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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13
Domestic Joys.

.Do. you aud your wife plaY cards
much =
..lo: we have plenty of other things
TO qnarryS ever. Hetrnit Free Press
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13
LIeon Moore


- ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Charles Town, Jeffersonounty, W. Va.
Will undertake cases in this and al
joining counties, also in court of appeals
Office opposite court-house. 70
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13

Ladies Xmas hose Ts1t up in carton
for sale at Landis's.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13

QUESTION. but, madam. you have
positively proved the contrary. Bos-
ton Transcript.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13

II IS 4 misfortune to have TO maneu.
xes oHplN hsAFt Is general mansu.
FDls H. army Alexander smith
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13
An Alternative.

"Now. then" said the professor OF
logic, "give us an idea of your knowl
edge of the question in plain words: :"
why -er- I'm afraid" stammered
the student, that can't just exact
ly''-
"Perhaps. then, you may give us an
idea of your ignorance of it In any old
words Philadelphia Press.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13
v n,n..sr

The ;tneisis, .,,-..r..sIil-stI great atitf-'
septic. pave. ~ vinegar and used l, TO
a laFge extent for this purpose mt
withStaudiiIs lis nigh esist TIaasis, .IsiaI-
ity WIS greatly oyefrafeli
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13

Hassessas II aell ron. It's hard 10 Is
peer Harduppe Gees ind il the
efsIast thing % TIE sSsld PhtlSdels
nl.za eog1
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13

Yes. He had to take all the blame
for what somebody else insisted on his
saying. Star.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13

Stylish new. well tailored wash suits
in white, tan, and colors. Shirt waists,
the styles are the newest design, price
within reach of all. Burns & shugert.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13
Fnr Nall

Lot second hand paving brick. Vel
ow pine front door with panels.
C4N. Coleman.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13

Dsmask. napkins. tovea ) big iine
or sale 1t Ispdisa
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13
B. D. Gibson
ATToRNEY ArLAu

= NtHVIlEFlsE At LA
Charles Town, Jefferson County, W. "a
Practices In the circuit eouts Of ". VS. >
Nlrglniss the supreme court of appeals
and the United States district court st
Martinsburg.
Office over KILLERS Pharmacy
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13
The Orators Fate.

some orators,,' said Senator Sor-
ghum reflectively, make me think of
our parrot
The one whose head you chopped
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13

r. flafsse times NJ iII1I f5f ldtsaa.
ma ileis aIe olll laFlg
L7elnI s.
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ProissSiepAL Cards
a.- n. Mason Jas- n. Aason.Jr
Mason & Mason


Charles Town, Jefferson bounty, w. VS :
Mill practice in the various courts. Care
fus attention paid to collections,
Office in law Building, N. George 81
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soapstone Griddles at c, 4. SCole-
mans.
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Irgerss Il Dollar. Watch. C. N. Cole
man.
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saei,sd. Hi. sn.aoh.

When 9s,se 10 speak II was sc
stu In tte hall ron could have heard
Z. pin drop
s.Ye&y' =
Is .ssVeits- stood there for moment
looking out -oreg the. audience and
framing my tifst sentence. ana i am
: sure that should have been able 20
get HioRg all right. hut Just before I
had got ready TO- utter my tlFst word
some fool In the back end oR the han
yelled. louder. Judge.
1ot deeds ring clear tllFonsk- 4 =.
~ We beIl
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13

Genuine Porcelain lined Polished OAK
Refrigf rators 80 q. ii. Coleman 81
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13

F0r sale Cheap 8 hos oV1saon taIoii
Drill g A. Coleman
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Fruit Cans, Buckets. Etc.

stoves and Stovepipe put in positionon
snori order. A liberal share of the pub
ic patros age is respectfully solicited.
Sept. %. 1879 B. F. DOOLEY
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13
NOTHING New.

Wife Don't won like my. new hat.
dearest. Husband Yes-s. it's all
right Wife We'll. bought ii on your
account. dear. Husband Yes. you
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13
Lei Him STAY a. He Was.


