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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-09
COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review Of Trade and Latest
Market Reports.

r. G.. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review
Of Trade says:
Business Quieted down at the con-
clusiOn of holiday sales, as is custom
airy, and time was devoted to stock
taking, while manufacturing plants
were overhauled aud repaired. Much
idle machinery resumed on January
and more mills will reopen this
week, but in many leading industries
there Will continue to be a reduction
In output until the outlook is more
definite. This curtailment is general
In the iron and steel industry and
at New England cotton mills. Cloth
ing manufacturers have received
numerous cancellations. and in some
lines buyers have asked delay in
shipments of spring goods until the
situation is more fully developed.
There is a better feeling as to mer-
camille collections, since the closing
days Of December brought no special
pressure In the money market.
Many iron furnaces and steel mills
have resumed and others arc to open
next week, but the curtailment OF
production has been so general that
not over so per cent. of the capacity
will then be in operation. according
to estimates by some of the best au-
thorities in the trade.
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Blind Girls EARNINGS.

Miss Cora Crocker, a deaf, dumb
and blind girl, has surprised her
teachers in the workshops of the
Massachusetts Commission for the
Blind, in Cambridge. by the quick
ness with which she has mastered the
intricate machinery of her loom and
the beauty and delicacy of her work
She has only just passed her twenty
first birthday and has been under the
care of teachers for a comparatively
short time, yet she weavcs the most
delicate fancy articles, dainty colored
designs. She is said to be the only
person so afflicted who has ever sue
ceeded in doing such beautiful work
There are several blind women work.
ing in the same shop who do good
work, but she is the only one who
can neither speak nor hear. Her
earnings, it is said, of more than
$40 a month are steadily increasing.
indianapolis News.
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West Virginia NeOS
MURDERERs ARE CAUGHT.

Fairmont Especially. - Detective
Faro, of the Burr-Kerr Agency, at
Pittsburg, In company with a posse of
officers from Monongalia and Marion
Counties, arrested two Italians. be-
lieved to be members of the Black
Hand who are charged with the muir
der OF the Magro Brothers, at OpelIis-
ka. The men were arrested at Cen
tury, a small mining town in Bar
bour County. The men had walked
from Opekiska to Century. q dis
lance of about so miles, between
Tuesday morning and Thursday even
ing. Four men were arrested and
taken to Morgantown.
The men arrested were Pete Ira
vatta and Dominic Freel. charged
with the murder, and Job Minceni
and Tony Lie, charged with aiding
the men to escape. Three other men
were arrested previous to this as be-
ing implicated in the murder, max
ing total of seven men so far ar
rested. It is believed that 20 or
more men are in the organization
and more man may later be arrested.
The murder was committed at
Opekiska Sunday night. Detective
Zero and Deputy Lantz were out on
the case. Inc men were traced 10
Murray. where one arrest was made.
The bloodhounds of ]. A. Lands, of
Fairmont. were then sent for and
they trailed the men from Murray to
Montana, through 90 miles of rough
country, on Wednesday At Mon
tant Jim Host was arrested. he was
sweated and told of the escape of
the men charged with the murder to
Century. At Fairmont another man
was arrested.
The officers then went to Century.
Leaving the train at Valga Thursday
night, the ID men ard bloodhOunds
went on the hand car TO Century,
five miles farther on. Here the men
were found. They were heavily arm
ed, but were arrested without any
shooting. Travatta and Frcel con-
fessed to the shooting. but would give
no reason other than the dog fight.
which was said to be the cause OF
the killing. 1t is the opinion OF the
detectives, however. that the men are
members Of a Black Hand organiza-
ton, and that this caused the crime.
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Fixed.

During the recent stay in camp of
the National Guard of the District
of Columbia one of the captains call
ed a sergeant one day, saying:
Sergeant. note down Private
Mooney-one day on bread and wat
err for slovenly turn out on parade"
BEG pardon, captain" responded
the sergeant, but that won't make
any difference to Mooney. He's a
vegetarian
Then" said the captain, give
him one day on meat and soup. =
Harper's Weekly.
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Flag as Wedding Gift.

