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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-07-26

A question that should be answered
in the Affirmative every day in tie
week. We all know that money in
pocket or on the premises always finds
wings; t hat even fit remains unused
it's earn ing nothing. Also that it
rarely encourages a habit of adding
more to the pile. With these positive
proc is against it, isn't the question
properly answered? Don't hesitate.
Bring your money to The Merchants
and Farmers Bank, and do it today.
The Merchants & Farmers Rank
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-07-26
DISTRIBUTING DEPOT FOR
"Pittsburghe Perfect" Fences

For some time have been investigating
Fencing After careful
shat have found the best field pittsburgh
ferect made of all galvanized the only fence
Eelded by electricity Every rod perfect large
" the stays being the size line wires
hold moisture and rust
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-07-26

N. C. KENNEDY, 6EO. ". MARTY
Vice Pres. d Gen'l SUIT. ny
IA. A. Riddle. GEM Pa7y. -
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-07-26

TO be Continue d.
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CHESAPEAKE STEAMSHIP COMPANY
CHESAPEAKE LINE.

ELEGANT PASSEN GER STEAMERS
AUGUSTA AND "COLUMBIA"
scr OLD POINT COMFORT and NORFOLE
VIRGINIA.
Steamers leave Baltimore daily (excepi
sunday at Sop. M, and arrive Old POM
Comfort at n. m. ami Norfolk at Ills a. m.
where connection is made with the Rail Line
for all points South ana South wesL
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

or every hundred men who profess
anxiety for the quality of their cigars
owing to the Cuban rebellion, scarcely
one could, If put to 1t, interpret the
meaning of the various words which
are stamped on the lid and sides of n
cigar box. These are not mere fancy
names, but terms actually descriptive
of the cigar. On the lid is the name Of
the cigar, as Pedro Murias, villa Y
villa. The front of the box describes
the shape and size, as Conchas, Reina,
Regalias, which state the shape, and
Perfecto I%nfantes, Princesses, which
signify the size. These may be COM
bined as Conchas Speciales, Conchas
Finas, to state both shape and size.
At the back of the box, where the lid
turns over, is stamped the quality of
the cigar-Superina, Fina, Flor, Supe-
rior and Bueno, being the terms in the
descending scale. The color of the CT
gar is declared on the right-hand side
or end of the box. Claro signifies the
lightest colored. Colorado Claro rather
darker, Colorado dark, Colorado Ma
duro darker, Maduro very dark, Oscuro
extremely dark, Negro darkest.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
B,r Gum Gone Wrong,

The biggest gun in the world, and
which, as might be expected, was in
vented and built in Great Britain, has
definitely beer declared unsafe, and
will 60 to the scrap heap. AS only one
Of these mammoths was built, and
that as an experiment, the loss is COM
paratively small, eve though it is
about 100000. This gun was con-
structed to shoot a 16-inch projectile
a distance Of twenty-one miles, even
though it would be impossible ever to
hit a mark at such range. The big
gun was found to be unsafe after a
few firings, and really was as danger
ous to our own folks as it was expect
ed to be to an enemy. Twelve-inch guns
are likely to be the limit for q long
time, and certainly until some gun
metal not now known is discovered
Popular Mechanics
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
ASK Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Almanac for 1907.


When, q few years ago, someone in
an idle Jest worded an advertisement
for a housemaid saying that the adj
~yertiser would and could give refer
ences'' we all laughed and thought
1t too funny to be true. But it was
prophetic. Recently in the newspaper
of a suburban city an advertisement ap-
peared for q cook and a h~ousemaid, and
the one in want of the servants added
In a manner Enthusiastically meant to be
persuasive first change in ten years"
But who among US feels like laughing
now? Rather it is SOLDERING in its eff
feet upon us, since it but tells in one
more way a story that is vexing and
p%erplexing thousands Of ho~usekeepers
in the State.-Boston Transcript.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
A big OusehOEd.

