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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1898-03-19

Miss Sue Poisal and Miss Laura
Kreglow leave for Armstrong and
Gators on Tuesday, where they will
take weeks training before they
start out on their spring trip.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1898-03-19

Mr.. Muller, of Baltimore, travel
ling salesman for Sanders and Stay
man, pianos and organs, was the
guest of T. A. Payne one day this
week.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1898-03-19

Miss Virgie Grim, of Bedington,
and Miss Nellie Wandling, of Van
clevesville, are the guests of Miss
Nora Grim, who is quite i'll at this
writing.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1898-03-19

Miss Elizabeth DrenDer 10 visit
ing friends If. Baltimore.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
4 LESSON OF THE CRISIS.

| ~ z the of immediate draws nearer | / \ the need of canal across Nicaragua becomes more and more apparent to the public mind. From all parts of the country come expressions ot regret that the work not undertaken In time to have had the waterway open for our fleets III thS emergency, and the unanimity of sentiment on the subject shows that the danger of has done more in few weeks popular interest ill the enter prise than was accomplished by all the arguments drawn from considerations of trade and traffic during many years of peace.
 At this juncture 1t IS not needed that any should point out the advantage the proposed canal would be to the United States. Nor is 1t necessary in the light of the of for the purchase of ships and munitions o to enter upon any elab crate argument show that the canal would not be too dearly paid for if it $Ioo,ooo ooo has been estimated by those who in the past have op- posed the project All that is needed now is to urge that action be taken by Congress to bring about the construction of the canal before the lesson of the situation is either lost sight of in the excitement of or forgotten in the establishment of peace. For many years project was before Congress to provide tor the construction ot transcontinenta railway connecting the Pacific with the Atlantic Coast. For a long time, however our statesmen garded the enterprise too great to be undertaken and the cost too large be supported, and while there was much talk of the work nothing was done At last the Civil War broke out, and then seen the imperative necessity for such road The result was that Congress at provided for its consruc ton. We bore that expense along with the other expenditures of the war; and counted 1t money we'll invested.
 It would be gratifying if in this respect the history of the Nicaragua canal should be repetition of the history of the transcontinental road. War teaches this generation the need of the one as 1t taught the of 1860 the need of the other. As we built the railroad in an impulse of patriotic ardor and found it benefit we'll worth the millions expended shall we find the canal benefit in times of peace as well as in war if we go forward with it under the impulse which now makes itself so strongly felt throughout the country.
 In one respect however, the building of the trans continental road serves as warning by which we should profit if undertake the construction of the canal. The enterprise should be carried on by the Government and not by private company There should be opportunities for such steals and dals as marked and disgraced the railroad work. In opening the waterway which is to change the face of the earth so far as commerce Is concerned, and ma terially add to the glory well the wealth of the nation we should see to it that nothing occurs to stain with fraud any portion of the story of the great accomplishment.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
THE MARCH TO THE FRONT.

