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The Pioneer Press. "HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN" ESTABLISHED 1882 California Invites The World California Invites The World BY PROF. CHARLES ALEXANDER. Special To The Pioneer Press. On the western edge of the North American Continent, lashed by the restless waves of the great Pacific Ocean on one side and by an immense island-dotted bay almost surrounding it on the other, in a remarkably congenial climate, a veritable garden-spot of enchanting loveliness, is located San Fransisco, the city of hills. In the most favored section of this city has been planted the Panama Pacific International Exposition. A visit to this Exposition is calculated to broaden the minds of visitors, creating greater social sympathies among them, harmonizing geographical and international view points and rendering it easy to realize the brotherhood of man among men. It would be a serious misfortune to the Colored people of the United States if they should for any reason be deterred from visiting this magnificent Exposition; and especially on account of the misleading and erroneous report circulated recently that the attitude of the citizens of San Francisco and the Exposition is unfriendly hostile and antagonistic toward them. Knowing the sensitive nature of our people and realizing how easy it is to create the timorous spirit among them on questions of discrimination and prejudice, I have thought it wise to send forth this frank statement concerning the situation here in San Francisco. Nearly everywhere in this country questions of segregation, discrimination and prejudice are engrossing the attention of leaders, and I would save our people embarrassment and humiliation wherever it is possible. To those who have decided to visit the Exposition and to those who have not yet fully contemplated that pleasure, be it understood: That San Francisco is a big cosmopolitan city. A city made up of all sorts and conditions of men. It is more liberal in sentiment, and less provincial in racial matters than either Chicago or New York. Representatives of a great number of races are seen daily on the streets. Little racial antipathy or animosity is observable in the conduct of the people in public places, notwithstanding the incongruous, dissimilar and heterogeneous character of the population. Indeed, San Francisco, is singularly free from racial friction as compared with other cities. On the Exposition grounds the most generous and cordial spirit prevails among the visitors and natives; and here one sees for himself the gathering together of many strange peoples, arrayed in picturesque garb, speaking unfamiliar languages and betraying peculiar traits of character. The wonderful sight inspires the belief that the time is not remote when universal peace will be realized, notwithstanding the terrible conflict now raging in Europe. The races, in order to reach some common grounds, in order to arrive at some mutual understanding, must come together in this fashion, confer and get acquainted with each other, and this Exposition is performing the benificent mission of introducing the representatives of various races to each other on a larger scale than has ever been done before. Now as to accommodations for Colored people in San Francisco. It is not true that our people are discriminated against as has been stated in the Eastern newspapers. Let all who will, come, and you will be given a hearty welcome. First class accommodations at reasonable rates can be secured in all parts of the city. If any of our readers contemplate the trip to the Exposition it would be well to write to Prof. Charles Alexander, 1299 Hyde Street, San Francisco, California, for literature and full information. He is prepared to answer all questions relating to the Exposition and accommodation. Our educators and leaders everywhere should avail themselves of the benefits of this wonderful display of the skill and genius of the world. The educational value of this Exposition is inestimable. The arrangement of the spacious palaces in which the exhibits are installed and the tower of Jewels, scintillating day and night with a wealth of unsurpassing beauty, furnishes a feast for the mind and soul as helpful and inspiring as anything that has ever happened in the history of our country. Bad Spellers. Lord' Wolseley noted that spelling had been the weak point of many great commanders. He was defending Marlborough against the charge of illiteracy, brought by Lord Chesterfield for one, who said he was "eminently illiterate, wrote bad English and spelt it worse." Wolseley replied that a great many of Marlborough's distinguished contemporaries, such as Lord Chancellor Somers, spelled quite as badly and that Wellington and Napoleon also were among those who could never learn to do it properly.—London Telegraph. Ready to Bargain. Sultor (to her father)—Sir, I love the very ground your daughter treads on. Father (grimly)—Well, young man, you ain't the first party that's had an attachment for it. Howsomever, if you love it well enough to come and help pay up the mortgage on it you can marry Sarah.