The missionary was at once pale and
yellow-pale, he explained, from an
avoidance of the deadly Indian sun,
yellow from a disordered liver.
Nevertheless" he said gayly, India
for me first, last and all the time. On
the money you and your family are
paying at this hotel do you know how
you would live In India?'
He lighted a cigarette and resumed
You would like in a beautiful house
set in a lovely garden, with a list of
servants that would include a khan
samah, or butler; a khitmutgar, or Ia
Bile servant; a chokra, or page; a mus
salchee, or light bearer; a mug, or
cook; two syces, or gr9Oms a bheeS-
tee, or water carrier; a saniah, or house
cody; . molli, or gardener; 9 dhobie,
or was1erman; a durzee, or private
tailor; an ayah, or nurse: a sirdah, or
valet a furraSh bearer, or lamp nan :;
three punkah coolies to work the fans !;
a durham, or lodge porter; a jamadar,
or footman, and several chuprassies, or
messengers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

The man from Arizona was taking
his first view of Central Park and its
environs. One thing seemed to rouse
In him mingled interest and scorn. 1t
was the sight of four or five young
women on horseback, each followed at
a respectful distance by a groom.
''Those fellows must be a bashful
lot" said the man from Arizona, con
t~emptuously, as a fifth young oma
passed by, her attendant groom well
in the rear. 81 don't blame the girls
for not throwing 'em so much as a
look over the shoulder. 1 wouldn't in
their place"
There goes another couple with as
much as eight rods between" he add
ed, after a moments silence. II tell
you, they ought to see the way we do
it out in AriZona! We may be behind
in some things, but 1 never saw a fell
low out there that hadn't got spunk
enough to ride up abreast Of his girl
when he'd had grit to invite her out"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
Babel in Mexico.

After answering the telephone and
talking Spanish into it without appar-
emily getting results, the clerk at a
hotel hung up the receiver and re-
marked:
NV Spanish isn't the best in the
world, l know, but l should think a
man would know how to talk at least
The fellow just talking to me over the
phone couldn't talk enough Spanish to
order a meal, and to save me l couldn't
make him understand, although know
I used correct language. While ne was
talking an American rushed into the
hotel and up to the desk. Say" he
said. cant anyone here talk English.
7 inst tried to telephone here and the
idiot trying to talk Spanish over the
nhone knows mighty little about the
language
81 was talking to you,' said the
clerk.
When apologies were made the con-
varsation continued in Engllsh.-MeAl'
can Herald.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
O. Ye Tears.


The president Of one Of the Well
known colleges tells this story of one
Of his professors of chemistry.
1t seem that the professor and his
wife had not agreed upon some domes-
tic question, the professor asserting that
his a would not warrant the ex.
pense involved. His wife had used all
her powers of persuasion without avail
and at last resorted to the final feminine
expedient-a food Of tears. At this
the professor picked up his hat, but
paused to remark:
you might save yourself the trouble
Of that, my dear; your tears hav abso-
lutely no effect upon me. Why should
they, being nothing but common water
with a very small percentage Of phos-
phorous salts and a trace of chloride Of
sodium?"-Harper's Weekly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
The FIRST TWINGE
OF Rheumatism Calls for DR.. Williams
Pink Pills If You Would Be
Easily Cured.

Mr.. Frank Little, a well known citi-
zen Of Portland, Ionia Co., Mich, was
cured of a severe case of rheumatism
by DR.. Williams Pink Pills. In speak
ing about it recently, he said: "My
body was run down and in no condi-
ton to Withstand disease and about
five years ago l began to feel rheu-
matte pains in my arms and across
my back. MY arms and legs grew
numb and the rheumatism seemed to
settle in every joint so that l could
hardly move, while my arms were
useless at times. I was unable to
sleep or rest we'll and my heart pain
ed me SO terribly I could hardly stand
1t. My stomach became sour and
bloated after eating and this grew
SO bad that / had Inflammation OF
the stomach. I was extremely nerv.
GUS and could not bear the least
noise or excitement. One whole side
OF my body became paralyzed.
AS l said before, l had been stuff
ering about five years and seemed to
be able ta get no relief from my
doctors, when a friend here in Port
lane told me how DR.. Williams PINK
Pills had cured MIN Of neuralgia In
the face, even after the pain a
drawn it to one side. l decided to
try the pills and began to see some
Improvement soon after using them.
This encouraged me to keep on until
was entirely cured. I have never
had a return of the rheumatism or OF
the paralysis.
The pills are for sale by all drug
gists or sent, postpaid, on receipt OF
price, SO cents per box, six boxes
$3.50, by the DR.. Williams Medicine
COMPANY n. ".
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

