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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28
Young Girls, Heed This Advice.
Probe Postal Department

Washington, April ia thorough
and searching inquiry into the admin
istratien OF the Postotfice Department
is demanded in q resolution introduced
in the House this afternoon by Repre-
sentative William Sehley Howard of
Georgia. He charges intimidation of
postal employees, coercion and unnec.
essary surveillance.
The Committee on Expenditures In
the Postof1lce Department met this
morning and decided it did not have
authority under rule AZ Of the House
to do more than inquire into expendi-
| lures.
Chairman Moon of the House Com
mittee on POstoffices and Post Roads
4 asked II bis committee would go into
this subject, replied it would not in the
absence Of specific instructions from
the House.
! On receipt of this information Mr..
| Howard introduced his resolution. 1t
charges inefficen:y and incompe-
! tency TO the head of the Postoffice De-
partment. 1t demands to know il rail-
way.postal clerks have been denied
the right to organize for mutual pro-
lection and to affiliate with the Amer
| icon Federation Of Labor. 1t directs
that the increase in the number Of pos
tai inspectors and detectives be inves-
tigated and the purposes for which
they used be inquired Into. Finally,
| it asks for information as to the re-
port that the head of the Postotfice
Department has attempted to cripple
the rural free delivery service and re-
fused to follow the instructions of Con-
gress embodied in appropriation bills.
The action of the COMMITTEE on Elk
penditures in the Postoffice Depart
ment has led TO an inquiry as to
whether other similar committees
Will be restricted. a resolution is pend
ing extending their authority.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28

John Sharp Williams, the new
junior Senator frem Mississippi, has
succeeded in lifetime ambition. He
has the seat In the Senate which was
occupied by Jefferson Davis, the Pres
ident Of the Confederacy. The desk
still bears the bayonet marks made by
Union soldiers during the war times,
In an effort to destroy it. The bayone
stabs were filed with putty but are
easily decernable.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28

A young officer at the front wrote
home TO his father: "Dear Father
Kindly send me so pounds at once.
Lost another leg IN encouragement,
aud in hospital without means"
The answer: "My Dear Son-As this
is the fourth leg you have lost (ac-
cording to your letters, you ought TO
be accustomed 10 1t by this time. Try
and hobble along on any others you
may have left. n-Excbapge.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28
Some Common Errors

The fourteen mistakes Of life, as
Judge Rentoul recently told the Ba-
tholomew Club Of London, are:
To expect to Get up our own stand
ard of right and wrong and expect
every booty to conform to it.
To try to measure the enjoyment of
others by our own.
To expect Ut ifermity of opinion in
/ this world.
To look .or judgment and experience
in youth.
To endesvor to mold the dispositions
Of every body alike.
Not to yield ia unimportant trif1es.
10 look fer perfections in our own
actions.
10 worry ourselves and others about
what cannot be remedied.
Not to alleviate if we can all that
needs alienation.
NoJ TO make allowances for Il e
weaknesses Of others.
TocJpsider ans thing possible sim
ply because we ourselves happen TO be
|unabie g perform it.
10 Oe.leVe only what our finite
minds can grasp.
10 live as lf'the moment, the time
the day we're so important that Is
|wJuId live forever.
10 estimate people by some outside
quaIty, for it is that within which
makes the man.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28
SAVED HIS MoTHER's LIFE.

"Fcur doctors had gwen me up,"
writes Mrs. Laura Gaines, of Avoca,
La, ''and my children and all my
friends were looking for me TO die,
when nay son insisted that l use hIec-
trio Bitters. did so, and they have
done me n world of good. | will always
praise the n" Electric Bitters IS
priceless blessing to women troupled
with fainting and dizzy spells, back
ache, headache, weakness, deoillty,
constipation or kidney disorders Use
them and gain new health, strength
and vigor. They're guaranteed to sat
isfyier money refunded. Only 5oc. NJ
ALI Druggists. mo.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28
Girl pies as Her Royal Flush Wins.

