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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-21
JOURNAL COURIER!

build a mud hut and call 1t the church. You bow in church Sunday morning, not to pray, but to establish your own righteousness. You took communion when you ought to have sat back in the corner. You go to prayer meeting to keep uL' appearances when your life is rotten to the core. You want people to still think you are Christians when angels shiver to the tips of their wings when they behold your blaspheny. The way to get joy and peace is to confess and seek-Portland Express.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-21

the terminus at Burrum branch line will run to Timbuctoo, where 1t will join the sudanese system serving Senegal, French Guinea, and the Ivory Coast. Another line will go eastward to the town of Say, on the river, and join the Dahomey, Binder, and Lake Chad network. The telegraph posts in the Sahara will be metallic and placed at distances of one hundred meters, the wires being high enough to allow the passage of a man on camel-back. There seems to be no apprehension that the Tuaregs will be able to interfere. great ly with the apparatus.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-21
THE FAMTNE IN cHrN1.

The United States continues so prcs- porous that some thoughtful people are actually afraid of the prosperity, but all the earth is not so blessed, In China not less than 15,OOO,OOO people are suffering from flood and famine. Official advices from the Prefect of Hainanfu confirm the current reports of suffering and want. The crops are almost a total failure in Taouen, and by the new year this meagre supply will be exhausted, The conditions in Antong and Tuning are sStll worse The country is under water for fifty miles and people wade through water from knee deep to waist deep, and, in some places up to their necks. Just west of Tsingho what formerly was fertile plain covered with great crops and prosperous hamlets is now a vast lake, twenty miles wide at the narrowest point, and stretching for over forty miles toward the southwest. "Here and there" the Prefect says, "are groups of cottages which rise above the sheet of water, and can only be reached by boats The people are in state of absolute destitutlon, not only their crops, but also the reeds, which constitute the fuel, being de- stroyed by the floods"
 The civilized world is appealed to for help, and the response will of course be prompt and generous.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-21

When ships are sta tioned in tropical waters it is deemed desirable that tha men should have fre- quent liberty, although, of course, this has it's disadvantages and is not al- ways conducive to discipline, The itin erary of ships of the navy is now gen. erally so arranged that there is likely to be no trouble from long tours of duty
 on one station.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-21
THE REALLY GREAT.

How many great men are quietly and shrewdly allowed by their really great wives to think themselves great is illustrated by disclosure con cerning Ibsen which Is made by a Nor wegian writer. The distinguished dra- matist always sewed on his own but tons, considering that women were in ferior to men in many spheres in which they are generally held superior, One of his maxims was: No woman can write a cook book, and no woman can sew button on fast" So he sewed on his own buttons and bragged about it, which caused his wife much amuse- ment, as she quietly explained to a friend that he always forgot to fasten the thread, and that she had to sew the buttons on again in order to make a good job of 1t.
 How characteristic And how fortu- nate it is that many men have wives who will fasten the thread after them, and not give them away to a sneering and woflsh world It is a great thing for a man to be allowed to think him self great in his own house, It gives much support for the struggle outside
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-21
4 FRENcH 4ELEGRArH scnEm1

4 FRENCH PARAGRAPH SCHEME.
 Some of the camels that track the trackless Sahara are going to De sur prised. The French hope soon to con- meet their Mediterranean African terri tories with the western colonies by a telegraph lire across the Sahara. All the details of the scheme have been worked out The head of the line will be at Adrar, the little capital of the territory of the oases, 1900 kilometres Ca kilometre is about two-thirds of a mile) from the coast Between Adrar and Burrum, on the Niger, the tele- graph will traverse about 1,4OO kilo- meters-one section in Algerian terri tory up to Timissau, the second the Sudanese section, up to the French post on the river. The difficulty of construc- ton will be confined to these two sec- tions, a Taureg country, where water is IdIes III uuSlluub tue I,uUU hllOIlelreS of the Algerian section from Adrar to Timissau, six small posts will be estab- lished. In a central redoubt, surround ed by outer defences, provisions will be stored for three months round a cis- tern. Hand grenades will form the ar !. iI1er,. A era rarrfson of five men will i,, spect the line every two weeks. The posts will communicate daily by tele- phone, and in case of interruption of communication. two men from each post will be forthwith detached with the necessary instruments for repair ing the line.
 The sudanese section presents less difficulty than the Algerian, water and being more abundant. From
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-21
GYPSY SMITH HOT SHOT,
He Tells What Salvation is and What
 if Isn't.

