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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-08

been equally disastrous. This law, ac-
cording to the committees report, was
placed ON the statute books ito ena-
BILE few wealthy men to acquire vast
bodies of land in California" The ia
cilities it offered to rich and unscrupu
lous land-grabbers have led to the ex-
tension of it's operations to ali the
arid and semi-arld states. Men and
women have in numerous instances
been employed to take up land in con
tinuous bodies from 5000 acres even
to 100000 acres and to turn them over
to land proprietors to be used chiefly
for grazing purposes"
Similar abuses have been perpetrated
under the Communication provision of
the homestead law. by which the re-
quirement of residence is waived after
IA months for a payment of $l25
an acre. The result of these various
facilities offered to spectators is that
our splendid expanse of irrigable land
the greatest heritage ever possessed
by any nation, is rapidly disappear
ing. In the five years from 1898 to
1902 inclusive the government dis
posed of 66141. 500 acres-an amount
more than twice as great as the whole
extent Of Eugland-and 1t is estimated
that in 1903 we have lost an addition
al area about as large as the state Of
Pennsylvania. II this keeps up for FIVE
years longer, says the senate commit
tee, "the entire public domain suitable
for settlement win be exhausted and
there will be no land left for our peo-
nle who desire to make homes uro7
it," The only way Of escape from this
calamity. saws the New York World
is to repeal all the laws that favor the
Spectator and monopolist and leave
only one legal way of acquiring title
to the public land-"a residence Of
five years and continuous cultivation
Of the soil"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-08
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
1T Is Rapidly Passing Away from
Government Control.
How Spectators and Others Are Using
Unwisc Laws to Pick the Locks
of Our Greatest National
Treasure Chest.

The passage Of the national irriga-
ton act has insured the reclamation
of the vast arid domain of the west,
but 1t has also brought to the front
the question: For whose benefit Is
this reclamation to be effected?" The
spectators have not waited for the
ieisurely development 81 pdblic opin-
ion on this question-they are an
swering without hesitation: For
ours" They are Swallowing the irri-
gable lands by the million acres, and
unless the laws which permit and en-
courage this process be repealed,
Uncle Sam will find by the time his
irrigation system Is complete that its
only use is to water the vast estates
of land monopolists.
In the report on the Quarles bill for
the repeal of the timber and stone act.
The desert land act and the commuta-
tion clause of the homestead act, pre-
scented on behalf of the senate COM
1mittee on public lands by Senator Glib
son, of Montana, it Is said:
s'The records Of the land department
oiiOH AIdt uAtuti NbE illuDtt anu HAbuS
act our timber lands are rapidly pass
ing from the possession of the nation
to that Of spectators and strong cor
porations."
According to the commissioner of
the general land Office, in many in
stances whole townships have been
entered under this law in the interest
of one person or firm, to whom the
lands have been conveyed as soon as
receipts for the purchase price were
issued"
The government has been selling
timber land worth 800 an acre or
more at $3.50, and from the merely
pecuniary standpoint it has lost over
$100000000 on such sales. The oper-
ations under the desert land act have
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-08

The breakfast food craze has at
tackled a family in Atchison, Kan. For
several weeks the wife has served up
strange foods, some Of them resemb-
ling sawdust, or ground asbestos. and
every two or three days new diet.
Returning home one night from his
lodge, the husband hunted up some
thing to eat, and found what seemed
a novel breakfast cereal He made a
meal of it, with milk. and next morn
ing discovered that he had gorged him
self with bird seed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-08
EXCURSION TO SEA SHORE,
sixteen-dsy Trip via Cumberland Vail
ley Railroad.

Tho Cumberland Valley railroad has
fixed upon THURSDAYS, July 2, 16 and
80, August 13, 27 and Sentember 10.
for their annual midsummer excur.
sions to the sea shore. the time allowed
on these excursions being l6 days
Excursion tickets to Atlantic City,
Cape Nav and other South Jersey re-
sorts will be sold from all stations on
the Cumberland Valley road on above
dates for train No. 4, leaving Martins
burg at 8:15 a. ~, at IS. so for the
round trip, and will be good to return
on any regular train Except limited
express trains, on which an extra fare
is charged) within 16 days, including
date of issue. For full information
call Oh local ticket agents.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-08
DONATION DAY.
Liberal Response by the People of
Martinsburg.


Mon9av was the first regular do
nation dav at the Kings Daughters
hospital in this CITY, and the ladies in
charge feel greatly ENCOURAGED bv the
number of useful and greatly needed
articles brought aud sent to the insti-
tuition By interested persons. While
the donations were numerous and of a
decidedly acceptable nature, all that
is needed was not contributed, so that
there is yet room fc. display Of gen.
erosity on the rart Of those interested
in the welfare of the hospital, The
number of articles sent. however, is
an indication Of the interest being
awakened in the work of this sulendic
place, and offers much announcement
for the future.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-08
PRINCIPAL CONVENTIONS,
To he Held in Various Portions Of the
United states for which Special Rates
WIZ he I'm Effect Via baltimore
a. Ohio Railroad.

