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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
OreiQn

The decision of the Superior
Court of Paris on Count Boni de
Castellane's appeal of the case
brought by him for the custody of
his children is a partial victory for
the Count.
Philippe H. Roy, former speaker
of the Quebec legislature and pres
dent Of the Bank of ST. John at
Montreal, was convicted of falsifying
returns of the banks condition.
The Furness line steamer Almeri-
ana arrived at st. Johns, N. F., with
her bow badly damaged from a COL
lision with an iceberg.
The French ministry approved q
formula of reciprocal regret regard
ing the Casablanca incident, and the
dispute between France and Ger
many is thus closed.
Three thousand scholars of inter-
national repute are in London to at
tend the seventh International con-
gress of applied chemistry.
The Cincinnati, the new steamer
or the Hamburg-American line, SAIL
ed from Hamburg for New York on
her maiden voyage.
Thirteen men found guilty of COM
plicity In the revolutionary outbreak
in Constantinople were hanged.
Edward Halsey Sandford, who kill
ed himself In Paris, was the son Of
a New York lawyer and his wife,
from whom he was divorced, was a
daughter. of the late Governor Hoff-
man, of New York.
The death sentence of Oscar Sla-
ter, extradited from New York and
convicted at Edinburgh, Scotland, of
the murder of Miss Marion Gilchrist,
aged SO years, was commuted to life
Imprisonment.
Three money lenders were found
guilty at Hamburg, Germany, of prac-
tising usury against 100 officers of
the army, and fined and imprisoned.
The Russian DouRa adopted an
Interpolation, charging DR.. Dubro-
Vim, president of the League of Rus
sian People, with organizing murders.
The Russian Douma discussed a
law legalizing the sect OF Old Be-
levers, which in various forms en-
brace 100000 worshipo,s.
In an engagement between Santo
Domingo troops and revolutionists
there were considerable losses on
both sides.
The ice blockade has again clos
ed the port OF St. Johns, N. F., and
five steamers are unable to make the
harbor.
Howard House, the birthplace of
John Howard in Stratford-on-Avon
England, has been fitted up as a
The Council OF the Sarbonne In
Paris conferred upon Andrew Car
negie a medal In recognition of his
founding Of the Curie scholarships In
.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
Jufnned Into Oeep .Wen.

NLeesbprg.=Thomas 10y, promi-
nent CITIZEN ofLoudoun County. near
Leesburg,s committed suicide at his
home. Mr.. 10y, who was 20 years
of age, after a hong absence from
the house was missed, and becom-
ing. alarmed members of the fam
lily made a search for him. Finding
his hat and coat near and abandoned
we'll on the premises and footprints
nearby an examination was made,
and his body was discovered in the
we'll at a depth OF so feet. He is
survived by several children.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
A Successful Debnter.

Charlottesville. = Maxwell Lewis
Levy. young student who graduated
from the Petersburg. (Va.) High
school last year, and who is in HIS
hrst year at the University of Vir-
ginia, won the -debater's medal in the
Washington Literary Society.
The question debated was: Re
solved, That high license is more de-
sirable than. Prohibition" Mr.. Levy
took the affirmative of the contention.
and although small of stature and de-
spite the fact that he was pitted
against experienced speakers, he went
at his subject with a vim, making a
splendid speech He will now repre-
sent the Washington Society in the
debate to be held Tuesday night.
June 10, for the board OF Visitors
medal.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
New Bank For I,eesburg.

Leesburg. - The Merchants b.. and
Farmers Savings and Trust Company
was organized here with a capital
stock OF $4,000 to carry on a gem
eral banking and loan and trust busi-
ness. The Linden Hotel property has
been purchased and a modern bank
ing building will be erected. The
officers of the company are Robert n.
Harper, of Washington, ID. c., presi-
dent; w. S. Jenkins, vice president;
John r. Clemens, secretary and treas
urer; J. II. r. Alexander, general
counsel. w. S. Jenkins is of the firm
of Jenkins e Co.. operators of -four
ing mills, and J. r. Clemens is a
prominent insurance agent of this
place
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
Not Breaking II Gently.

