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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-01-27
Public Sales.

ncsr Inwood
Jan. Is, SATURDAY., 5. l.. Disk, will sell
near the Gas House in Martins
burg.
!" 80, Monday, A. l.. Parkinson will
sell near Shanghai.
+" 30, Monday, Chas Jacob will sell
IN Opequon district.
81, tuesday, G. &. Fry will sell
near Jones Springs.
Feb. ], Wednesday, James T. Kensel,
Will sell al the sledges farm half a
mile " est of Nipetown.
2, Thursday, James f. Miller will
SCI Al BIZ meme Falling Waters
3 fuday, J. w. CroweI, will
sell 81 or near Shepherdstown.
4, saturday, j. q. Kitchen will
sell al Jones Springs.
/" 6, Monday, Hall Wilson will sell
near Gerardstown.
Z, Tuesday, j. w Cookus, will
sell on the Walters farm one and
one half miles from town on the
/" 8, Wednesday, Mrs. Molie Gano
viii sell near swan Pond.
" 8. Thursday, e. l.. Grovewill sell
on the Fryatt farm, three miles
South Of town, on the Winchester
pike,
~, fiaay' Mrs -; Mteis'
:, =,
~, rrluay, lee ,1feahier VIII SCH
near heafheysNiiie'
u,iii sail nei,ee Wsst Of Martins.
49, -. s ~ rns,.s s s,roda M ''''S
'''s w D'0''' W $50
~ ~ 'n n,Iies Sa 9tt' of Msrtfoshn r.,
go $500, - i,l,,ss, Q
10, Monday, Il. ID Keller VIII
ssn r,,, =" M' Wy esp Ply a';Ies Mnrthneat
u P,in aS,; Yn. ahnr - "''' wv - ~
q ,, r,,asaou GUAM pamsh,,o
In 81 ,soass 49,
- u Iesaas, III; NJ " i'i'''' VIM 'e''
+" Is, Wednesday,, Frank Myers
will sell on Tnscarora two miles
"o9' VI f''' ''''4 '"ie'
g 1e Thursday. Taylor Whiting
ton viii sell ON the Marsh Sc ven
miles from Maftlhsoufg'
" II, Friday, Mrs Mary V. Reid
Will sell near FailiHS w ateis.
" Is, Saturday, Hunter Small VIII
sell one mile East OF Maf'lnsnurg
on the cchopperts Ford road.
IL oo ,t,,,. 49,, ,,,,,,,l protiars
will sell at Walper's X Roads one
mule North Of kearneysvllle.
.s21, Tuesday, Harry Walker will
sell on TIE Cushwa farm on rusca-
rora, three miles West from Mar
unsoufg'
p, Wednesday Philip Vanmetre
WIZ sou no'' ono l'ie''''o"n'
I" %, Wednesday, Thos. Hardy, 8
niiies 49, o,,nrc ~ 4"" 81 W
20, : "V w., a. r. aho't ,hree
n,iles Northuest from Martins.
burg.
nj o. Er;ao, rs Flr,or uyars ,yiI,
sell near Berkeley station.
u o, p,;a,r Dewey, viii coll
near Sulphur Springs.
:, Or sotrrdar Il II Miller will, soil
near Swan Pond.
:, or .,,o,a w p;,I,r
will sell near Billmyers Mill
about 6 miles Northeast Of this
city.
4" rs, Tuesday, 3. s. Blue will sell
near Lcetown.
March 1, Wednesday, John d. Felker
will sell on the Warm Spring road
one mile from this city.
Z" l, Wednesday, 7. Lee Kuntz will
sell near ShepherdstoWn
March 2 Thursday, Sam Ditto will
sell near Falling Waters.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-01-27
Banqnet

we regret exceedingly that we were
prevented from being present on last
Friday night at the banquet given by
Key Council, Royal Arcsnum, of this
city, at the dining rooms of 7. Otto
Schneider, on West Martin street.
The banquet was a most pleasant af-
fair as are most of the banquets given
by this council. The menu was all
hat any body might want and there
was plenty of good cheer. Regent W.
il. Stephens, acted as POSTMASTER and
called on several members of the order
for remarks.
The council has a membership of 81
at present and the membership en-
braces many of the foremost business
men If the community. The council
has been in existence now for thirty
years and has in that time been the
means of helping large number OF
widows and orphan of deceased mem
bers. The supreme lodge has paid to
the beneficiaries OF deceased members
Of Key Council, in round numbers,
500, 900 in this city alone. We venture
the assertion that there has been no
insurance comp any or benevolent order
paid out so much money in Martins
burg as has the Royal Arcanuni.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-01-27

,,,pr,sRaENTs FOR THIS PAPER RE-
-a,vrn xith the GUARANTEE that the
CIRCULATION of the STATESMAN
EXCEEDS that Of any PAPER pub
,.aed In Martinsbura. berkeley
County, West Virginia.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
Dancer Ahead.

