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The Pioneer Press. "HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S LIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN" ESTABLISHED 1882 Grandfather Clause Hard-Hit We believe that thoughtful men in the South will heave a sigh of relief now that the Supreme Court of the United States has put its thumb on the various devices used for nullifying the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution. We believe it opens up two straightforward paths for the Southern people to take. The first is the demand for the repeal of the Fifteenth amendment. The second is to apply with impartiality to the black and white a literacy test, a test under which no man will be allowed to vote who cannot read and write, whether he be colored or white. We have gotten far away from the conditions existing in the South from the war to 1876, when the troops were withdrawn, and from 1876 to 1896, when the country was dealing with questions that had no connection whatever with the Civil War. Whatever may be said of the devices used for the purpose of preventing the Negro voting, whatever may be said of the necessity for such devices, the time for them is past and if the Democratic leaders in the South will accept the inevitable, and reconstruct their election laws for the purpose of securing, at the ballot box, a fair expression of the will of the people, instead of making the ballot box a mockery and a subterfuge and a defense for wrong doing the Southern leaders may once more take their position in the first rank of American statesmen. If the Republic is to stand, it must stand upon the ballot box. Every patriot must be the defender of the ballot box, unwilling to have its decrees perverted, even to his own advantage.--Evening Post. A GREAT MAGAZINE. In the July number of the Southern Workman (published by the Hampton Institute Press) may be found an interesting and suggestive article on "Rural Recreation" by Dr. W. K. Tate, professor of rural education in the George Peabody College for Teachers at Nashville, Tennessee. The new type of country schoolhouse which can be used as a community recreational center is being rapidly introduced throughout the South, and Dr. Tate's paper is full of useful suggestions for teachers and other social workers who have at heart the building up of rural sections." "The Advantages of Colored Branch Libraries," an article by a colored librarian in Louisville, Kentucky, shows how a well-equipped library may become a city social center. An illustration is given, in an account of the establishment by Negroes of a Negro tuberculosis hospital in North Carolina, of the growing initiative of the race along social lines; and an editorial on "Cooperation in Norfolk" shows the constantly increasing and very hopeful tendency in Southern cities toward concerted action by white and colored citizens in efforts to improve health, social, and educa- tional conditions among the colored population. An editorial on the recent meeting of the Southern Sociological Congress emphasizes the same point. This issue also contains an illustrated paper on the Nanticoke Indians of Delaware, and interesting letters from a Zulu educated at Hampton Institutes who has returned to his native land to work for his people, finding them, as well as himself and family, in very straitened circumstances because of the convulsion in far-off Europe. Where Nature Cooks the Food. Where Nature Cooks the Food. In certain parts of New Zealand both native and white women use the natural hot springs to do their cooking. In the Rotorua region it matters not whether the cook wishes to roast a piece of meat, boil potatoes or steam pudding, all she has to do is to step out of doors and place the cooking utensil in a steam hole. The cover is then put on, and a piece of coarse sacking over the whole completes the operation. In a short time dinner is ready. At Whakarewarewa the entire earth just beneath the surface is a mass of boiling springs. Millions of gallons of hot water hiss and steam, sending vapors skyward in great white clouds. Strike the ground almost anywhere with a stick and the hole thus formed fills with hot water. Longest English Lawsuit. The longest lawsuit ever heard in England was that between the heir of Thomas Talbot, Viscount Lisle, and the heirs of Lord Berkeley respecting certain lands and possessions not far from Wootton-under-Edge, in the county of Gloucester. It commenced at the end of the reign of Edward IV. and was pending till the reign of James I., when a compromise took place after it had lasted about 120 years.—London Answers. And Catches Him "Man," declared the old fashioned preacher, "is a worm." "And," said a man who had been married three times and who was occupying a small space in a rear pew, "woman is the early bird."—Chicago Herald. He Stood. It happened in a crowded Market street car one evening recently. A gallant passenger shifted his bundles, arose, pretended to take off his hat and said to an equally if not more burdened female standee, "Won't you take my seat, madam?" "Oh, thank you so much!" cried the lady. "I'll take the seat with pleasure, but I don't want you to stand up." "Gee, lady," he grinned, blushing. "I'd like to accommodate you in both ways, but what would the people think if you was to sit in my lap?" — San Francisco Argonaut. Russia's Merchant Flag. The Russian merchant flag is a horizontal tricolor of white, blue and red. Originally it was the Dutch flag, and its appearance so pleased Peter the Great that he took it with him from Amsterdam and holsted it upside down. His plan to distinguish it from the Dutch banner met with much criticism, however, as the flag in an inverted position denoted a flag of distress, and eventually the stripes had to be rearranged before Russia adopted it as a national emblem. Inconsiderate: She—I think Mrs. Binks is one of the most tactless and objectionable women I ever met. He—Why do you say that? She—Why, at the club this afternoon I had just started to tell one of the smart things our Willie had said, when she told the same story and ascribed it to her horrid little Johnny.