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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05
FINDS WATCH LOST
THIRTY-FIvE YEARS
TImepIece Again Running After
Having Been Buried.

Mcnomonie, Wis.-Thirty-flve wears
oeo this spring Register Of Deeds AL
fred HalversOn OF St Croix county,
then young. man. became the DOS
SCISSOR OF his first watch. IN open faced
silver watch. with Il heavy case Young
IIaiverson valued his new possession
so highly that ho carried it with him
at all times. even when he was Dlow-
Ing on his unclc's farm.
He was heartbroten after plowinC n
re" burrows one morning to find that
the watch hnd slipped from his pocket
and had been plOWcd under. with his
cousin, Edward HnlverGOn, he bnck
pioWed the furrOWs, cross plowcd them
and then cOmbed the earth for hours in
search Of the precious timcpiece, but in
vain.
Recently while plowing on the Star
prnirie farm. Edward IInlvorson saw
the p'ow turn something metallic out
Of tho ground. He stopped and picked
1t up and found 1t was n silver WHtch
He at once thought OF tho one his
cousin had lost thirty-Ive years ago.
and although the fields had been chang
cd, he discovered this wns where ha
bad hclpod look for the watch years
ago.
The thick crystal was broken. nnd
the hinges were rustcd, but he return
cd the old timcp!ccc to It's owner. and
q jewelcr TO whom 1t was taken for
repairs discovered that the works wore
free from dirt and rust and the al
justmcnt sill perfect.
a little oil. DrIy pair Of hinges. q
new crystal, ami the watch when
wound started to run os though it had
merely run down the night before.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05

erS."
Hawthorne has shaken hands with
"DutchInan. DaGo,s Yankee. Greek" to
use the words Of his great prison poem.
and he calls them brothers IN every
thing be writes. With his fellow pris.
oners Hawthorne is all nffnbility. but
when visitors come he Is III md sees
no one His request made to Warden
Moycr was that he be not known rs
Julian u" rtho-ne the son OF the yreat
novels. and fimself a proniuent Btcr-
ary man. bt,t ncreiy as Register A4:t5.'
A reporter, presenting In writing
request for IN interview, received from
Hawthorne the following answer: IL
must ask you to excuse mo. Ucro I
am, rs you know, not Il name but
number If anything have written
for Good Words has dono good or hns
caused interest I am glad. but have
nothing to say about IT.
The now Hawthorne who KNOWS"
the minister to the conscience. IS re-
vealol In one paragraph which he
wrote for Good Words
Instead OF feeding upon angry and
rpvrnGctul thoughts" he said ..which
corrode the heart that generates them.
use the occasion to cNlirpate sinister
tendencies and to invite Impulses; or
generosity and good will Look upon
your prison torn ns IN opportunity to
repent Of the evil in you that mon
know not Of"
In an editorial which he wrote for
the paper is implied n Justification Of
his own act which brought about his
conviction.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05
STREET STREWN WITH BILLS.
Thought TO 6e Robbers Piunder by
Government Officials

Leavcnworth, Kan.-Three postofIice
inspectors have begun an investigation
Of the finding Of hundreds Of dollars in
gold certificates believed to be por-
ton Of $4,000 stolen by Charles Saw
age from Il mail truck IN the Union
station I'D Kansas City five years ago.
Developments show that persons bnve
been finding the certificates, mostly of
the 500 denomination, for q month and
have kept the matter secret. It is csti-
mated that at least 81 1000 hus been
picked up in cutters, vacant lots and
back yards.
Al! the money was discovered within
Il radius OF eight blocks Of the home
Of relative Of Charles Savage at
whose house he stopped before his az
rest.
One theory Of the investigators Is
that the money Wns concca!cl III q tree
alM dislodged by recent high winds.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05

newspapers mailed to subscribers In
Canada, who also are subscribers TO
the week day editions, hns been fixed
ut cent pound or fraction thereof
instead Of at cent for four ounces or
fraction, as formerly.
MANY Of the changes which Post
master General Burleson has put into
effect have to do largely with the In
ternal workings Of the department.
but their effect Will be felt throughout
the entire service
"A number OF experienced officers of
the depa rment are now employed In
the field studying conditions with Il
view to recommending remedies wher-
ever dets>cts in methods may be dis
covered.
1T ia Postmaster General Burscson's
desire and earnest endeavor to cstab-
lish In she interest OF economy and
efficiency uniform methods and Drac-
tees throughout the ontire service
md to Girect postmastcrs to the best
way OF administering the postal faclli-
ties
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05
'AWTHORNE AIDS
:EE:LLOW C0NvICTS
on Of Fam0'!s Novelist a
: 80
l,heeT7ul Prisoner.
llKENS MEN TO GREAT BOOKS