Because the motorman would not need their approximations, but kept the car jerking along within pumping dis tance of the back of the slow-moving wagon which bore a Danger" sign, half the passengers got of rather than take chances on being blown up in the explosion that was sure to result from the apparently inevitable collision Ont of respect for their determination to save life and limb even at the cost of another carfare the motorman stop ped the car and asked if they were willing to give him another trial on his promise to drive cautiously.
 They were, and piled into the car. Two minutes later the dangerous wag- on pulled off the tracks and allowed them to pass. Then they saw for the first time the name of the combusti- ble material that had driven them into a frenzy of fear The wagon was an ice wagon.-New York Hines.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
Bedtime for Children.

Sunset should be the time for every child under eight years of age. When the chickens go to roost and twilight begins to deepen the country baby's s head begins to droop and he is ready for his cot. The more nervous town baby, who has nothing for an ex- ample except the sun, and who, at any rate, on rainy days Is used to twilight atmosphere at midday, seldom wishes to go to bed with the chickens.
 If he lives in an apartment he must hear drifting down the hall the tantali- zing voices of his elders at dinner, and the smell of savory things from the kitchen greets his nostrils. But hard as it must seem the city mother must have even more rigid rules about bed time than the country mother. Her child is at a greater disadvantage in the first place in not living where he can breathe the purest air in the midst of healing country sights and sounds. The distractions of city life are so numerous and so varied that city bred children need more repose than chill dren in smaller towns of the country. Between and 6:30 o'clock they should be undressed and put to bed.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06

One moment" came in a sooth. ing voice. Hancher realized that cool hands were applying a bandage to the slightly bleeding wound on his temple. Gratefully, and with the maids assistance, the grocer stag gered to his feet. His machine, which in falling he had automatical. ly stopped, stood a little distance from him. He turned to thank the girl. She was gone. Dizzily he scrambled into the car. and turned homeward
 Sturman, at the other end of the town, was also having his troubles At about his third turn in front of his rivals store, something went wrong with the machine. It baked. Covered with precipitation and grime he worked desperately.
 Possibly l can be of assistance to you Sturman turned to con front neat young man with pleas ant blue eyes, and half smile on his lips. T know something about automobiles"
 Without waiting for permission the stranger crowded under the car In a surprisingly short space of time, he had ascertained the error, and the great machine was ready to respond to it's owners hand. Sturman climbed into his seat and tried it. It worked He turned to thank the youth, but he was gone. Sturman went home
 He never knew me-" Mabel Stur- man explained to the younger Han cher that evening.
 And before he could get chance to thank me, flew back into the store again
 He has been talking about you all day" answered her lover
 Some one told him yesterday that on several occasions had been seen with you. He ranted terribly. Asked me why I didn't look around for girl with the sense of the one who had come to his assistance? Swore she was the handsomest girl he had even seen.''
 Mabel Sturman flushed. Father has nothing but good words for the youth who repaired his machine He said his modesty was most commend able. He sa7s that if he finds him of course he didn't recognize him as the son of his old enemy-he means to introduce him to me-" Miss Mabel
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
REALLY WASTE OF SYMPATHY
No Cause for Serious Alarm on the Part of the DucI<Iing's Ad-
 n1irer