—Exchange. A Wise Woman. Mr. Snaggle (snappishly)—Don't be correcting that boy always, Sarah. Let nature take its course, won't you? Mrs. Snaggle (laying aside the shingle)—I'll do nothing of the sort. Mr. Snaggle. I don't intend that any woman shall have such a husband as I've got if I can prevent it Hard to Keep. "Do you keep any servants?" "No, of course not." "But I thought I saw one in your kitchen?" "Oh, we have servants on the premises a day or two at a time, but we don't keep them."—Houston Post. A. Better Reason. Askitt—Why do you always avoid Hillow? Do you owe him money? Telltt—No; and I don't want him to owe me any.—Indianapolis Star. If your customer loses his patience, you cannot help him to find it by losing your own.—Youth's Companion. Gossips are among the worst foes to good fellowship. Brother Johnson Gives Fine Advice The time of school closing is about at hand and those schools which have not already done so will soon shut fast their doors for the summer time. With the closing exercises come many things which in one way or the other appeal to us, but there is one matter in particular which we feel should be emphasized and that is the habit which many of the schools have of encouraging the children to make some sort of gift to the principal or teacher. Especially is this true with reference to the graduating classes of several of the schools, and we feel that the times are indeed too hard aside from the fact that the pupils owe absolutely no debt of gratitude to their teachers, to force or even allow the children to pool their mites in order that some principal or teacher might be given some little memento. Parents as a general thing and especially is this true of those who have children in the grahuating classes, are put to their wits' end to meet the ordinary demands of their children for clothes during the closing day of school and it is indeed carrying the gift giving idea too far to ask that they provide their children with money to purchase a gift for some teacher or principal. Then, too, the present giving habit of school children to their teachers has caused many a child of extremely poor parentage to feel greatly embarrassed because he could not join his mate in bringing some sort of gift for his teacher. The habit is indeed a bad one and should be discouraged by both teachers and pupils. Savannah, (Ga.,) Tribune. HE WAS RESOURCEFUL But He Probably Didn't Get the Job For Which He Applied. There is a certain middle aged and old fashioned business man who is a little doubtful whether he or the other carried off the honors of war in an interview given to a smart young man. The smart young man was applying for a berth. "Let me see," said the merchant; "you've called on me before, but not on your present errand. The first time you represented Up to Date Limited and offered to put our concern on modern lines. Then you came on behalf of Systems & Files and said you were business doctors. And after that you came as the publicity expert of the Newest In Ads, company?" "That is so, sir." "And are all these—er—companies dead?" The young man reluctantly admitted that they were. "Yet after coming here three times to offer to teach us our business when your concerns go down you coolly solicit a berth in this poor, effete old firm. Why, what use are you to us? Look at your record." The optimist countered that easily. "You never know, sir. I might be very useful. Look what a splendid experience I've had in winding up companies."—Philadelphia Ledger. Two of a Kind. "My dear Mrs. Gadsby, I'm so glad to see you. What is the latest gossip?" "My dear, that is just what I called to find out."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch He is wise who can always control his tongue. THE GERRYMANDER Gilbert Stuart's Cartoon Made the Political Trick Notorious. Gilbert Stuart, who is best remembered for his portraits of Washington, was also a cartoonist, and it was he, according to James Melvin Lee, in Cartoons Magazine, who designed the famous Gerrymander cartoon. In 1811, writes Mr. Lee, the struggle between the Democrats and the Federalists for the control of Massachusetts was extremely bitter. The Democrats had elected Elbridge Gerry governor and had carried both houses of the legislature. To retain this supremacy they renapped the senatorial districts and divided the power of their political adversaries by paying no attention to county boundaries. In Essex county the relation of the district to the town was most absurd, and a map of the county thus laid out hung in the office of the Massachusetts Sentinel. One day as Stuart gazed at the map he remarked that the towns as they had been assembled looked like some monstrous animal. A few touches of his pencil added the wings and claws, and he christened the creature a salamander. At the suggestion of Editor Russell, the name was changed to Gerrymander. The cartoon thereafter frequently appeared in a "broadside," while the term became one of reproach Decoy Periscopes. Such things exist as decoy periscopes—short lengths of pipe held upright on a float and looking exactly like the real periscope. The submarine sets them adrift for you to find—sometimes scatters several of them. When one is sighted you cannot stop to consider whether the little object dancing on the sea half a mile or so distant does or does not mean 250 pounds of high explosive coming straight at you. Maybe you will see an aeroplane maneuvering over it in a way that carries convulsion that it does. You don't dare to take any chances, and so you train all the guns at it. Then the real submarine slinks up on the other side of the ship and with the swift rush of its torpedo another sea tragedy is enacted.