—Richmond Times-Dispatch. Ungrateful. "Women are an ungrateful lot." "Anything special?" "Yes. My wife urged me to go into politics, and ever since I didn't get nominated she has talked about what lot of new furniture she could have bought with the money I spent." Right Living Of Much Value Over the beauty of plum and apricot there grows a bloom and beauty more exquisite than the fruit itself—a soft delicate flush overspreads its blushing cheek. Now, if you strike your hand over that, it is gone forever; for it never grows but once. The flower that hangs in the morning, imperiled with dew, arrayed with jewels—once shake it that the beads roll off, and you may sprinkle water over it as you please, yet it can never be made again what it was when the dew fell lightly from the heaven! On a frosty morning you may see the panes of glass covered with landscapes, mountains, lakes and trees, blended with a beautiful, fantastic picture. Now lay your hand upon the glass, and by the scratch of finger, or by the warmth of the palm, all the delicate tracery will be obliterated. So there is in youth a beauty and purity of character which, when once touched and defied, can never be restored—a fringe more delicate than frost warik, and which, when torn and broken, will never be re-embroidered. When a young man leaves his father's house, with blessings of his mother's tears still fresh upon his forehead, if he once loses that early purity of character, it is a loss that he can never make whole again. Such is the consequence of crime. Its effect cannot be eradicated; it can only be forgiven.—Queensland Freemasonry. Power of Lyddite. Lyddite is a very stable compound. It can be hammered or burned in the open without danger, and it requires a fulminate or more powerful explosive to set it off. Lead picrate is the usual agent employed. But here is an odd point about lyddite—it must not be left in contact with iron or steel. If this is done the piercled acid combines with iron rust to form a very dangerous compound. Consequently all shells used to contain lyddite are first carefully tinned on the inside. Lyddite is six times more powerful in its action than nitroglycerin, and nitroglycerin in its turn is eight times more powerful than the same weight of the old fashioned black gunpowder.—London Answers. In Futures. The Studio Club of New York is a home for young women—naturally single young women chiefly. Not long ago the girls were assembled in the hall to hear a lecture. A young matron, a member of the board, rose to make some announcements. "Next 'Tuesday,' she said, "Mrs. Blank will talk to you here on the subject of 'Marriage.' Those of you who heard her last year will remember how helpful her talk was."—New York Post. Genius as They See It. "I have known several poets who realized that genius really means hard work," says the hard times philosopher, "but you can't get the big majority to test it by plowing their way over a twenty-acre field. They would sooner see an umpire knocked out with a baseball but than bruise the innocent breast of a field flower with a cold, unfeeling plowshare." — Atlanta Constitution. The Witch's Track: At Peel, in the Isle of Man, it is related that a witch said once the herring fleet would not return. Every ship was lost, and she was rolled down the hill in a barrel set with spikes. The grass has never grown since in the barrel's track. NOT AFRAID OF RABIES Here is the testimony of a dog catcher who has been in the business fifteen years and been bitten more than one hundred and twenty five times: "Afraid of 'em? Not me. I've never yet seen a mad dog. Maybe there are some. Maybe there ain't. I don't know. All I know is that although I've seen a squad of frothing dogs, and dogs running around that looked mad, and I've been bitten goodness knows how many times, I've yet to see a real mad dog. "I'm not afraid of rabies because I believe most of what you hear about mad dogs is just pifle. People get excited and go into a panic when a thirsty dog begins to froth in the mouth. He wants a drink. There ought to be drinking places for dogs. There are a few, but in some sections of the city there is no place a dog can get a drink, and he needs it on a hot day as bad as a man. I am a dog owner and I like dogs. I raise a few. There have been many great things said about dogs, but you can not appreciate them until one of them becomes a friend of yours. Then only do you know how much of a friend you have." — Pitt堡 Post. The Right Verb. "My dear, you see a play, but hear an opera." "Not when society is out in full force."—Louisville Courier Journal. Economy. Husband-I don't see why you have accounts in so many different stores. Wife-Because, my dear, it makes the bills so much smaller. Boston Transcript. Repartee. Mr. Dudds—Why do you always stand before the mirror while dressing? Mrs. Dudds—To see what is going on, of course.