Now Humanity Urged by "Resieter
1885" In the Atlanta Federal Prison.
Calls Follow Criminals "Brothore" In
His Latest Observation-Disclosures to Soc
Callers at tho Prison.
Atlanta. Cu.-A new philosophy, full
OF humanity and understanding. hus
been born 10 .Iu!iNu Hawthorne. son Of
the great novelist. since he bccuma
''rcgistcr si-l3J. an inmate OF the fed
erll penitcntinry here.
The deepest human elcmcnt aDDcars
in everything he has written for Good
Words. tie prison paper. and is Great
ing for that journal Il unique litcrnry
interest. The son of Nathaniel lIayy-
thorne has turncd "niniStcr to the
heart and conscience" Of his fellow
cOnvictS.
More than IN anything else Is this
new found sentiment set forth In his
prison poem, Fool False" written to
the men who night after night tramp
ceasccssly back and forth in their eight
foot cells. He has come to understand
the power that driles them
bipllltt, L klION. Is (llS Iclfuln Oh
the poem.
A recent issue Of tive paper contains
the beginning OF Il new department Of
which be will be conductor. lie writes
OF books, prescribing II mode, cnu,4,e OF
reading made up o.: the choicest litcrn
ture OF all countries and OF all timo
Reverence for his father IS implied IN
his selection Of two books Of Nathaniel
HnWthOrncs, The Scarlet letter. and
'Our Old iIome'
But along with his essay on litcra-
tur" he wrote Of another subject which
has htcOl.!e more Interesting to him,
he says, since he Lecanla an iA!nnto Of
the prison.
'There IS another and greater II
hr"ry." tie said in lis column 1T Is
distributed among the ranks in pairs.
with Il shelf to each volume Their
binding is homogcncous--Stou blue
cloth on ordinary occasions, which on
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05

Sundays and holidays changes to q
wooden fabric Of darker hue They
bear titles OH the front and back.
There IS sprinkling Of the poetjcal
element and Il good deal Of fiction, but
each carries historical and biogrnDh-
ical index often illegiblc-storics Of
crime mingled with tragedies, or you
find a farce or q comedy.
Moreover. these volumes grow. de-
cay and die: chapters are added from
time to time, but tho tale seldom ends
happily. These are the books that God
mddc--nOt always much to look At but
containing great 1"ni Of human in.
tcreSt II you can got b"n"Nth tllc COW
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05
SCATTER ASHES OF POET,
Destined Po- Flames, Wind Claims Re-
mains Of joaquin Miller.

Oakland, Cal.-rhc ashes Of JOAQUIN
Miller. "the poet Of tie Sicrras," were
scattered among the DnIucs Of fu-
ncrul ryre built by the poets own
hands. The ceremony wns hold at the
Miller nome, the Heights, in the pic
tureeGue hills near Oakland The Bo-
hcnian club Of Sun Francisco had
charge OF the rites. which were Wit
messed 10y more than 900 perscns. in
ciuGing the poets widow and dnugh-
ter. Juanita, and many Old time
friends
The services, short nnd impressive,
were In accordance with Mfller's dying
wishes. At their conclusion Colonel
John =. Irish Of Oakland mounted the
steps Of the pyre.
This" said Colonel irish, rs not an
occasion for mourning. but for rpjoic-
Ing. We are here not to mourn the
death Of Joaquin Miller, but to rejoice
that through his genius he still lives"
Colonel Irish then applied torch to
the OIL soaked fagots on the pyre. AS
the flames shot up he took the copper
urn containing the poets ashes and
gave them to the fire. Instantly a
Jealous wind whipped the ashes from
the flames and bore them away.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05
Plans TO IMPROVE
POSTAL Service:
Pulisson Maklng Efforts to
!, increase Efficiency.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT MADE,

