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Minister to Retire From Service,
;peciaI Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND. Nd, March 25.-Rev.
Gustavus Warfield Hobbs, one Of the best
known member of the Baltimore Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
will retire from the ministry at the an
nual conference to be held in Washington
next week. He has been pastor OF the
Homecoming Church the past two years.
The Ladies' Mite Society and the Ep-
worth League of that church held a joint
farewell reception in his honor Thursday
night Rev. Mr.. Hobbs was seventy
years old Thursday.
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of Rockingham county, was this week in
dicted by the grand jury for attempting
being charged that he set fire to his un-
occupied house at Broadway, starting the
fire in such a manner that 1t would not
be discovered until he had gotten twenty
five miles away from the town. The case
against him was worked up by the state
bureau Of insurance.
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They are round tables, with ped
estal base and claw feet. Closed
they are AZ inches in diameter, but
have six-foot extension. Solid oak;
would make a splendid piece to go
with the buffets advertised today
and at the price it's bargain
equal to the buffet
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Special Cablegram to The Star.
BERLIN. March 25.-The political
eyes of all Europe are directed toward
Paris, where the new cabinet of M.
Monis has added new factor for good
or evil to those who hold our future in
their hands, and the statesmen of every
country are eagerly waiting to see what
French foreign politics is going to be.
One thing is sure, the change of gov
eminent in France has caused uneasi-
ness everywhere. and nowhere probably
more than in the kaiser's capital. Just
now we Germans, government as we'll as
the leading papers. are pretending to be
absolutely calm and unaffected, but we
are very much conscious of the fact that
what the press calls 1.-The resurrection of
Delcasse'' is the dominating feature of
the situation for Germany, and a paper
like Die Post has not hesitated to say
openly that it is the duty of the kaiser
government to be ready for all kinds of
unpleasant surprises from the man who
created the friendship between France
and England. Fortunately for Germany,
our minister of foreign affairs, Herr Won
kiderlen- aechter, is probably the only
German diplomat who is in any way a
match for M. Delcasse, whom he greatly
resembles in belligerent strength of char
acter Like the French minister, he
tITlNeS III al atmosphere OIL controversy
and is said to be overjoyed at the pros
poets of many hot fight with his col
league on the left bank Of the Seine.
Concern in Vienna.
In Vienna, too. the change of cabinet in
France is interpreted to spell breakers
ahead" before long. and, foreseeing that
he was likely to get a rest later on. the
Austrian minister of foreign affairs.
Count ven Aerenthal, has wisely gone
away on two-month vacation now.
No Austrian minister ever worked hard
er than Count Aerenthal has done ever
since he was called from a life of luxu
rious ease at st. Petersburg to labor of
the most arduOus kind at BallplatZ, where
he has helped to make European history
from the very day of his arrival. always
fighting bitter and deadly enemies on all
sides.
At home in the delegations and with
the opposition and coalition in Hungary,
and abroad with the opponents Of the
Bosnian annexation, where he even had
to risk the peace of Europe. AT last vic |
tory came to Count Aerenthal all along
the line, and he left his work in the |
consciousness of having achieved a dis
tinct success. If he consulted his own |
wishes he would probably retire entirely |
from the heavy. burden of Office which |
has rested on his shoulders. But the |
country and his sovereign will not allow |
this step, for they feel that they cannot |
spare the man who has stood in the CEN |
ter CT European politics for over two
years and raised the position Of Austria |
Hungary enormously.
Count Aerenthal looks upon NJ. Del |
casse as a man most dangerous to Euro !
pean peace, and Austria sincerely desires |
peace, having every reason imaginable to |
be satisfied with the present political
situation.
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county, $50 years ago, by Thomas Winter
myer, was burned down few nights ago,
together with all it's contents, which be-
longed to Frank Whitmore. The house
was the oldest building in Rockingham
county.
John Thwaite,s one Of the largest fruit
growers in Virginia, has been elected
vice president of the Union Bank of Win
chester, succeeding the late E. Holmes
Boyd.
While Homer Nesmith was preparing
for a nights sleep in a stable belonging
to George Clark in the suburbs Of Win
chester the other night he accidentally
set the building afire and had narrow
escape His clothing was atire when he
ran from the building. He was fined so
in the police court on the charge OF ag-
gravated trespass.
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and where he served several terms In the
city council. When sixteen years Of age
he taught In the public schools Of Pen.
dleton county. He was elected county
assessor before he was twenty-one years
old. serving eight years. and then was
sheriff four years. He was q ruling
elder in the Presbyterian Church for nifty
years and was superintendent Of the Sun.
day school. He IL survived by his wife
and two sons.
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Little Damage to Fruit.