—London Tit-Bits. Performing a Duty Mr. Choute told this one—not on himself: An American called at the office of the American ambassador in London, with his wife and baggage. "When did you arrive?" was the first question. "Just arrived," was the answer. "Have you been to your hotel?" was another question put. "No," came the prompt answer. Then the ordinary question was put to him, as to every visitor of that kind and which we put at the end of an interview, "Well, what can I do for you?" "You can do nothing for me," came the reply, "I merely came here to see whether my ambassador was in his place."—Denver Post. Historical Parallels. "Well, get rid of it—get rid of it." "What does this history I have been reading mean by a 'coop detat'?" "That, my son, in politics or statecraft, is the same thing as a pinch hitter delivering the goods in the last half of the ninth inning of a baseball game, with runners on second and third and the score 2 to 1 in favor of the other team."—Richmond Times-Dispatch. Promoted. "Mrs. Nurich, I understand your husband is one of the stewards of the racing association." "Look here, young man, my husband gave up cookin' years ago and I'd rather you wouldn't refer to it."—Buffalo Express. A. Sneaky Man. Mr. Kay See—Sneaky sort of man? What do you mean, sir? Witness—Well, sor, he's the sort of man that'll never look ye straight in the face until yer back's turned—Kansas City Times. Appreciation. "Has your wife a sense of humor?" "Sure. I told her all the automobile jokes I could and now she wants one of the automobiles."—Washington Star. Colored Races Show Mettle The cool manner in which the colored fighters—both the Senegalese and Indians—have behaved on the fighting line, and the efficient manner in which they have handled western weapons, the heroism they have displayed when brave men turned cowards and had to be sent back home as confirmed invalids suffering from nervous prostration, and the uncomplaining way in which they have suffered sorely trying privations, have justified their employment on the continent. Their admirable behavior has turned many enemies into friends. The necessity that has led to the employment of colored soldiers on the continent of Europe deals a shattering blow to racial prejudices. After the war is over the position of the dark peoples in the political economy of Greater Britain and Greater France will never be the same that it was before the conflict took place. The destiny of the Indian subjects of the British empire and the Negro citizens of the French republic is bound to be completely reshaped as the aftermath of the war. Hints of it have already begun to appear in the British and French press, even though both of the nations are engaged in a life and death struggle and have no time to think of any constructive work. Southern Workman. Some Measures. The length of the foot was used for distances long before it was fixed at twelve inches. A "furlong" is only a furrowlong. The breadth of the hand, became the standard because the easiest way of measuring the height of the horse. The length of the arm gave the length of the "ell," and from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger was the "cubit." By stretching out both arms as if on a cross man invented the measure of the "fathom." Cloth measure still decrees that two and one-half inches make a "nail," and this is the width of four fingers held together and measured across the nails. The apothecary's "dram" originally signified "only as much raw spirit as can be held in the mouth." THIS DEER ROAMS AWAY AND RETURNS Mrs. Ada Kirkpatrick, of Mission Canyon, has a deer that refuses to yield to the call of the wild. For three years Mrs. Kirkpatrick has kept the deer on her fenced-in ranch, where it has been a delight to visitors. Each night she has had the deer shut in a smaller enclosure to safeguard the nimble creature from harm. Believing that the deer yearned for the wild life the owner opened the gates leading into the mountains. The deer was off like a shot. But when darkness came the deer was found pawing at the inclosed gate. Each night now for some time the deer has returned to be locked up after roaming all day over the mountain range. Despite its freedom the creature continues to be tame, and comes when its owner calls.—Los Angeles Times. Entered in Post Office at Martinsburg, W. Va. as Second Class Matter. J. R. Clifford, Editor and Proprietor. Drawer 869, and Bell 'Phone 60K, Martinsburg, W. Va. SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1915 If the United States wants to fight, let it fight something big and let little Mexico alone. The State Supreme Court sustains the action of the Public Service Commission in estopping the B. & O. in its raise of one half of a cent a mile. Since railroads dropped editors, it will have to tread the wine-press alone in its many contests. If we are not blind, in spite of at least a hundred million dollars daily from a war tax when there is none, and all the sea trade in our hands if properly managed,it won't be very long before the United States will growl over the slumpiest and most defunct treasury known to this country