for years. The constant flow If urine
kept my system depleted, causing nerv-
Gus chills and night sweats. After
trying seven different climates and
using all kinds of medicine 1 had the
good fortune to hear of Doan's Kidney
Pills. This remedy has cured me. I
am as well to-day as I was twenty
years ago, and my eyesight is perfect"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
LYDIA E.

No other medicine for Woman's ills j h worhdh las received such WlooD
spread and unqualified Endorsement
hosts of pratefuf friends a a Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. z
For mor than 80 wears it has been curing allforns of Female Complaints
Inflammation and liberation, and consequent Spinal Weakness.
IT. las cured more cases Of Backache and Local Weaknesses han any other
m remedy. 1t dissolves and expels tunaors in an early stage OF deveiiopment
Irregularities and periodical pains, Weakness oftheS tomach, lndigeMon,
Boating. Nervous ProsTaion, Headache, General Debility qucRy PED a a.Sav
dernnged organs, causing pain, dragging. ensaton and psckacns.
Under all circumstances ita ctsi in harmony with the female system.
vanttobe-leftalone feeling, exctabiity, iritabihty, nervousness, dz-
ziness ;ntn seeplmmess, fatulency, melancholy orth he blues. These
are dicatio If Female Weakness. OF % arrangement OF organay
which this medicine cures a S we'll IS Chronlc hlune oo"piainN a1
Backache, of either Sex, 49, -.
bons,nd times for hey ret VIA they want-ac cure. Sold by DrnggstA
everywhere. Refuse all substitutes. =
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
Cold Affected Head and Throat
Attack was Severe.

Chas. w. Bowman, LIST Lieut.. and Adjt.
4th NJ. S. Nj. Cav. Vols, writes from
Lanham, Nd, as follows:
Though somewhat averse to patent
medicines, and still more averse to be-
coming a professional affidavit man. it
seems only a plain duty in the present
instance to add my experience 10 the
columns already written concerning
the curative powers of Peruna.
81 have been particularly benefited
BY its use for colds in the head and
throat. / have been able to fully cure
myself of a most severe attack in
forty-eighf hours by its use accord
ing to directions. 1 use it as a pre-
yenfive whenever threatened with
an attack.
"Members of my family also use it
for like ailments. We are recommend
ing it to our friends"
-Chas. W. Bowman.
ASK Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Almanac for 1907.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
Away. to ne Depended Upon.

When a person gets up in the morning
with a dull headache and a tired, stretchy
feeling, it is an almost certain indication
that the liver, or bowels, or both, are de-
cidedly out of order.
At such times Nature, the wisest and
best of all doctors, takes this means to
give warning that she needs the help and
gentle assistance which can best be OBJ
tanned from that old family remedy,
Brandreth's Pills, which has been in use
for over a century.
They are the same fine laxative tonic
pill your grandparents used, when doctors
were few and far between and when peo-
pie had to have a remedy that could abb
s~olutely be depended upon.
Brandreth's Pills can be depended upon
and are sold in every drug and medicine
store, either plain or sugar-coated.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
MARK TWAlN's HARD FATE.