—Puck. Your duty is what the day demands, —Goethe. IN ONIONS THERE STRENGTH Onions supply a complete cure in themselves for cold, as well as being a wonderful remedy in cases of insomnia. An onion-cure breakfast includes a poached egg on toast, three tablespoonfuls of fried onions, and a cup of coffee. Luncheons of sandwiches made of brown bread, buttered, and filled with fine chopped raw onion, seasoned with salt and pepper, make the second meal on the schedule. For the supper the onions may be fried as for breakfast and eaten with a chop and a baked potato. The efficacy of onions is well known to the singers of Italy and Spain, who eat them every day to improve the quality of their voices and keep them smooth. Onion plasters are prescribed to break up hard coughs. They are made of fried onion placed between two slices of old muslin. The plaster is kept quite hot until the patient is snugly in bed, when it is placed on the chest, to stay over night. Onion syrup is claimed by some to be unequaled as a cure for a bad cold in the chest. This Youngster A Human Cat Little Charles Zuliinger, Jr., of York, Pa., has been a victim of accidents almost since the day of his birth, and he is worse than unlucky. Twenty-five different kinds of accidents would hardly number the misfortunes which have befallen him, and still he is living. His most recent mishap occurred last week, when he was run over by an automobile and received a fractured skull. A short time ago a monkey bit off one of his thumbs. A large Russian hound bit away a portion of his cheek and left him without teeth on the one side. At another time he crawled into a mule pen and was kicked about by the animals like an ordinary football. At that time his skull was fractured and one of his legs broken. Once he tumbled off a high cab and broke his collarbone. Fourteen times the little fellow tumbled down a flight of stairs. At another time, while touring with his father at Carlisle, he fell out of the automobile and was picked up with his collarbone broken. The little fellow is now in bad shape, as his shoulder is dislocated and several of his ribs seem to be separated from his spinal column. He is the son of Charles F. Zullinger, formerly director in the York Tristate baseball team. A TRUE MINISTER The man whom God has called to be leader for his people should lead right. He should be the man on the order of the Apostle Paul, one following the examples of Christ, that men should follow him. He should be one of peace and love, not one of envy or malice, nor a mischief maker, but one like unto God, one who will stop to think what is his calling in this world, and not be guilty of separation of men and families, and not one to live in the very act of cohabitation, and to say to the world I am a leader, one whom your fellow minister can trust at his home among his family, and not help to destroy; one who can be trusted anywhere with any family; one who will not besmirch the character of any man's family in any way whatsoever.—Natchez Herald. FORTUNE TELLER GAVE JUDGEA DEMONSTRATION What is believed to be the most remarkable exhibition of clairvoyant powers ever demonstrated was witnessed recently in a New York court, presided over by Judge Rosalsky. Professor Bert Reese was brought before the judge, charged with being a fortune teller. The professor was willing to have his powers tested. The judge wrote three difficult questions on a slip of paper. Without seeing the paper Reese repeated the questions and answered them correctly. Reese was immediately released. One's conscience is the best guide as to right or wrong. The Dioneet Dress Bevoted to the Moral, Religious and Financlal Development of Humanity. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Doar oo... eee eee ee $160 © months ................ Toe. 8 months ................. 400. Pay for ali advertisements Is due in advance unless advertising is run by yearly consract, in which case the ad- vertiser pays every three menths. Advertising 1 inch one timo 5c. Standing ........ 2... 2.1... 50e Reduced Rates to Clubs. @end for Sample Copies. Matered in Post OMe at Martins- burg, W. Va. ‘2: Second Class Matter. J Chhord, Editor and Proprietor. Drawer 869, and Bell ‘Phonan 60K, Martinsburg, W. Va. SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1915 Holt’s death confirms the Bible's prediction that he who digs a cditeh for another, falls therein. The Pioneer Press has always contended that Stanford White was agentleman and that) ‘Thaw is a born degenerate and his place is behind the bars ‘There are few things worse than parents teaching: their children to be cowards, It's a thing: that makes cowards, but never a brave manly man, so many of whom we are sore ly in need of. Mr. W. ‘I. Ferguson, of Wash- ington has the thanks of the editor for copies, in pamphlet form, of the United States Supreme Court decis- jon in the Oklahoma and Maryland election law cases. . It seems thathy some freak of mature the whole Wilson family can't close their lips so as to hide their tecth, and ever since that has been done, afew girls have ex posed theirs. ‘There are years of hard and constant work for a dozen fool killers in this country About, oramong the best) plan, except Editor Ogden’s, is Hon Gray Silver's plan to pay off the old money slave debt that cunning- Jy hinged on toa loyal part of the mother of Slavery. ‘True as— she, the South's hateful bastard, was to the plan that saved and reunited the states, the nation by all means ought to pay off every cent of it. * Shree things above all others have cursed this country. ‘They are politics, prejudice and perjury ‘The last named has ruined ou courts: the next has made vipers of mankind and the first’ has sapped the foundation of government. And the great and burning question is, are there enough of the Christ type left to destroy and bury forever these curses? ‘The temperance people will never sensibly win their fight until they put the horse before the cart and reason logically to a sensible laity. It's not whiskey but the fools who abuse it. Take whiskey out of the world in its entirety, and all your beneficial drug stores must close, ot fool you by using whiskey’s substi- tute, and that would be a farce, Let whiskey alone and reason with or muzzle the fool human hogs who swill it down. “Augusta” in The Savannah ‘Tribune gives “Bill Taft’ as it sees fitto call hima tiptop libel, and proves his statements by fact that will keep sweet William busy to re fute. We agree with Augusta that he isan “‘innate ingrate’’ and that Theodore Roosevelt made him what theis