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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16

place, whatever the agent of change may be, human
conduct may take any extreme. What is the secret
of the automobiles influence the intellect and
will of woman? 1t supplies what humanity has
sought: thrilling sensations.
And the clever wit of Richard LIE Gallienne
it up thus
The automobile is in our religion, in what is left
of our manners, in education; and would be in
our morals, if it had left any.
Is acknowledgements contagious? Sure it is! Let
one member of family get it, and inside of week
every member of the family will be suffering with it.
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An Intelligent Leech

PUT the funniest thing ever heard of in this line
- continued Brown after had finished reading
the poem, is of an Englishman who had such abb
solute faith in the prophetic instinct of the leech
that he invented continuance by which he claimed
he could make a single leech ring the great bell of
Saint Paus whenever it felt rain storm approach
ing, and prepare the people for the coming torrent
and prevent much discomfort and pecuniary loss"
Brown" l said, Il believe I've hit upon sub
ject that you have just been studying up. You
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR AUGUST 10. 1905

Put single automobile into peaceful village and
in month the whole community has it. You can
mobile. You can get an equally bad attack by
having one of your own.
Can it be cured? The only cure reported is that
damage suits for ten thousand dollars each for
sonal INJURIES had spend S. 864 repairing his car
and was three times arrested for speeding. He has
sold his car, and says he will ride in auto
mobile again.
But wait till those suits are settled!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16

The hollow winds begin to blow
The clouds look black; the glass is low.
The SCOT falls down: the spaniels sleep:
And spiders from their Cobwebs peep
Last night the sun went pale to bed
The moon in halo hid its head
The boding shepherd heaves sigh
To see the rainbow in the sky
The walks are damp; the bitches smell
Closed is the pink eyed pimpernel.
Hank! How the chairs and table crack
Old Betty's joints are on the rack
Loud quack the ducks; the peacocks cry:
The distant hills are looking nigh.
How restless are the snorting swinel
The busy flies disturb the kline.
The cricket too-how sharp he sings!
Pucs on the hearth, with velvet paws,
Sits. wiping DER her whiskered jaws
Through the clear stream the fishes rise,
Ar d nimbly catch incautious flies.
The glow worms, numerous and bright,
lllumed the dewy dell last night
Hopping and crawling DER the green.
And in the rapid eddy plays.
The frog has changed her yellow vest,
And in a russell coat is drest.
Though June, the air is cold and still:
The blackbrd's mellow voice is shrill.
My dog. so altered in his taste,
Leaves mutton bones, on grass to feast
And see yon rocks, how odd their fight!
They initiate the gliding kite,
And seem precipitate to fall,
AS if they felt the piercing ball.
Twill surely rain, l see with sorrow
Our Jaunt must be put off tomorrow.
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is something OF a nature faker and he said:
"Oh that's nothing. Weather has been uni
versa topic of conversation since January l. year
Man has simply inherited the habit of talking about
it from his animal ancestors. If you could under
stand the languages of the beasts and birds and
insects and fishes you would hear them greet each
other every morning with such observation as,
'Beastly weather this, Brother Fox; Fine day for
taking long swim, Mr.. Salmon; Doesn't this
weather make you feel like migrating south again.
Miss Robin?' and through all the species in
the animal kingdom. And if you could hear the
flowers talk he continued you would hear them
say, Looks like the sun is going to shine again,
Mrs. Rose: This weather seems to agree with you,
Miss Violet: Did you suffer much from last nights
frost, Miss Appeblossom?'"
Seeing smile of increduty my face, Brown
assumed an air of severe earnestness. Il hardly
expected you to believe me" he said: but it's
no mariners tale, the less. It's scientific fact
You know that birds and beasts and fishes and
insects migrate from place to place the weather
changes and oftentimes in anticipation of change.
And have you noticed cat ruff1e her fur and
stiffen her tail up before a wind, or wash herself
when she expects good weather. and lick her coat
against the grain and sit with her tail to the fire
when she expects Bad spell? Don't you think
there is any truth in the proverb
When the begins bray,
Be We shall have rain that day
When the donkey blows his horn
It's time to house your hay and corn ;?
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But suppose there are no rocks around?" asked
We'll, that wouldn't matter much' Brown re-
Piled if he has trained his senses to observe things
All Nature is just one big olian harp on which the
understand and appreciate her music. He might
look at the pink eyed pmpernel which has been
called the plowmans weather glass, and is trust
the opticians store. 1t is certainly useful
to the plowman, because he has it where he wants
it. Here, read this, and you will see how many
natural weather glasses there for the that
knows how to read them.
He gave book containing poem which the
renowned DR.. Jenner wrote to friend expressing
his regrets that anticipated hunting excursion
would probably have to be given up. 1t such
complete catalogue of all the weather signs one
heard Of that took it home and copied it entire
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By JOSIAH MORSE