 He Tells What Salvation is and What
 1t Isn't.
 What do you mean by being saved, anyway? Has it gripped your heart, has it turned your feet into His way? Do you have constant fellowship with Him? That's being saved. Have you got salvation? Deliverance from sin, deliverance from his guilt and power means more than a little bit of going to the mission and meetings. Your life is hidden with Christ in God. That's salvation Have you got 1t? What is the go5d of your saying that you are a Methodist or a Baptist or Congregationalist, or a Presbyterian, till you are Christ's?
 That's the first thin..
 Do you believe that? Then in Gods name from the miserable mean ideas some of you have got, and walk with God. Make the city feel that you have got salvation It fills you with music. and 1t kisses your life in- to the breach of the summer morn Some of you are Christian in name but not in life. You have got a name to live, but you are a walking corpse You have got outward show, but you have no living sririt within. You are living corpse. Whats the good of painting dead body? Some of you are very fussy and jealous. Some of you are so zealous about your own de- nomination that you would not let me worship with yoaNnless sung out of your hymn book,
 Don't light match and call 1t the sun. Don't hold, up an umbrella and call 1t the Armament. Don't dig a hole and call 1t the universe. Don't
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-21
Let's Have Something Artificial.

To Editor of the Journal and Courier: Seeing we have no natural lake Lake Whitney and Lake Wintergreen are no good-and no pretty seacoast, think we ought to have an artificial lake, and we need 1t so much and so soon that there ought to be bonds issued to pay for it, I am surprised at the ones who are opposing it, and suggest that they be punished by hav- ing their names printed in Who's Who.
 QUIDNUNC.
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EIRLT,

"Pensler, the writer. has had story accepted at last"
 "Possible?"
 Yes He went home at 3 o'clock last night with an awful yarn, and his wife believed it. Milwaukee Sentinel.
 Mrs. Subbubs--No, my husband isn't at home; he's out hunting, as usual.
 MT. McCall-You don't say? After something big?
 Mrs. subbubs-We don't care wheth- CT she's big or little, so long as she can cook our meals and do plain housekeep- Philadelphia Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-21

The naval surgeons continue to ad- wise the Navy department against keeping naval officers and enlisted men on tropical station for more than one year. These reports show that nothing is more disastrous to the health of the service than longer tour of duty in West Indian waters or in the Philip pines. Of course in both instances it is possible to make changes in the station of a ship so there may be a relief, but in one or two instances during the last year 1t has been necessary to keep ships at a particular place or some where in the neighborhood for more than twelve months, and it has requir- ed considerable care on the part of the surgeons to shut out epidemics and so control the action of the enlisted men that there is no likelihood of wholesale sickness, which in vessel is rapidly
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small advertisements. One Cent Word' sach insertion. Five Cents a Word for . full week.
 Display advertisements, per inch' oRs insertion, s1.2o; each subsequent inssr- tion, 40 cents; one week. sS'2O; 0HO nonth, $1O; one year, $40.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-21

In some points of England the prac- lice prevails of displaying flag from a schooEhouse roof when every pupil is present. The children take great pride in this, and the rivalry between schools is found to improve the attendance.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-21

In Germany 1t Is still customary to plant fruit trees along highways. In the province of Hanover there are 1876 miles of such roads, along which there are 175,794 fruit trees.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-21

The compilers of the Augusta, Geor- gia, directory estimate that fully 5000 names of residents will be missing from the new volume, and this in spite of extraordinary efforts to collect them. A majority of the persons not found in the directory are negroes, and two main causes are given for the. failure to obtain their names. One is the atti- tude of the large employers of the city, who, as a rule, will give the agents of the directory a full list of all their white employees, while refusing to give those of their colored hands. The oth- CT lies in the timidity of the negroes themselves. They see in the agents officers of the law, and in the collect ing of names for a city directory some new trek by the white men to bring about their undoing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-21

Anything about pavements is inter- esting in all cities; Replying to a letter of inquiry from Mayor Claus of Albany about asphalt block pavement, Mayor TTine of Poughkeepsie writes: Some portions have given good service and some have not done as well. Our ex- uerience is that where the water flows readily from the surface and the traf- flc is distributed the blocks wear well. If, however, the traffic is concentrat- ed and the water remains on the sur face the blocks wear out rapidly. The question of repair is difficult, as the blocks are worn very unevenly and it is Impossible to make smooth patch without relaying a large eection of the old blocks and they are not fit to re- lay"
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There Is plenty of money for good work. The cost of the recent Torey- Alexander Mission in Philadelphia, which lasted three months, was $S6, 1865. Dr. Torrey, MT. Alexander, MT, Butler, their solo singer; MT. Hardness, their pianist, and MT Munhall received al- together s4,8OO The rent of the two arnories and the Academy of Music, where the meetings were held, amount ed to $1O,675 and the fitting up of the two arnpcries came to $12,25S.29. The cost of postage, printing, advertising, stenographers and clerical force brought the whole up to s36,365.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-21