IT saw an unusual wedding present
the other day." said the brides
friend, telling of her call on the
happy young woman, land l certain
Iy mean to act on the suggestion the
next time l have a gift to buy for
similar occasion. 1t was an American
flag. 1t is strange that more people
have not thought of it before, but
/ do not recall that even among the
numerous displays of wedding gifts
that have seen in my lifetime have
/ noticed our national. emblem; yet,
when You come to think of it, what
is more appropriate? To be sure,
there is not so much opportunity to
use one in living in an apartment
house as IN private dwelling in
the suburbS. out even SO, there are
times when one feels lost not ID have
the colors 10 ding to the brcezes or
hang on ths vans. and surely the |
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THIS AND THAT.

A piledriver at New Orleans is 1OS
feet high, the highest ever built.
The banana and potato are almost
identical in chemical composition
Six Of the largest colleges in Swift
Zerland have 2,193 female students
In Austria no less than "A out Of
every 100 doctors die of heart dis
ease.
Mexico's coffee exports this year
will be in the neighborhood of 5O,-
000,000 pounds.
In Cuba the state telegraph offices
havo been combined with the postal
department.
Grapes are still trodden with the
bare feet in many Of the vineyards
of Spain and Italy.
Asbestos shingles, made of ashes
tos fiber and cement, absorb per
cent. of their weight in water.
A fashion article on bridal wells
relates that a recent bride wore her
, face covered on the way to the altar.
-Four thousand graves in South
Africa Of British soldiers who fell
ffstks late war still remain unmsrk-
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Town OF Big People.

According to Benjamin w. Klemm,
a travelling glove salesman, Kansas
City orders are for the biggest glove
made, with the smallest sizes omit
ted
people out there are the biggest
in the United States" said Mr..
Klemm; ready made clothing mer-
chants say SO. All tailors know that
to be the fact. The biggest differ
ence is in the width between the
shoulder blades. l put it down to
so many of the Kansas people hav-
ing been on the farm in their youth,
or engaged in hard work, instead
of STOPPING over desks or standing
Behind counters. Tailors' patterns
all run large. / also know that or
ders for shoes are for larger sizes
than those sent in from any other
city of like size in the country, and
il is not the first time l have heard
about assorted sizes in gloves being
above the average.
Senator Warner could not find a
hat to fit him here in Washington
or New York when he started home
last spring. He had no trouble get
ting one in Kansas City, though. -
Washington Herald.
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Lips will be of deep rich red this
season. Hips. as a topic, have had
their day and despite all the dictates
of PanQuin, women seem to be as
hipless or "hipful" as they were be-
fore. The prophets could make only
conjectures in regard to hips. 1t re-
manned to be seen what the New
York woman would do. But the
writer has seen the lips, and unlike
all talk about hips. can say that the
deep rich red is the latest fad. The
majority of the women whose lips
looked as though done with pure
crimson madden from the tube were
beyond the kissing age. One saw
them not in hundreds but certainly
by the dozens at the Manhattan
Opera House recently. One would
never have concluded that they had
neither chance nor inclination for
kisses. had they not all been so cross
to their husbands, as they entered.
and when there was any little I'M
certainty about finding seats. One
wondered if they had any children
at home who expected a good night
kiss after Now 1 lay me-" and the
God bless popper'n momme-"
prayer. With crimson madden Inns.
the face is usually pure white, with
out rouge, and in the majority of
cases was as powdery as a freshly
s~-ared cruller. Ente-.4g the Met
ropolitan Opera House, there is not
such a strong cruel light. and both
powder and lip rouge are absorbe
somewhat in an hour, or often less.
At the Manhattan, on he other hand,
many of the women enter the house
through the doors just in back of the
orchestra. Here there is a clear, cold
light; nothing crimson and kindly
as there is at the Metropolitan. Even
the unshaved Sicilians among the
standees looked with amazement at
these white-faced women with bright
red lips. Some of the innocents
among the mere men imagined they
were members of the chorus who had
entered by the wrong door.-Brook.
lyn Life.
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On the first occasion on which
ladies have been eligible to sit as
municipal councillors their success
at the polls has hardly been as pro-
nounced as some of those who have
worked so hard to secure them the
right were inclined to anticipate.
Still, when 1t is considered that only
spinsters or widows could stand and
that in several instances boroughs
were being served by well-tried and
fully trusted members of long stand
ing, there is perhaps no reason to
feel otherwise than satisfied
Notable among those who have
been returned is Miss Dove, who
headed the poll at High Wycombe.
She is an advanced educationalist,
who for some years past has been
head mistress of Wycombe Abbey
School. with about 200 young ladies
in residence under her care.
Another striking success is that
of Miss Merivale at Oxford. She is
daughter of the late Dean Merivale.
the historian, and her candidature
enjoyed the support of many leading
hiShADOio VI INC university. one VIII
take her seat as an Independent, and
education is a strong point with her.
This, too, figured prominently in the
campaign of Miss Sutton, who was
returned unOpposed at Reading. Mrs.
Woodward at Bewdley was also
spared the troubles of any contest,
as was Mrs. Garrett Anderson at
Aldeburgh. In Scotland the ladies
were less successful. Four came for
ward and none have been returned.
1t is significant that Lady Steel was
rejected at Edinburgh, for she has
been among the most militant of suf-
fragists, even to passive resistance"
as to paying her rates and taxes. and
the rebuke may be taken to heart
by those who think noisy methods
are approved by the majority of their
sisters.-London Telegraph.
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WEST VIRGINIA BRIEFS.