WEATHER. sir. aiblins no to speak very
y" scientiay in the way o meteorological OBJ
servation,-but rather in a poetical, that is
religious, spirit-may be defined. jalouse. The
expression O the fluctuations and notifications
of feeling in the heart O the heevens made audible
and visible and tangible their face and BOSOM
That's weather Wilson's Notes AmbrostdnG.
YESTERDAY 1 met forty men in the
i street (some of them were women, of
course), and the first thing each one spoke
of was the weather. AS if the weather was
something new and startling under the SUN!
/ mentioned this to my friend Brown, who
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-06-13
OHIO WILLIAMS.
'vention.

The recent election in this city in
Ndicates what may be expected at the
general election The democratic
party is tired of being ridden over by
a. set of political workers who would
Gie0e to dictate the policies of the en-
tire party The election of Mr.
Matthews in the Third Ward, which is
listed as being 80 democratic, shows
plainly that the good people of that
ward put the qGietous on ring rule.
And Mr.. Matthew's majority was 81,
and this to Col. James Thompson
working as hard as he could at the
polls. We should think that the Col.
felt as though a cyclone struck him
when he heard of the result of his
sab0rs
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-06-13

TIE democratic party will nndoubt-
edly nominate William Jennings
Bryan for president of the third time.
His name seems to loom above every
ether name mentioned for the presi-
dency. For some reason he is the idol
OF Western democracy, but the North
does not seem to cling to him with
such firm grasp. The people of the
North are fully aware that the policies
advocated by Mr.. Bryan, ii they be-
come law, will completely ruin their
interests. hence they will not support
him. And without the help of some
of the Northern states Mr.. Bryan will
be hopelessly defeated. No one likes
TO tie on to looser, and the fact
that Mr. Byran has been twice de-
feated for the presidency will keep a
great many voters from supporting
him the third time.
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FACTS ABOUT
FAVOR|TE SONS
interesting Reading About One Of the
Best Known Characters In the
United States.

Washington. June 10-'tMr. Cannon
was born Of God-fearing, and rnan-lov-
ing parents. He made himself, and
he did darn poor job OF It,"
This Is the autobiography OF uncle
Joe" of illinois. He wrote 1t upon re-
quest, and he got almost as much into
the two lines IS Grant, or Sherman, or
Mark Twain did into volumes.
Born a Quaker seyenty-two years
ago In North Carolina, reared to man
hood in clearing on the banks Of
the Wabash in Indiana, lawer, bank
er, and ar-millionair, Joseph G..
Cannon is often cited to prove that
the grand old type of American man
hood, rugged and sturdy, that charac-
terized the fathers of the Republic, is
not always spoiled by wealth.
The manufacturing process to
which Cannon referred In his auto
biography occurred in the House of
Representatives For more than
generation he has been a member of
that body, and for five years its
Speaker. The raw material was rec
ognized as such. "The gentleman
must have oats in his pocket" ex-
claimed a member, when Cannon
made his first speech in the House.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-06-13

II one feels dull and spiritless, in
the spring or summer, they call it
Spring Fever" But there is no fe-
ver-usually. 1t is the after effect of
our winter habits. The nerves are
mostly at fault. Tired. WORKOUT
nerves leave us languid, lifeless, and
without spirit or ambition. A few
doses of DR.. Shops Restorative will
absolutely and quickly change al
these depressing symptoms. The Re
storative of course won't bring you
back to full health in day or two
but 1t will do enough in As hours to
satisfy you that the remedy is reach.
Ing that "tired spot" Druggists ev
erywhere are advising it's use as a
splendid and prompt general tonic. II
gives more vim and more spirit to the
spoonful than any other knwn nerve
or constitutional tonic. 1t sharpens a
failing appetite, aids digestion, frees
sluggish livens and kidneys, and
brings new life, strength and ambi
ton. Test it few days and be con
vinced. Sold by all dealers.
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TO REMODEL COURT HOUSE
County Court Examines Plans Sub
mitted BY Washington Architects

