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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-12-21
Operate On had Boy

New York, Dec. According to
DR.. William Ii. Maxwell, the city SUI
perintendent Of schools, and DR.. John
}. Crouch, assistant chief medical in
spector of the Board of Health, ii has
been demonstrated that surgery can
transform bad boy into
good enc. This achievement was re.
Gently performed upon pupil from a
school in the lower East Side, whose
name is withheld. Primarily the op-
GRAFTON was surprising change in the
character Of the boy. He became more
cheerful, lost his surIy manner and
without coercion, but merely in re-
sponse to kindly suggestions stopped
smoking cigarettes, habit to which
he wss addicted. He also developed
quickness, apprehension and readiness
to study aud is now considered q
model pupil.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-12-21

In the decision Of case from Ran
doiph county on the question Of H.
quor men selling illegally to an intox-
icattd Ierscn, the supreme court de-
fiHed what constituted intoxicstion in
the eye Of the law AZ follows: Intoxi-
cation, within the meaning Of section
II, chapter 80, of the code. is such a
mental condition Of a person due tothe
uss Of liquor, as attracts the observa-
ton Of, or becomes known to Others, or
gives them reason TO believe the person
Is intoxicated, and the testimony OF a
bystander to such mental state Of
the person to whom sale Is made will
sustain finding, by court or jury
on the question Of oxication.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-12-21

New York, Dec. 2O.--That there
are thousands Of child slaves, mostly
little girls, working ia the textile milIs
OF the South aud that northern capital
Is to blame for this condition, was the
declaration Of Mrs. Frederick Nathan,
81 the Commissioners league, who
addressed an audience of about 500
persons at the first winter session OF
the Peoples Forum in the New Ro-
cheiie theatre last night.
The capital Of our country is lit
orally devcuring little children said
Mrs. Nathan. "When one OF the negro
slaves OF the South died he had TO be
replaced, but these child slaves work
where the dust chokes them and gives
them tuberculosis, and nobody eares.
Many OF them die, but there are a.
ways Others.
AT time when these little child
rem should be nesting in their beds
they are aroused by the shrilI sound
Of the factory whistle and are com nell
ed TO go to work that lasts sometime
far into the night, and when morning
comes they may be found lying around
the factory on benches, because they
are too worn out to go home for break
fast
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-12-21
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The week 81 PRAYER.

III following Is the list Of topics for
the coming Week Of Prayer, as rug
gested by the Evangelical Alliance foi
tn United States:
Sunday, Jan. 9, 1907. Scrinons
The Call Of God to HiA People. y
|"Oh that thou hadst hcarkened to my
commandments. then had thy peace
been a. a river and thy righteousness
az the waves Of the sea. lisa. As: IL.
"Return unto me, and I will return
unto you, saith Jehovah Of hosts. -
Nal. Bis.
Monday, January 1.-THE Church
Of the Living God"
Tuesday January s.--The Gospel Of
Gods Son,
Wednesday, January 9.--The Chris
tian Ministry.
Thursday, January TO- Missions,
Home and Foreign.
Friday, January Christians In
3 itutions.
Saturday, January II. The Coming
Of the Kingdom.
Sunday, January I3. Sermons
|"Tne Attracting Power OF Christ Cru
elf d. Sand +, II be lifted up, viii
draw all men unto me. This he said,
sgnifying by what death he should
die. John 1892, SO.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-12-21
a study In Eyes,

Michael Angelo had hazel eyes.
Mohammed had coal black eyes.
Milton had gray blue eyes, clear ar d
round.
Beethoven had small brown ewes.
veay mobile.
Dante had, according TO Boccaccio.
large black eyes.
Isaac Newton bad blue eyes, small.
bright and piercing.
Cowper, physically timid, had weak
blue eyes devoid Of animation.
Harvey, the discoverer Of the circu-
lation OF the blood, had small eyes full
of spirit.
Carlyle's eyes were described as "thc
very handsomest ever seen In a mans
body-dark blue.
Bismarck had eyes Of steely gray.
deep sunken, almost hidden under
bushy eyebrows.
DIR. Johnson'a poor health 80 affect
ed his cpes that they were dull aud
lifeiess, Of watery blue.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-12-21

