Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-03-13
NOTES AND COMMENTS.


Garden making next in order.
An early spring would be accepta-
Bile.
March so far has not been so bois-
ferrous.
The health of our people is improv-
ing.
The city public schools have suffer
ed considerably from attendance
caused by infectious diseases, and
possibly may not make the progress
desired by patron or pupil.
We are taughtin Holy Writ, that
there is time for all things; if we
could control our own destinies, the
time for the entrance of diseases in
our households would never come,
but surely this must have been the
time for the little folks to be annoyed
with measles. Some of them strug
gled through successfully, while 9TH
ers succombed to the malady, and
passed over the river of death into
boundless eternity, leaving only sad
ness for the parents and friends.
Death is no respector of persons; it
visits the high and low, rich and poor
alike, but when it enters household
and removes an only child, it pro-
duces sorrow and sadness that time
can scarcely erase and yet, we are all
travelling in the same direction.
Death is sure to overtake US, strange
as it may sound.
Yes, we noticed the newsy columns
of the last issue OF the Herald 1t
was interesting and certainly well
worth the subscription paid, which
always should be paid in advance.
1t is just as bad to read the editors
paper as it wou1i be to borrow and
wear out his clothing. Pay for and
read your own paper. 1t has been
said two men, who after death applied
to Saint Peter for admission, were in
formed that there was no place for
them in heaven, neither was there
any desire for them in hades. Upon
requesting to know why, they were
| informed that one never subscribed
for a paper. while the other never
paid for one. Possibly the man who
never subscribed, bored the life out of
his neighbor by borrowing his. while
the other wore out the life of the edi-
tors collector in promises never full
filed.
How truthful the language used by
President Mckinley when he said, the
depression of the past four years has
fallen with severity upon the great
body of toilers of the country, and
upon none more than the farmer.
Agriculture has languished and labor
suffered. The revival of manufacture
ing will be a relief to both, the open
| ing OF the numerous industries with
proper protection and prudent man
agement will not fail in giving work
to the unemployed. Then prosperity
will perch upon. their banners.
And again he says, we must not be
unmindful of the need of improvement
among our own citizens, but with the
zeal of our forefathers encourage the
spread of knowledge and free educa-
ton. Illiteracy must be banished
from the land Is this to be produced
by continuation of falsifying and
! persecution of our free institutions of
learning? We think not. The pres
ent knowledge of our people will not
permit it, and it should be stamped
out of existence, or buried SO deep
that time cannot resurrect it. Let it
be understood, that the way of the
transgressor is hard, and that it would
be better if a milestone were tied
about their necks and be cast into the
depths Of the sea than to modest or re-
tard the progress Of such grand and
! instructive institution.
We were pleased to see the West
Virginia Legislature did not overlook
the Importance OF education and fur
nished us with compulsory school
law This should have been done
many years past. The people would
have risen up and called them blessed.
There should be better places for
the young men and boys to spend
their time than in and about saloons
and other places where gentility and
modesty are at a premium. Honest
and industrious habits are better than