From The World of Wednesday.
The county court was in regular
session today. The morning ession
was taken UP with the passing of
bills.
This afternoon the court examined
plans for remodeling the court house
submitted by Architect C. L. Harding,
of the firm of Harding & Upman, of
Washington. The court took no ac-
ton in the matter.
This makes the third set of plans
for the remodeling of the court house
that has been submitted to the county
court. The first was by Architect G.
d. Watson. this city and the second
Holmboe G Lafferty of Clarksburg
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United States Of America, Northern
District of West Virginia, SIS.
In the United States District Court
In the Matter of
II nInCn NnNrrc, d. ......-l

In the United States District Court
In the Matter of
d. A. McGlNNIS, Bankrupt.
In Bankruptcy.
To the Honorable Aston G.. Dayton
Judge of the District Court of the
United States for the Northern Dis
'rict of West Virginia.
ID. A. McGinnis, of Martinsburg, in
the county Of Berke ey and state of
West Virginia IN said district, respect.
fully represents that on the 25th day
of April last past, he was duly
adjudged bankrupt under the acts of
Congress relating to bankruptcy; that
he has duly surrendered all his prop
erty and rights of property, and has
fully complied with all the require
ments of said acts and of the orders
OF the court touching his bankruptcy
Wherefore he prays that he may be
decreed by the court to have d full
discharge from all debts provable
against his estate under said bankrupt
acts, except such debts as are except
ed by law from such discharge.
Dated this 9th day of June, A. D.,
ID. A. McGlNNIS. Bankrupt.
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there row exists. With all this in our
favor, in connection with the pros
porous times she farmers are now
experiencing. coupled with low taxes,
why should any progressive citizen re-
fuse to vote the republican ticket? A
little reflection on the part Of the
average voter will cause him to cast
his ballot in favor Of his own pro-
lection instead of voting for the party
which has always fought protective
tariff, and which has put itself on re-
cord in this state as being opposed TO
the new tax law.
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Order of Notice Thereon.

District Court of the United States
for the Northern district of West
Virginia, to-wit:
On this Sth day OF June, 1908, on
reading the foregoing petition, it is
Ordered by the court. that a hearing
be had upon the same on the 9th
day of June, 1908, before the said
court, at Martinsburg, in said district,
at two o'clock in the afternoon, and
that notice thereof be published In the
Martinsburg Herald, newspaper
printed in said district, and that all
known creditors and other persons in
interest may appear at the said time
and place, and show cause. IL any they
have, why the prayer of the said peti.
toner should not be granted.
And it is further ordered by the
court, that the clerk shall send by mail
to all known creditors copies of said
petition and this order, addressed to
them at their places of residence as
stated
Witness the Honorable Aston G..
Dayton, Judge of the said court, and
the seal thereof, at Martinsburg, in
said district on the Sth day Of June,
A. D. 1908
CHAS. B. KEFAUvER, Clerk.
ID. G. u. s., N. D. w. Va.
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The kid member from the West
admitted it, and suggested there
might also be hayseed in his hair.
Last winter that speech was recited
from the floor by one of his admirers,
while Cannon sat blushirg in the
Speakers chair, his vest unbuttoned
from top to bottom, his fazzled7 hair
so thin it could no longer hold hay
see If it tried, his bones clothed in
homespun, and toothpick in his
mouth-just as picturesque figure as
he was thirty three years before.
His habits and manners are aIl-per-
vading. They permeate Uncle Joe's'
clothes, just as they do his system.
They are likewise copyrighted. About
a year ago when the Speaker went to
New York, the metropolitan newspa-
pers commented on his twenty-five
cent hat" In reality, it was a $40
Panama, but it had been Cannonized.
The best taalors in Washington make
his suits. but an everlasting contest
between the garments and their owner
as to their right to shield him from
the elements, give his clothes a with.
cred rose appearance the year around.
The tobacco habit characterizes him
as nothing else. The angle at which
his cigar is held is regarded as bar
ometer of his spirits. Only on one oc.
casion was the cigar ever observed at
gloomy" That was the night of cleo
ton day in 1890, when Cannon and
Mckinley were defeated for Congress.
Both were at headquarters in Chicago.
Finally when all others were gone, ex-
cept one or two, Cannon said to Nc
Kinley.
William, there is no use Of our try.
ing to fool one another is there?'
mo. joe" replied Mckinley.
"Well, doesn't it beat he'll" and
with that his cigar fell to the lowest
angle it ever registered 1t was the
only defeat he ever suffered.
Plug tobacco is another Cannon ac
quaintance. The Speaker will stop q
man on the street to ask for a chew
He has gotten many a chew and a
vote for Congress besides, by asking
for the first. At the time of the bi
cycle craze friend asked Cannon
how he was progressing in his at
tempt to ride.
/ oh, fairly we'll: succeeded to-day
,or the first time in splitting without
falling r." he responded with rride
He is said to have two other hab
its. cussing Democrats and raisins
the ante at inopportune moments.
AS public speaker, Cannon neve,
set the world on fire with his elo
alence But he has often floored his
opponents by the soundness OF his
logic, his ready flow of hurnor, his
rugged, homely language, and his
windlass gestures. A good baseball
pitcher was lost when Uncle Joe be
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POLICE COURT.
Two Men Arrested in Country For
Assault and Battery.