s0Vfe"s measures Adopted or Con-
tempsated - What Is Being Done
With 100000 Emergency Appropria-
\ taon-eetter'ns Railway. Mail and
Parcel Service.
nshington--Many improvements In
Tho postal service have been made
since Postmaster General Durleson
took hold. succeeding Mr.. Hitchcock
An recent statement issued from the
postmaster generals Office the condi-
tions as they We're found when he took
hold are reviewed., and plans to meet
the emergency witch confronts the
/, service are outlined.
Among the improve nents which
4 have tended 20 increase the efficiency
"of the service is til, lAdGition OF about
1000 clerl1s and JUH letter carriers ut
various offices throughout the country
Approximately $1,OOO,O 900 hos been nu-
@fhorized for temporary clerk hire and
100000 fox city letter carriers Such
,hnusual financial demands made it
necessary for the postmaster general
10 go to congress early IN May for an
emergency appropriation. The sum Of
100000 was granted and IN additional
100000 was appropriated for tempo
:, rary clerk h4re and q like amount for
temporary carriers.
Mr.. Burfcson points out that on
March there were 1900 vacant post
masterships Of presidential grade and
some 800 have become vacant since
There We're 1900 fourth clnss postmas-
Rerships vacant on March 5. These
=. vacancies are being rapidly filed as
the result Of civil service examina-
tions.
Mr.. Burlcson's statenlcnt continues:
within the last sixty days 4SS peti-
lions for rural delivery routes have
been disposed Of resulting In the e5-
tnblishment Of 2O3 routes, involving an
annual expenditure for maintenance Of
approximately 100000. BY the estab-
hshment Of these new routes and the
extension of old routes move than
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05
TRIES TO KISS THE JUDGE.
Mexican Woman Seeks to Embrace
California Ma1istrate.

Los Angeles. - When Mrs. Ricardo
Rivera, a Mexican woman, offered to
kiss Superior Judge Monroe in graft.
tudc for gift Of 50. Which brought
her and her husband together again.
the magistrate bIushed and directed
an official to lead her from the court
room.
The husband was up on charge OF
failure to provide. He promised to
be good. and the court discharged him
Rivera informed the magistrate that
be did not have sufficient funds to
take his wife With him back to his jcL
ut Ontario, whereupon Judge MOu.o"
banded him So
Fa'S" piopbe's are nc cv r w ere
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05

EMMHti%E pA&kIr'f;Ir AHD DAUGHTER
tHiIjIaBEI.
hay" npW been uruTs"1 Hgniilst the wo-
men rs IT," women have been against
ttc government and lis officials Tho
"bObhicS.' who u.cd mcrcly to rood
n"ttlrc"Iy ''hUEt lc" women nbOut when
they came y"liiug ana snricking in
their Si"GcS Of pnr'Htnrlt do not hesi-
tate low to ride t!i"m down ana trnIn-
pie them. to wrench their arms and
wrists ana even to club them.
Despite nIl, however, they continue
to march ana burn and rant and riot
with dclirious WHvings Of their ban
ncr5 that announce, "No Votes, No
PCGCc,"
Here IS summary Of the acts OF
violence by the Sunrragcttcs UP to the
scjIurc by the Dawson woman Of King
Georges entry while running in the
Derby:
Wo'n@ EIGHT years e:r@r of tie
house of parliament. fighting tlo ra'i",.
WIN tarth and uail. wiz, brl..a,'- @uH
bursting h"@l~ Of sitting acit. ~..,s
ana "n" ,.pncr: UoNAg N.0" Ni'h l.r,
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05

Nheelings Golden Jobllee vas a
} g b7om for that city.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05

POSTMASTER GENERAL BURLESON.
100000 people are now receiving their
mail at their doors instead Of 1T re-
mote postofiices.
''ln pursuance Of the policy Of cxpe-
diting the delivery Of mail the poStmas-
Ter general has ordered the discontjnu-
ance Of the back stamping Of all ordi-
nary mail which heretofore has delayed
ats delivery anywhere from twenty
minutes to one-balf hour. An iuvcsti.
cation Of the conditions shows that the
Slight benefits from back STAMPING
were far outweighcd uy the advantages
shat would be gainei 60 the pubic by
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05

its diScontinuance and
prompt forward step by
mont.
The parcel post regula
been modified so as to peri
livery to the addressee, "
d!tional charge, OF matter II
office Of address with impro
affixed.
by an arrangement mad
'anndian postal service til
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05
CLIMAX REACHED
BY SUFFRhG..::5 I !ES
Acts Of English Mi.N21.S Have
StsadiIy Grown Gy~12:.
BEGUN EIGHT YEARS AGO,

at First tho Campaign Was Regarded
0a a Mere Joke, but When It Came to
Destroying L!to and Property It Was
Another Matter Fer Officials 20 Copa
With-Mony Serious Outragco.
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Con lu1fd o. $ Good + X.
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Woman to Manage Her Own Mine