A well known veterinary surgeon Of
Lemberg, Austria. was recently called
to the telephone. when this conversa-
don followed:
Hello! Is this DR.. NJ"
Yes. = What do you wish7"
MY horse Is standing stock stin on
his hind legs. with his forefeet In the
air. and nothing can make him come
down on all TOURS. Did you ever hear
of such queer case? What shall
do about it?'.
The case is extraordinary" replied
the astonished doctor. II can Gtve no
opinion without seeing the animal
Where do you liver
..Carl-I.udwig strasse."
"And your Manner
'sSobieski''
Here the doctor rang on and swore
softly at the wag who had fooled him
The horse in question was the bronze
animal which upholds upon its back
the fine equestrian statue of John 60
bleski. king Of Poland. which orna-
ments the Carl Ludwig street In Lem
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13
Roofing and Spouting q
Speciality

t order all the ordinary lines of Tinware.
such as
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13
Farms. town properties and building
ats for sale. If you contemplate max
ny change next year call and see US.
MOORE & MOORE.
TIN and ST OVE
WORK

The undersigned has located in the the.
shop oil Mrs. Margaret Dooley, on West
Main street, near Hollis Pump, where
he is pm pared to execute all kinds of
Tin ana stove ork, atshort notice and
upon reasonable terms.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13
Charles N. Campbell
..,.,tATFORNEY-AT-LAW
Charles Town. West Virginia,

Will Practice in State and Fed eral
Courts. Office in Telephone Company 3
Building.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-13

w Wantsd@soa lots. send numbe
gee % -ox nun, Der 2. Charles Town
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24

If the democrats keep on fuss
ing with statehood they will not
have the republicans to blame
for having 400, 900 american citi-
zens kept on the New Mexico
reservation. The Democrats
for the last twenty years havS
blamed the Republican party for
admitting New Mexico and Ariz-
.ona into the sisterhood of states,
now that we have statehood as
sured a few so called leaders Of
the Democratic party take it up
on themselves to 60 to Washing
ton and beat statehood before a
Democratic Congress; in other
words a few so called leaders
and would be reformers are try
ing to deny a sovereign people
equal rights as enjoyed by citi-
zens of other states.
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24
WHAT DARK DAYS

| sorter like gloomy day,
Tn kind that jest won't smile;
1t makes a feller hump hisself
T. make life seem wuth while.
When suns a-shinin' an tn sky
Is washed out bright an gay,
1t amt no job to whistle but
1t is
When skies air gray!
So gloomy days air good fer us,
They make us look about
To find our blessin make us count
The friends who never doubt.
Most any one kin smile and joke
And hold blue-devils back
When it is bright, but we must work
T. grin
When skies air black!
That's why l sorter like dark days,
They put it up to me
To keep tn gloon from soakin' in
My whole anatomy!
An if they never come along
My soul would surely rust-r
TIL dark days keeps my cheerfulness
From draggin'
In tn dust!-Ex,
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24

Philadelphia now enjoys the
distinction of supplying the
House at Washington with the
father of the House, General
Bingham. and the baby, the son
of Mayor Reyburn. Philadel-
phia always did like to work
both ends.
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24

John w. Gates had no hesita-
tion in declaring that he knew
Andrew Carnegie when that
eminent philanthropist manifest
ed no desire to die poor.
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24
FATHERS DAY"
From Dansville IN. W Adver