Once upon time, when Mark Twain's favorite daughter was a very little maid, and was spending the sum- mer in the country, it is related that she propounded a question which no one was able to answer. It seems she had been deeply interested in watching the brief career of the ducks from the peaceful shadows of the pool to their appearance upon the dining table, and so she said, Father, why does God make so much ducks when Patrick kills them?"
 Apropos of ESQ much ducks" there is quite "a much" of them in cer- tain florists window. With much in- genuity little lake has been built Into the window and a tiny mill in stalled, and the clacking mill wheel turns and turns all day, and far into the night, and four exceedingly yellow and very much alike ducklings paddle around In the lake and splash the plate glass to their hearts content. There is just one ugly duckling" in the lot. and he was the hero, or, per haps. the heroine, of an amusing little Incident
 The ducklings were preparing to re- tire for the night. They had taken their goodnight dip and were cozily smuggling together in a downy yellow heap. there being no mother duck, be 1t known, to watch over their slum- bers- Just as they were comfortably arranged and their yellow bills all carefully disposed of (and it is a prob lem how four ducklings can get tucked In and not leave some one of the four bills out in the cold), large. pros- porous mosquito came around, evil dently prepared to spend the night in riotous biting.
 The crowd on the outside of the window shivered-"Oh, the poor little ducks" said one woman, that mosqui- to will simply eat them up."
 Just then the ugly duckling sleepily opened one eye, and he opened his bill at the same moment, apparently without the least exertion, closing 1t with snap. The mosquito was 'fn- side" and his obsequies were brief.
 We'll" said the woman, q won't waste any more sympathy on ducks because mosquitoes are around"
 T thought" responded her compan- ion. "that you had forgotten that ter rible tragedy recounted by Mother Goose about The frog who would a. wooing go,' and the fate that befell him"
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
FORMER EDUCATION OF GIRLS
Glance at the Methods of Sixty Years Ago Shows Great Advance
 of Present

When one realizes the state of fe- male education sixty years ago, its progress as evinced today is marve- lous indeed
 In the first half of the Nineteenth Century. the policy of seeming" !" rather than of being" was followed throughout-languages and society manners were considered all import ant-there were no games and the only form of exercise was that of walking. with riding for the wealthy girls.
 The schools were small and suffered from bad classification in consequence. as classes had to be made up from girls of widely differing ages. while teaching" consisted of hearing les sons ''got by heart" often without any explanation.
 When one reads the report of an examiner of a girls school only 30 years ago. that ''manytgiris showed a great aptitude for mathematics, but parents discouraged continuance of sound education after the age of 13 or 13 in order to keep the girl femi nine,'" the change in the popular esti. nation of women's capacity is indeed marvellous. Christian Science Mon, tor.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
one PIeee of eood Eortune.

Secretary of War Dickinson, who is authority on lore and manners of the southern negro. tells this story to show the colored mans quaint sense of humor:
 John G. Lethar. business man of Nashville, was walking along the street one day, when he met Silas Green, an old negro he had employed at various times. Silas seemed to be swathed in bandages from head to foot, and he was walking with a per ceptible limp.
 Why, what's the matter with your" asked Lethar.
 ''Lawd, Boss, ain't you done keerd de news?" queried Silas in disappoint- ment-
 ''No," reSlied Lethar. Tell me about it, Silas?"
 'Well. Boss. you see. it was this way. An was paintin a house roun' byuh, an An was high up on a scaffol De scaffoF broke. an An fell Lawd Boss, it was awful, tur'ble, An broke this hyuh lef' wris'. an An. skun my lef' laig up hyuh 'bove de knee, an down hyuh jes' 'bove de ankle Alb broke my laig. An An spec An would hab done kilt myse'f ef it hadn' been fo' pile ob brick what broke my fall some."-The Sunday Magazine.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
EXPERIENCES OF LUCINDA
Queer Way in Which She Uninten. tIonaIIy "swiped" Hatpin From
 Another Woman in Car.

Girls said Lucinda, T certainly did have an extraordinary experience this morning in a Madison avenue car Crowded, this car was, full of people, but it seemed not quite so full at the middle. and so I worked my way there, gently; the best I could.
 Standing about a third of the way down the car on the right was woman who was holding on to strap and facing outward, so that her back was toward me as l worked along past her. She was about the same height as I, and when I passed her my hat caught on hers and it seemed to cling there for minute, but then it got free and I passed on, to reach up for strap myself when I had got just beyond her, and then what do you think?
 When raised my arm up to reach for the strap. there. lying on the top of my arm was a hatpin, a hatpin from the hat of the woman l had just passedi When my hat caught in her hat it caught under the head of that pin and drew it out and snapped it forward just so that it lodged on my arm
 Well. I handed the hatpin back to her and she smiled and I smiled and that's all there was to it; but really. now. wasn't that extraordinary" New York Sun.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
Novel Clock