The report comes from Germany that the robber captain of Koepenick Is re- signed to his fate He is said to have stated that he expected a much more severe punishment, and though he Will certainly not appeal, it is still doubtful whether the Crown lawyers will not appeal to a higher court to have the sentence increased. In the gingerbread industry, which always fiourishes just before Christmas, manufacturers are producing cakes on which the robber captains portrait in sugar is worked. He is represented in military cap, with sabre by his side, sitting on a stool and stitching shoes, Underneath is writ ten: Let the cobbler stick to his last"
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL, xssued Thursdays, One Dollar a Year.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-07-13

Those follows who compose the
Republican State machine are posing
rs self-denying reformers and purify
ers of politics in West Virginia but
there are few people who will swallow
such stuff. If they are true reformers
way do they not get after Elkins il
they want to serve the people and put
down corruption and fraud? Elklns
has fraud stamped on his forehead
and deserves to be driven from public
life by an outraged people. Just now
he is posing as friend to the people
aad an enemy to the greedy cooperate
influence that has been controlling ma
tional legislation. While everybody
knows of his duplicity. 1t is an open
fact that as chairman of the Senate In
terstate Commerce Committee in its
investigation of the railroads last sum
mer, he conducted that investigation
not as representative of the people
but as an attorney for the railroads,
calling such witnesses as the railroads
wanted called and asking such ques'
tons as the railroads suggested tt
him.
Mr.. Elkins own conscience is disturb
| ing him on this matter and he knows
how well the people are posted on his
conduct. If not why would he at great
expense be sending cut to the news
papers of the state all this stuff about
what he has been doing for the people!
| 'rhe records of the courts in our
own state tell how he has defied, broken
and ignored the law which he has
claim of having helped to put
through, the Elkins auti-rebate law.
His whole career in public life has
| been Characteristic of the man. When
he came here he announced that polit
ical supremacy in West Virginia was
only a question of finance and he al
once began to administer the nostrum
He is responsible for the frauds and
corruptions which now mark every
election in West Virginia. He had d
This is the man, and his true charac
ter is no secret, yet the reformers in The
Dawson Republican state machine are
hand in glove with him and will use
all their weight and Influence TO keeI
him in the high and exalted position
he now occupies where he may contin
ne to misrepresent the people and serve
the powers of plutocracy.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-07-13
Baseball Notes

-Four games this week.
Hagerstown plays league game
here, Friday.
The league team her. is slowly i'm
proving in their playing.
Bushs NJ. A. G. team had an easy
time defeating the Paw Paw club,
Wednesday II to 3. Cline pitched for
the home boys and had II strikeouts
and allowed but hits.
Mccarthy, the w. Va, University
catcher, is here and will make our
boys get down to hard work. We have
quite a lot of good individual players
and what is wanted is good team
work.
Manager Clark's NJ. A. G. team de
feated Shepherdstown at the latter
pace, Saturday afternoon, II to 10.
Shell started to pitch but was wild
and gave way to Nuckes. Although
the latter is not regular pitcher he
did fairly we'll. Russler did the receiv-
ing work.
Manager Bush's M. a. {. team came
off victorious in the contest at Bruins
wick Saturday afternoon, by the score
of 8 to /. Nickodemus and Andersen
did the battery work for Martin sbuig
and held the home players to a Few
scattered hits. The Martinsburg boys
played good all-around game while
Brunswick boys were away OIL. El-
lott for Martinsburg hit the sphere
over the fence for a home run.
Berkeley Springs won her first
game in this city last Friday from
Bush's III. A. G.. team 6 to 0. Martins
burg usually had an easy time with
the club from that place but this time
they had their revenge good and stout.
Cine was ON the slab for the home
club and pitched good ball and was
fairly well supported, but our boys
were way to the bad in batting and
no runs We're forthcoming without
which no club can win. The Berkeley
bays played very good game and
were loudly cheered by lively bunch
of rooters they had with them.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-07-13
Deaths.
HARRIS.