Uneasiness has been felt in some quar-
tiers recently for the fruit, because of the
temperature dropping suddenly to nearly
zero. but investigation shows that little,
If any, damage has been done to the ap-
pie and peach trees, the buds being back
ward as result of the late spring. They
are but little swollen, and experienced
fruit growers who were In town today
stated that it will require several weeks
of warm weather to bring the buds out in
bloom. Thousands Of young apple and
peach trees in Frederick county will bear
for the first time this year, and the pros
poets are good for large crops.
All summer hotels in the state are to be
subjected to rigid inspections this spring
and summer by representatives Of the
state board of health. and it was an
nounced yesterday that no makeshift
sanitary arrangements will be tolerated
It is said that many people have returned
to their homes carrying disease germs
from summer resorts. and every precau-
ton will be taken to avoid such this year.
Agents Of the internal revenue service
have been in this section recently inves-
tigating butter making. and warnings
have been issued that arrests will follow
If butter is found to contain more than
16 per cent of moisture. great deal of
short-weight butter has recently been dis
covered and when some of the prints were
cut in two they were found to contain
pieces Of apples and small iron weights
IL Is dlSkcu tudt ldTO duO DcCI tdllOW udS0
also been used to some extent in the
manufacture of country butter.
Work on the Turnpikes.
Turnpike superintendent stated today
that the public roads In the vicinity of
Winchester will be in excellent condition
by the time the first touring test run of
the season-that Of the Automobile Club
of Washington-passes through on the
18th of May. A great deal of new mac
adam, finely screened, has been placed
on the roads, and they are already be-
ginning to resume their normal condi-
ton.
Many farmers are complaining that the
lamb market this year is by no means
as active as it usually is at this season,
and those who have large numbers of
lambs on their farms have found it diff
ficult to get q satisfactory price,
Charles Town, the historic seat OF JEFF
ferson county, has gone mad over bowl
ing, and there are now as many alleys in
the town as are usually seen in places of
much larger population. The young So
ciety women have taken to the sport
with as much enthusiasm as they dis
play in bridge whist before and after the
Lenten season. and many clubs have been
organized among the fashionables.
William Runion, we'll known farmer
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VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
Incendiaries Blamed for the
Biq Blaze at Staunton.
FIRE DESTROYS LANDMARK
Destruction of House Built $50
Years Ago.
FRUIT IS NOT IN DANGER
Buds Not Sufficiently Advanced to Be
Damaged by the Freez-
ing Weather.
FRUIT IS NOT IN DANGER
Special Correspondence of The Star.