Chicago, April is. Laura Cotton,
daughter OF Henry E. Cotton Of the
Deering Harvester Company, while
employ ed as stenographer by the
Equity Finance Company, became en-
gagged to a young man. One day he
told heI he was IN serious predica-
ment and needed money. Believing
him to be trustworthy Miss Cotton
took 800 or more from the company's
safe. A day or two later her fiance dis-
appeared and Miss Cotton borrowed
money froa her father to make gctd
the shortage. Tie company did net
know of the tran saction.
Mrs Cotton worried over the matter
her health failed and she was compel
led to resign. From time 10 time ste
gave her father, who alone knew her
secret, sums Of money in repayment
Of tue loau.
Miss Cotton, her father and mother,
and J. Mann, friend OF the family,
played poker last night and she was
a steady winner. Finally Miss Gotten
whispered to her father that ifshe won
she would pe enabled to wipe out her
indebtedness to him. She drew royal
flush, and as she put out her hand to
take her winnings, fell OF her chair,
dead
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28
BOGUS CLOTH.

what is Paint? Some people thin k
:. ."' 'n'ag labeled "paint" is paint, but
.uere difference, just SIS much as
w "''"een one kind Of cloth and another.
Oioth nine.tenths cotton aud one tenth
WOOL is bogus cloth. Cloth all wool
vars TO The limit. Paint at price be-
'"eeh 10 cents and $3.50 is like bogus
''OIh' The Il. & NJ. Faint is all woel
"Nu wears to the limit. There's a rea-
SON
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28

daughter Alice, who
was restore d to
health by Lydia L.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. She
was pale, with dark
circles un der her
eyes, weak and irri-
table. Two different
doctors treated her
and called it Green
Sickness, but s she
grew worse all the
time. lydia r.. Pink
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28
Negro'S Crime.


bristol, Va, April p. No crime n
brlstol's history has so stirred the peo-
pie as that of negro, "Jack-the- Rip.
pei" who late last night entered the
hoE e Of John Marshall, 60 years old,
lying In Harmeling street, near Viz
glnla,s institute, a Baptist female
school, and slashed the necks and
threats of Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall and
their lo-yesr-old adopted son, in a
frightful manner.
The home was despatched with the
blood OF the negro's victims as b. veal
from bed to bed to accomplish his
work.
Marshall, who is conscious this af, r.
nocn after having his windpipe stitch
ed, tells that the first he knew of u e
presence of the negro was when I e
awoke to see him standing over s
bed.
CUTS HEAD ALMOST HALF OFF.
The negro Immediately began slash
ing Marshall across the neck aud face,
and III the desperate struggle, which
followed, cut his throat from ear to
ear, exposing the large veins in the
neck
Mrs. Marshall came to the rescue of
her husband, when the negro turned
on her and cut her head almost half
OIL. The razor cash extended from ear
TO ear around the back of the neck, the
blade being stopped only by contact
with the backbone.
Bits of razor blade were found in
MarshalPs neck, while other particles
lay upon the floor near the bed.
TO TRY TO AVERT LYNCnING.
Hearing the screams Of the fright
ened boy in an An adjoining room,
the negro rushed to his bed and began
carving his face, neck and head.
Mrs. Samuel Pritchett, who occu-
pied the same room, escaped while the
negro had the boy IN charge. The me-
gro warned them that if be heard any
further screams he would finish the
work.
The physicians who stitched the
wounds, say there is prospect for the
recovery of the negro's victims, but
that the aged mans condition. lie criti-
cal.
Judge Kelly today announced that
he would, If the negro should be
caught, Immediately summon a grand
jury and give him quick trial with the
hope of avertng lynching.
BLOoDHoUNDS ON TRAIL.
There is great excitement over the
wholesale butchery of the family and
bloodhounds on the trail
The negro Is understood to have got
ten large sum of money which, it is
reported Mr.. Marshall drew from the
bank yesterday.
The negro literally wrecked the
house, tearing down the stoves and
breaking up the furniture. The noise
of his fearful assault awakened the
neighborhood, but he got away TN
noticed.
The negro entered through rear
window and as he went from room to
room stabbing the threats Of the sleep
| Ing occupants he was calling for money,
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28
The English of 1860.