Deadwood, s. D.-Bncked bv capitoi
enough to develop on good sized
scale, Miss Elizabeth Marks Of Rapid
City has purchased the controlling in
terest in the Black Tom gold mine.
known as the best producer in the
Slate Creek district, and is preparing
TO do extensive work this summer.
She Will assume the active manage
ment Of the property
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-07-05

Ease pfopbe's are nc' cv W ere.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-09
WITCHES AND WITCHERY

M. l.. Lewes. in the Occult Review,
tells some stories about witches I
must apologize to my psychic read
ers for repeating them, as no debut
most of them take that admirable
monthly: In olden days Welsh
witches used TO put spells on the
animals OF neighbors who ANNOYED
them. If a cow was the victim it
would sicken of no apparent disease.
cease to give milk, and, If the epell
were not removed, would die The
effect of "witching'' a pig was to
cause curious kind of madness.
something like a fit: this again ended
fatally unless a counter charm was
forthcoming. Quite recently / saw
one of these charms" quoted in a
local paper by a collector of folk
lore. IAN old witch living not far
from Llangadocl< lin Carmarthen-
shfre) on one occasion when
she had witched a pig was compelled
subsequently to unwitch the animal.
She came and put her hand on the
pigs back, saying, 'Dunwa'th gadwo
18th berchenog'-God keep thee to
thine owner" Which seems mild
way of calming a frenzied pig.
"a noted WITCH" says Mr. Lewes.
used to live about mile and a half
from my own home. She was known
as Mary Perlian Peter from the
name of her home. Perlian Peter,
deep down in a thickly wooded ra-
vine. or dingle. as we call IL in Car
diganshire. This way of. designating
individuals, is common in our part of
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-09

The news of "stupendous retreat
of one of the glaciers in Glacier bay,
Alaska, since 1911, and of the fact
that, had this retreat occurred ten
years ago the boundary of Alaska
would have been pushed inland, add
ing materially to the area OF the
northernmost possession of the United
States, is conveyed in recent letter
to the National Geographic Society,
from Lawrence Martin, of the de-
partment of geology of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, one of the greatest
living authorities on glacial move
mentS
Professor Martin and the late Ralph
s Tarr, of Cornell University, were
the leaders of the 1911 research ex-
pedition of the National Geographic
Society for the study of Alaskan
glaciers.
Glacier bay lies directly north of
Chichagof island, one of the archi-
pelago Just off the southernmost por-
ton of the coast of Alaska. Tine
boundary line, after following the
coast several miles inward, in a
northwesterly direction, suddenly
shoots southwest for distance of
100 miles, touching but rev miles
north of Glacier bay.
zone of the glaciers in Glacier bay
has had a stupendous retreat of three
miles since Tarr and l were there in
1911 reads Professor Martins let
fer "No one ever before recorded
so rapid a recession of an ice tongue
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-09
Glacier Makes Great Retreat

and no one ever WILL till one of the
VOLCANOES melts its glaciers at Mt.
Wrangell, In the Copper river basin,
or Mt. Douglas, on the Alaska penin-
sula. shall do SO some day. This re-
treat of the ice tongue in Glacier bay
has extended that field from Alaska
into Canada. giving the dominion
new harbor far north of where it has
previously had a seacoast, but not in
a region where the present resources
are liable to lead to International
complications. It's a pity the re-
cession didn't happen years ago, for
then the boundary would have been
pushed inward, adding materially to
the area of Alaska"
The Alaskan boundary tribunal, in
1903, decided that the United States
was entitled to a continuous strip of
territory which extended around the
heads of all the inlets, thus excluding
all contact of British territory with
the sea from Portland canal north to
Mt st. Elias. 1t also fixed the east
ern or interior boundary line at des-
ignated mountain peaks to conform
TO this decision. This line extends
practically ten leagues from the
ocean. The section of the boundary
line that is cut by this receding gla-
cier is trifle more than 100 miles
in length, SO for every mile of re-
cession more than 100 square miles
of territory would have been added
to Alaska had this phenomenon OF
nature occurred before the boundary
dispute was settled.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-09
How New Zealand Protects Citizens