stories Relcctinr ON HE
rn sFSon"l Pulchrdtude Current.
IL hrst critic that ever Ind orca-
Sioh TO describe my personal annaor-
Iat, A.Verea his description with fool
ISL ana ineXcusable errors whose az
stes"te furnished the result that T was
OiS'Ahctly n distressfnglv upbnud-
some That description 1oated around
i country In the papers and was in
CONSTANT use and Wear for n quarter of
a century.
II seems strange to me that apnar-
en'1y no critic in the COUNTRY could be
Iouha who could look at me and have
Tue courage to take up his pcn and de-
slroy that lie. That lie began IFS
course on the Pacific coast in 1864 and
II llNehed me in personal appearance
to Petroleum V. Nasty, who bod boon
ou' there iecturlng. For twenty-five
years a1tcrward no critic could fur
n'sn Il description OF me without fetch
iis III Nasty to help out my portrait.
Knew Nasty we'll, and he was a
sood fellow, but in my life have not
N@tolSh dLOul ullN nOke
'hah three persons to charge those per-
sons with resembling Nasty. It hurts
me TO the heart. l was always hand
some. Anybody but a critic could have
seer II. And it had long been a dis
tfess TO my Notwithstanding Susy-
mat the critics should go on making
lhis Wearisome mistake year after
year When there was no foundation for
it.
even when a critic wanted TO be par-
tlcularly friendly and complimentary
TO me he didn't dare to go beyoud nv
clothes. He ventured beyond
mat old safe frontier. When he had
hnlshed with my clothes he had said
All the kind things, the pleasant things,
the complimentary things he could
RISK. Then he dropped back on Nasty.
Mar Twain i'll North American Re-
view.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

Hang it III! exclaimed Mr.. Sububs.
arriving home from the office, well
have to call on the Dubleys tonight"
"Why, George, you said you wanted
to stay home with me in comfort to-
night" exclaimed his wife.
Yes, but Dudley told Balklotz he and
his wife meant to call on us tonight.
We can leave their house earlier thaa
we could make them leave ours.'-
Philadelphia Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

A correspondent of a farm paper
says: T.,
Cockleburs car only be exterminated
by pulling up the last Il of them in
a field for two years running. The
necessity for the two-year treatment is
cocklebur, according to our correspond
ent, contains two seeds, Il of which
will grow the first year and the other
one the second. By planting corn for
two years running, and taking great
care not to leave a single plant in the
field, it is claimed they can be eXter-
minated.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

Austin, Texas,
writes Il was
afflicted for years
with pains across
the loins and in
the hips and
shoulders. ! had
headache 0
and neuralgia.
My right eye,
from pain, was
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
Nothing Easier.

Reeinner-It doesn't take any particu-
lar skill to operate a fountain pen, does
it?
E,pert-Hardly any. You get a good
mixing of the modus operandi the first
time you try to fill it.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

George" said Mrs. Ferguson anxious
ly as she Strengthened the bed clothes
over her sleeping boy, what makes John
ny's fingers so yellow? Does ~jaundice
ever attack anybody that wayT'
mo, Laura answered Mr.. Ferguson.
at isn't jaundice. It's worse than that
but it will yield to proper treatment.
I'll apply the treatment tomorrow morn
ipyD
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
Vain Regret.

But, Bertie,'' said his mother, you
asked for two cakes and l gave them
% you. Aren't you satlsfied?"
mo, I amt" growled BERTHE. you
was SO easy I'm kickin' meself cause
[ didn't ask for four."-Philadelphia
Ledger.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

The advertiser Of a breed not only
lays the foundation for a paying bust
hess for himself, but helps boom his
breed and his association, and thereby
Indirectly benefits his brother breeder.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
The Cheerful View.

Her-But, Herbert, dear, do you think
we can afford to go to housekeeping on
your salary!
Him-Sure. After we're married, you
know, I won't ave to buy You any more
flowers, chocolate creams. or theatsr
tickets.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

When snow is on the ground, rab-
bits have a hard time securing food,
and will eat anything that will pre-
vent starvation. 1t is then they girdle
trees and do damage which is not with
In the power Of the farmer to repair.
Smearing the trunk with blood or wrap
ping the trees with tarred paper or
mosquito netting two feet from the
ground serves as a protection.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

When a farmer sells a horse he
must give q guarantee. When the
same farmer buys nursery stock he has
to wait until the trees come into bear
ing to see whether he has what he
bought
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

1t Is about time for some faker to
bob up with some new variety of alfal-
ia with wonderful qualities. A variety
that will do we'll anywhere and live on
anything.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QuinIne Tablets
Druggists refund money II 1t falls to cure
u. W.GROVE'S signature is on each box 25c
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