William Coleman, workman at the
Bessemer stone quarry. was arrested
Tuesday night by Constable Lemen
and Officer Hollis, charged with as
sault and battery on Jerry O'Neil,
foreman at the quarry. He was lodged
in jail, pending hearing.
Constable Wild arrested Charles
Parker, colored, on Tuesday evening
at Nipetown for assault and battery
on his father, William Parkers. He
was brought to town and Jailed to
await hearing.
The case of the state against Thee
dore Miller, who is charged with nu-
merous thefts in various parts of the
county and for one of which he is
now serving Jail sentence, came up
before Justice Smith, but was contin-
ued till next Wednesday.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-06-13

That Secretary Taft will be nomi-
mated for president next week there is
uot the slightest doubt. He has more
than enough delegates instructed for
him, which win give him the nomina-
ton on The first ballot Mr.. Roose-
welt has always predicted that the
secretary would be nominated on the
fEst ballot, and now no wer informed
politician will deny that his predic-
ton will soon become a reality. 1t is
doubtful If better equipped man
could nominated for so an exalted
position. He has proven time and
again mis- superior ability on great in
ternational questions With such a
strong man as Hon. William r. Taft
at the bead of the ticket, sweeping
snajority for him can confidently be
expected
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-06-13

IL there Is any one issue which the
farmers Of Berkeley county should
not loose sight Of it Is the question
of taxation. A few years ago the
heavy taxes, but since the institution
of the new tax laws their taxes have
been practically cut in half. As is
well known the republican party
stood for reduction in taxation, and
that 1t was opposed on every hand by
the democratic party. Every repub-
lican campaign orator told the people
that il Governor Dawson was upheld
that wes would have an equitable sys-
tenn of taxation, and the democrats
denied 1t on every occasion. But time
has. told which party was telling the
truth. Now as these laws have proven
their worth the farmers must see to it
that they remain on our statute book
if they desire low taxes. And we do
not hesitate to state that the best
way to uphold our present system of
taxation Is to keep the republican
party in power. 1t has always stood
for equalization of taxation. and for
this reason it can be expected to pur-
sue the policies in the future that it
has pursued in the past. Therefore,
the hundreds of dollars the farmers
have saved in this county In taxes
should certainly appeal to them when
they cast their ballots.
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lnwood campmeetina.