The quaint spelling and punctuation
of the early Elizabethau period may
be noted from the follswing "Dedica-
ton of the Genevan Version to Queen
Elizabeth" Ii is of special interest
lust now, in connection with the ter
centenary of King James version.
1.-The eyes Of all that feare God in all
places beholde your countryes as an ex-
ample to all that believe, and the pray
ers of the godly at all tymes are direct
ed to God for The preservation OF your
majestic. For considering Gods won
dertul mercies toward you at all sea-
sous, who hath pulled you out OF the
mouthe Of the lyons, and how that
from your youth you haue bene broght
up in the holy Scriptures, the hope OF
all men is so increased, that theI can
not but locke that God shulde bring To
passe some wonderful worRe by your
grace to the universal comfort OF his
Churche. Therefore euen oboue strength
you must shewe your selfe strong and
polde in Gods matters. This Lord OF
lordes q King OF kings who hath euer
defended his, strengthe, cofort, ana
preserue your majestic, that you may
be able to builde vp the ruines of Gods
house TO his glorie, the discharge OF
your conscience, and 10 the comfort OF
all them that loue the coming of Christ
Jesus our Lord"
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28
FEVER OUT OF Work,

The busiest little things ever made
are DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Every
pill is a sugar-coated globule OF health,
that changes weakness into strength,
languor into energy, brain-fsg into
mental power; curing Constipation,
Headache, Cnills, Dyspepsia, Malaria.
Only CSC at All Druggists. l rae.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28
Honest Confession.

The census enumeration was con-
fronted at the door by meek and
apologize little man. "Who's the head
Of the house?" asked the census man.
"From strictly legal standpoint"
replied the little man. 81 suppose
am, but when you get right down to
bIass tacks / aiD't.n
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28
DON'T GET ALL RUN Down.

w DoN'T GET ALL RUN Down.
va. e"A and miserable. If you have kid
Vi bladder trouble, headache, pains
'ue pack, and feel tired all over and
NJ pleasant herb remedy, try
Ss ''nef 6ray's AROMATIC-LEAF.
an, system regulator it has no equal
Fpn, dggists, soc. Ask today. Sample
a. IH' Address, The Mother Gray
w. Leroy, n. Y.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28

Eas, sores or any itching OF the SKIN
Dosn's Ointment gives instant RELIEF,
cures quickly. Perfectly safe for child
rem. All druggists sell it. mo.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28
.tin.,ion cause. headache, nsuw

sea ,.dlzzlHess, languor, heart palplts-
tien. Drastic physics grippe, sieken'
weaken the bowels and don't cure.
Dosn's Reguleis act gently and cure
onstipation. rs cents. Ask your
,ruggist. mo-
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28
MY
DAUGHTER
WASClJRED
sv Lydia E. Pinktiam's
Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Md send you here
Nth the picture of my fifteen wear old
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28

"Had dyspepsia or indigestion fer
years. No appetite, and what dia eat
distressed noe terribly. Burdoek Blood
Bitters cured mel. H. Walker,
aunhury, Ohio. mo.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28

hams Vegetable Compound was rec
commended, and after taking three bot
ties she has regained her health, thanks
to your medicine. / can recommend it
for all female troubles. Mrs. l.. A.
CoRKRAN, 11o3 Rutland Street, Balti-
more, Md.
Hundreds of such letters from moth
ers expressing their gratitude for what
Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has accomplished for them have
been received by the Lydia f. Pinkham
Medicine Company, Lynn, Mass.
Young Girls, Heed This Advice.
Girls who are troubled with painful
or irregular periods, backache, head
ache, dragging-downs sensations, faint
ing spells or Indigestion, should take
immediate action and be restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. Thousands have been
restored to health by its use.
Write to Hrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass, for advice, free.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
TO SECURE CHOICE POULTRY
Practical Rules for Matching Eggs
and Setting Hen-Chansing Cock
ereI of Great Importance.