A novel four-dial clock has been in- stalled in the United States postof1ce, custom house and court house at New bern, N. C. The dial, which is 121z feet in diameter, bears no numerals, but is provided instead with twelve opalescent glass disks, fifteen inches in diameter. These show white in the daytime, but are illuminated at night by electric lights and refectors. Each of the hands is also illurninated by means of a red electric light near the point. In order to provide access to the lamps behind the disks each dial may be rotated so as to bring the lamps within reach of a window in the tower.-Scientiflc American.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06

looked demurely down. q think" she said softly, that father believes it Is high time for me to marry
 And so 1t is," cried young Hancher enthusiastically. And if Papa Sur man can see possibility in me he must not be disappointed
 The next morning Hancher. senior, received this surprising message:
 Have married the girl who came to your assistance yesterday. We are waiting at Elders hotel for you to congratulate us, Tom"
 At the same moment Sturman was puzzled over this:
 Married the young man with the 'commendable modesty of which you spoke. You must come to the Elder hotel at once and congratulate us. Mabel"
 It is recorded that the two old en- emies celebrated the nuptials of their children, shook hands and were friends again.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
GLEANINGs FROM THE OPERA
Society Woman Forgot Name of Play but She Enjoyed Herself lns-
 mensely in Gossipina.


 Well. did you enjoy your evening, my dear?"
 Indeed I did, John. I went to the opera"
 "Oh, what did you hear?"
 Rather, what didn't I hear? I heard that Ruth Jackson was engaged to Tom Harris, the one who got drunk at the golf club ball last year. And that Jack Courtney and Edith Pascoe have quarreled and are not going to be married after all. Then I heard that the Singletons have a baby, and Mrs. Singleton wants it called Peter Garibaldi, after her mothers stepfa~ ther; but MT. Singleton wants it called Primus, because it's the first Then heard that Baron von Schmeldt is not baron at all. and that the Johnsons@"
 But"
 Don't interrupt. I thought yoN wanted to know what I heard?"
 50 I did, but"
 Keep quiet. then Well, I also neard-'
 What I meant was, what opera did you hear?"
 "Oh, I don't remember. I saw the lame on the program"
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
An Experts Opinion.

A student in a medical college, while learning the use of the ophthalmo- scope, was told to examine mans eye and report upon the condition of it. The doctor-to-be adjusted the in strument and looked long and search ingly into the subjects left optic
 Most remarkable" he ejaculated, with a surprised look. Readjusting the ophthalmoscope. he again careful ly scrutinized the eye. Very extraor- dinary, indeed" he exclaimed. T never heard of such an eye. This must be some new disease. Have you ever had an experts opinion on it2"
 Once" was the laconic reply. ''The man who put 1t in said it was a fine pit of glass. s."-Tit-Bits.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
The Inventive Parent.

Woodbury-I noticed that Knew pop had electric lights put on his lawn last summer.
 Seaforth-Yes. and he also had a baby sling put on his lawn mower. He figured If his baby was wakeful, so he would have to walk with it. that he might as we'll push the lawn now CT and cut the grass at the same time. have often seen him come from the house at midnight, turn on the lights. put the baby in the sling and start out on his double job.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
Mixed as to Names.

young woman. who has treach- erous memory for names. had droll experience not long ago
 She had encountered in railway station a face that seemed familiar to her. She remembered that she had met the. young man at the house of friend some weeks before, but for the life of her she could not at all recollect his name. Finally. however, when the young man stopped to shake hands, she asked:
 Surely this Is MT Tombstone. whom I met at Mrs. Walkers"
 The stranger smiled. You're right as to our place of meeting" said he. but somewhat twisted as to the name T am MT. Stonegrave!"
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
Really Neat Rebuke.

Lillian Russell, discussing the su. prere importance of dress, was re- minded of an anecdote. T know" she said. "of only one occasion where dress wasn't the most important thing of all. It was at a Saratoga hotel. and we had arranged, a certain small set of us. to have distinctly smart ball after the races. There was an Englishman at the hotel, one of those Englishmen who don't know their place. and the morning of the ball he came to me and sand: I here there's a ball tonight Isn't 1t jolly? But, I say, is fancy dress de rigeur?' No. Lord Lachout,' said I, fancy dress is uot de rigeur. but an invitation is.' |"
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
Compelled.

Have you always been in the show business?" I asked the six-foot-eight contortionist.
 "Oh, mo-" he hastened to say. T be- gan work as a commercial traveller. and was on the road selling goods for fifteen years.''
 "Then what in the world put 1t into your head to become a contoritonist? ?' I questioned.
 T was compelled to become one," he told me, his voice vibrant with what, I. subsequently learned. was resent ment over past impositions, T was compelled to become one by the little, neasly hotel beds had to sleep in."
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
Only Two kind..