| L lOiii Dstii~ nv w. - NAN -
tiser.
No father was ever so low, OF
degraded, or worthless, that il
did not come handy at some time
or other to name him as a part
of the household economy, just
as q matter of reference.
1t is a wonderful convenience
at times, to have almost any
sort of a father in the house,
simply as an evidence of good
faith, if not for publication, as
the publishers say.
So we say that in convenience
of the really important place
that Father occupies in the home
and out of it, the idea of accord
ing him a day once a year that
shall be all his own, may not be
such a bad one, after all
After careful consideration Of
the probable consequences, we
have decided to run all the
chances and give our poetry
machine a few yanks, looking
toward the first poem in recog-
milton of the 'indispensibleness"
of the fathers of the land.
The first line of the poem will
recall the only song that you
ever heard, that urged father to
come home. The reason they
wanted to get him home On that
occasion was because they
thought he was full enough.
In appropriating the first line
of that old time-worn temper
ance song we simply want to
show that there are other rea-
sons why they sometimes want
to get tie old man home in a
hurry.
Here is our contribution to the
Fathers Day" literature and
as we send it out timidly, to
meet the harsh scrutiny Of a
cold, unfeeling public criticism,
we only ask that if the decision
is that it is not fit to live, it
shall be killed outright at one
blow, and thrown on the ash
heap, and not be made to exc
out a miserable,- strangling, suf-
locating existence for which it is
in no way responsible:
Father, dear father, rush home with
me now,
Your checkbool; you'd better bring,
too
No matter how massive your bank ac-
count is,
Twill vanish before you are through
The dressmaker's bill is enormous, l
know,
And the milliner's BLISS just as big.
Dear father, if anything happened to
you,
'Twould mighty soon wind up our
jig.
A payment is due on our automobile,
And the man won't renew the old
note;
And the mortgage that's on our steam
launch is so large.
We can't keep the old craft afoat.
0 father dear father, we all love you
so,
We've said it again and again.
Our trunks are all packed and we're
ready to start
For the seashore the very next train.
o what would home be without father,
pray?
It's so handy to have him around;
For if our financial supplies were cut
off,
The old ark would soon run aground.
Here's hoping you live for five hundred
years.
And all your investments pan out,
For no matter how great your profits
may be,
Well see that it goes up the spout.
WHAT DARK DAYS
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24

If Spain declines to receive
him, Diaz is advised to come to
this country and get in touch
with the Chautaqua circuit.
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24

Trinity Church in New York
has been saving souls but loosing
money. That is nothing. Some
good people have lost their lives
saving souls.
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24

Il have held my love and duty
TO my five wives, says Mormon
Prophet Joseph Smith. Is this
the limit or does it merely out
line the possibilities.
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24

The fuss over Thomas R.
Ryan's boil makes US shudder at
the consequence is j. Pierpont
Morgan should have the tooth
ache.
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24
ECONOMICAL USE
OF WATER FOR
IRRIGATION

In order to measure the water
which flows through the Mesilla
ditch the commissioners instt lied
on June 18th a rating fume at
the head of the Mesilla canal. 1t
has long been felt that the need
of such a device was not to be
questioned and upon the advice
of Frederick L. BiXby, irrigation
engineer for the Agricultural
College, it was decided to install
a rating flume. This marks a
new era in the irrigation ANIMALS
in the Mesilla Valley, if not in
the territory as it is the first ef-
fort that a ditch company has
put forth in this all important
subject the measurement of
water for irrigation. 1t is a
step which ultimately every ir-
rigation company in the territory
will have to take, as it is certain
that water will not always be as
plentiful as it is now. With
the growing scarcity of water
and an increasing irrigation area,
the farmers will have to use
their supplies more economically
in order to proportion the water
fairly it will be necessary to
measure the same. Thus it is
seen that the installation of the
rating flume by the Mesilla ditch
is but a step in advancement.
The rating flume is merely a
flume built in the canal of the
same with which is rated or
through which the water is care
fully measured for the various
depths which are liable to flow
through the same. A water
stage register keeps record,
automatically, of the varying
depths of water passing through
J. at various times and from the
measurements previously taken
with a water meter that the
quantity of water passed through
the fume in any given time is
determined. There is no guess
work about it. After the fume
has once been rated the Major
domo can look at the gage and
note the depth. Then from a
table prepared from the rating
for various depths he can de-
termine at once the quantity
that is flowing in the fume. If
he has not enough OF as much as
he is entitled to he can turn in
the desired amount by watching
the gage height. The fume also
forms a basis for determining
the total amount used during a
season. From this amount of
water and the total acreage
watered it is possible to deter
mine for that reason what the
duty of water has been. 1t may
be the policy of a company to
stimulale the use of as small an
amount of water as it is possible
to get along with. In this man
ner a greater area may be serv-
ed with the water that formerly
watered only a small stream.
Every irrigated area of the west
has gone through the same pre-
cess Of development and it is
coming to New Mexico. The
Las Craces Community Ditch ex-
poets in the next three weeks to
install a rating fume also. These
two fumes will then make it pos
sible for the two companies to
divide the water between them
in an absolutely impartial man
ner as the division will be based
on the flow Of water through the
fumes. 1t is hoped that other
ditch companies will follow the
example of the two above bitches
and start a campaign for an
economical use of water in New
Mexico. 1t is certain, with the
water now used in many places,
that with careful use three times
or at least twice as much land
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24