and that he was paid fully with damns for his devotion; but when one stops to think that he only got seven votes in the whole United States, isn’t that enough rebuke for “Billy Possum? Asa rule, every tadpole whose tail ison its way to drop off,and the thing turns to.a frog, in the Negro race, is about that time dubbed Professor, or Doctor of Divinity. It’s not only a farce, but a black and contemptible curse. Ve editor would) rather spring from the monkey and be a manly man, than tocome from a worn ont man physically Some new fangled alleged chris tian sect visiting our city while passing their bills around, from house to house; passed) ours, and when signaled to not. slight) ours one turned up his nose and walked on. It was all necdless from. the fact we would more than likely not read it, and sure we are that we have no desire to go to their heavy en, because it has erated too much hell for us already here on earth Religion and prejudice can no more meet and mingle than oil and wa ter ‘The fellow who tried to blow up the United States Senate and thea tricd to kill Mr. Morgan under guise of bringing about peace out of the Huropean waris as) infernal as America’s prejudiced religion, = applicd to Negroes to make them men, ‘Mo have gotten Mr. Morgan’ tifluence on that line he should phil osophized with him, and to) make manly men of Negrocs, America’s churches should open wide thei: doors and with Christly spirit invite them to both the practice and preachidy of His gospel. Mr. W. TP. Diflenbauch, of the U.S. Bureau of Education con demns street: walking, dancing, the pool room, the vaudeville, the moving picture shows, the saloon, leeause there are no other places of amusement, and that it is the duty ofevery community to provide a suitable place, and that that place should be the school house. Not so, i's the home where the work for all time on earth and throug! out cternity lasts, No community, no school, no church, state or coun try, is any better than the homes from which the children come. Mrs. Falconer, who made that remarkable speech at the Friends (Quakers) Meeting in Philadelphia last wack, is to us, what) Martha and Mary were to the Son of God. She thinks it hard for colored peo ple to be christians under the terri ble prejudice of the whites. If sla very made the soul singers and confessed prayers that won the wat for the North, prejudice will dic under their prayers. ‘Tooms de clared to Jeff Davis that “Our caus: is lest!’’ Why" said the former? “Because,” said Tooms, “those infernal niggers pray too much.” Davis replied: ‘"Phey are ours, make them pray for .us."" ‘To which Yooms replied: “Yes pray for us with their lips and for the infernal yankees in their hearts.” Right you were Mr. Tooms. NO ITALIAN ANTHEM Musicians will doubtless wisi to add an Italian national anthem — to their repertoire. They cannot find it. Italy has many patriotic songs, as the Royal Mareh and Garibaldi's Hymn, but no recognized nations| anthem, though the last named song hasalmostcome to the «a premacy. In this respect Ital. is at the same disadvantage as ‘Tu: key. After the revolution the Young Turks offered a prize for a national anthem, but so for the poet of patriotism has not come forward to claim it. London Chronicle. A SENSIBLE PLAN. | ‘The Massachusetts legislature, which has a workingmen’s com pensation law under consideration, has been advised by the Massachu setts supreme court, all five judges agreeing, that the measure under nclvisemien is constitutional, Con lee the legislature has only now toconsider the wisdom of the bi its fairness and soon. If the Dill becomes a law it) may not be made ineffective later on by raising the question of —constitutionality. ‘That point is settled. In the opin- ion of the Buffalo I-xpress this is a most sensible method of determin ing the constitution:ality of laws: How much better is this method of determining this point than tha of waiting until a preposition is made a law and then taking it to court for a test, with all the attend ing confusion about itsenforceme ut Tu this state, and dowbtiess in most of the states, asin Ue nation, a law may be enacted but when its en forcement is sought someone raises ‘the question of its constitutionality, Then a formal suit must be brought sand tried; and it drags its slow way through the courts until finally, af- ler some years, We get an opinion from the last court one way or the | ther. ~Clarksburg ‘Telegram GEORGIA JURY INDICTS 26 ‘The Fulton County grand jury at Atlanta,Geor gia, returned indict- ments charging riot against the twenty-six men arrested by — the militiain the vicinity of former Governor Slaton’s home. The of- fense charged is a misdemeanor under the Georgia law, punishable by imprisonment not excceding one year, or a fine not exceeding $1000, or both In charging the grand jury, Judge Benjamin HH. Hil, of the superior court, declared that “mob violence ‘sounds the retreat of free govern- ment and constitutional rights."’ Ile said it was asad day for the history of Georgia if mob law) cex- isted. | ““Ehe people of this county have had much to bear in the last) two years,”’ Judge Ifill said: “‘much to arouse their indignation and re- sentment. They have had fake and mountebank detectives — imported and efforts made to impeach the verdict of a jury by perjury. Our courts have been caricatured by pa- pers outside of the state. — In Geor- gia very few journals have raised their voices in defense of the courts. With one or two notable exceptions the press of Georgia has remained silent.’’ NAPOLEON’S MAXIM. It Can Bo Traced Back to Tacitus In the Second Century. Napoleon's maxim was, it is said, that Providence is on the side of the big battalions, but by what right it has become the property of the “litle cor, poral” is not quite clear. Though he may have acted upon it, be did not in- vent ft, and it is his merely by right of conquest. 