cheap and efficient service and reduce
taxation. They are subject through
parliament to popular control. Rail-
roads, harbors, postal and telegraph
service parcel post, posta savings
banks, street cars, telephones. gas.
gas, electricity, waterfall these are
controlled by Mr.. Citizen in, New Zea-
land.
New Zealand also has universal
penny postage e cents. 1t only costs
cents to SEND a letter from New
Zealand to the United States, but to
send a letter from here costs cents.
Street car systems are divided into
penny sections not exceeding cents
for the long distances and lesser
amounts for the shorter trips.
''All sources of water power ara
government owned Also all water
frontages, including lakes, rivers and
sea-
1.-THE post office savings bank with
a branch at every post o.fice holds
over $50 000,0 0D of the reoples savings.
Since 1867 the postal bank has paid
over $20,000,00p in interest. There are
about 100000 depostors.
civil service is removed from
political control by being governed
by public service commission, and
proper classification and superannua-
ton of civil servants.
There is no excuse for a man be-
ing poverty stricken in New Zealand,
but a few are as a result of laziness,
untoward misfortune, or drink.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-09
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM
THE EXCHANGES

commerce awaits them. Hitherto
Uncle Sam has passed them over in
favor of Western schemes for which
there is no economic basis As Gov
ernor Glynn pointed out, the Henne-
pin canal in Illinois, upon which the
government has spent $1,000, 0D0 has
no traffic but 1t is no worse in this
respect than many other fragrant Jobs
in the Middle West BY a combine
ton of the congressman of the Missis-
sippi valley they have been able to
secure from the United States treas
ury incredible sums of money for
projects that possess almost no COM
mercial value. In the meantime the
really important navigable streams
of the country, the Delaware, the
Hudson, the Connecticut, Chesapeake
bay and others have suffered COM
parative neglect.
IT is high time that the East should
assert itself against the voracious
West. Pennsylvania and New Jersey
are especially interested in the i'm
provement of the Delaware river to
Easton and Phillipsburg and the con-
struction of the proposed new canal
to the Raritan. They should join
forces with New York in its Just de-
mands for the Hudson and other sea-
board States In their legitimate am
billions. The Middle West should be
made to understand that there are
other rivers In the country beside the
Mississippi, and that Uncle Sam is
under no obligation to spend all his
spare cash upon that vagrant and
stream
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-09

Wales. where surnames among the
peasantry are chiefly limited to Jones.
Davies and Evans, so that a PERSONS
Christian name, followed by that of
their house, is far more distinctive
than using a surname most probably
common to half the people in a
parish So the witch was Mary of
Peters Orchard 'perlian' meaning
orchard though who Peter was I
could never find out. and she was
undoubtedly a powerful one.
One day she asked a neighbor to
bring her some corn which she re-
quired. and the man very unwillingly
consented, as the path down to the
cottage was very steep and the corn
heavy to carry. On the way he spilled
some, and Mary was very angry and
muttered threats of her friend when
he left. And when he got back to the
home and went to the table what was
his amazement to see his little mare
sitting like a pig on her launches
and staring wildly before her. He
went to her, and. pulling at the hal
ter, tried to get her on her feet. but
in vain: she did not seem able to
move. Then the man, very fright
ened. bethought him of the witch's
threats, for he felt sure the mare was
spellbound So he sent off for Mary
to come and remove the spell, and
when she arrived she went straight
up to the animal and Moron zach.
what ails thee now?' was all she said.
and the mare Jumped to her feet as
well and lively as ever."-T. P.'s
Weekly
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-09
tcontlDued from Yesterday,
ARTICLE II.

=
There is practically no poverty in
New Zealand says Rev. Edward
Walker after thirty years social and
religious service in the islands. There
are no millionaires, no slums.
New Zealand has a European pop
ulation of 100000 and an aboriginal
native population of 10000.
THE laws are world famed. Pri-
mary election is free secular and
compulsory up to prescribed stand
ard, with free text books. free trans
portation on the railroads for school
children and where there is no rail-
load an allowance for conveyance or
for boarding near the school. There
is provision for the deaf, dumb and
blind and backward in twelve special
state institutions.
Infants are protected by taking
them out of vicious surroundings and
placing them with approved private
families under supervision of honor
airy lady visitors who file monthly re-
ports with the government. There is
national endowment of 1900 900
acres for education and old age pen.
sions Gao per cent. of the fees for
education.
Public utilities are all nationalized
or municipalized. OF 2.790 miles of
sailroad, only twenty-nine are pri-
vately owned Public utilities pay A
per cent. on capital cost and give