Francis and Emmett Ashecraft,
charged with assauiting Bruno Gallo,
a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad flag
man, at Pennington, have been held
at Clarksburg for the grand jury
Benjamin Atherton, aged 70 years
is dead at Fetterman, near Grafton.
He served in the Union army in Com
pany b, Seventeenth West Virginia
Regiment.
The Town Council of Elkins. at
its last meeting reappointed Mr.
George Henry city clerk and Mr..
Oliver Wilmoth city treasurer Mr.
ID. r. Martin was elected City Asses
rsor, succeeding r. 3. Caplinger
The South Fork Land and Timber
Company, of ROmney, has been in
corporated, with an authorized capt.
tai of $4,000, to develop a virgin
tract of timber in the South Branch
Valley.
Coal loading in the New River and
Kanawha field during November
amounted to 1 .117 $50 tons, of which
the New River field shipped 532,015
tons and the Kanawha field 5S6,O65
tons.
The Terra Alta Water Company
has granted a charter to establish
waterworks at Terra Alta. The capt.
tai is $4,000.
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Truth and
Quality

appeal to the WE'LL Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses.
swcetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, rs it is free from all objection
able substances. To get it's beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
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FOUND A WAY
To BE Clear of the Coffee Troubles.

Husband and myself both had the
coffee habit and finally his stomach
and kidneys got in such a bad condi-
tiOn that he was compelled to give
up good position that he had held
for years. He was too sick to work.
His skin was yellow, and hardly
think there was an organ in his body
that was not affected.
i told him l felt sure his sickness
vas due to coffee, and after some dis
cussion he decided to give it up.
ct was q struggle, because of the
powerful habit. One day we heard
about Postum and concluded to try 1t,
and then it was easy to leave of cof-
fee.
His fearful headaches grew less
frequent, his complexion began to
clear, Kidneys grew better until at
last he was a new man altogether, as
a result of leaving of coffee and TAX
ing up Postum. Then I began to
drink it, too.
Although was never as bad off
as my husband. was always very
nervous and never at any time very
strong, only weighing 95 lbs. before
began to use Postum. Now / weigh
115 lbs. and can do as much work as
any one my size, think.
Many do not use Postum because
they have not taken the trouble to
make It right. / have successfully
fooled great many persons who
have drunk it at my table. They
would remark, You must buy high
grade of coffee One young man
who clerked in a grocery store was
very enthusiastic about my coffee
When told him what it was he said.
: why. I've sold Postum for four years
but had no idea It was like this.
Think lQl drink Postum hereafter. -
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read '"rhe Road to Well.
VILE" In rEgs. There's a Reason"
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With A silent Guard.

Modern science seems to spend Its
time undoing its own efforts. Take,
for instance. so-called burglary-proof
safes.
The up-to-date burglar soon found
that by means OF compressed oxygen
and acetylene gas he could produce
a fame so hot that the steel doors
of a safe would fuse in IL like lead
in an ordinary gas Jet.
In addition, the accessories requir-
ed are OF handy size. and there is
no noise. Observation is all the safe
breaker has TO avoid.
Now it is suggested manufacture
ers should add a simple apparatus
to the material used in making safes
which would liberate certain chemi-
Gals, rendering it dangerous-or even
fatal-to tamper with the walls OF
door.
No doubt in time the scientific
burglar will find means or over
coming this, but for a little while
at least, protection can be obtained
against the scientific craftsman.
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An Economical EMPRESS.