~ ENERAL SKATER has done well to follow the suggestion made in The Call yesterday and so order the arrangements made for the de parture of the troops from the Presidio to permit them to march through the city their way to the front The people desire at this uncture to salute the army and the flag. They desire to bid Godspeed to the boys ln blue and cheer them with outbursts of patriotic voices they bear Old Glory to the front where battle waits and honor and justice call.
 The war, which now seems inevitable, is in the full est sense of the word peoples war on the part of the United States. The cry for redress for the treachery that wrecked the Maine rose from the hearts of the people in all parts of the country instinctve and spontaneous before 1t heard in Congress Men ot all parties, of all sections of all classes and creeds are as one in this sentiment We have borne with Spain till orbearance has ceased to be virtue The time for action has come Remember the Maine" IS at this time the watchword of the nation.
 The ardor of the people awaits the proceedings in Congress with some impatience, but with lack of confidence. That differences of opinion should exist i'll both houses to the best means of acting the issue was to have been expected This invariably happens among a people where thought is free and men earnest. It was the more inevitable in this instance because the constitution enrusts the Pres- dent with the conduct of our dealings with foreign nations, but confers upon Congress the exclusive power to declare This has led to something like conflict not of sentiment, perhaps but of policy. The majority of the House avors one course, the ma ority of the Senate another As result there is de- lay It is safe to say, however that 1t will not be of long continuance The decision will soon be reached War is almost certainly near at hand The Presidio garrison is marching to battlefield.
 It goes without saying that whatever course is de- cided upon by Congress will be Loyalty accepted by the people, and with common ardor all will fight the conflict out on that line This Is no time to permit minor differences of policy to cause dissensions among us. It Is noted that the divergent views in Congress do not in any respect correspond with party
 lines. Hoar of Massachusetts and Caffery of Louis jana stand together side, and Foraker of Ohio and Morgan of Alabama are as firmly agreed on the other. Where all for the country and none are for party differences are soon harmonzed When the nation moves 1t will move together-President, Con- gress and the people in one united power.
 It Is felt that is imminent and assured within the weel5-perhaps within day. Before the troops who leave San Francisco reach the Atlantic or Gulf ports the guns of battle may be roaring The people will make their departure the occasion of grand demonstration Of patriotism and loyalty.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
TRoLLEYs ON MARKET STREET.

HE trolley, known should never be per
 mitted to Market street. Perhaps the most
 objectionable feature of the system is the un- slightly overhead wire with the attendant poles and the collateral lines, the whole looking like the frame work of elongated awning. In crowded street the effect is somber and depressing To permit the Market street to take that thoroughare for the of its paraphernalia would be imposition for which there could be no excuse.
 It has been shown that underground wires can be utilized for the electric cars. Certainly no other should be allowed on Market street. and in time the overhead wire should be completely abolished as a needless and ugly menace to public safety At pres ent 1t is well enough in the suburbs but there is destined to be supplanted by improved sys tenn, perhaps characterized by an absence of wires either below above ground
 When the time shall come for paving Market street the part of the expense to be borne by the line which has the privilege of running there will be found to be clearly defined that there will be occasion for treaty. No promise of intention to abide by the municipal regulation, provided the right to head wires be granted should be given any consdera- tion It is not customary to attach conditions. The law is passed with the idea that 1t will be obeyed and the corporation to which it may apply is impertnent in thinking that an exception Is to be made in its favor
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
THE PLANET JUPITER.

ONE by one the planets have wan I Idered back to the evening heavens (which they deserted last year, and
 with the exception of Mars, are to be seen scattered over the zodiacal belt which extends at this season from south east to northwest. In this latter point for more than an hour after sunset, Ve- nus flashes with diamond gleam, now as ever an object of beauty to the unaided vision. But to the perpleXed observer With giant telescope, what an enigma
 Are those strange markings, undoubt- edly seen by a few in the favored cline of Arizona, the production of a strained lens too accurately fitted into it's cell, as some authorities believe, or are they the real features of that distant world that fade to indistinct shadings at Milan, Mount Hamilton and other places, where skies of lucid Arizona blue'' seem to be unknown?
 The fact that Venus is earthlike in size easily leads us to wonder how our Pa cific would look if viewed across the chasm of space that separates us from above Venus is Mercury, which is also baffiing theory with extraordinary out ines on it's yellow disk As no other conspicuous stars are in that direction at present in the twilight hours, the two planets are easily identified; and their movements and gradual approach until WltHlIl UT zee QegreeS or edcn other on the 18th of this month exemplify very ef- fectively the distinction, noted even in pr1meval times, between the fixed and wandering stars. After the 23d inst Mer- cury will have gone too far sunward for observation, but Venus will illumine the western heavens with increasing ra- diance until November next. Scarcely less brilliant, but of a distinctly golden hue, the great planet. Jupiter, is now seen directly east after sunset. Though now about four hundred and teh millions of miles distant from the earth, it's disk, eightyseven thousand miles in diameter, is quite discernible, even in small tele- scope, and the well-known belts are trace able in every cline. On account of the rapid rotation in ten hours all the fea. the frequent changes in detail indicate that they are phenomena of the Jovian atmosphere, with the exception perhaps of the oval red spot that has been visi- ble on the disk with varying distnctness
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
AN EXHIBIT AT OMAHA.