Be sure that the hen is brooding
Try her for a day or two by placing
china eggs on the nest. Make a nest
of clean, fine-cut straw; dust the
straw with Persian insect powder.
The hen should be busted with the
lice powder twice during incubation,
that the old and young lice may be
killed before the young chickens are
Matched. If the chickens are free
from lice, they will make strong
growth from the start. The breeding
stock should be given grass range
and fed a mixed grain ration Of crack
ed corn and whole oats, and wheat
screenings. Feed fresh ground bone
twice a week. Have boxes in feeding
room of ground bone, crushed oyster
shells, grit and a large box of wood
and coal ashes we'll mixed together
for the dust bath. Breeders Of high
priced poultry make careful selection
of the breeding stock. The males
should be fully one year old, Of me-
dunn size, ~full-breasted, and with
short, bright yellow legs.
The breeding hens should be select
ed from the most prolific layers.
Breeders Of exhibition birds use the
trap nest to test for egg production.
Fresh blood should be introduced by
purchasing males Of the same breed
from farm-bred flock. 1t is said a
change of blood increases the laying
qualities. Allow one male to a pen of
II hens Of the large birds, and n to
a pen of Is hens of the small breeds.
After the cock has been with the flock
two weeks, remove him and put in a
fresh cock. This is considered of the
utmost Importance by breeders.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
HOW TO MAKE POTATO BAGS
Delectable Dish That Is Prepared
With Grated Potatoes and Chop.
ped Salt Pork.

Crate five or six large potatoes. Add
three t"ablespoonfulS of milk. four Ia.
blespoonfuls of -four, and three.fourths
cup raisins.
Have ready one-half pound salt
pork; cut up in pieces about the size
OF a lima bean; also a kettle OF boil
ing water and two small bags: salt
bags do very well. Wet the Gags In
cold water, then put into them. first
a thin layer of the potato dough. then
about six or eve pieces of the salt
pork, which press down a little into
the dough. Half fill the bags in this
way. finishing with a layer OF the
dough. The bags must not be more
than half full, as space must be al.
lowed for the dough to swell. Tie the
tops of the bags securely and put them
into the boiling water and cook two
hours. Care must be taken that the
boys do not stick to the bottom of the
kettle.
At the end Of this time remove the
bag from the water and allow them
to cool slightly, then strip from the
loaf.
Cut the loaf in thin slices and fry
brown. This makes a delicious break.
fast dish.
The recipe just as it is makes
enough for seven or eight persons.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
Effects Of Vermin.

interior Of the house with taroline
mixture, which can be bought at any
drug store. Another effective remedy
is half a pint each Of turpentine, am
monia and kerosene to which add
about four ounces Of gum camphor.
II more is needed double the quantity.
Apply with a brush.
The nests should be burned out
over a blazing fire ano roosts should
also be held over the fire, and all
should be thoroughly whitewashed
and painted before putting them back.
Experiments with bedbugs to ascer-
tain how long these %unsavory insects
can live without food have developed
the fact that they live from 81 to $50
days entirely without food. This ex-
plains why some farmers have had
trouble with these bugs by using, for
poultry, buildings long unused.
The illustration shows two baskets
Of eggs. The one on the right repre-
sents 220 eggs laid by a hen free from
vermin. The one on the left repre-
sents rs eggs laid by a hen in a poor.
ly kept chicken house.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
Floor Plan.

wide, on which two roosts may be
placed, and under which three nests
may be installed; and thus 10 to Is
old fowls may be housed during the
winter.
For summer use, wire screens Of
Inch mesh may be inserted in place
Of windows. For winter use, muslin
may be tackled over one of the
screens and, with the glass window,
the fowl will do very we'll. The total
cost Of this little house is s25.27.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
Crouch Still With Him.

When Brown died he left an old
friend living, by the name of Jones,
who always had a crouch. After
Brown had been in heaven some time,
he met Jones just coming through the
gate, and as the newcome did not
look as happy and contented as he
should, Brown asked him what was
the matter. Well" Jones said, Il
got my feet wet coming across the
river Styx and caught a nasty cold,
broke my left wing and have to carry
it into a sling, and my halo don't fit
worth a darn"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
REASONED 1T OUT .
And Found a Change in Food Put
Him Right.