Growing pumpkins for the seed Ia
an industry which is developing among
the farmers in Iowa. Those who firsi
tried the experiment found at once the
industry profitable one. The variety
grown is Connecticut field. The pump.
kin IL planted with the corn and re-
qnires no increase OF acreage for lie
production, while it yields Ia seed
ffom 50 to So an acre. The average
price paid Is s centsa pound, and the
market has reached at times rs higi
as cents. The feeding value OF the
pumpkin il doubled by removing the
seed, which possesses the properties Of
drying up the mich cows. The work
Of handling the seed IL carried on by
the children of the farm, who first take
the ripe pumpkin and pound it light
Is on the ground until the seeds are
loose In the core. The pumpkin IL
then broken open and the seeds scoop
ed ont, and dried and are ready for the
scales. One dealer at Independence
Iowa, annually handles 1000 pounds
of pumpkin seeds, and urges the
farmers in his region to raise more.
One large grower annually gets
q check at Troy Mills for the sum
mer's product, and In places the chi Id
rem get enough money to pay all their
sshoo! and college expenses. During
the vt. Louis fair many went to the
fair on the money realized from selling
pumpkin seeds, and numerous tales
are It'd Of the comforts received from
the sale OF this before unheard Of pro.
duet having a money value in the
market.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-12-21

A sciicular letter is being sent to
every constituent body Of the West
Virginia State Board Of Trade from the
secreis,y's Office in Wheeling. The
State board is working in earnest for
the passage Of a bill to restrict the sale
Of goods In bulk and this letter is to
.iduce the various city boards to have
The local members Of the legislature
work Tor the enactment of such law
at the coming sess on of toe legislature.
The letter in part il 60 follows:
dear Sir:-At the present ccnven-
vention Of the West Virginia Board Of
Trade strong RESOLUTIONS were passed
in favor Of law regulating lne sale of
goods in bulk ana it was decided 10
ask every constituent body Of cur cr-
ganization to use its influence with H.
cal members Of the legislature to have
such astatute enacted. The conditson
Of things agai0st which we protest
may be summed up ~ follows:
"A person desiring to realize for his
or her own benefit or stock Of goods,
but at the same time avoiding the pay
ment of debts due creditors, disposes
OF the stock, in bulK, makes no pro-
vision whatever for the liquidation of
toe iisbliities;cf the business and in
nearly every instance disappears. The
creditors are thus left absolutely with
out redress, las against the stock 90 sold,
although contained in that stock there
may b. a large percentage Of the mer-
chandise payment for which i due
them.
The purchaser, unless he can be
proven 10 have been guilty OF collision
In securing the stock IA practical i'm
possible undertaking. is held to I've in
nocent, and innocent goes rejoicing on
his way with the plumber he obtained.
and most eases at not more than 80, In
many at as low as 80 and 70 per cent Il
the actual value Of the goods. 1t is the
desire to frame law to lprohibit sales
in bulk without protecting the credi.
tors
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-12-21

For twenty years w. L. RawIs, ef
Bells, Tenn, fought nasal catarrh. He
writes; The swelling and soreness in
side my nose was fearfu till began
applying Bucklen's Arnica SaIyc to
the sore surface: this caused the sore
ness and swelling to disappear. never
to return" Best saiys in existence. zoe
at all druggists.
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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-12-21


VIII Often Help You Greatly. Read
What Marsiusburg Citizen Says:
You may hesitate TO listen to the adj
vice Of strangers, but the testimony OF
friends or residents Of Msrtinsburg lie
worth your most careful attention. It
Is an easy matter to investigate such
proof as this. The evidence must lie
conclusive. Read the following.
"R. s. Gregory. Of East Race street,
employed at the b. 4 o. shop, says;
MANY days worked in the greatest
misery and | believe many mex would
have given up had they suffered az /
did. In cold weather the pain In my
kidneys was more. intense and there
were annoyances from the kidney Sc
'retiens distressing at times. used
psasters, took internal medicines som .
Of which gave me relief for the time
beng but when caught cold or did
any lifting soon was as bad ~ ever.
l was induced to try Doan's Kidney
Pills aud got box ct q drug store.
They were more suitable for my COM
plant than anything ever used.
For sale Y all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo N. r.,
agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take NO other.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-12-21
a MIRAc1.1,nIrs ctfRE