7 In the first place, we can trace it back to ‘Tacitus, who in the fourth book of his history, written somewhere in the second century, says, “Deos for- tloribus adesse? (“The gods are on the side of the stronger"). From Tacitus we jump to M. Bussy-Rabutin, a French litterateur, who lived in the seventeenth century. “God is generally on the side of the large battalions against the lit- tle,” he wrote. From him or more prob: ably from her mother wit Mme, de Se. vigne, his contemporary, wrote, “Kor: tune is always on the side of the lar- gest battalions.” Some fifty years later came Voltaire, who wrote in a letter to M. Je Riche, “It Js said that God is always on the side of the heaviest battalions.” ‘That letter was written in 1770, when Napo- leon was but one year old. Thus we come to him whose maxim it 1s said to be, but hore the reference books help us but littie and help Napoleor less. “Providence is always on the side of the last reserve," is given as his ver- sion of the trite phrase, and even this is not credited to him freely, but only “attributed to Napoleon J.”’—Westinin- ster Gazette, | Ita Remnants Ars OC iieved to Stand Near Baktyton's Ruins. It is deuttfai if tive is any place in the world su rich by sneient remains as the valley of the Euphrates, in Mesopotiiaia. ‘Uhe toouit is that. to archacolosists aid schours the place 43 a veritable “Pom ‘Pildler's ground,” and new “hide? are constantly being reported. > When it is remiecatered that tradi- tion plices the vite of the Garden of Eden here, while aimens its many ruins are (hose of aiient babylon, the promisinc nature of the vakey to the scientific exeavstor becomes apparent. It is near the ruins of Babylon that We find what nuiny scholars believe to be the remeios of the taver of Babel An Fmense cuter of brich work, called by the mutives Bins Niarud Recent exhivstive examination of the stranze ple sit ios sie has reveal ed the fact that the tewer that once stood here consisted of seven stages of Drickwork oa an earthen plitform, each being of a different color, The tower housted of a base meas- Urement of nearly G69 square feet and rose to an unknown beisht. Even toe day the rains rise some Icy feet above the level of the surrounding plain.— Wide World Magazine. Shock of the First Realization That One Is Getting Old. The moment when one first feels acutely that he is no longer young is bound to make one pause in something akin to consternation, For vividness it is like a flash of lightning across a Dlack sky. Life no longer is all before one: even, more dreadful thought, it may be mostly behind, After the first keen realization there follows a bewildered state of mind due to UnWillinsness—yes, to an actual puz- zled inability to aecept the truth, With all the agony of the startled call of a child at nizht the heart cries out, “Lt cannot bes it is net so." Youth dies hard and fights and struz- gles in its dying like an imprisoned bird. Others, even those near and leary are older, are even old; we ean see tat. But how can the stubborn facts be true as to ourselves’ Very gradually, Hittle by litte, lighting its way inch by inch, the truth prevails and enaws at the heart thoush only intermittently, of course until time numbs this eno tion as it does every other one. Robert 1, Raymond in Atantic Mont ly. 1 have read that no poem was ever wrilten to a nose. Can you, offlarid, reeall a single rapturous of even oetisire ing description of one? 1 search any memory iu vain, but produce instexd one instance that has always inveresied me by neglect. You recall that litte pocm of Browning's, “A Paces! the brief and charming description of 2 kiT's profile against a background o: gold. ‘The “matchless mold” of softly parted lips, the neck “three tingers wight surround” and the “fruit shaped perfect chin” all receive their due of praise; the nose, a seeming necessity in any protile, is not even mentioned Tt may be as well; each reader supplics in the lovely face the line that suits him best. The poet may have feared that by its mere mention he would pro- duce the effect too often given by the hose in real life-—a heaviness that mars an otherwise Charmin: face.—Athantic, Water is decomposed or separated into its constituent gases by passing a continuous current of — clectricity throush it, An ordinary zine and cop- per voltaic battery: gives suflicient am- perage and alse voltage to separate the oxyson and hydrogen. Oxygen goes to the pole connected with’ the copper Plate andgivdrosen to the zine pole or phite. “CHe volume of hydrogen is dou- Mle that of the oxygen, and both are chemically pure. Steam, if passed over ted hot iron, surrenders its axyeen to the atoms of the met, whiie hydrogen is given of pure and froe.--New York American Piatbtsh—Vorve rot on piece of thread abeut sour chiait. Bonsouhurst You. wife put it there to remind nic to mail her teier, “Did you mah ite “Sure thing.” “Why dont yeu remove the threrg. then." “Oh, in keeping that on to remind me to tell hor that 1 forget to put & stamp ou it’ —Yonkers Statesman. An f#etor once was cast as a brigand in “Ingomar.” and the director. told him to get a rus. throw it about his shoulders and sit by a camp fire. He Cid so. his face being toward the aude cnee, Ina tense sittation he stood up, tuned around and almost broke up the show. Worked in the rug was one word, “Welcome!"