In private life the Empress of Ger
many wears hardly any jewels. In
fact, her life, apart from State occa-
sions, is conducted on the simplest
possible lines. She is extremely eco
nomical regarding the clothing of
her children. When her sons were
boys the suits of the elder ones were
actually cut down to fit their young
or brothers. The Empress is equally
careful with her own wardrobe. She
has a staff of dressmakers who are
always at work remodeling her
gowns, so that it is possible for her
to appear several times in them with
out their being recognized.-London
M. A. p.
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Wholesale Markets.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Receipts, H.
701 bushels; stock in elevators, SS5-
$50 bushels. Market firmer. No. 2
spot, S1.03A 1881; steamer 2
spot, 9S% % 99c.; Southern. $50
1.031 "; January, S1.03 u "a 1.O3 "
February. $1.05 a; March, S1.O7 u;
May, $1.11.
Corn = Receipts, C9,9O5 bushels;
shipments, 4S.694 bushels; stock in
elevators, S94,12S bushels. Market
f1rmer. Mixed spot, "a a CSC;
steamer mixed, 60 IS 06O1Ac.; South
ern, 60h % Cd &c; January, Ga rs "a
Gaze; February, CAS- a Ga &C..
March, 64% @65c.
Oats - Receipts, E.27O bushels;
Withdrawals, 1853; stock in eleva-
tors, 1SS.O31 bushels. Market firm.
White, No. 2, Sc " @57 nc; No. 3,
Sc % Sc " c.; No. 4, 50 II q 53c.; mix
ed, No. 2, 540541sc.; No. 3, $40
Sac; No. 4, SEQ sic.
Butter-Market firm. Creamery
separator extras, 2914 a 3Oc.; held.
and Pennsylvania dairy prints, 10
19c
Eggs Market easy. Fancy Mary
land and Pennsylvania. &c; Vir-
ginla. &c. West Virginia, CSC;
Southern, "a q %.
New York. - Wheat - Receipts,
277,0O0 bu.; exports. 151.O92. Spot
firm; No. 2 red. 1O79 elevator. and
10SM I. o. b., aflcat; No. / Northern
Duluth, 112% f. o. b., afloat; No. 2
hard winter, 11S% E. o. b., afloat
Corn-Receipts. C5.575 bu.; ex-
ports, 140; spot firm; No. =. nominal,
elevator, and 69% +. o. b.. aHoat; No.
white, 7oH. and No. 2 yellow nomi-
nal, f. o. b., afloat.
Oats-Receipts, 700 bu.; spot
steady; mixed, 26022 lbs, 54c.; ma
(tural white, &c to % lbs, 551h q
81 Y; clipped white, 80 to SO lbs,
Sc u @621k
Poultry Alive firm; Western
chickens, lie: fowls 10; turkeys.
Is. Dressed firm; Western chickens,
ID a 20; turkeys, Is 90 1S; fowls, %
12M
Butter quiet; receipts, 6.355 pkgs.:
Western factory, common TO first,
15@19hc.
Eggs firm; receipts, 1858 cases;
state. Pennsylvania and nearby,
fancy, selected white, 80 a 34c: good
to choice, 29031; first, PROPS;
Western and Southern first, 27; sec
Onds, 25@2e
Philadelphia. - Butter firm; extra
Western creamery, 32c.; do, nearby
prints, "a
Eggs firm; Pennsylvania and near
by free cases, sic. at mark:
do. current receipts, in returnable
cases, 80 at mark; Western choice,
free cases, 81 at mark; do, fair to
good, free cases, 29@30 at mark.
Cheese steady; New York, full
creams. choice, Is q a Ice; do, fair
to good Is a Is 10
Live poultry easier; fowls, IL 90
IA &c; old roosters, 10; spring chick
ems, IL a IA Y ducks, 1904; geese,
IL "a 10; turkeys. 14015.
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KILLED HIS BROTHER-IN-LAw.

