Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-28
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foundations, make one feel as though
his corns were jumping up to his
brains, and his head In danger of be-
ing split by boulders. Being days of
reform and improvement, can we not,
for the sake of our aged and infirm,
and the stranger whom we ought to
be careful to entertain,-d away with
our rugged relics of yore and smooth
ly modernize place for our feet?
Perhaps one reform is enough for
one issue. / venture thesecond, with
our solid macadamized streets we may
be pleased. Having to keep them in re-
pair as the Corporation has and does,
will it not be better and as cheap to
cover with the slate rock, so abundant
near our town, and so easy gotten. 1t
is better than the limestone for
six reasons: 1st. With the traffic of
wheels it is self filling of ruts. I'd. It
is much easier on horse and convey
ances. Sd. 1t makes less dust in dry
times, and thus is commendable to
housekeepers and merchants as well
as pedestrians. 4th. 1t makes such
smooth rides for invalids in carriages,
&c. 9th. 1t makes much less noise
for the sick and the dying and the late
risers. and the day sleepers. 9th. And
last it makes much smoother way for
the wheel riders. Let our young
gentlemen have a smooth track for
their bicycles and trycicles. Maybe
the young ladies will then become ex-
pertS in similar exercise, so the young
gents won't be so lonely. They will
go in pairs as they ought.
1t is not often that the devil tells
the truth, but when he does he ought
to have the credit for it. 1t is COM
monty said, that "The truth will out"
Sometimes it is slow a coming. The
Washington Sentinel. national brewers
organ, declares in its last issue: sit
is uhquestionably true that prohibit
ton has inflicted serious injury on
IOwa,-driven millions of capital
from that State engaged in breweries
and other proper enterprises" Ger
tainly this is effectual prohibition, &C.
cording to the testimony of the lead
ing organ of the liquor traffic. The
prohibitionists in Iowa, believing the
liquor traffic to be an evil, they go at
it wisely, they hit it in the head, they
destroy it at the fountain.
The internationalC Congress of Work
ingmen which met few weeks since
in Paris, France, produced the follow
ing platform, which all people will do
well to study /. Eight hours day
for the maximum fixed by interna-
tional law. 2. At least one days Holt
day in each week and no work on fete
days. 8. Abolition of night work as
far as possible for men and women,
and entirely for children. 4. The to-
tai suppressing of children's labors
below the age of ID, and protection of
children up to the age of Is. 5. Com
plete general technical and profession
al education. 6. Over time to be paid
for at double rates, and limited to
hours in "a. 7. Criminal responsible
ty of employers for accidents. s. An
adequate number of qualified inspec-
tors to be nominated by the workers
themselves, and paid by the state and
the locality, with full powers to enter
workshops or factories or religious es-
adjustments, at any time, and to ex-
anime apprentices at their homes. 8.
Workshops organized by the workers,
with aid from the municipalities or
the States. 10. Prison laborers to be
under the same conditions as free la
borers. and to be employed as far as
possible on great public works. IL.
That no foreign laborers be allowed to
accept employment, and no employ
ers to employ such laborers, at wages
below the trade union rates fixed for
their trade. II. That minimum
wage be fixed in every country in &C
cordance with reasonable standard
of life. 10. The abrogation of all laws
against the international organization
of labor. IA. Equal pay and oppor-
tunities for women and men for equal
work.
Is there not law in our State to
prevent the liquor dealers selling to
minors and men who are already
drunk and often dangerous to them
selves and others? It Is well-known
that some men lose all control Of
themselves as soon as they have taken
two or three drinks of whiskey, and
are then only fit for their beds if you
can get them there, or the lookup
and there the police get them if I'M
fuiy, If mot unruly the liquor dealer
continues to sell to them until he is
unruly, and then puts him out lest he
should destroy his business. Ought
not the liquor dealer be put in the
lookup too. He has been a party.
an abetter in the trouble. If license
restricts the seller, why do not our
officers of the law do a little more re-
stricting ? Show some practical sym
to law, at least
for the broken hearted wives, and
thinly clad children, and put few of
those ten cent grabbers behind the
bars frequently enough to teach them
to keep the law, if it be possible?
Is there not good deal of reckless
ness regarding human life, its safety,
&C., about the repair shops here, and
perhaps elsewhere; one ofour citizens
is in critical condition and has been
since the l4th, when he, while repair
ing a car, was damned between the
cars and may be dead ere this is in
print. Why shall cars be repaired on
tracks that are in constant use, and
unnecessarily endanger the lives and
limbs of the workmen? Such are
common occurrences and poor child
rem are left helpless orphans. Who is
responsible for such recklessness +? Is
there no redress for the widows and
orphans? JUMBLE.
To DISPEL COLDs.-Headach and
Fevers, to cleanse the system effect.
ually, yet gently, when costive or bill
ious, or when the blood is impure or
sluggish, to permanently, cure habit.
nal constipation, to awaken the kid
neys and liver to healthy activity,
without Irritating or weakening them,
use Syrup of Figs.
Messrs. Gano & Kitchen will start
a store at Arden Station, G. V. R. r.,
and an application has been sent to
the Department for a Post Office at