—St. Louis Post-Dis- patch, TOWER OF BABEL. WHEN YOUTH DIES. Poetry and Noses. Decomposing Water. % * Dat Stenare. A Hasty Makeup. J. R. CLIFFORD Attorney At Law MARTINSBUKG, WEST ViliGiaia. Practices in all the Courts of West Virginia, the Supreme Court of vp eeals and the United States Courta A for t Cissh. Winkt ay . ater vunip Mis, ipperis! Hor tustiertit wieves spared pense ha gradityine: her every wish? Es he so very rien y* “No. but Mrs. Tipper is one of those Puvinle people whe exit have hysterics et WHL— Piusburgh Pros, Which? When a man insists on classifying ful women as fools the evidence Is welrhty thet either he oor his wife Marvied one Washington Post MEANING OF “SITNEY.” There Are Many Theories as to the Origin of the Word. he amenities of the word jithey is a five Cent picce, The origin of the word Fosis Whelly on supposition, sind many Cp phanitions ave given. Que interested i the sitiject gathered the following iformation: A correspondent from Soca Creek. B.C. said he knew the forny as shuns in Glasgow, Scotind, ever fifty years age. Tt was used to Cesturtie soimothing stuall or insizuiti- cont. The word Was snid tocome from fhe Seouish Gitty.” whieh mens de- ception. gad the Breneh niseys” cor: recily “hus” moanin a nianiy or sim photon. Sneiher correspondent said it is a foreisn word which ovisintied in ls. Shions the matte of a small Russian cont A Hissin scholur, however, de elves there is no such coin and that the word de Russian imeans Srye.? \ correspondent trem 'Peeccrist, Wasih, says the word “jit” meantime a five cent piece, cin be traced back a handved) yours and was the original Word need by shave traders for that coin, Ab Ouklind, Cal, correspondent said that jiuey is a word coined by the Sentiogn nesroes, ‘There the small boy When load te run an errand says, “Do T seta jiimey, bess” A Los Muceles man says that ihe teria is Mexican vernaeutur for nickel Philadelphia Press, Clever Hen. Ghe of Enehind's sporting pecrs ts (he Bari of Norwich, and they tell a fory chout an answer whieh his lord- ship sitce save to some one who had chaffvd hin about seme of his hunting yarns, “Yes.” he repliod. with a smile. “1 ad. net that some of them were rather tall yarns, 1 outdid the wandering hen. A hem you know, set out to see the world and met a crow in a distant wood. SCHMLS said the crow, tare you not afraid, without good wings, of losing your wity in all this ingle? seAfraid’ Not 17 replied the hen, ‘Every yard or two T lay an ozs to guide myself back by.” — London Giobe, WU Pe SSS Le “Sq] We HOTEL “3 i POWHATAN ¥; AN a oi PWASHINGTON,Z | SK D.C. Me | NESZeHF- IE 5 | IE F UTEL oFavene CALS} | gone GY eimio (E 4 It is first in the hearts of its joss | —————_—— E {i 7 | ae |) (ten itil ee Seat | Beas St iene |F i! es BE we F gue Teed dt toot: |B | sect |) cre ath Some eur | apres | |) stele armen map tractive toa diseriminating pate I] ah occttan ct ome IE |] seth Reo e nde IE i WwW se pe ay map. IE i] e. t oN, | MANAGER IE LOCAL NEWS Mrs. James Roman, who was ailing during the first of the week, is considerably better at this time. So far this has been a very enjoyable summer, and it bids fair to continue on the same line. Mrs. Julia Twyman is again at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Katie Folks, in this city, after a short visit to relatives and friends in Front Royal, Va. Numerous fishermen are wending their way toward the different streams these days, but so far, we have learned of no great catches being made. The fourth of July coming on Sunday this year, Monday, July 5, was given over to celebrating, and so far as we know, "the safe and sane" idea seemed to have predominance hereabouts. William Weaver, aged 30 years, convicted of assault on Mrs. Margaret Sergeant, aged 83 years, was given the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison at Kingwood, Preston County. --- Rev. J. C. Newman, of Hagerstown, was in town one day this week distributing bills and otherwise giving publicity to the Camp Meeting, which will be held at Conococheague Island from July 21 to August 4th. ```markdown ``` Mrs. Alice Reed sends greetings to friends through the picture post card route, and says she is having a great time crabbing, fishing and otherwise enjoying herself at Cape Henry, Va. Mr. James W. Walker, school teacher, farmer and stockman, was in town on Thursday last, and left some advertising matter at our office pertaining to the National Negro Exposition, which will be held in Richmond, Virginia, from July 4th, to 27th. LADOUTSWIMS COP Scores of cheering spectators watched an unannounced swimming contest between a six-foot policeman and a fifteen year old lad in Pittsburg on Sunday last. The "copper" was in uniform; the boy was in his Sunday best, and the course was from the north side of the Alleghany river to the opposite bank. The boy won. The excitement started when Policeman Gottleb Schindler; a new man on the force, came upon a half dozen urchins who had slipped into an alley, on their way home from Sunday school, and were having a little crap game. The boys caught sight of Schindler first and dashing from the alley, they scattered in all directions. One urchin, who was addressed as "Skinney", fled toward the Allegheny river bank, Schindler following. Without hesitation, he rushed into the water. Schindler did likewise, throwing aside his coat as he ran. "Skinney" swam with the speed of a motorboat to a bridge pier, before the puffing officer was well started. "Skinney" took a brief rest. Then with a safe lead and a defiant wave to the policeman he took to the water again. In a few minutes he had gained the south bank, dripping, but victorious. EARLY FIRE FIGHTERS. New York Had a Volunteer Brigade In the Seventeenth Century. There was an organized fire department in New York city as early as 1648, when a fire prevention squad existed, with duties resembling those of the bureau of fire prevention of today. The older squad was made up of police-firemen, or fire-policemen, whose duty was to visit all parts of the city, which then extended from the Battery to City Hall park, and inspect the chimneys to see whether they were free from fire danger. Those guilty of having chimneys in a dangerous condition were fined $1.50, which went to buy new equipment, such as fire ladders, hooks and buckets. In the days of the fire police of 1648 the owner of each of the 200 odd houses on Manhattan island had to have one or more fire buckets in his house. These were made of leather and cost $2.50. A local shoemaker got the contract to furnish 150 to the corporation. These buckets had to be thrown out of the houses when the watchman gave the alarm of fire. They were picked up by the volunteer firemen rushing to the blaze and used by a bucket brigade formed between the burning building and the nearest well. When the wells ran dry the brigades sometimes had to make the river their base. Any one attempting to pass through the fire lines at that time was doused. The man who breaks through and tells the chief how to fight the fire is an evil that has sprung up in modern times.