OF Sabbath breaking north OF the
Tweed there is the story of the Scot
and his wheelbarrow, which has been
fathered upon Sir Archibald. Geikie.
Donald was hammering away at the
bottom If his garden when his wife
came to the door
Mon" she said, ''ye're making
much clatter. What wull the nee
bours say?"
Dom the neebours," said the busy
one. Il maun get ma barra mendit. :"
''Oh, but Donal', it's vera wrane
to work on .Sawbath." expostulated
the good wife; ''ye ought 10 use
screws. London Chronicle.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
RH. Angel Resigns:

Roanoke.-Robert" Angel re-
signed as president of the Roanoke
Chamber of Commerce, position, he
has held number of years. j. Tay-
lor Gleaver. c. Edwin Michael and
Edward L. Stone are spoken of as
possible successors to Mr.. Angel.
While 1t is said there has been no
friction In the body, it is also said
that Mr.. Angel did not think he
was receiving the proper support
from his coworkeTs In the organiza-
tons undertakings.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
Sleep

Sleep is natures re-
building period, when the
energy used by the brain,
). muscles and organs is re-
newed. If you lose sleep,
your system is robbed of
the strength sleep should
give. Continued loss Of
sleep multiplies this loss
until you become a phys
zeal wreck. DR.. Miles
Nervine quiets the irri-
tatcd nerves and brings
refreshing, invigorating
sleep. Nervine contains
no Opiates, and therefor
leaves no bad after-cffccts.
''For over two years I suffered un-
told agonies; my friends thought I
was going crazy. could not sleep
nor rest at all. / tried different doc
tors. bat failed to find relief. Ny
head would ache all the time; / was
like one drunk: could not concentrate
my mind. and was so restless and
worried that sleep was ont of the
question. After eaklng one bottle OF
Dr. Miles Nervine l felt wonderfully
changed. l am now on my third bot
tle and am gaining all the time. I
can lie down and sleep like a child,
and am able TO do my work.
MRS. MAY SCOTT. English. Ind.
Your druggist sells Or. Miles, Nerv-
ino, and we authorize him to return
price of first bottle (oniy) II II falls
to boneft you.
Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart, Ind
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
THE NEWS.
Domestic

Sidt ORGANIZATIONS In the
mississippi Valley have launched n
scheme which calls for an assemblage
OF whole fleet of battleships I'm the
mississippi River next November.
congressman j. M. Cox forwarded
10 the entire diplomatic corps AT
Washington invitations to be present
at the Wright brothers celebration
on June Il. at Dayton.
Lady Harcourt, widow of the late
Sir William HarcOurt, who was chan
cellor of the exchequer in Great
Britain, reached New York. on the
Majestic.
John Kirby, Jr., of Dayton, newly
elected president Of the National As
sociation of Manufacturers, saws he IS
the friend of law-abiding workmen.
Three wool storehouses connected
with the George A. Talbot G. Sons
mill at Norton, Mass, were burned
causing loss of 100000.
Thirty leading business men and
trade experts OF Japan, their wives
and families. will reach Seattle from
Yokohama September 2.
Governor Hughes vetoed the Hamu
Automobile Bill, the chief provisions
of which were the abolition of spe-
cihc speed limitations.
george Kosak, who lost both legs
In the. Port Jervis yards of the Erie
Railway, recovered a verdict for
$4,000
J. p Morgan & Co. are financing
the newly organized United Dry
Goods Companies, which has a capt.
tai OF S51.00O,OO0.
CharIes Champ, of Kennett, Mo-,
while kneeling in prayer, was shot
and killed by brother-in-law.
The proposed S50,000,000 inter-
national combination of fertilizer
manufacturers has been abandoned.
Mrs Anna Cleveland Hastings, Sis
ter of former President Grover Cleve-
land, died In Hartford, CT.
Following a heavy rain for two
days, snow set in in the Northern
Black Hills, South Dakota.
Fillipinos employed m the navy
yard at Cavite, Philippines, have
been caught stealing.
DR.. James II. Frazer, OF Balti-
more, caused a stir in the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
by declaring family worship. to be a
thing Of the past"
Charles S. Cameron, president OF
the Tube City Railroad, OF Pittsburg.
was sentenced to two years in the
Penitentiary for offering a bribe to
city councilman.
Six persons were drowned in the
CdDSlLlnR
OF launch that was returning to
Vicksburg from a saloon on an is
land in the river.
Congressman William Lorimer.
formerly a laborer, was sent to the
United States Senate from the Sixth
District of Illinois after "a fruitless
ballots.
Florenz Ziegfeld, the husband of
Anna Held, has been sued for $2O,-
600 by the keeper of a gambling ca
sino in France.
No settlement of the fireman's
strike on the Georgia Railway has
been made, and the situation is-be-
coming tense.
Four sticks of dynamite were
found stuffed in a discharge pipe of
the steamer Frank T. Heffelfinger, Of
Buffalo, N. Y.
Two men were blown to atoms by
the explosion of a nitro-glycerine fac
tory at Howard Junction, Pennsyl-
vania.
William M. Barrett, of New York,
has been elected president of the
Adams Express Company.
The Standard Oil Company has Sc
cured control of the Citizens Bank
of Chicago.
Women participated in the rioting
incident to the hatmakers' strike in
Orange, N. ].
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
His Ashes Consigned To Water,