the past hundred years. This is the season when young folks are emerging from the high school, the college and the university all flushed with the honors which are rightfully theirs, but in their overwhelming triumphs they ought not forget that they are up against the real struggle, the one which will prove their true worth or leave them to the mercies of the world, which are grim and cold at best. We got a strong, sound and sensible letter from Professor Charles Alexander of San Francisco, denying that colored people are not wanted there. He urges them to come and guarantees to them the best of treatment. We know the man personally and vouch for everything he says as being true. Read his letter in this issue, and write him for information, prices and places to stay. Chief Sam, about whom much has been said during the past year or more, is in Africa, he and his shipload of American Negroes having arrived there some time ago. Of one thing we are sure, and that is, Chief Sam certainly has got grit and that a plenty. Now as to the wisdom of his African emigration scheme, time alone will have to be depended upon by us in arriving at a conclusion as to that phase of his propaganda. Public sentiment right or wrong, is a great thing. It is plainly shown in Leo M. Frank's case. That he's guilty is our belief, and if the Negro had a hand in it we have no mercy in store for him. But can he write? If not can the guilt be placed at his door? If Frank be guilty, it is ten times better to commute his sentence to life imprisonment than to hang him. But if public sentiment now has the force to commute, peradventure, it will ere long unite to liberate him. Mary Phagan is dead and she was killed by some one and no one in the world's honest belief puts any other man in the murderer's shoes but Frank. General Villa calls President Wilson's representatives clowns. Should we go there into warfare, the insinuation may go down in Mexican history. Let us stay out of Mexico and see that our own are kept from starvation. We can't whip Mexico in thirty years. It will be a guerilla warfare and the lizzards will kill more of our people than Mexican lead, to say nothing of the diseases there and after the war here. Let Mexico alone. Certainly change the jury system from remaining as heretofore that all must agree and there'll be no verdict. Nine out of twelve are enough to bring a verdict in. Are jurors of more importance than judges? It does not take all of the judges on the State benches nor the United States Supreme Court to decide a case. Then why should it require all of twelve men—many too often block-heads who can't read nor write—to decide a case. It ought to be changed and the quicker the better. Forty-five years ago, we taught our first school at Moorefield, Hardy County, W. Va. Then both parents and children were eager and hungry for learning. Many of our pupils have been met since that time gloriously for their appreciation and the progress made. But yesterday the climax came. One of the pupils of that far back period is now the owner and operator of a silk mill in North Carolina, and sent us three pair of the finest silk socks we ever saw. Delighred with you and hope to see you in your North Carolina home this year with a pair of your gift on. Editor G. W. Bouldin, of the San Antonio Inquirer, is engaged in a crusade for a higher standard of morality among the school teachers of that city. He made it so hot for one he was after that the San Antonio Board of Education fired him almost forthwith. He is after some others, and from what we have learned to know of the man, there is not the least doubt in our mind but that he will be the means of their removal. In this fight the man is perfectly right, because, the teacher, along with the parent and preacher, is either a force for good or bad in a community, and when in charge of those of tender years, should be as strictly moral as it is possible to be. More power to you Brother Bouldin in your fight for civic betterment and a high toned morality in the ranks of those who teach our young. Wheeling, W. Va., May 26, '15. J. R. Clifford, I see in your paper that your "sympathy is for Germany and your love for France." "In the event of a war with America, would you fight?" The harder I work the better my nerves are, and although in my 68th year, am as active as ever, and can shoot with as much accuracy as ever, and I certainly would fight for my country. I own as much of the Capitol at Washington; of the United States and of the State of West Virginia as any other living man. This fair land is no more to be blamed for prejudice and the hardships thereupon attendant, than whiskey is for making drunkards, and in fighting I would feel that for the second time I would be shooting hatred to eternal oblivion, in the hope that a just God would make our half freedom a whole manly one, and in His own time give the Negroes their right to the billions of acres they cleared up, as He has turned the wickedness of slavery in a blessing for us all. Very truly yours, J. R. Clifford. With Ex-Governor Wm. M. O. Dawson, Hon. Elliott Northcott and Judge E. F. Morgan as Public Service Commissioners, the Pioneer Press is not afraid to say with assurance, that if a strong body of up-to-date colored men go to said body and put before them our humiliation by