WINCHESTER, Va. March IS, 1911.
1t is generally believed at Staunton
that the big fire which swept nearly an
entire block in the wholesale and job
bling center Of that town early the other
morning. followed by two other fires
within twenty-four hours. was the work
Of an incendiary. and it is expected
that a reward will be offered by the
city council for evidence leading to the
apprehension Of the guilty one.
The fire was first discovered in an I'M
occupied building that had been used
as a blacksmith shop, and those who
have been investigating the circum-
stances are of the opinion that the place
could not have been ignited accidentally
In addition to the buildings destroyed
by the first fire, causing loss of about
S150,0OO, the Beverley Hotel caught fire
several hours after the first fire had
gotten under control, causing loss of
$4,000. and the following night the
large tool and storage house of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad was burned
down. Officials are convinced that the
fires were Of incendiary origin.
Meetings in the Fall.
Hereafter the annual sessions of the
Virginia conference Of the United Breth-
rem Church will be held in the fall of
the year instead of the early spring, as
has been customary for a great many
years. This was decided by resolution
at the present meeting in Stanton this
week, and the next conference will be
held in the fall Of 1912.
Bishop Thomas c. Carter of Tennessee
is presiding over the conference, which
is the one hundred and twelfth annual
session, and practically every minister
is In attendance, as well as a large
number of lay delegates The confer
ence takes in the greater portion Of Vir-
ginia and parts of West Virginia aud
western Maryland.
A house built at Ottobine, Rockingham
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PROMINENT RESIDENT DEAD.
Cashier Of Bank, Former Mayor and
Councilman and Ex.Sherif.
neci., Di.nstch IN The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Nd. March 25.-Frank
Anderson. fifty-nine years old. cashier Of
the Bank Of Pendleton, Is dead at Frank
lin, w. Va. where he was once mayor
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Russia's Next Move.

Russia's next political move will be in
Turkey. OF this no one who attentively
follows the game of international politics
has any serious doubt The clash is not
far of. The cabinet troubles in Con-
stantinople rendered the moment unpro.
pitious for Russian action. but the crisis
has only been delayed. not hindered. Say
what you will, q feeling among the Young
Russia. the protectress Of the Balkans,
whose political aims-consecrated by q
religious mission-cannot be voluntarily
abandoned, is the unique enemy OF the
Ottoman empire, power and race. She rep
resents the crescent against the cross.
One may object that Russia harbors no
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designs against Young Turkey; nay. that
She positively desires the well being Of
the latter But facts are stronger than
words and according. to the Young
Turks the facts point the other way
Who is Turkeys one ever active, every
watchful, ever ready enemy TO-DAY: Bui.
garia, whose monarch assumed a title
which implies his rule over a large part
of Macedonia-the Bulgaria irredenta-
once the patrimony of Bulgarian cars:
And which is Bulgaria herself! one OF
the extremities of the Russian colossus IN
the south of Europe. Turkey cannot
therefore, conciliate Car Ferdinand
people without making concessions de-
rogatory to her national dignity; nor can
she tackle the Bulgarians on the field
without provoking the Russians
To the statesmen of the porte these
things are self-evident. Russia, as the en-
bodiment of all the political and religious
forces hostile to the Ottoman race. Is TO
them a living reality. Their relations to
that secular enemy constitute the motive
power Of all their foreign policy.
The International status or turkey
orientates Russiaward. The friendship
recently struck UP between Constantine
pie and Berlin was the inevitable outcome
of the fears. the hopes and the strivings
which RusSias attitude toward Turkey
called into being. And in spite OF the re-
Cancellation which has quite lately been
effected between the finance minister,
david Bey, and the Ottoman Bank, those
misgivings and aims still exist. In spite
of the ostentatious love Of Turkey as
played by the Russian ambassador on the
Golden Horn, who has gone so far as to
promise the remuneration Of the capitula-
lions by his government the steady. puis-
SAINT policy Of hostility to Russia persists,
and it is fed daily by incidents.
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An Authority on Arabia.