Norfolk.-A remarkable" burial oc-
CURED in the channel of Hampton
Roads, off Sewalls Point, when the
ashes of a former Confederate SOL
dier, who recently died in Seattle.
Wash. were lowered into the water
in tiny silver casket in which they
were sent from Seattle. first to Rich
mond and then to Old Point Comfort,
by direction of the deceased. The
burial was made by w. H.. FitZger-
aid, of Richmond. by whose side the
deceased Seattle man fought in the
United Artillery, of Norfolk, at Sew
alls Point, during the Civil War. The
identity of the deceased has not been
revealed
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
PETERSBURG REMAINS WET.
A Crushing Defeat For The Anti-Sa.
loon League.

Petersburg.=The local option cam
paign, to decide the question of Ii
cense or no license for saloons in this
city, ended with the election, in which
the Anti-SalOOn League was over
whelmingly defeated. In a total of
1900 votes, the majority favoring the
open saloons was SIS.
The Anti-Saloon League imported
prominent orators from other states
to speak for prohibition, and organiz-
ed the women and children in their
cause, but without avail. The busi-
ness of the city fought against prohi-
bition.
When Wesley G. Andrews, a mer-
chant and city councilman. challeng-
ed the vote of Rev. Sydney Peters,
secretary of the league, a quarrel en-
sued, and the former slapped the min
ister's lace.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
TRAIN THROUGH TREsTLE.
Four Men Hurt On The DanviIIe
And Western.

Danvtlle.-An extra freight train
on the Danville and Western Rail
way fell through a trestle near
walters, AS miles west of here.
The injured are: Engineer T. V.
owen. OF Danville; Fireman ]. w.
Merrlman, of Spencer, NC; Con-
ductor r. II. Sundley. Of Danville,
and Flagman Richard Adams, of
Danville.
The train was en- route to Stuart
ana was running at a moderate rate
Oh speed, when the treste gave way
as the result, it is supposed, of n
washout undermining the nillars.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
DISASTROUS CLOCDBURsr.
Serious Damage In MOntgomer,
County, Va.

Roanoke.-A cloudburst between
Biacksburg and Christianburg wash
ed away two miles of the Virginia
Anthracite Railroad tracks, swept
away. a number OF railroad and wagon
bridges, flooded Merrimac coal mines
destroyed crops and damaged build.
ings.
The downpour was the worst in
the history Of Montgomery County
and extended over an area three miles
long by two miles wide. The town OF
Blacksburg. where is located the Vir-
sinia Polytechnic Institute. was de-
iuged, but no serious damage result
ed there.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
NOT DISCOVERED YET.

Bacon see there are still 20,-
100000 miles of territory on this
globe which have not been explored. 4"
Egbert-"Yes, and on some of this
territory possibly ARE many Of the
big paying gold and silver mines we
see advertised. ."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
Why
Suffer?

If you suffer pain from
any cause, DR.. Miles Anti
Pain Pills will relieve it
and leave no bad after
effects. That's the impor-
tant thing. Neither do
they create a habit. More
often the attacks become
less frequent, or disappear
altogether. DIR. Miles
Anti-Pain Pills. have no
other effect except to re-
lieve pain and quiet nerv-
Gus irritation.
I'VE are never without Dr. Niles
Anti-Pain pills. My husband and
son, aged IS were always subject to
these Pills. and they have broken
them up entirely. Don't think they.
have had to use them for six months.
! recommend them to every one, A
friend was sick. I went to see her.
She was down with LaGrippe, and
nearly crazy with awful backache.
! gave her one of the Anti Pain Pills
and left another for her to take in
a short time. They helped hcr right
away. and she says she will never be
without them again. Last winter my
husband was taken with -pluerisy on
both sides and 1 know he would have
died IL IL hadn't been for the Pills.
In less than half an hour he was
sweating, and went to bed and slept"
MRS. G. II. WEBB.
Austinburg. Ohio.
Your druggist soils Or. Miles anti
Palm Pills, and we authorize him to
return the price Of first package (onIy)
" II falls to benefit you.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
CHESAPEAKE STEAMSHIP