the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company's infringements on our rights by enforcing its jimcrow plans in this state on its cars and with separate waiting rooms at Shepherdstown and Charles Town, they will cease to exist. Such things must be fought with all our might and main. We are in the fight, who will join us and go to Charleston and lay the infamous matter before the Commission? An effort is on foot to make voters believe that Bryan is for peace and that Daniels is ruled by him. The latter is and has been at sea so far as our ability to meet the demands for it, and the former, as we see it, is simply laying plans for self-aggrandizement in the hope that his tom-foolery in espousing this, that and the other for years almost out of mind to land himself in the White House, that time and brief at that, has proved ridiculous and made him a laughing stock. His "crown of thorns" gave the same national and international renown that Booker T. Washington's "palm and finger" Atlanta, Georgia speech gave him. Eliminate both, and both men would be back numbers. Bryan is a misfit, and ought to resign. A coward is always in trouble; a brave man, is like a bull-dog, not kicked around the "hound dog" origin of Champ Clark's political song is all the proof wanted. Peace on earth in this age, is overpowering ability in defending any country and its better to spend millions on this line and keep peace than by cowardice lose millions of lives, prestige and power. ... "According to Hoyle." The first author of books dealing with card games was Edmund Hoyle, who died in London, aged ninety-seven, in 1770. His treatises on whist, piquet and other games are still authorities, and "According to Hoyle" has become a proverb. Hoyle has been called the inventor of whist, which is an error, although he was the first to popularize the game and place it on a scientific and exact footing. Hoyle was a lawyer by profession, but he derived a good income from his books. For his treatise on whist he received $5,000, and the work was so popular that it ran through five editions the first year, besides many pirated editions. Hoyle gave instructions in whist to parties of ladies and gentlemen, charging each $5 per lesson. For some years he held an official court position in Ireland which paid him $3,000 per year. Hoyle's book on whist was first published in 1743. WATER SOAKED WATCHES What to Do When Camping or Where a Jeweler Can't Be Found. What to do with a water soaked watch is often a problem when one is caught in the wilderness, or in a community where no jeweler is to be found. Lack of knowing what steps to take often results in much expense, if not in the utter ruin of the watch. Watches made with both a screw face and screw back may be dried easily by removing the front and back, emptying the watch of as much water as will run out, reversing the crystal, screwing it on the back of the watch and then laying it where the sun will have a chance to reflect through the crystal. The heat of the sun on the crystal will draw the moisture from the works in fifteen or twenty minutes. If water still remains in the works, the crystal may be unscrewed, wiped and replaced and the process repeated. After the sun falls to draw any more of the water out on to the glass it is safe to conclude that there is no more in the works, and the oil originally on them, warmed by the sun, lubricates the parts. There should be no more trouble with the watch, although it is advisable to have it examined by a jeweler at the earliest opportunity—Technical World. CARLYLE AND THE ARTISTS. His Impatience With Whistler and His Growl at Watts. In the article on Whistler in "Sketches of Great Painters," by Edwin Watts Chubb, there is a characteristic Carlyle anecdote. Carlyle had seen the famous painting by Whistler of his mother, and this led to Carlyle's willingness to sit for the great artist. "He came one morning," writes Mr. Chubb, "sat down, waited a few moments while Whistler made the final arrangements of canvas, brushes and palette and said: "And now, mon, fire away! "When Carlyle noticed that Whistler ignored his injunction and did not think that that was the way to paint a portrait he added to itiv: "If you're fighting battles or painting pictures the only thing to do is to fire away." "On another day Carlyle talked about other artists who had painted his portrait: "There was Mr. Watts, a man of note, and I went to his studio, and there was much estestification, and screens were drawn around the easel, and curtains were drawn, and I was not allowed to see anything. And then, at last, the screens were put aside, and there I was. And I looked. And Mr. Watts, a great mon, he said to me, "How do you like it?" And then I turned to Mr. Watts, and I said, "Mon, I would have you know I am in the habit of wearin' clean linen."" PROPER COOKING It Destroys Bacteria and Makes the Food More Digestible. Cooking is one of the principal forces in civilization, and it has played a tremendous part in bringing mankind to the high place it now holds. The principal reason for cooking our food is to destroy disease germs. For many ages no one knew what caused illness, but now nearly all maladies are traceable to these tiny germs, many of which are found in food and can be destroyed only by the heat of cooking. Man, owing to the very complicated