A man does not count as wasted the
time he spends in thinking over his
business, but he seems 10th to give
the same sort of careful attention to
himself and to his health. And yet
his business would be worth little
without good health TO care for 1t. A
busiEaess man tells how he did him
self good by carefully thinking over
his physical condition, investigating to
find out what was needed, and then
changing to the right food.
For some years / had beer bother
ed a great deal after meals. My food
seemed to lay like lead in my stomach,
producing heaviness and dullness and
sometimes positive pain. OF course
this rendered me more or less unfit
for business, and I made up my mind
that something would have to be done.
Reflection led me to the conclusion
that ~over-eating, filling the stomach
with indigestible food, was responsible
for many OF the ills that human flesh
endures, and that I was Furnishing
myself In that way-that was what
was mdhluS .uo 50 uuH, ucdNy duu uA-
comfortable, and unfit for business
after meals. l concluded to try Grape
Nuts food to e what 1t could do for
me.
IT have been using 1t for some
months now, and am glad to say that
I do not suffer any longer after meals:
my food seems to assimilate easily
and perfectly, and to do the work for
which 1t was intended.
81 have regained my normal weight,
and find that business is a pleasure
once lore take more interest IN
It, and my mind Is clearer and more
alert"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Read 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE" IN
pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above Ietterf new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. trce, and full OF humss
interest
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
FREE SAMPLE CURED OLD
PERSONS BOWEL TROUBLE

long your life by healthy bowel action.
Clogged bowels invite disease. Women
about 10 pass the menstrual period cannot
do better than use Syrup Pepsin several
times a week until the system has set
tied to it's future condition.
Among the strongest supporters OF DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin are Mr.. w. G..
Zorn OF New Decatur, Ala, and Mr..
George y. Spaulding of the National Sol
diers' Home, Kansas. both elderly men.
The regular size bottles can be bought OF
any druggist at fifty cents and one dol
lar. but a free sample bottle can be had
by sending your address TO the doctor.
For the free sample address DIR. w. II.
CaIAWou on Calduuon
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
Baked Macaroni and Oysters.

Take five cents worth of macaroni,
boil until tender; butter the bottom Of
bake dish; put in layer of macaroni,
her layer of oysters, sprinkle with
salt, pepper. and small bits of butter;
then add another layer of macaroni,
mating until bake dish is nearly full.
Cover the top layer with cracker
crumbs, dotted with bits Of butter.
Pour over enough milk or thin cream
to come to top. Bake from oue-half to
three-quarters of an hour.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

One of the most remarkable proofs Of
the unusual laxative merit contained In
DIR. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is that 1t Is
effective not only In people in the prime
of life. but at the extremes of ages. AS
many letters are received from mothers
regarding the cures OF children. as from
men and women of sixty, seventy and
eighty years OF age. 1t must be truly a
wonderful laxative.
In the cure of constipation and bowel
trouble in old people 1t has no equal. II
corrects the constipation. dispels the head
ache, biliousness. gas. drowsiness after
eating. etc. People advancing In years
should see to IL that their bowels move
freely. and II they do not to take DR..
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
Early Pu!lsts.

Early pullets are the ones that lay
earliest in the fall. Much, however,
depends upon the breed. The Leg
horn and its relatives may be Matched
later than our American varieties,
such as the Plymouth Rock, and those
later thar the Brahma and Cochin. As
soon as the chicks are able to run
about they have a scratching pen with
lots Of litter in which to hunt for
feed. They are made to scratch for
a living from the very beginning.
Those that are vigorous, healthy and
well developed start laying during Oc-
tober or November.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
Don't dose your chickens.

Don't dose your chickens.
Don't get too large a setting for the
hen.
Keep your hen houses dry and Sc
cure from the damp winds.
Be sure your hen actually want to
mother a flock before you set her.
The almost universal practice now
is to disinfect eggs before incubating.
Place orders for eggs for Matching
early and you'll save time and money.
Too many are In the habit Of set
ting hens In the shed with the other
chickens.
Nearly every farm house has out
buildings in which the setting hens
can be put.
Some folks believe In leaving the
hen entirely to herself after she has
begun to set.
Water in which the chicken drop
pings have been stepped makes a fine
liquid anu for the garden.
Rhode Island Reds are a compare.
lively new breed. but they have many
friends among poultrymen and farm
ers.
Set your hen in a nest apart from
any place ~freQuented by the other
chickens and your hatch will be more
successful.
Discouragements are great handi-
caps to raising little chicks: many
give up in despair when a promising
hatch Is lost.
When the old hen gets a notion that
she wants to set, It is abou, as fixed a
purpose as man, or rather woman,
deals with. And. nee comfortably
set. she does not want to be bothered.