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03

ANithttW J4Ai hSON MINI VI TN 4.
lFirst Bronze Statue of Importance Pro-
duced in America)
was done, and Mr.. Mills got down to
his work He remembered that he
had seen heavy iron chains melted
when by accident exposed to the heat
Of coal pit On this suggestion he
CONSTRUCTED furnace and found it en-
arely successful. With less than a
cord of wood he melted 1,600 pounds OF
metal, but when this was poured into
the clay mold Mr.. Mills found that he
did not have near enough metal and
the half-cast statue was the cause of
the artist almost forsalxing his task
He did not, however, but securing a
larger supply of condemned cannon,
he went at his work again, but still
there were mishaps and trouble for the
faithful, and it was not until after re-
peated trials that his efforts were
crowned with success.
Mr.. Mills in casting this statue
caused the group to be sustained by
the two hindlegs of the horse, upon
which it rests, something which has
aever been done before nor since. An
editorial in the Washington Post some
time ago, said in speaking OF thestatue;
mo one denies that it is as fine an IL
lustration as can be found anywhere
OF that law OF physics which warns the
center Of gravity to give up skylark-
lag and stay within the base"
While the statue has many admirers
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03

Il learned a smattering of every
thing in college" said she.
Don't you think that was a bad
idea?" some one asked.
mo, you see / didn't get enough of
anything to unfit me for becoming a
real good housekeeper." Free
Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03

Countess of Warwick, is fighting ably
for her husband"
In the late campaign, as in another
famous one, transplanted American
woman played active and valuable
partisan. We refer to the lady SO
widely known as Lady Randolph
Churchill, now Mrs. George Cornwall
lis West Some years ago Lady Ram
dclph Churchill, member Of the cele-
brated Primrose League, gave her hus-
band most valuable assistance IN his
political struggles Just recently she
lent like valuable aid TO her son, Wig
orous young Winston Churchill. The
dispatches had this to say about the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03

TO meet man with a million dollar
proposition, sit down with Inn on a
bench and discuss the affair, as to
usher him into his own room. A Sal
walton Army lassie, looking for a pur.
chaser of War Cry, may walk as I'M
concernedly into his Office as any
prominent financier and be accorded as
courteous treatment.
Dawes makes friends easily and Is
affable, but he "reads" people keenly
and woe betide the self-satisfied per-
son who thinks he can bluff him or
pull the wool over his eyes.
Dawes is the son of Gen. r. R.
Dawes, one of the commanders of
the old Iron brigade of Wisconsin. and
lineal descendant of William Dawes,
who made a wild ride in the war of
the Revolution, similar to that OF
Paul Revere, and was made famous
by the poet Longfellew. Dawes is 40
years old. He was born in Marietta,
o., for seven years was a resident of
Lincoln, Neb., and came from there
to Evanston to assume the presidency
of the Northwestern Gaslight and
Colra cnmuopv
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03

Arthur Boyle, depot master at At
Gibson. Kan says that rats carry away
money almost as fast as it falls
through the cracks OF the platform
They are attracted by the brightness
OF the coin and by the fact that il
bears the odor OF the human body.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03

we are to whistle far health. 81
says tho latest at the London health
faddists. Every morning and al i'm
torvals during the day We are grave
N q purse our lips Solitude will ba
necessary for many OF us or We shall
laugh and whistle the burden that We
love
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-09
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The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all it's stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being constitutional dis ease requires a constitutional treat ment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys. tenn, thereby destroying the founda- ton of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing it's work. The proprietors have so much faith in it's curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Address
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 Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
 Take Halls Fam ly Pills for consti patton.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-09
COTTON CENSUS MARCH 10
Much Interest Is Displayed by Crow CTS of Texas in Impending Report.

Dallas, Tex March S.-Interest is felt in the governments cotton report on the number of bales ginned to March 10. This report is to be made rublic from Washington on some date between March 15 and March 20.
 The government agents have receiv. ed instructions from Director North to exercise the utmost care in doing their work This is expected to be the final ginning report of the year to be given out by the census bu- re eau. A surprise is anticipated by many close observers of cotton situ- ations.
 There is feHng that shrewd tac- ties have been resorted to in many gin ming sections during the last two months in having much cotton that has been picked held away from the gins. in order to minimize ginning figures and aid in the manipulations of markets
 If this suspicion is we'll founded
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-09
PROTECTS FOREIGNERS.
The Government Issues Strong Edict in Regard to Lawlessness.

Pekin, March S.-The Chinese gov ernment is greatly pertufbed by the reports Of the anti-foreign movements riinted in American and European press and particularly the dispatches announcing America's preparations fer military expeditions in case of need. These reports, if is alleged, tend to emh" Hrass the foreign minis ters and create strained relations be- tween them and the officials here
 A long edict published in the off, cial gazette after referring to the warlke reports. declares they are instigated hv traitors who wish to separate China from her friends. The edict poi~ts out the great diculties which confront China at present and the strong need for maintaining friendly relations with the powers. It
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-09
CHURCH ENTERTAINMENT,

A very pleasing entertainment was given Thursday evening at the Ohio street Baptist church by the Little Brothers quartet, assisted by one or two members of the church, who gave short addresses. The selections by the quartet were all sacred music. The event was under the auspices of the Ladies Aid society. and d neat sum was realized for the benefit of the church, the entertainment be- ing well attended.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-09

partner the boy whom she had singled out Miss Reed displayed great abil- ity as an elocutionist.
 Mir. Siegel then gave an operatic fantasie on the mandolin, and proved himself master of this instrument The selection is one that few would care to give before large audience, on account it's many difficult pass ages, but Mr. SieeeI carried il through in splendid style, and was heartily applauded al the close.
 Mf. Meyer then gave the audience taste of some @condenscd grand opera in which he took the part of everything but the piano This was very amusing. Miss Reed then recit- ed Tennessee, the pathetic story of an old war-horse who gave his own life for that of his masters sweet heart and MT Sie@el played a para phrase on Nearer, My God, to Thee. y on the mandolin. This was enc of the most beautiful features of the concert. The Chicken Patti by Mr. Meyer "Llfe's a Very Funny Proposition, After All,s by Miss Reed, medley fantasie on the banjo. and An Old Sweetheart of Mine,' by James Whit comb Riley, recited by Miss Reed. accompanied on the piano and mando- lin by the other two members of the company, brought the program to a close. The house was only half-flled. and it is to be hoped that the other entertainments to be given here nn- der the auspices of this bureau will receive better patronage, which they are sure to merit if the artists are as finished as last nights trio.