machinery of his body, falls a prey to disease more easily than the animals. Consequently food which an animal can take without harm may kill a man. Cooking destroys a large proportion of the parasites, microbes and bacteria in food, thus giving man a chance to digest a diet that otherwise would kill him. In order to achieve the best results in the destruction of bacteria and in the increasing of digestibility meat and other foods should be subjected first to intense heat so as to form a retaining skin, as is done in roasting or broiling. Then the heat should be reduced and kept on for a long term, during which the juices gradually soften the muscular fibers. This heat acts as a deathblow to the millions of bacteria which would otherwise have found a place in the stomach of the man or the woman who was to eat it.New York American. Byron's Pet Geese. Italian geese figured in the long succession of pets Byron kept at one time or another. The Countess Gulccioll told Lord Malmesbury that, "with all his abuse of England, Byron when in Italy insisted on keeping up old customs in small things, such as having hot cross buns on Good Friday and roast goose on Michaelmas day. This last fancy led to a grotesque result. After buying a goose and fearing it might be too lean he fed it every day for a month previously, so that the poet and the bird became so mutually attached that when Sept. 29 arrived he could not kill it, but bought another and had the pet goose swung in a cage under his carriage when he traveled. After four years he was moving about with four geese."—London Chronicle. Cruel Thing! The elderly "girl" was gushing round, as usual, and Molly Smarte was getting tired of it. "Oh, look here!" cried the would be youthful dame. "Here's such a funny advertisement in the paper. A beauty specialist says he can make you look ten years younger in twenty minutes." "How interesting!" exclaimed Miss Smarte, with a smile. "Why don't you try his treatment for—er—an hour or so?"—London Answers. Enough to Make Trouble. He—You don't seem to be as fond as you used to be of Miss Sweetthing. She—I'm not, either. Why, the horrid little cat went around telling folks how much respect and regard she had for me and how she had learned to rely on the teachings of my long experience.—Richmond Times-Dispatch. Experience. "There's one thing I can say," said the woman who had married twice. "And that is?" they asked. "You never appreciate the good qualities of your first husband until you discover the bad points of your second."—Detroit Free Press. Special Stamps Used by Some of the Exploring Expeditions. Many arctic and antarctic explorers have taken with them a special supply of postage stamps for special uses. When the Terra Nova left New Zealand on Nov. 20, 1910, she had on board £100 worth of New Zealand penny stamps bearing the words "Victoria Land." Captain Scott was made postmaster of British Antarctica, an appointment first held by Sir Ernest Shackleton in 1907. The stamps carried by the Shackleton expedition were the ordinary New Zealand stamps, marked "King Edward VII. Land." Twenty-three thousand of these stamps were issued, and though of only a penny value they are now quoted at 26 shillings each, unused. The Australian antarctic expedition, under the leadership of Dr. Mawson, used the stamps of Tasmania, cancelled with a special postmark showing in the center the figure of a penguin. The stamps used by the Terra Nova expedition were also canceled by a design noticeable for the figure of a penguin. The German antarctic expedition of 1911 had a stamp of special manufacture showing a design of the expedition's ship, the Deutschland.—Minneapolis Journal. The Czarina. "Do try and get the empress to smile, Eulalia," said one of the grand duchesses to me at some court function. But that was sooner said than done. There is not a trace of artificiality in the empress' character. She seemed unable to pretend she was enjoying herself when, in point of fact, she was fatigued and bored. Moving as the central figure of a splendid pageant, I think she was always wishing the ceremony to be at an end and to find herself free to be with her children again.—H. R. H. the Infanta Eulalia in Century. Alphabetical. Willis—Won't you dine with me? Gillis—Thank you, I just dined. I was home and had my regular meal of apples, apricots and asparagus. Willis—Isn't that a rather odd combination? Gillis—Well, you see, my wife went to a domestic science school and had to leave after the first week—Life. Not Guilty. It was 4 a.m. and Bilkins crept softly into the house and removed his shoes, but as he tiptoed up the stairs one of the treads gave a loud creak. "Is that you, John?" demanded Mrs. Bilkins from above. "No, my love," replied Bilkins; "it's the stairs."—Illustrated Bits. "The only way for a man to learn all about a woman is to get married." "And study the ways of his wife, eh?" "No! Listen to what she tells him about other women."