Near Gerardstown July 3rd, 1905,
Grace Elizabeth, little daughter of Mrs.
Josephine Harris, died of cholera in
fantum. Everything that human
hands could do was done to save her
but all of no avail. AS the hand on the
clock POINTED toward the hour of ten
little Oracle taken her upward flight to
be forever with the angels. She was
born February 22nd, 1905, and was
aged months and IL days. The fun
eral services were conducted by Rev.
A. j. Secrist. The pallbearers were
Master Joseph Ewings, Quinn Morgan,
Clifford Boyles, and Georgy Weidman.
A precious one from is taken
And with Jesus gone to dwell,
Where there is no pain nor sickness
BIT with Jesus all is well.
Oh how young but Jesus called her
Oh how hard it was to give thee up
dear Oracle,
For we loved our darling so,
But in Heaven we hope to meet thee
Where there is no grief or pain.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-07-13

Senator Elkins pats himself on the
back with great complacency over the
rate bill, and while he knows that he
and he alone is responsible for it, that
he did it all by himself, nevertheless
the spirit of broad charity regulates his
criticism of the result, and he is quite
willing to share the glory and honor Of
the achievement with others, that is,
a lesser part of it. He is willing to let
some others stand in the shadow
of the great accomplishments, but
be will occupy all the sunlight
himself. He is willing that Roosevelt
may have modicum of the credit.
Says Elkins, "The President cooper
ated with ME-" The senator did not
cooperate with the President, moi
much. The Senator was 1t, and the
President was his lieutenant. Which
Is right that our Senator should sing
his own hOsannas over the rate bill
else they might go unsung. However,
ii is more than kind on the part of Mr..
Elkins to concede to the President the
benefit of the admission that "The
President co-operated with me-" The
Senator. meant, of course, that he had
to.-Parkersburg Sentinel.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-07-13
BedinQtOn News.

The funeral of James Oscar Butts
was held on Sunday July at his late
home near Berkeley Station. A very
large gathering of relatives and friends
paid their last sad respects to the de-
ceased.
The services at the house was con-
Quoted by the Rev. DR.. Chamberlain
who delivered a beautiful and very
impressive sermon, after which the
Opequon Lodge, Improved Order OF
r I'd Men took charge of the remains
nd conveyed it to Green Hill ceme-
nv near town. Martinsburg Lodge o.
the same order and Tippecanoe Tribe,
Degree of Pocahontas met the funeral
cortege and accompanied it to the GEM
stery.
Mr.. Butts was born May 20, 1874
and died July o 1906.
He was young man of exceptional
ly good qualities and kind and ten
Ger disposition, and held the esteem
and respect of all who knew him.
He was the only support of his aged
mother, and was always on the alert TO
do some act to make her feel more
comfortable.
His greatest ambition was to I'M
prove their home and had at last been
successful when death overlook him.
Rerkelev county has lost one OF its
best sons.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-07-13

The Democrats of Indiana at their
late Invention adopted an admirable
platform, which deserves success by the
support OF all honest citizens. The TO-
lowing plank is especially worthy of
careful attention by Democrats and in
dependent voters in every State as
fair statement of the coalitions impose d
on the people through Republican leg
islation, and the remedy proposed when
the Democrats airs entrusted with pow
er-the platform said: "For nearly ten
years the Republican party has been in
absolute control in all departments in
the national government, with power to
change unjust condition. sand to rectify
evils. Yet during that time colossal
combinations of capital have dominated
the people and have stifled competition
and unfairly limited the opportunity of
The individual citizen. Wealth there
by illegally obtained has been unspar-
ingly used to control legislation and
corrupt elections. No honest effort has
been made or is being made by Repuy =
lIcan legislation to cure or eradicate
the Sc evils. We denounce the hypocrisy
of the Republican party, which, while
pretending TO legislate against these
conditions, deals only with the symp-
tons and not with the disease The I'M
fair, tyrannical features of the 50 called
protective tariff have made thest
things possible, and no permanent re-
lief can be secured until its obnoxious
features are removed. We demand that
this be done by d tarifffor reuenue only
The growth Of the trusts and other in
OF Innate and dangerous combinations
OF capital, the tremendous and RAPIDLY
increasing absorption and centraliza
tiOn of the wealth ofthe country i'm the
hands Of a chosen few, all due to pre-
medlated and systematic legislation il
hehalf of special int rests 10y the Repub-
Lean party, demand a change in the
politics imposed up the country by
that parry and make the passage of re-
strictiye laws an imperative necessity. %
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-07-13

The Republican Congress took good
care to pass none of the measures rec
commended for the publication OF cleo
tions. They have been holding on for
years by the help of the money power
and they could not be expected to leg
islate against the use of money in cleo
tions. Mr.. Elkins would be like fish
out of water were he to attempt to ri
his campaign for reelection without
his barrel. He would be out of his ele-
nent
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-07-13

Our Republican friends insist that
the county courts, school boards and
city councils in the state should lay
their levies on the basis furnished them
by the Board of Public Works but
they are not recommending any plan
for running the schools, county ana
city governments when the shortage
comes in next spring by reason OF the
law suits instituted by the railroads.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-07-13

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