No man has the right to speak with
more authority en- the present Arabian
question than Prof Alois Musil OF Wen
ma, who for nearly twenty years lived
among the BedouinS practically as one
of them. and whom l have just had
talk with as he passed through Berlin,
returning from a series of lectures at the
University of Copenhagen.
IF you ask me-" the professor said.
"how much Bedouin cares for a MEM
Der of the Turkish parliament l must say
that he considers a good camel vastly
more valuable and useful. The desert
governs the Bedouins. who laugh at the
idea that any parliament in Constantine
pie has any right to lay down laws to
them.
1.-The present campaign in the desert
will be and must be disastrous to the
thing in Yemen. although they have -
coo men, the pick of the Turkish army,
| ii is said. there. ! hope for the Turks
that these troops are not the pick of
their army, for they desert by the score
every day and return to their tribes.
The secret of this war in Yemen is
| that the Arabs will not accept the sultan
| in Constantinople as kalif and descen-
dant of Mahomet, and the two Arabian
| chieftains who are the leaders OF the
| war are, therefore. fighting holy war"
| In these circumstances the Turkish cam
paign is hopeless. The Turkish troops
| are DOQnQ 10 pass d MOUNTAIN range Oh
$500 feet before they can reach the
! two chiefs. and in the winter months
| il is bitterly cold there. Further, the
| Turkish officers do not know the coun-
| try. and are not In possession of even
| a map. The wells are distant from one
| another The GASES are the only hope
| of the troops. but In the long run they
| will be insufficient for the wants of a
| greater force.
| over and over again the Bedouins will
| attack the Turkish troops. rob them of
their provisions and disappear. They
| will poison the wells by throwing a camel
| cargo of dead grasshoppers into them. !
| know myself the terrible poisoning which
| follows quenching ones thirst with that
| water. And yet 1t would be an easy
| matter to pacify the Arabs If the system
itself were not bad as bad can be-
| If only Turkey would keep her promise
and conclude an alliance with the tribes,
| know how easily 1t can be done. ALI
ance and peace with the Bedoun Is the
| only solution for Turkey in Arabia
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-tRtCKltS
New Drug That Quickly Remove S
These HOmeIy Spots.

There's no longer the slightes,
need of feeling ashamed of your
freckles, as a new drug, othine-
double strength has been discov.
cred that is a positive cure fol-
these homely spots.
Simply get one ounce of othine
double strength, from VIM. S.
Lloyd and apply a little of it al
night, and in the morning you will
see that even the worst have begun
to disappear, while the light freck.
les have vanished entirely. 1t is
seldom that more than an ounce is
needed to completely clear the
skin and gain beautiful clear
complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double
strength othine, as this is sold
under guarantee of money back if
it fails to remove freckles.
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DISH DRAINING f ack.

A draining rack for wet dishes, TO
be hung on one side of dish pan, is
a new convenience for the housewife
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so. 1t breaks friendship. 1t CAL

so. 1t breaks friendship. 1t cal
louses the hearts of those who
have befriended us in our need.
1t makes us hard-hearted. 1t is a
worm that eats out the core. We
don't want to meet the men we
owe. We say mean things about
them. We call them "skinners.
We say they are not honest, they
stuff their debts. We lay the size
of our debts all up against the fell
low we owe, and when we are
shown that we owe it all justly and
honestly we never apologize for
our meanness in insinuating that
our bill had been stuffed.
Then mistakes creep in; they do
in cash deals. But in cash trans
actions we are in good humor and
mistakes may be corrected without
ill-will resulting. But mistake
in a debit If it is in our favor we
are usually so sour as not to men,
ton it, and if against us our sour
ness makes crime out of it. The
fellow was trying to gouge us.
Oh, you debt! Your hydra head
breaks more friendships, causes
more heartaches, cuts both ways
and digs into the heart strings
more than money can pay for.
Cash deals are great blessings.
Debt is as great curse as most
men can stand. The graveyard is
full of people killed by debts. 1t
kills both ways. The man that
owes and the man that is owed |
both worry to death and hate each
other. The cash man lives to wear
gray hairs. His face beams with
sunshine. He loves his enemies
because he has none. His life is a
blessing and a benediction to the
whole community.
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The Worry of Debt.
BY d. j. Wood. Gage County, Neb