The following statement by ri. M
Adams and wife, Henrietta, PA, will
interest parents and others. "A m,
raculous cure has taken place In our
home. Our child had eczema years
an was pronounced incurable, when
we read about Electric fsitters, and con-
Gu led totry 1t. Before the second
bottle was all taken we noticed =
change for the better, and after taking
4 bottles he was completely cured. IT.
the up-ts-date blood medicine and body
building tonic. Guaranteed, zoe and
$l.oo at all druggists.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-12-21

The Frnch Government sc, ms to
have been converted 10 the Big Stick
idea.
Woman loves clear, rosy ccm-
piexion. Burdock Blood Blttsrs pur-
lies the blood, clears the skin, restores
riddy, sound health.
Here's hoping the traders may tenn
per the price Of Christmas turkeys to
the shorn pocketbook.
Torturing eczema spreads It's burn
ing area every day. Doan's Ointment
quickly stops lis spreading, instantly
relieves the itching, cures it perma
nentiy. AT any drug store.
What's the matter with men, that
women have to do sll the numbering
nowadaysg
The snow shovel, no doubt, thinks
II IL time for II to have an inning.
There's nothing 90 good for = sors
throat as DIR. Thomas Eclectric. Oil.
Cares 1t Ia a few hours.
The austrian gentleman who travel
Q half around the world to escape the
wiles Of charming widow IL evident
" a Arm believer in the doctrine si
Toney Weller.
Floods the body with warm, glow.
ing vitality, makes the nerves strong,
quickens circulation, restores natural
vtgor, makes you feel like one born
again. Holiisters Rocky Mountain
Tea. IS cents.
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Rough riding and rough writing ar
probably synonymous attributes.
Judicial fines are sapping all the
sweetness out Of the Sugar rrust.
Grafters Of a feather do not always
graft together.
Avoid the man who 10 dead In love.
It's not your funeral.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-12-21
~IAn rIHrUs.

A trial offer by mail Csc, Dennis >. 8
s. s., for sufferers with Liver, Kidney,
Stomach, Headache, LuDbago and Rheu-
matism helped at once and cured quickly.
Also try Dennis Spec Dec Catarrh Cure
&c. Foul difficult cases cured or money
hack. Agents wanted. Denn's 8. 8. 3.
8 G. CO., Columbus. Ohio. U. s. A.
Also at
G. o. WEAVING & CO.
Martinsbnrg, w. a.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-12-21

Mr.. Arch Mccarrol, living south OF
town, son-in-law OF Mr.. j. w. b.
Exams, had a valuable COW killed on
Tuesday Of last week by train No, s,
on the z. v. r. r. This is heavy
loss to Mr.. McCarroI, he having been
offered fifty dollars for the cow in Sep
kember.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-12-21

Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Hammond
Of KearneysvilIe weTo visiting friends
in Marlinsbure last Friday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-01-23

The Pensacola Journal attributes
"the downfall Of Depew to the Wig
OrOUs fight made against him by Will
liam r. Hearst" The Journal is a
rabid "Hs9rstite' and may be expect
ed TO claim for the ambitious New
Yorker everything in sight, but this
contention is rather more far-fetched
than plausible. Mr. Depew doubtless
credits his downfall" chiefly to the
legislative insurance investigation
ST. Augustine Record.
If our St. Augustine contemporary
has been able to discover any evil
dence anywhere that Mr.. Depew even
credits" his own downfall, it has done
more than either the New York state
legislature or the general public has
been able to do. The fact remains,
however, that we're 1t not for men
like Hearst and for newspapers like
his newspapers there would probably
never have been any insurance inves-
tigatiOn or any other movement in
tended TO uncover the existence of
official rottenness and private and pub
lie graft.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-01-23

those who make the tOwn-the farm
er?
For SOME time past The Journal has
been doing everything possible to in.
crease the number of rural free de-
livery lines in this section. and to that
end now has one of its travelling rep
resentatives canvassing this and al
joining counties, getting up petitions
for new routes and impressing the
need of such routes and the great ben
efts to be derived from their estab-
lishmen5 upon farmers and others
who live away from the railroad.
The encouragement that has been
received thus far leads The Journal
to believe that, within a comparatively
short time, nearly every home in Els
Gambia county will have mail deliver
ed by rural carrier, direct to the door,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-01-23
Do Produce Dealers
Lack "Horse Sense" "

