Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-07-11
NOTES AND COMMENTS.


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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
! The Glorious Fourth with its pleas
ures and sorrows, gayeties and festivi-
ties, are passed. Fireworks and fire.
water were in good demand and used
freely.
1t is well that the American people
should make much of this anniversary,
and it is gratifying to note that its re-
currence is hailed with demonstrations
of patriotic sentiment as fervid and
/ earnest as of yore. While its imme-
date results concern the people of the
United States more nearly than any
other, probably no single event in the
worlds history has had greater or
more far-reaching influence upon the
political condition of the nations.
When we look upon the names of the
slgners of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, with the full knowledge by
them, that il success did not perch up
on their banner, death was inevitable.
look with what boldness they intro
duce their signatures, and to avoid a
misconstruction, one of them signs.
eCharles Carroll of Carrolltou.' Oh,
these brave men whom we cannot
reverence and honor enoughl Though
their bodies have long since returned
to its mother earth, and their souls to
the God who gave them, they will
always be fresh and green in the
minds of the true American,
What may be truly termed a very
sad death was that of Mr.. o. F. Work
man, a postal clerk. From what we
can learn he came East on duty on
train No. 4 last Saturday morning
On arrival at Martinsburg he received
a telegram announcing the death of
sister; he stopped off here and wired
to his relatives that he would return
to them on train AZ, west bound, due
here at 6:25. He then started to go
to hotel for breakfast, and had not
proceeded more than fifty yards when
he fell lifeless on the sidewalk. This
occurred not more than five minutes
after he had written the message. He
was about 2S years of age and I'M
married, and resided about three miles
West of Keyser.
Would it not be we'll for the Silver
ties to revive the old song, "Silver
threads among the gold"
If every silver wedding could be
celebrated on the basis of family in
crease of I6 to I what a population
this country would have in a score of
years.
There appeared to be more pleasures
in visiting thecountry on the 4th than
there was in the city. As early as :
O'Clock conveyances of every descrip-
ton and bicycles were in motion. The
occupants were determided to put in
full day. Some of the cyclists made
two trips to Bedington sulphur lot or
an extra trip to the city to quench a
thirst with something not naturally (,
favored with sulphur. Some of them
got badly punctured (the bicycles we
mean). It is good maxim to beware
of the front part of cheap horse, the
hind part Of cheap mule, and all
parts of a cheap bicycle.
Some exceedingly wise man has dis
covered the following concerning
mouths: 'sSome mouths look like
peaches and cream, some like a hole
chopped into brick wall to admit
door or window. The mouth is a hot
bed of toothaches. the bunghole of
oratory, and a baby's crowning glory.
1t is patriotism's fountain head, and
the tool chest for pie. Without it the
politician would be wanderer on the
face of the earth, and the cornetist /
would go down to an unhonored grave.
1t is the grocer's friend, the orators
pride, the dentists hope. a reservoir
for tobacco, and holder for cigars.
and yet it is not that which goeth in,
but that which proceedeth out of the
mouth, which de6leth the man."
From the reports published relative
to the public schools Of Martinsburg
it would appear as though the manage
ment had been careful and conserva-
tive, and the teachers successful and
industrious. The crowded condition
OF some OF the school rooms is an in
dlcation that patronage is rapidly on
the increase. The Board Of Education
are preparing two additional rooms
Tor the accommodation ofpupils. which
does not manifest disposition to blot
the schools out of existence. but rather
to encourage and assist in every way
possible the facilities for a good edu-
cation. which every boy and girl,
white and colored, in the city are Just
~ entitled to. Don't fail to get it.
RALF.
Be Sure You Are Right
And then 60 ahead. If your blood is
impure, your appetite falling. your
nerves weak. you NAV he snre fiat