n SSURANCE is given that Californias mineral / \ exhibit at the Omaha exposition will be ex- tensive and creditable. It is cheering to know this, even the State is not represented by the com pete display in other respects it could easily and prohtably have made
 But while mining is important, the industry of frugrowing is not only this, but is constantly grow ing. There other States producing the precious metals, but in the matter of fruit there is only one California. The growers would find it to their inter est to show to the thousands of visitors to the Trans Mississippi Exposition something of what can be pro- duced here from orchard and vine There is no other State in the Union capable of growing so many va retes of fruit bringing them close to perfection In the rush of other matters public enterprise has failed. Now private enterprise would find the money invested n sending complete array of fruits fresh preserved or made into wines and ellies to demon strate how completely California is able to meet the demands of the market, well invested
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
MONEY ASHAMED OF HIS JOB.

C ENATOR MONEY of Mississippi seems to be
 bogus He does not have genuine ring. - Going to Cuba as representative of yellow journal was an indecent thing for him to do Being tied by contract to unclean sheet was enough to make him feel uncomfortable He realized that he had brought reproach upon the honorab body to which he happens to belong, and naturally was un- comfortable when he got back and found how people felt about it. As circulating medium he had not proved acceptable.
 Money resumed his old place as guide of public destiny Another Senator remarked that Money had been the commissioner of certain journal You are liar" responded the affabe Money who seems to have an inclination toward refined repartee Here the incident closed, nobody giving anybody black eye nor otherwise deporting himself in ways un- seemy.
 Money did apologize later. This was we'll enough as far as went, but Money did not resign He owes his constituents and the people large at least this consideration. Not every Senator can be states man, but the one who cannot be gentleman ought to be somewhere outside the halls of legislation
 We make no further suggestion to Money If his employer, Hearst, has position for him. perhaps the captaincy of fatboat will be found ooen
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
PLANET VENUS (ARIzONA).

for twenty years past. Jupiter is now more favorably situated for obserVation being not far past opposition, which IS the point of nearest approach to the earth. But radiant though the planet appears, this is the least advantageous opposition that has occurred since 1886. when in aphelion, or that point or its elliptical orbit farthest from the sum-, Tor on June 27 it will arrive again at aphelion as 1t revolves round the sun in few weeks less than twelve years. In the summer of 1892 it passed perihelion, ana when in opposition in the October ,,,ins i1is nearer than at present. In the 1nterme- diate weeks Professor Barnard. foresee- ing the possibilities of a .perihelfon oppo- sition. sought and found with the Lick telescope the small fifth satellite here tofore unknown to human vision.
 With less luster than Jupiter, but still above the southeastern horizon before 1U p. m. AS almost simultaneously the red star Antares, in the constellation of the Scorpion, comes into view a few degrees to the south, the beautiful pair, like sig nal lights of different hue, cannot fall to be recognized. The marvellous ring even in small telescope, will be in better position for observation during the coming season than 1t has been for fourteen years past, as the position of least obliquity with regard to sunlight is nearly attained The direction of the plane of the rings is unalterable, and they SiduI SuHWdrQ only IWlce Qur1ng the pe- riod of revolution, which is twenty-nine and half years. In 1856 Clerk Maxwell proved mathematically. that they could be neither solid nor liquid, as supposed, but were necessarily composed of a host or small bodies moving in one plane, but not keeping pace, as those nearest to the planet, owing to it's attraction. would have. the greatest velocity. In 1895 Pro- lessor Keeler of the Allegheny Observa- tory detected by means of the spectro- scope the difference of motion of the in ner and outer portions of the rings and thus confirmed visually the accepted mathematical theory
 The planet Uranus, also in the south east, shines faintly as star of fifth mag nitude, and Neptune may be seen teIe- scoplcaIly in Taurus, but to the coming of the large planets at this season, when several orbs of first magnitude are stils visible, is due the unusually starlit as pect of the evening sky.
 ROSE. O'HALLORAN.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
COLLECTED IN
 THE CORRIDORS