Some time ago The Journal pub
lished the following paragraph:
South Florida truck growers may
be somewhat surprised to learn that
a large part Of the produce from
that section of the state which
reaches the Pensacola market comes
via New Orleans. In other words. the
trucker ships his produce through a
market where prices are high 10 a
commission merchant $50 miles fur
Their on who, in turn, sells ii TO the
Pensacola retailer. The grower could
save the cost Of transportation for a
distance OF 500 miles by using a little
horse sense
The EO!fo Advertiser. in republish-
ing the above comments thereon as
follows:
And yet we fail TO note the adver-
tisement of a solitary Pensacola pro-
duce dealer in The Journal Who shall
we snip to? Now, honestly. isn't that
lack Of horse sense" at Pensacola
among the produce dealers?
This is q retort that We did not ex-
pect but, nevertheless, cannot deny
that it is absolutely correct. FLORIDA
truckers ship their product to those
whose advertisements they read in
he newspapers. and, because Pensa-
eola commission merchants do not ad-
sertise, the business which ought TO
&c theirs slips right through Pensa-
cola 10 the New Orleans market. there
% be purchased by Pensacola dealers
and shipped back, making five hun
lred miles Of unnecessary transp0rts-
ion, with consequent expense and
Deterioration 10 the product shipped.
The gist Of this whole matter is:
II Pensacola commission men want
produce shipped TO them they must
advertise that fact; if they do not ad-
vertise some one else will get the bus
mess.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-01-23
Vox FoPULI
: ~ isSsass x 3s5s &&sxk
An AIbino Quail.

Editor Pensacola Journal:
Mr.. ". A. Broom. now of West.
vile. Fla, shot and killed a sDotte6
quail near this place recently. 1t is
quite curiosity ana has attracted
much attention among the sportsmen
and others Of this place. The bird is
a female and nearly half the feathers
OF the upper side are white. The ton
of the head is white: the primary
wing feathers are white and about
half Of the secondary wing feathers
and coverts are white, while the en-.
tire underpartS and front are normally
oclored except for one single white
feather in the center of the breast
AlbinoS are not uncommon in near
~ all classes Of birds and animals. in
fact they are much more frequent
than such specimens as this. / had
expected TO find, on SHINING the bird
for mounting, that these markings
were the result Of having been rough
l. HANDLED in some cats claws al
some previous time. but there was no
such evidence.
NJ. Broom says il is mixed with
Rantam chicken, bB the hybridizins
OF different breeds produces changes
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-01-23
INTELLIGENT FARMING
OF FLORIDA WATERS.
Jacksonville Times-Union.
Z Z Z 3: :: Z :! Z Z. Z Z Z : ). 8. 4: : . Z