Harper's Ferry Especially - Will
liam, the 12-year-old son OF Abner
Conrad, living in Loudoun County
near this place. was accidentally kill
ed by his brother-in-law, Owen Trib-
by. The boy was cutting wood while
his brother-in-law, with a double
barreled shotgun. was hunting rats
around the wOodpile. Some neigh
boring boys suggested to Mr.. Tribby
that he should try his aim on a bird
perched upon the limb above. In
lowering the gun. from his shoulder
1t was discharged. the load passing
into the throat of his youthful broth
er-in-law. The boy died after a few
hours
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Cross-Stitching Hints.

If each stitch is not crossed in the
same direction the effect will be poor
1t is always better to work as much
as possible in a straight line, so that
each stitch may receive its tension
from the same direction.
Cross-stitching is we'll adapted to
table and magazine covers, the mark
ing of linen, soft pillows. floor cush-
ions and bags of all kinds.
Red and white and blue anG white
linen are the favorite materials for
these articles when decorated with
cross-stitching. This work must not
be confused with the checked ging-
ham embroidery of a few years ago.
1t is quite different in appearance,
the heavy linen. with it's lustrous
finish, giving a strong, artistic back
ground for the cross stitch, which in
itself has a crude beauty peculiarly
adapted to the purpose in view.-New
York Journal.
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Beware of Ointments For Catarrh
That Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
except on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catorrh Cure, manufactured
no mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of thesystem. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken in
ternally and made In Toledo, Ohio, by T..
j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists; price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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!77SEE q
,N31.A2 NEWEST
M.N FASHIONS
fH..eK: *: &; x ]

Belts of gold galloon are finished
with huge gold buckles.
Double-faced cloths for suits are
promised place among the new
fabrics.
Modern petticoats are gored so
that they flare wondrously about the
feet.
Jabots worn with tailored waists
seem to grow fuller and wider as the
season advances.
Picot ribbon and small silk but
tons trim the dressy black gown of
an elderly woman.
Without the dainty and becoming
hair ornament no evening costume is
now considered complete.
White lace motifs appliqued upon
the waists of creamy net stand out
well because of the contrast.
Buttonholing and hand embroidery
are generously used in the decora-
ton of morning jackets for gifts.
The jacket that forms a part of a
young girls plaid suit is equally ap-
propriate in plain velvet or cloth of
the color predominating in the plaid.
Be sure that you have style and
grace to spare before you invest in
one of those coats of velvet or fur
whose. kimono sleeves are exag:
gerated.
A most attractive hat seen On the
street was a plain sailor shape with
a full ruche all thefway around the
crown Of soft, gIe91hing satin in two
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Silks AND DRAINS A FIRE.
0UENT CAUSE OF TYPHOID

Purify These and You VIII BE Safe
From COntagion - Disinfecting
the Only Preventative-Borax n
Simple, Safe and Sure Method.
how to keep our homes clean. sweet
and free from germ influences is a
question.
While there Is no occasion for
alarm, it is always well to be fore
armed on the theory that "An Ounce
OF Prevention Is Better Than a Pound
of Cure" and no ounce of prevention
has yet been discovered that is more
simple, moro direct and more effec-
tive. yet harmless to the human sys-
tenn, than 3orax.
Borax has been known and used for
generations as a purifier and proven
tive against epidemic influences orig
mating from uncleanly conditions re-
sulting from unsanitary sinks and
drains, and when used as a hot solu-
tion in the proportion of two table
spoonfuls TO q gallon Of hot water
flushed through the offending loca-
lions, removes every trace of disease
germs and renders the pipes clean
and wholesome.
Borax In addition to it's hygienic
qualities, is q household necessity,
and can be used for numberless do
nestle purposes. 1t softens the water,
makes linen dazzling white, will
cleanse every article in the kitchen
or dining room and make it bright,
will prevent moths, soften and whiten
the skin, remove dandruff and cleanse
the scalp. and for cleansing and ster-
ilizing baby's milk bottle and nipple
has no equal.
Borax, unlike every other cleanser
and disinfectant, is absolutely harm
less to the system. and is safe, simple,
economical. and can be purchased ut
any druggist or grocery. A dainty
book in colors, called the Jingle
Book, will be sent free to any Mother
sending name and address of her baby
and tops from two one-pound cartons
of "20-Mule Team" Borax. with sc. in
stamps. Address Pacific Coast Borax
Co.. New York.