Boston is to have a hospital
for none but the rich, but New
York has a whole city arranged
on that plan.
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24

What Mexico needs now more
than anything else is a ''back 10
the farm movement.
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24

So far as we have been able to
learn Mr.. Hobson and Japan
haven't gone to war yet.
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24

The Taft model of refrigating
desk and office chair ought to
prove very popular this summer.
1t is over an ice plant.
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24

When the Standard Oil Co.
bas completely reformed itself,
Ida Tarbell will look it over to
pee.
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24

IL the Supreme Court could
pnIy enforce the rule Of reason"
upon chaffuers.
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24

When it comes to prosecuting
the Tack Trust will the Supreme
Court be brave enough to sit
down on it?
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24

But Diaz should not feel lonely
if those $4,000, 900 went with
him to Europe.
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24

Uncle Andy Carnegie was the
only one, j. P. Morgan never
could tie up.
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24

Don't forget the 4th of July,
enjoy the shade of the cotton
wood groves at Ft. Sumner.
The Fort Sumner review., 1911-06-24

!
John B. Duke and his confed-
crates will be apt in the end to
find in the latest decision Of the
Supreme Court that twas rather
strong tobacco it put in their
pipes.
What has become of the old
fashioned dog that used to trot
under the farmers wagon?'
demands the Toledo blade. He
is now riding on the hood of the
auto.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-03-29
Dirt and Death,

When celebrated Paris physician
was asked how the city could prevent
the coming of plague then ravaging
other European places he answered,
"Boil your icer" That tersely called
attention to the necessity Of utter
cleanliness and that even ice made
from impure water carried disease.
yellow fever" said Henry Ward
Beecher. lis God Almighty's opinion of
dirt" The chief contributing cause
toward modern efficiency In surgery IS
that surgeons have learned to keep
clean. Nothing is SO spotless rs a good
hospital. Everything is boiled and
sterilized-beds. instruments. clothing.
washrags. floors. hands and finger
nails. That is why they save lives
there. Nobody would die II he could
keep perfectly clean. Death is the
final triumph Of dirt.-ChicagO Trib-
uue.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-03-29
GENOA.

from th,, Times.
While shaving himself. he"r"e Dur
k,c. of Spuidinc, cut his cheek. With
"a gwo hours crysipelas sci III and SIN
dHi later he died.
The county board has voted la furE!sl,
enough plank for fou- King road drngs
IL each township IN the county. IL Is
low up To the townships 10 make the
d7;gs and get busy improving the roads.
The friends of Chris L. NolEht who
untIl recently, resided sever miles north
vest of Geuoa but moved 1" Il farm
"a mile from St. Edward March LIST, We're
rurprised and shocked TO hear Of MS
tu,!tIcn death which occurred last Sa'Ur
day morning Chris WIS in Gcnoa Mon
day or Tuesday and WAS apparently ia
good health. On Wednesday he was
taken sick. and Il physician summoned,
who pronounced his aIlment measles.
As rs sometimes the case IN adults. the
r..,. WIS very severe, but no one EXPECT
.i CHRIS sickness would result fatal.
lie grew rapidly w"r-e Friday aud "n
Saturday passed away
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-03-29

From fir" N"G;,arril.