Inc Maryland legislature is now
hGhtins desperately over opposing
bills to revive the luscious oyster Of
her Observation-Disclosures is no long
er a danger, but a certainty in the
very near future, and the PHYSICIANS
cannot even agree on a diagnosis OF
the disease With her it is a local
danger, applying to the Chesapeake
Bay and to her tax books; with the
country it is a national one, touching
the comfort and health of whole
people. While living goes higher
and higher, great food supply
should not fail the land. Practically
the oyster has been exterminated in
Europe where fleets once sailed from
the Ilber 10 feed the Roman epicures
with choice bivalves from Britain;
had Caesar known of our abundant
supply he would have saile.l on and
81 become a Columbus
why is not a syndicate formed to
farm our Florida waters? Every year
our native supply is drawn upon more
and more with no more care than
the Romans showed. Has science done
nothing for us in the interval between
Caesar and Roosevelt, or do we, like
the Roman, look forward to time
when we must lose our patrimony, or
finally. are we Unfit TO preserve our
cwn? Experts assure US that proper
measures will multiply the supply
while guarding it against the the pos
sibility of exhaustiong the profit is d
certainty amply proved by experience
Wealth waits for chance of invest
ment in every other necessity of life
why avoid the oyster? is it true of
this as Of every other Florida Oppor-
tunity that the field is Ito big to be
Cornered?'
For the oyster farms cOuln' be cult
waited from Fernandina all round our
500 miles of coast: think that all
the hundred miles OF Indian river
could be made one oyster farm with
out a break! The same is true of a
great portion of the Halifax reaching
practically from st. Augustine, pro
vided inlets be provided by cutting
through few hundred yards of sand
at proper intervals. Where Indian
river ends another series of lagoons
begin, and, passing south from Bis
Cayne. we enter yet broader waters,
all protected and with inlets already
provided. Up the west coast, again.
the same facts apply. 1t is only
question of choice-hrst come, first
served.
With her fruits Florida has rivals
After a short monopoly for her win
tel vegetables supplies from other
states cut down the price, and as we
go westward we meet the produce OF
the California groves and gardens.
Not so with oysters; they would
have all the continent for their own,
and the demand could never grow
less. for the increase of population
would balance any increase of sup.
Ply from other sources. The Florida
legislature has already provided pro-
tective laws hover which warning in
terests in Maryland are struggling,
and those of Virginia fight each other
to a standstill; here it is only needed
that the business be undertaken be-
fore the native bels are exhausted
and with enough capital to provide
the security and the knowledge, and
that should not be lacking. Invite
the oyster farmers and get rid of the
oyster pirates.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-01-23
City Survey Lines.


Editor Pensacola Journal.
All Spanish surveys were made
from the needle bearing, and the &C
companying plots we're 50 drawn; the
variation of the needle for the year
being given separately on the plat.
The variation for 1923, when the
English plan Of the city was made. wa ;
about { deg. 80 min. northeast. BY
the records l. was. in 1906, Z deg. 80
min, and in 1917, it was s deg. 45
min. The average increase of the var
iation from 1923 TO 1917 was five
minutes per annum. Since the year
1917 the variation has decreased quite
uniformly at little over three and 4
quarter minutes per annum nearly Up
TO The beginning of the new century,
so that, having the needle bearing for
any time for eighty years after 1917.
it is easy TO tell closely the year IN
which he survey was made.
| make these remarks as preliminary
TO proving the regularity of the city
lines, except where they have been
encrOached upon, and the case with
which these encroachments can be To-
Gated. This | propose to do through
your columns, if you think it worth
while.
w. II. DAWSON.
Ex-City Engineer.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-01-23
A Liternrr Coincidence.

MY father W. Clark RUSSELL" said
Herbert Russell in telling Of literary
coincidence. had finished maturing the
plot Of his novel, The Death Ship
which is a version Of the legend Of Van,
derdecken. l was his amanuensis at
the time. He said to me, Tomorrow
we will begin the story On the fol-
lowing morning when l entered his
study to take his dictation of the open
ing lines he showed me letter he had
Just received. 1t was from W. S. Gil
bert, the well known dramatist, asking
him why he did not write a novel
about the Flying Dutchman-"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-01-23

In another column this morning The
Journal republishes an article which
appeared IN a recent issue of The New
Orleans Times-DemOcrat, with which
The Journal some time since had a
slight controversy relative to the
merits IF the respective harbors OF
Pensacola and New Orleans, the dis.
cussiOn being brought on by the acct
dent 10 the vessel bearing President
Roosevelt upon the occasion Of his
visit to New Orleans last fall. The
article IN question bears out the con.
tantion Of The Journal that there is
no comparison between Pensacola s
maritime facilities and those of New
Orleans and that navigation of the
Mississippi river below New Orleans
is dangerous. and always will be.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-01-23
Canals at Leesburu.

1t is up to the Council to push the
work of digging the canals from Lake
Harris and Lake Griffin to Leeburg's
center, which that body will doubtless
proceed to do with all dispatch. Eight
thousand dollars have been provided
hy a vote of the people for the work,
and the canals will prove a great help
in advancing Leesburgs growth and
wealth. The proposel canals will be
seventy-fve feet wide and have a
depth of eight feet of water. The ba-
sins will be one hundred and twenty
five feet in diameter and the ap-
prOaches and all work connected with
the enterprise will be first-class.-
Leesburg Commercial.