E. L. Barkus of Oakdale is at the Grand.
 T. J. Field, banker of Monterey, is at the Palace.
 William M. Petrie of Sacramento is at the Palace.
 E. B. Dana, jeweler of New York, is at the Lick.
 Joseph Bodefeld of Colusa is registered at the Grand.
 Frank H. Smith, Stockton attorney, is at the Grand.
 Dr. J. H. Seaton is at the Grand from San Luis Obispo.
 R. H. Row, mining man from Placer vile, is in the city.
 J. o. Fairfax, editor of the Sydney Her aid. is at the Palace.
 H. B. Stables, a fruit-grower of Tuba City, is at the Lick.
 F. E. Boole, lumberman of Sanger, is registered at the Grand.
 l. Dannenbaum of Vallejo, prominent merchant, is at the Lick.
 Frank T. Barnes of San Diego, news paper man, is at the Grand.
 J. Harvey Mccarthy of the San Diego Daily Vidette is at the Palace.
 Carl E. Lindsay. District Attorney of Santa Cruz, is stopping at the Grand.
 Senator William Johnston, an extensive fruit-grower of Los Angeles, is at the Grand.
 T. E. Glbbon, member of the Board of Police Commissioners of Los Angeles, is guest at the Palace.
 A. w. Jones, president of the Fresno and Monterey Railway Company of Mon terey is at the Lick.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18

excited, in which case might want too much for our wares. This East is scrambing for our honey also. No rain, no flowers, no honey-this is the record for 1898 The East has discovered this too and at the present rate of selling there will be very little of this sweet commodity left in the State. It IS indeed i'll wind that blows nobody good.
 But 1t must not be inferred that we are going to have famine. Far from it. We will have enough oi everything for our use but there will be less for export Prices will be higher all around, but this will be good for the farmer, nobody will begrudge him his good luck. He has certainly waited long enough for 1t.
 Merchandising IS going along as usual Money is Tn its ordinary supply and demand at the familiar rates of interest. New enterprises announced from time to time, and altogether, as far be seen, trade in California is proceeding on its regular lines barring the inconvenience resulting from the deficient rainfall, which is temporary matter of a few months at worst
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
MURDERS NEVER SOLVED.

F the files Of the local papers were to be scanned
 1t would be found that the number of murders re- corded there and then forgotten is most startling.
 When there is sensational case like that of Eugene Ware when girls found dead in the house o worship, there is detective activity and possibly a solution of the mystery
 But suppose the victim of the assassin to be a stranger, man without money, friends or position. There IS record that he has been found dead. and there is nothing more The local columns of yester- day told of soourner whose lifeess body was dis covered at cheap lodging house. He had not left much, but he was known to have been accompanied to the place by woman, and memorandum by his bedside announced that he had been robbed The woman had disappeared. Her identity is unknown. Probably 1t will always be unknown
 A few months ago who kept shooting gallery on Kearny street shot. Three bullets from singe-barreled pistol had entered his brain. Who the criminal? Who cares who may have been the criminal? It IS evident that the police tenn is sadly short of perfection If a murderer can be promptly brought to light there is a tendency to bring him. If he can't, the matter drops But there is toerable certainty of a new murder to engross public attention
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
"cNE WITH THE PRESIDENT"

With the storm in the ascendant we are one with the President. Wherein has the President lacked firmness? His annual message was a profound discussion of Cuba. Believing in Lees manly Ameri- canism, he returned him to Havana, Dem ocrat as he was. and declined to recall him at the demand of Spain. He sent the indiScreet De Lome passports without de- lay. He treated the Maine explosion as a call to arms By day and by night. under his strenuous, maSterful leadership, the country has been preparing for war. Should the blow fall it will be due to the foresight and courage of the Presi< dent that it falls upon an armed and puissant nation. Under this menace of war we are one with the President.-NeW York Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
THE CALL TO THE coLoRs