Little Lawrence's grandfather was very i'll and trained nurse had been employed to care for him. When he became convalescent a young woman. who had studied in a hospital for a short time. was secured in her place. A sympathetic neighbor meeting Law renee. the following conversation took place.
 How is your dear grandpa this morning, Lawrence?"
 He is better"
 Have you the trained nurse stili =
 No. the trained nurse has gone away and the one we have now is half trained and half wild."-Woman'S Home Companion.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
HAWKS LAST CATCH
MeaseI More Than Match for Air
 ProWIer.
Tragedy of the Woods That Shows Small Animal Has Courage and Is Slow to Lose Presence
 of Mind.

No animal is more dainty or more luxurious in his habits than the wea- sel He steals the freshest eggs, se- brood and will sometimes kill several for a single meal, sucking the warm blood and eating only a small bit of the flesh.
 The fact that the weasel is sly and cunning does not detract in the least from his courage. He sticks not at attacking an enemy much larger and stronger than himself. and never loses his wits even in moments of great peril. The following is a case in point:
 Two wood cutters were eating their midday meal upon the border of for est in New York state when they no ticed large hawk circling in the sky overhead. evidently with his eye upon something near them. He was gradually narrowing his circles while approaching the ground. and it was apparent that he would soon dror upon his victim.
 Cautiously the men investigated and presently they came upon a wea sel stretched out upcn the warm side of log not far away. probably sun ming himself after a. long mornings sleep. for the weasel does his work at night This WIS no doubt the prey of which the hawk had a mind to make his dinner. but the weasel qui- etly blinked at the sun, either uncon- .f srI to it.
 Just then the hawk came gliding down swift and sure as an arrow, seized the weasel with his powerful talons and rose again almost perpen- dfcularly. It looked as if that weasel's finish were close at hand.
 Soon, however, the movements oi the big bird became strange and un natural His wings worked rapidly and convulsively, as r. making great effort to sustain flight Then he be gan to sink, slowly at first and with frequent rscoveries, till, finally, he fell straight like plummet to the ground, dead. From under the out stretched wings of the hawk erept the weasel, apparently unharmed.
 It was plainly to be seen what had happened The weasel had quickly stretched his long supple neck up un, der the hawks wing, stuck his teeth into a vital part and sucked out the life blood.
 The muscles of the hawk relaxed as the blood was rapidly drained There was a last desperate effort at flight, the wings Tapped uselessly in the air and, the heaviness of death brought him swiftly to the ground al most upon the spot where the weasel had been basking in the sun.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
The Plaque of Rubberers.

One may hope, in spite of the meta phorists. to avoid the breath of the deadly upas tree; one may. by great good fortune. succeed in blacking the eye of the basilisk; one might even dodge the attention of Cerberus and Argus, but no man, dead or alive. can escape the gaze of the Rubberer.
 New York is the Caoutchouc City. There are many, of course. who go their way, making money. without turning to the right or the left. but there Is a tribe abroad wonderfully composed. like the Martians. solely of eyes and means of locomotion.-From "A Comedy in Rubber" by O. Henry.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
Mistaken Identity.

Smifkins was. to put 1t mildly, e boaster, and when he was giving Brown glowing accounts of the fine holiday he had had in Paris Brown suspected that the veracious Smifkins had been no further than Folkestone. He didn't say so, however.
 And what do you think? Smifkins rattled on; "as I was strolling along the Rue de Rivol one afternoon pal I hadn't seen for years came up and said: 'Hullo, old chap. is that your"
 And was it." asked Brown.-Ideas.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
Improve Machines.

The occupation of large punching machines used in boiler shops and similar establishments has been great ly improved in efficiency and economy recently by a simple system of electric control These machines heretofore have been operated by a foot attach ment, but this Is cut out entirely and the push button placed at a point where it Is much more accessible. Two men can, by this arrangement. do the work formerly requiring three. and the work Is said to be done in 8 much more accurate manner.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
Exasperatina.

All afternoon MT. Stubb had been moving pictures from one room to an- other and his only reward was dust and precipitation.
 Hurry up. John,' chided Mrs. Stubb, impatiently. You will never finish at that rate"
 MT. Stubb removed the cobwebs from his fiorid brow
 Woman, do you think I'm ma chine?"
 Gracious, how funnyI"
 Madam, may ask what is funny? ?"
 Why, dear. if you were machine you would be moving-picture ma chine"
 And then and there MT. Stubb washed his hands and started for the club.