For twenty years the Ohio Expert
ment Station produced an average Of
forty bushels Of wheat in a three-year
rotation consisting of potatoes, wheat
and clover. On another farm a rota-
ton of corn, oats, wheat, clover and
timothy was carried on with a yield Of
twenty-eight and one-half bushels Of
wheat per acre. With proper market
privileges for a series Of years a clo-
yer, potatoes and wheat rotation will
be hard to beat.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

The question of alien immigration Us
now far more serious to London than 1t
ever was in California.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

Fowls that get a little charcoal and
a few sunflower seeds once or twice a
week will have red combs and bright
plumage.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

If n garden is MANFRED heavily and
not kept in growing crops all through
the growing season the fertility will
leach away into the subsoil, where it
will be out of the reach of surface-feed
ing crops. If kept growing something
all through the summer it will not
leach and it will be all the better for
the soil. If allowed to leach it will
be better TO change the spot occasion
ally and put the old garden spot to
clover to bring up the fertility again.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

More money may be made from or
chards on thin land when the trees are
set close, twenty to twenty-five feet
apart, than when only half that many
are set. The trees shade the ground
better, and heat and drought will not
do as much damage as when the great
er part Of the ground is exposed to the
sun to burn up the humus and dry the
moisture out Of the soil.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

air-slaked lime will keep the hogpens
sweet.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

Ask q cattle feeder in the corn belt
how he is coming out with his steers,
and he will say that if his steers don't
make him any profit his hogs will let
him out. So often does this happen
that the hog has come to be an i'm
p~0rtant factor to reckon with in all
cattle-feeding operations. Indeed, if it
were not for the grunters, the business
of cattle feeding might be 4 precarious
one There is a sad lack Of profits, as a
general thing, in handling hogs, just
because there is Il sorry lack of man
agment somewhere. The essentials
are the countless little things which
no one can teach another, and these
have more to do with it than general
rules. The blood, the care, the warm
shelter, the proper food are all on the
list, but only the practical man learns
those which are not written.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
Ew&---1NSZ

If possible, select your brood sows
when the pigs are 5 or 6 months old.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

The woman with a gasoline stove
and the farmer with a gasoline engine
nave all Of a sudden discovered that
the demand for gasoline by automobiles
has caused it to slide no a notch or
two in price.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

According to the National Stockman,
the demand for pork this year has as
tonIshed even the most sangutne friends
ri the hog. Both fresh and cured meats
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
UTTERLY WORN OUT.

Vitality Slapped by Years of suffer-
Ing With Kidney Trouble.
Capt. j. w. Hogun formerly post
master of Indianola, now living at
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

Hogs shipped into the stock yards
show the result of too much inbreeding
by careless farmers, who reason that it
does not pay to get a new boar each
year while they have one which will
breed, and they lose enough in@a litter
or two to pay for q new sire.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

A thorough farmer can get more out
of the scrub than a scrub farmer can.
AS a rule that kind of a farmer does
not keep the scrub n longer than he
can help. A scrub farmer will soon
make a scrub out of a pure-bred ami
NAL.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

Now come the news that food adult
GRAFTON is practiced in Germany just
as extensively as in this country. That
Is awful after that country refusing our
pork products. 1t is presumed that
Germany wants to do its own adulter-
ating. The number Of prosecutions for
adulterating food in Germany have in
creased from 1,40O to 5000 in 1908.
Who'd thought it?
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

A camel can easily carry a weight
of one thousand pounds on it's back,
about foul times as much as a horse
can carry. The camel begins work at
the age Of 4 and is useful for half a
century the horse, as a rule, is nearly
played out at the age Of is.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

Moving down strawberry tops just
after fruit has been gathered is prac-
ticed on many rich soils to cause the
plants to stool out more vigorously
and to retard This Is some
times followed by a thin dirt covering
to further encourage stooling.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

have been taken in large volume right
along at prices which were so high that
they were expected to check consump,
ton. There are three reasons why this
condition has existed and still exists.
First is the prosperity Of the South, a
large Of cured meats. The
southern trade was Eve larger than it
Is to-day. Next is the growing foreign
trade, which, like Il own, seems to
proceed regardless Of prices and, final
ly. the people of this country have
learned to eat bacon.