CHESAPEAKE STEAMSHIP
COMPANY.
"CHESAPFAKE LINE"
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMERS
''COLUMBIA" AND AUGUSTA"
For OLD POINT COMFORT and NOR.
FOLK, VA.
Steamers leave Baltimore daily lex
cept Sunday at 6 80 r. NJ and leave
Old Point Comfort at 90 A. NJ. and
Norfolk at Oh A. NJ, where connection
Is made with the Rail Lines for all points
South.
YORK RIVER LINE"
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMER
"ATLANTA"
For WEST POINT and RICHMOND
VA
Steamer leaves Baltimore Tuesday
Thursday and Saturday at =. M. and
arrive West Point at 40 A. NJ and Rich
mond at 9 20 A. Nj
Steamers call at Gloucester Point, Gle
ments. Clay Bank and Almonds
STEAMERS LEAVE BALTIMORE
FROM PIERS IS AND 10 LIGHT
STREET WHARF
Through Tickets to all points NAV be-
secured, baggage checked and state
rooms IeServed fl IN the City Ticket Of
fees, 1l9 r. Baltimore street, ARTHUR
w. ROBSON. Agent. 127 L. Baltimore
SIT eet, L. III. Diener & CO., Agents, 217
Baltimore street, ]. II. Eager, Aren't
3O6 n. Charles street. or the General
Offices, Light audLce streets, Baltimore.
Md.
T. E. FOSTER,
General Manager,
T. II. MCDANIEL,
GEM Pas engrr Agent.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
Marsellles is the leading vas

Marsellles. is the leading vege2
table Oil center of the world. The
first mill for crushing oil was started
here ip'1817, and since that time the
industry. has grown = wonderfully
There are now 45 mills crushing an
nually about 100000 tons Of seed.
In Marseilles. cotton seed was being
crushed when it was thrown away
in America,
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
PRACTICALLY NONE.

ANY gambling going on in this
town now?" asked the customer who
had just bought plug of tobacco.
mot a bit; the lids shut down
tight" answered the customer who
was ahaking dice for the cigars
Chicago Tribune.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03

1t has been decided by the Chinese
Board of Agriculture that hereafter
the standard measurement in China,
known as the "ehih" or foot, shall
be 1883 inches.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
Killed BY Traction Engine.

= Harrisonburg.-W. w. Ryan, of
near McGaheysville, this, county, was
run over by a traction engine and
died one hour later.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
james Carter's Home Burned.

Warrenton. - The residence of
James Carter, about five miles from
Warrenton, p was entirely destroyed
by fire. The. fire started in the roof.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03

METER.

METER.
Teacher-''What does the word
meter mean, Harold?"
Harold-"A measure"
Teacher-"What do they measure
with it?"
Harold-"Gas, electricity, water
and poetry. Daily News.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
WELFARE WORK.

''why don't you learn to twirl your
cane with your left hand as well as
with your right?" -
''why should -" demanded the
gilded youth.
Suppose you should injure your
right hand r. Kanscs CITY Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-28

Just north OF Santa Cruz at Davenport is one
of the largest Cement Factories in the world,
with capacity of 1000 barrels day This
plant is 64 miles from San Francisco by the
Ocean Shore Railway.
From Davenport south, u miles. to Santa Cruz
is splendid dairy country-big enough and rich
enough to supply San Francisco-and it will
some day.
Santa Cruz is an ideal city. growing rapidly
and becoming more popular every summer. With
the opening of the Southern Pacihc's new cutoff
Cruz will grow to large city. for 1t has many
resources which both OF these Railroads will
develop.
Watsonville is the richest city In California in
proportion to her population. Surrounded by
$4,000 acres OF the rich Pajaro Valley, which
produces yearly from 1000 to 5000 carloads of
apples and many hundred carloads OF berries
and other products-she is rich, beyond the
dreams OF many mining camps-and the pro-
duction never ceases.
The Ocean Shore Railway Is the biggest new
enterprise in California, excepting the West
ern Pacific, and Is OF more Importance to San
Francisco than even that.
The Ocean Shore is owned and controlled bv
local businessmen-these men have put their
we'll the resourcefulness of the country which
they developing-they have put their for
tunes into Railroad which viii develop a coun-
try and increase business for every one.
The owners OF this Railway have invested
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-28