by IL. d. w oou cage county, Neo.
What bright skies would grow
above us if we did not owe any
body any financial debts. What a
load of worry would drop; how we
would sleep at nights: how we
would enjoy life if we did not
have the nightmare of debt sulk-
ing after us. Now, we can't get
in debt to the post office. Funny,
isn't it. You always write when
you want to and pay cash for the
postage. We don't owe anything
for postage stamps. That is fine,
but let's 90 further. We don't
owe for any railroad ride we have
ever taken. We pay cash for that.
We all seem to owe the railroad a
kick; | wonder if it is because we
can't owe them anything else
And then we don't owe the mail
order houses anything. What we
send away for we manage to cover
with the cash.
We can pat ourselves on the
back and rest easy thus far; but
hold a bit Don't you owe the
hired hand? What about that $40
or that ten bushels of wheat you
got from your neighbor and prom
ised to pay him for the next week !
How about that account at the
store that has been running six
months? oh" you say, that's
nothing. Everybody owes the
storekeeper. 1t is his business to
allow people to owe him." Say,
how does he pay his bills? For he
has to pay on payday or shut up.
"Oh, he can borrow" But that
costs interest; do you pay him in
terest on your accountl That is
horse of another color, Perhaps
lie can't borrow enough to carry
everybody for six months and is
compelled to ask US to pay our
bills or shut up shop. Why that
is awful. Send US a dun! We
won't stand for it minute
There are two things that we
can do-tell him if he can get it
before we do, why get it: or we
can pay up and quit trading with
him, and then cease to speak to
him when we meet him on the
street. This debt business hurts
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HELPFUL WORDS
From a Mt. Sterling Citizen.

Is your back lame and painful?
Does it ache especially after exertioni
Is there a soreness in the kidney reg
ion?
These symptoms indicate weak kid
neys:
There is danger in delay.
Weak kidneys fast get weaker.
Give your trouble prompt attention.
Doan's Kidney Pills act quickly.
They strengthen weak kidneys.
Read this Mt. Sterling testimony.
Samuel I. Greene, Holt street,
Mt. Sterling, KY, says: Il will
ingly corroborate the public state
ment | gave in May, 1903, in favor
of Doan's Kidney Pills. l cannot
fully describe how much benefit
they brought me and doubt if |
would be alive today were it not
for them. You may continue to
use my name and say that l am
still in good health. | give the
highest praise to Doan's Kidney
Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price
80 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.
Buffalo, New York, sole agents for
the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other. 1926
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Substitute for Wal, Gamer.

Among the peculiar substitutes fol
wall paper is that used in one of the
New York art galleries II Is nothing
but huge rag carpet Of neutral tone
that covers the entire wall space. 81
had it woven especially for this pur
pose" said the owner, land my pic
lures never had better setting
though | am bound to admit that the
carpet attracts as much attention as
the paintings"
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Don't let the baby suffer from
eczema, sores or any itching of the
skin. Doan's Ointment gives in.
slant relief, cures quickly. Per-
fectly safe for children. All
druggists sell it. I'm
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Never can tell when you'll mash
a finger or suffer a cut, bruise.
burn or scald. Be prepared, DR..
Thomas Electric Oil instantly re.
licycs the pain quickly cures the
wound. / m
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Sunday Irreqularity.

Physicians will tell you that upset
ting the regular habits Oet US hope
the habits are regular) OF the week on
Sunday, eating more than is good for
you, taking more or no exercise. all
works toward Indigestion, the results
of which are felt through the follow
Ing week until Sunday comes again
when the process Is rereated.
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East-Bouna
CcNNESEI0NTS.

LEXINGTON-Tr No. I will make
connection at Lexington with the l.. &
N. for Louisville, KY No. ) will make
connection with the l.. & n. at Lexing-
ton for Cincinnati, O.
CAMPTON JUNCTION Trains Nos.
1, 2, /, and will make connection with
Mountain Central Ry. to and from Camp
ton, Ky.
BEATTYVILLE JUNCTION - Trains
Nos. /, and will make connection
with the L. & A. Railway for Beattyville.
o. & K. JUNCTION. Trains Nos. ,, 3
and will make connection with Ohio &
Kentucky Ry. for Camel City, KY. and
o. & X. stations.
CHAS. SCOTT
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Designated by Name.

In many English prisons the women
are addressed by their first names in
stead of by numbers, as the men are