Are you ready. Virginia,
 Alabama Tennessee? Patriot of the Southland, answer! ,,
 For the land hath need or tree "Herei" from sandy Rio Grande
 Where the Texan horsemen ride. "HereIi the hunters of kentucky
 Hail from Chatterawhas sloe' Every toiler in the cotton,
 Every rugged mountaineer' VeIvet-yoiced and iron-handed, an Lifts his head to answer, Here! some remain who charged with Pickett, Some survive who followed Lee; Let;,a They shall lead their sons to patIs For the flag if need there De- Are you ready, California, Come, reo-tii oh come come unto the colorssI;,
 Heard ye not the bugle blow Falls a hush in San Francesca
 In the busy hives Of trade' In the vineyards of Sonoma Fall the pruning knife and spadet In the mines of Colorado -.sa
 Pick and drill are flung aslae;
 Swing the merchants to the tide. And million mighty voices
 Throb responsive like drum Rolling from the rough Slerras, A You have called us, ana we coine' Ger Missouri sounds the challenge Der the great lakes and the pialh' Are you ready, Minnesota
 Are you ready, men or Malhs' From the woods of Ontonagon'
 From the farms of Illinois, From the looms or NaSSaCliusStIS
 We are ready, man and Doy Axmen free, of Androscoggin,
 Clerks who trudge the cities paNes, Gloucester men who drag thelr piuhueH From the sullen, hungry waves; Big-boned Swede and large-limoed GerIlan' Celt and Saxon swell the call' And the Adirondacks echo;
 ''We are ready, one and all Truce to feud and peace to faction! All forgot is party zeal When the warships clear for actl0h' When the blue battalions wheel Europe boasts her standing arnles- Serfs who blindly fight by trade' We have seven million soldiers
 And a soul guides every blade Laborers with arm and mattocK' I.aborers with brain and pen, Railroad prince and railroad braken19s1~ Build our line of fighting men. Flag of righteous warsi close mustereu Clean the bayonets, row on row, When thy stars are sternly cinstereo With their daggers toward the roe 1,,, Arthur Guiternan in New 4ork Nall aH Express.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18

permit themselves to be robbed by un- scrupulous politicians. Prevention through compulsory education is better economy institutions. Support the Elementary com nlttee In consistently enforcing school at tendance, for the childrens sake as well as to draw State funds.
 E. J. WHITTIER. ' San Francisco, April II. 1898
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
HELPING TIE GAS MONOPOLY.

H ERHAPS the Supervisors have what seems to Dthem good reason for refusing privileges to company which wishes to compete with the poraon at present furnishing the city bad light and overchargng citizens for illumination the most mel ancholy. But ii they have such reasons the public would like to know them Let the Supervisors throw off their reserve and give the facts. If these be expressed n figures and dollar-mars 1t will be easy to understand why they appeal to the intelligence of the board. If they cannot the matter will remain mystery as 1t Is now.
 The fact seems curious that the miserable system in vogue should be favored that the attempt of an- other company to enter the field should be met with open hostility Of course there is general under standing of the truth that certain people love dark ness because their deeds evil but to realize that any of this reprehensibe sort had got into the Board of Supervisors would be distinct shock People who do not have the distinguished honor to direct the des- tiny of the city would be glad to have all the light that could be furnished They would like it to read by to make their streets sae and little of 1t shed over the Supervisors would be appreciated
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
SOLEMN DUTY OF THE PEOPLE.

The times are solemn and emergent times for the people of the United States. Let every citizen make the cause of his Government his own, and let that Gov ernment make it's cause the cause of lib- erty and of humanity. Let party lines dissolve at the waters edge and let the dread recourse to war carry with 1t the justification of conscience and a reverent and confident appeal to the God of Ma tions and the Lord of Hosts And may he be a Pillar of Cloud by day and a PIi- lar of Fire by night to our defenders by land and sea.-Brooklyn Eagle.