Granada will be famous city, because of its
protected beach. 1t viii attract people from all
over the coast, and the passenger travel from San
Francisco to Granada will be very large.
Four miles below Granada is the old town OF
Halfmoon Bay, with population of about 200
people For thirteen miles south there
thousands of acres of vegetable land producing
as high seven crops year and shipping daily.
From this section ahd Pedro Valley every year
come four hundred carloads of the choicest arti-
chokes produced anywhere in the world. This
delicious vegetable is shipped to San Francisco.
and from there reshipped to all parts OF the
world.
From San Gregorio along the Coast to Pesca-
dero, extending back to Redwood Timber. is
grain country.
Since the Ocean Shore has opened to Long
Bridge. many thousands of acres never cult
waited before have been sown to grain
The Redwood Timber which starts just east
of Purissima extends through the Coast Range
canyons to Santa Cruz This timber is
very thick and of splendid quality Experts who
have cruised these mountains estimate that there
are over two billion feet of timber waiting for
the Railway to haul it to market
Already several sawmills are cutting timber
which is being stored awaiting the completion Of
the Ocean Shore.
The San Gregorio and Pescadero Valleys are
extremely rich and will make productive berry
ranches AT present there are many orchards
and profitable farms under cultivation In these
valleys.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-28

from two to three hours. and thousands of San
Francisco and Bay Counties people will be
abled TO spend the summers along the beaches
or in the mountains without spending long.
tedious hours the train.
And the people who live in Santa Cruz and
Watsenville may attend their business and pleas
ures in San Francisco and return home in time
for dinner, rested apd refreshed after a cool,
delightful ride along the ocean
In order to make the best possible time, spe-
cial making no stops will be run between
San Francisco and Granada, and Santa Cruz and
other points on the Railway. where business
jGstifes
The Ocean Shore Railway was built to develop
the very rich, beautiful and resoureefuI coun-
try between San Francisco and WatsonYiIle.
San Franciscans know scarcely anything about
this country.
Many who visit the Cliff House Beach and
look south to Pedro Mountain imagine the
world comes to an end at that point
As matter of fact, new and wonderful
world really begins there
From this mountain south 10 Santa Cruz and
Watsonville is land of great fertility, producing
every variety of agricultural products There
several hundred thousand acres of this rich
agricultural land waiting for the Railway TO
bring about its thorough development
There is 6ranada-the new Burnham CITY, which
will be San Francisco's playground: seaside
pleasure place-With its beach attractions
amusements and comfortable homes
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s4.0O0000 OF their own money and sz.5o0,000
received from the sale of bonds total OF
ss,500.000 OF a security Of three for one.
To complete this great work. one-haf million
dollars more is necessary. and to get this money
at once so that the work can be rushed to quick
completion. the Ocean Shore Railway Company
offers direct to the public an opportunity to buy
first mortgage per cent bonds in denominations
OF 900 and 500 for $3.50 and sss.
The assets of the Railway and the security
back Of the bonds make these bonds not only a
splendid and safe investment. but when the
Railway is completed these bonds will undoubt-
edly sell above the full face value.
But whether you buy these bonds or NOT. the
Railway viii go right ahead. for 1t is TOO big an
enterprise upon which too much depends to let
anything prevent It's completion
The money you loan the Company in exchange
for the bonds is used Immediately to help com
the value Of your security.
The bond you buy for $SS calls for 500 at
the end Of p years. and In the meantime PAYS
per cent interest on the fun face value semi
annually, which on your Investment OF sos Is
5.43 per cent interest on your money
These bonds are not taxable or assessabIe, they
are perfectly safe, well secured and pay q
good rate Of interest.
The President Of the Railway win be glad to
explain in detail the affairs Of the Company. and
prospective investors are invited to 90 over the
56 miles OF completed Railway and see for them
selves what splendid enterprise this really is