—New York Times. TRICOLOR OF FRANCE. First Adopted In 1794, It Fell and Rose Again In 1830. The French have always favored the colors of red, white and blue, and throughout their history red banners, white plumes and blue scarfs have been largely used in connection with royalty and the army. The French national flag, the tricolor, however, which combines the three popular colors of France, is comparatively modern. The flag was first adopted about 1794. A decree was issued which gave to all flags a knot of tricolor ribbons at the top of the staff, and later the red, white and blue design was chosen for the national flag. Some years after it was abolished for the white flag of France made famous by Henry IV., and it was not until 1830 that the tricolor came into its own again. Since then the flag has been the national banner of France. The divisions on the tricolor are not all the same size. The red occupies the largest space, the blue is slightly smaller than the red, and the white is the narrowest stripe of the three. The space occupied by the colors has been scientifically worked out in order to make the flag visible at long distances, a necessary asset for naval purposes. The tricolor forms the base of nearly every flag connected with the army, navy and merchant service of France. The president's flag consists of the tricolor, with his initials in gold worked into the white stripe.London Standard. The Dog Team. Now the modus operandi of a dog team is as follows: The leader and wheel dog are the whole works on the basis of 75 to 255. The leader starts 'em, he stops 'em, he picks the trail, he turns 'em. When he walks, the rest do; when he gallops, they gallop. All the wheel dog does is to guide the nose of the sled, materially assisted by the driver. The rest of the team merely pull and yelp. From which follows that a good leader is a very desirable thing to have and a poor leader is worse than useless. The driver, at the handlebars, is often thirty feet from the leader, the dogs being driven tandem and controlled by word of mouth and a whip.—Outing. Garlic and Milk. The odor and flavor of garlic is due, like the odor of rotten eggs, to sulphur compounds. Garlic is a member of the onion family, grows in pastures, cultivated fields and even in the woods. Garlic is a bad pest on any farm, but is exceptionally so on a dairy farm because of the strong flavor it gives to the milk. A temporary expedition is to keep the cows off the infested pasture at least four hours before milking. This will greatly reduce the bad flavor. Then if the milk stands at least four hours the flavor may disappear altogether.—Farm and Fireside. A. Terrific Conflict Calier-By the way your husband is carrying on in the next room he must be rehearsing one of his heaviest roles. Actor's Wife, Dear, no! He is having a frightful mental struggle. He wants to have the baby's pictures taken, and if we do some of his own will have to come down.-Pittsburgh Press. Mr. Peyton Rogers has returned from Back Creek Valley, where he had a royal time fishing. Guessed It. Inspector, examining a class in grammar, wrote a sentence on the black board and asked if any one noticed anything peculiar in it. After a short silence a small boy exclaimed: "Yes, sir; the bad writing."- Exchange. Overcoming Difficulties. I find nothing so singular in life as this, that everything opposing appears to lose its substance the moment one actually grapples with it.—Hawthorne. None but the ill bred ridicule the peculiarities of others. GUNPOWDER PLANTS Many Precautions Must Be Taken to Avoid Accidents. Workers in gunpowder plants whenever a storm comes up adjourn to the watch houses surrounding the plant proper and enjoy themselves till the storm is over. Lightning is not the only danger dreaded in gunpowder plants, however. Metal is dreaded—its hard surface may cause explosions—and hence on the workmen's clothes the buttons must all be of bone. The workmen's clothes must be pocketless so that they may not carry matches or knives, and a workman, no matter how dandified his tastes, must not wear turned up troUSERS since in turnups grit is harbored, and grit in a gunpowder mill is as dangerous almost as fire. In all the buildings of these plants not a nail head or any sort of iron material is exposed. The roofs, too, are made very slight, so that in the event of an explosion they will blow off easily. The doors all open outward to make escape easy, and the plant is usually surrounded with a stream of water, into which the hands are trained to dive at the first sign of danger. Cincinnati Commercial Enquirer A Star Legend. Ursa Major, the Great Bear, as the constellation has been known, in widely separated parts of the world, has many interesting stories connected with it. One is the Indian legend of the bear and the hunters. As pictured by the red men, the bowl of the dipper is the bear, and the stars in the handle are some of the hunters in pursuit. In the spring the bear comes out of the den in the hills, and the chase begins. All summer it continues until at last in the autumn the bear is wounded and falls so close to the earth that its body drags along the horizon, tinting the leaves with its blood soon after sunset. Throughout the early hours of the winter evening the dead bear is seen beneath the pole by the imaginative red men of the north. -Latimer J. Wilson in Southern Woman's Magazine. Victor Emmanuel's Mustache. The first ruler of United Italy allowed his mustache to attain such a length that in his later years he would never eat anything at a public banquet. When taking food he was obliged to tie the ends of the mustache behind his head, and he would not appear in this undignified attitude in front of people not belonging to his circle of intimacy. After a visit he paid to England, Harriet, duchess of Sutherland, wrote, "Victor Emmanuel is the only knight of the garter I have ever seen who looks as if he would certainly have the best of it with the dragon." So evidently he had acquired the wished for book of ferocity.