From fh" N"n,'arriI.
The health officers quarantined John
Hastings at hls rOoinIng place last Mon
day. .i"hn has Ii mild case of smallpox.
| ii. hai been down To Omaha last week
previous and II Is presumed contracted
the ,!is:.. ise while IN that city. As stated
above the case Is only &; mild one, re.
ports To the contrary notwithstanding.
Sheriff Her went over to Stromsburg
Ia. latter part of last week and placed
under arrest one Geo. Wright, who is
wanted un IA statutory charge at Erie,
Kansas. Wright had been working in
the vicinity of aordvllIe for a short time
and had later gone 10 StrOmsburP,
where his arres; followed The crime
with which lie is charged Is "a serious
one and it is alleged was committed
about Il month ago. Sheriff Her took
Ia. prisoner over Ia Aurora Monday
Whiting To return home with their man.
While going TO the rescuc of some
horses which We're tied up In his barn
last sunday james Smith sustained
some painful burns 10 several of his
fingers. While the flames Were raging
uir the tullIson barn and there being i'm
mlpenl danger that his barn would be
destroyed Ir. Smith attempted TO close
a burning door, thinking ne w"5'd th-s
prevent the flames from reaching the
..i.I.aais Eutil be could release them
. from. their per!lous position through an
" ...." opening. While engaged i'll this
a., L., sustained the injuries as above
s-:.Irt Prompt medical all was secur-
! go. htHever. and the fingers are getting
alcrs nicely al last reports.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-03-29
SHELBY.
From the Sun.

From the Sun.
MyrOn Thompson has bcen having a
streak OF bad luck this week. He ran .
nail in the bottom OF his foot which
caused him to navigate with difficulty
and We notice that he has been driving
his automobile minus one tire. The
nails appear to have been wrong end up
With Myron this week.
When land in tho vicinity Of Shelby
began to sell Tor 500 per acre many said
that the top notch had been reached
and it wss time TO let 60. Some sold
and others held on. o. F. Hotchkiss
held on until Tuesday when Fred Kumpf
tempted him With al offer Of $50 IN
scre for bis l6OLscre farm one mile north
of Shelby and he sold. The sale of this
quarter section for $4,000 causes 10 to
wonder at the lack Of foresight Of lot
Of Ne, to whom it seems but few years
ago when tho railroad company was
selling land in this same locality At from
three to five dollars per acre, and settlers
were relinquishing their homestead
rights for almost . song or deserving
them outright. fearing that the country
would never be free from grssshopper
raids.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-03-29
MONROE.

From the Republican.
Will Smith returned Monday from his
trip to Illinois, much improved in health.
Airs. l.. J. Hendryx was very sick at
her home in Ksarney last week, but let
tiers received by relatives here report
that she is improving.
Chas. Kerr and Gus TessendOrf ship
ped mixed car of stock To South Oma-
ha the first of the week. and they went
down TO see them sell.
Chss Nunnally will leave Tuesday Of
next week for an extended trip through
the west, and he may possibly find 4
place that suits him and locate psrmsn-
emily.
Thursday of this week the new street
gas light, recently purchased by the Will
age board, WAS installed at the bank
corner. and that evening was given, u
test. 1t proved very satisfactory and
gives an excellent light, and can be set
TO burn any number Of hours. It. g
quite probable that later one or more Of
the lights will bc installed.
Last Thursday evening primary
election WAS held AT the town hall for
the purpose of selecting three candidates.
for village trustees 1T the coming cleo
ton. G. W. HOllingshead presided as
chairman and Il. j. Hill was secretary.
VIM. Sigea, John Gjbbon and II. }. Hill
We're nominated for trustees for the term
of two years. VIM. Sigea will sue
coed J. q. ReaG. whose term expires.
and John Gi5bon, who was appointed
in place of ID. III. Gipe. II. }. Hill. who
is at present chairman Of the board, will
succeed himself. Last week An OppOs
ing ticket. composed of A. Z. Loucks, j.
Will Campbell and T.. II. Kelley, was
filed by petition, but Meesrs. Loucks
and Campbell who were satisfied with
the action Of the caucus, declined to run
and the ticket WAS withdrawn. The rea-
son for the opposition ticket. SO ii WAS
given out. was to oppose the pool room.
but this could have hardly been the OBJ
ject, as the chairman of the village
board. Ii. j. Hill. proposed submitting
the pool hall matter u the voters, u be-
decided at the election. This offer was
declined when 1t was thought there was
hope for a second ticket. and after the
withdrawal of the ticket those opposed
TO the pool hall asked that the question
be placed on the ballot. which will b.
done, and all given IA chance to express
their preference.