The committee of colored ministers
in charge of the Inwood campmeeting
held meeting and arranged for the
18th annual session at Inwood grounds
beginning on July l. The same com
mitttee is in charge of the Conoco
cheague Island camp.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
ONCE of the Board of Education,

Office of the Board of Education,
Hedgesville, w. Va, June IL, '0S,
Sealed proposals will b received at
this office until II m. on Monday,
July 6, 1908. for building an annex
Gncluding materially to the Dry Run
school house, according to plans and
specifications on file here and at the
residence of George ID. Whitson, ar
chited, East King street, Martinsburg.
d. r. ROSS,
6-13-3w Secretary.
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Promptly Adjusted in Full.

Frank ]. Trammell the insurance
man, has paid the full amount of in
surance on the dwelling on the c. ].
Viewer heirs farm in Hedgesville dis
trict, which was burned several days
ago.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-06-13

DR.. w. e. M1NGHINi,
-Martinsbure, West Virginia.
VIII practice Dentistry In all Of it,
branches. Gas and local anaesthetics
administered All work guaranteed
Prices Reasonable. Office in
Gettinger Building, Queen St
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X. PooLh

viii give prompt attention to all
business entrusted to his care.
Special attention given to convey
ancing and settlement of estates.
Office Over Merchants q Farmers
Bank. Martinsburg, West Va.
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| hereby announce myself as a can
Ndidate for the nomination for the Of
s1os OF Clerk of the County Court of
Berkeley County, subject to the will
Sand action of the Republican Conven-
@ioa in said County. In taking this
step most earnestly ask the help and
support of every Republican in Berke-
saey county. / am,
Respectfully.
sstf e. A. HOBBS.
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came politician. II he wants to en-
phasize what he ID abort to Jay, he
begins to shake his head after the
fashion of a lorse eating hay from a
stuffed mangeT. By the time ii eli
max is reached his trusty left arm Is
decribing a circumference with four
foot diameter. He gets lots OF exer-
else out OF his gestures, almost as
much as in his morning breathing ex-
ercises in front OF the open window
Of his bed room.
Biblical illusions and quotations fill
his speeches and private conversation
and he Is no stranger to Shakes
peare. Blunt, straightforward replies
may be expected from him, most like
ly seasoned with picturesque ex-
pletives.
He PROCESSES to believe that all pol
iticians, including himself, are hum
bugs. and ne treats them as such His
faith is pinned to the common peo-
pie, although ne can walk with Labor
on one arm and Capital on the other
without missing step. 'The constitu-
ton and the laws do not make the
safety of the nation he once remark
ed. ut is the people who make it."
His religion Is embraced In the
brotherhood 4 man and the tenets of
the republican party. slavery made
him a republican, he declares. AS
speaker of the house he has never
lorded it over tie most humble. He
enjoys talking to the irish laborer, be-
cause he says the best part OF him
self is Irish.
Cannon belonged to the Quaker
faith, until his wedding day. He mar
ried Methodist woman, now dead,
and his church called upon him to
repent for marrying outside the faith.
Angered at this rebuke. he excom-
municated himself by exclaiming:
IF you mean that am to get UP
in meeting and say that / am sorry
married Mary, won't do it. I'm
damned if I'm sorry, and I'm damned
If III say | am
Today when asked to what denom-
nation he belongs, he retorts that ne
is brother-in-law Of the Methodist
church.
In his soul is love for the beau
tiful, only equal to his sympathy for
his fellowman.
Il wouldn't give three whoops in
Hades," said he once to a woman,
for any man whose heart would not
beat faster, who would not breathe
deeper, whose eyes would not take
fire, whose spirit would not swell as
If to strange him, who would not be
moved to the shedding of tears-and
that without shame-by the voices of
birds and children. by a mothers
smile, by a song that is sung from
the heart. by noble oratory i the
noble action of actors on the stage,
of beauty in one speaks to the spirit
by any human art in which the spirit
of beauty in another.
With the LONELINESS of Lincoln, he
has none of the melancholy of that
other famous son of Illinois. With the
power CT Gear. Reed, ne has been
as approachabie and as human as the
corner grocery keeper.
Although he is the personifcation
of the strictly party idea. Cannon's
unquestioned honesty his genial man.
ners. his rag-carpet language and his
absolute fairness-within the limita-
tons of the rules of the house-have
made him the most beloved speaker
that ever occupied the chair, not only
among his own colleagues, but also
among the minority.
He has no betted friend in congress
today than John Sharp Williams, the
democratic floor leader