—London Chronicle. Java Breadfruit. Jack trees, another name for breadfruit, grow wild in Java. The trees are very straight and have rumps rising to nearly fifty feet. The fruit is thirty inches long and twelve inches broad, the weight often reaching 120 pounds. The flesh of the fruit is delicious, and the oily seeds are eaten as l. The wood is a beautiful yellow in color and is hard enough to be used for furniture and cabinet work. When struck it gives a very clear note; hence beds are made of it, and pieces of the wood are also used by watchmen on mountains for giving signals. Seven Days. "Well, George," said William as they met in the street, "how is Arthur going on now?" "Oh, much better," replied George. "He has been in the country for seven days to regain his strength." "That's funny! I should have thought seven days in the country would have made one week."—New York Journal. Taking a Tip. Houseman—If I'd known you were going to drop in on us so unexpectedly we would have had I a better dinner. Horton—Don't mention it. old man. But next time I'll be sure and let you know. London Answers. Many a man finds out too late that he cannot hide anything from his own conscience.—Pliny. Out of this idea is to grow the lock one of them mopped his face Southern extension committee of with the back of his hand, leaving a the Christian Endeavor, which the streak of yellow. - New York Press. We Make All Forms Of Agricultural Lime GROUND LIMESTONE LUMP LIME GROUND LIME HYDRATED LIME Based on the experience of our customers we recommend BERKELEY Hydrate as the best and cheapest under ordinary conditions of use, where labor of handling and spreading is a factor. Ask Your Dealer Security Cement & Lime Co. HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND. NA FLOR'S HAIR DRESSING NA FLOR'S HAIR DRESSING THE KING OF ALL HAIR DRESSINGS GROWS HAIR-REMOVES DANDRUFF AND TETTER. BUY IT-TRY IT-TEST IT. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR IT- DEMAND IT! IF HE HAS NOT IT WE WILL SEND IT FOR 25 CRS. POSTPAID NA FLOR DRUG CO. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE EDENTON, N.C. MENTION PAPER YOU SAW AD IN. FAD OF THE MONOCLE. It Was Introduced by a Dutch Dandy, Jonkheer Breele. One of the interesting things written about the monocle is that the fashion was introduced at the congress of Vienna, the congress which remade the map of Europe. Sir Horace Rumbold, in writing on the subject of the origin of old fashions and customs, said that a Dutch exquisite, Jonkheer Brecke, was the first man to wear a monocle and showed the then brand new fad to the diplomats and others assembled at the congress of Vienna. After that introduction the fad spread to all parts of Europe, but took its deepest hold on certain members of the English well to do classes. Toward the end of the first quarter of the nineteenth century the sad of wearing the monocle had become so popular that the writer of a book on the care of the eyes and preservation of the vision inveighed against it. The name of that writer was Dr. Maitiner, and in 1823 he published "Economy of the Eyes." Among many adverse references to the monocle he wrote: "A single glass, set in a smart ring, is often used by trinket fanciers for fashion's sake. These folks have not the least defect in their sight and are not aware of the mischievous consequences of such irritation."—Washington Star. CHRISTIAN SPIRIT PRIVAILS Moved by speeches of men prominent in church and business life in the South, 300 Southern men and women, delegates to the World's Christian Enthusiasm Convention, in session in Chicago, on Thursday last, acknowledged brotherhood with the Negro race and determined to extend to it the hand of fellowship. Rev. Ira Landrith, of Nashville, Tenn., calls the beginning of the Interdenominational Union of the Colored People. Dr. Lautith said "We are going to take the Chris- tian Enclavor into the Negro churches, organize new societies and help millions of blacks to enlightenment. God has placed at our door the greatest opportunity for Christian work that ever came to any missionaries anywhere." MOPS FACE ARRESTED Had not a supposed Negro man mopped his face as he came off the steamship Camaguey at Pier 12, South Brooklyn, last Thursday, the population of Chinatown would have been increased by two China-men and four cans of opium. The story came out when Commissioner Gray, in the Federal Building in Brooklyn, held Bularon Render, a Mexican, for the grand jury on a charge of smuggling Charles Low and Charles Sing into the country from Mexico. Rendon, according to the Chinamen, stowed them away in the storeroom of the ship, and when the Camaguey reached her pier, blackened their faces and hands, put whiskers on their chins and sent them ashore as seafaring Ethiopians. But the Chinamen were warm, and as they slouched down the back one of them mopped his face with the back of his hand, leaving a streak of yellow. New York Press. Are You a Women? 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