—Boston Transcript. Gentry Brothers is an all feature show! Here today! Go! HOTEL POWHATAN WASHINGTON D.C. HOTEL OF AMERICAN IDEALS In a city where good hotels abound, the Powhatan heads the list. It is first in the hearts of its countrymen. The Powhatan is refined, exclusive, and restful. Its excellent location on Pennsylvania Avenue, 18th and H Streets, makes it a desirable headquarters for bridal couples, tourist parties, conventions, Schools and colleges. The Powhatan attracts the people of culture and education. Its proximity to State, War and Navy Departments, also to many points of historical interest, makes this hotel especially attractive to a discriminating public. The Powhatan offers rooms with detached bath at $1.50, $2.00 and up. Rooms with private bath, $2.50, $3.00 and up. Write for booklet with man: E. C. OWEN, MANAGER LOCAL NEWS The "sweet girl graduate" has the center of the stage now. Mr. John F. Carter was somewhat indisposed on Thursday, but as we go to press he is better. Martinsburg and Berkeley County have experienced the heaviest rainfall this week that has visited this section in years. Mrs. Fannie Moten has returned home after a stay of a week or so in Hagerstown, where she visited her daughter. Today is Confederate decoration day in Winchester, and as a consequence a big crowd will be there to pay homage to their departed dead Misses. Matilda Green, Hilda Hopewell, Olia Warrick and Myra Kirk are at home after a successful year's work at Storer College, Harper's Ferry. Mrs. R. R. Thompson, wife of the popular pastor of Dudley Baptist Church, is enjoying the very invigorating sea breezes at Norfolk, Virginia, which is done by direction of her physician. Miss Julia Morgan stopped over here during the week enroute from Piedmont to her home in Charles Town, and reported a very successful year's work as a member of the Piedmont school faculty. Messrs. John and Grant, sons of Mr. David Robinson, of Douglass Grove, after attending Morgan College Annex, Lynchburg, Va., during the past school year, have returned home. Gentry's Celebrated Dog and Pony show exhibits in our city this afternoon and tonight, and all who can should attend, because it is one of the finest amusement enterprises of the kind in the world. Mr. George Miller is at present located near Shanghai, where he is doing some general repair work, painting and paper hanging for Mr. C. E. Wheeler, possessor of one of the finest farms in Back Creek Valley. Mrs. Annie Williams, nee Harden, a life long resident of this city, left on Tuesday morning last for Chicago, where she joined her husband, who preceded her there about a month ago. It is hoped she will like her new home. While serving as catcher and pitcher, respectively, in a ball game, yesterday afternoon, Fred Miller and Curtis Green met in a head-on collision, with the result that several stitches had to be taken over Curtis's eye, and Fred's head to have the attention of a doctor. Dr. C. C. Wainright, the well known and popular Charles Town physician, was a visitor to our city on last Thursday. Friends were glad to see him and he seemed to enjoy his short stay here. Aside from his professional duties, the Doctor is an extensive dealer in live stock, and anyone having stock for sale will do well to see him before disposing of same. Story of the Incident That Gave the Place Its Name. There's not a drummer between New York and San Francisco who hasn't at some stage of his drumming career made game of the name of the town of Painted Post. And after everybody laughs you may hear the query, "But I wonder where it did get its name?" 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The eight aqueducts of ancient Rome brought 40,000,000 gallons of water a day into the city. Had the Romans been aware that water always rises to its own level these huge erections on arches seventy feet high need never have been built. BIG TREE MAIL STATION. Renowned as the Oldest Postoffice Building In America. The pioneers of the northwest often made use of huge trees hollowed out by fire or decay. Some of these "tree houses" they occupied as temporary residences. Others they used as shelters for stock or as primitive barns. Only one, however, ever had the distinction of being a United States postoffice. That stump is in Challam county, in the state of Washington. In early days the settlers were widely scattered, and it was a long journey over rough trails to the postoffice. Carriers could do no more than leave mail at some central point. The big cedar stump, twelve feet in diameter and reduced to a shell by fire, was a base from which a number of trails radiated. 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The ancient formula always at the coronation of the kings of old Spain was: "We, your equals, choose you to reign over us." And the king assented in this declaration of his nobles. There was a time when all grandees of Spain wore their hats in the presence of the king, but in time the idea of caste began to prevail, even among the grandees, with the result that they were eventually divided into three classes, and these classes were distinguished by the hat etiquette. The first class entered the royal presence covered; the second class entered uncovered, and after an advance of a few steps, put on their hats, unbidden by the king, and the third class also entered uncovered, but did not "cover" until requested to do so by the king. Then, according to the etiquette, "all were equal." There have been grandees who were not Spaniards—notably the Duke of Wellington, upon whom the cortes conferred the honor in recognition of his services to the state.—Exchange. Safety First. 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