Atlantic CITY, n. J. Special Low
Rate Excursions June 25th. July 9th
and 23rd. August 9th and Goth. and
September Bird.
Baltimore, Nd. Seventy Ninth An
nual Session Of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge. /. 0. 0. f., September 21-26,
Tickets on sale September 10Th, goth
and 21st, good returning until Septem-
Der 2Sth, inclusive.
San Francisco Cal. Grand Army Of
the Republic. August l7-22 Tickets
on sale August 4th to 18th, good return
ing until October 18th.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-08
NIAGARA FALLS VIA B. & 0.
July II and 81, August IL and 2s. sep
tember II aud 30. October Q.

TENDER IL and 30, octoher y.
A Ten (lo) Day Tour TO Niagara
Falls, Americas Greatest Natural Won
der, via Baltimore & Ohio Royal Blue
Line, PHILADELPHIA & Reading R'y and
Lehigh Valley Route, through the
beautiful Lehigh and Wyoming Val
levs. Special train of elegant Day
Coaches and Parlor Cars will be run
en- above dates. leaving.
Washington, ID, C---S.3 80 A. Nj.
Baltimore, Nd. Camden Sta
tom ~ a. NJ.
Ar. Niagara Falls- 1000 L. Nj.
Round triptickets will also be
placed on sale at the following sta
tious at the rate anne ed:
Martinsburg, w. Va---$1 1.50
Stop-overs permitted on return trip at
Buffalo, Rochester, Geneva, Watkins
Glen and Mauch Chunk.
Only ST. 90 Niagara Falls to Toronto
and return, via n. Y. G. q H. r. Il.
R:Sf, 25 via" Gorge Route.
Side trip to Thousand Islands from
Rochester only $3.50 round trip.
Tickets good for five days, but within
return limitof Niagara Falls ticket.
Special arrangements for lunch and
supper enroute at very reasonable
rates. Call on Ticket agents Baltimore
q Ohio r. r. for full particulars
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-08
No KindIing wood Needed.

Nothing is spent for fuel by the
Maories of New Zealand. They cook
their potatoes and other vegetables in
volcanic heat. There are a few volca-
noes in New Zealand end some of the
Maories 1--we up iu the mountains near
them. hC .4e s~-.-. noes serve
a. ,3J. 49, s.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-08

ps~R HRIST said, Thou art Peter,
MNw> On this rock | will build my
#THTN church this, Catholics
I'll SllE claim Peter as first pope, claim
Wax A that all others have come down
NASmsG from him in one unbroken line.
Peter died a martyrs death
az did most Of his successors for three cen
turtles.
Leo the Great, in the fifth century was
the founder Of medieval popedom- 1t was
said he laid the corner stone and Gregory
the Great erected the framework. 1t was
Leo who turned Attia from Rome. Four
years later, Genseric took the city and gave
it over to pillage. Even this barbarian
listened to Leo and forbade the murder Of
the citizens, the burning Of the city and the
plumber Of the three principal churches.
Gregory the Great, in the sixth century,
devoted himself to the conversion Of the
Anglo-Saxons He was attracted by fair
faced, golden-hair children among slaves
in the et.place-when told they were
Angles, Not Angles, but Angels, he said,
adding III the king Of the Angles be Aella,
Alleluia shall be sung in Aella's land, and
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14
THE AIR WE BREATHE.

As you know I am writing to help
Aunt Susie. who has a great deal to do.
and life IS very little unless NE can help
other people.
In writing | have changed my subject
almost every time. the reason being that
I may thus interest each of you. Perhaps
/ could entertain YOU more by writiye you
the experiences of my young life, but
there is nothing higher than that which
is to teach you something winch Will he
Of value in after life. to help YOU acquire
fondness for knowledge. that you in
your turn may help others. For that
reason have selected my subject for
this time The All We Breathe"
Long years ago the people then living
! mean those who knew moSt-thought
the four elements Of nature were Gre,
air. earth and water" But as peop,A
learned more they found that all these
were themselves made up OF several parts.
The air we breathe is made up Of four
elements at least. Two of them make up
nearly its entire bulk and these are oxy-
gen and nitrogen. the others carbonic
acid and watary vapor. are present in
has no taste or color a candle burns in
ii with great briliancy, but burns out
very rapidly. 1t is the life giving part of
the air. but If we breathe that alone we
would live so fast we would soon die. The
air. therefore, TO be lit for us to breathe
contains TO each 100 gallons by measure:
70 gallons OF nitrogen
q gallons Of oxygen.
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Conducted by Mrs. VIM King, CourIand Ave, Atlanta


IS ha a1d e. oo t6sp'd tnas sncn
heard to curse Dear girls, | wonder
of one of your who contribute to our
page curse? pity you from the depths
VI my hedIt II you 90. IL you nave
Az 9i a., onoe tnat 10 me one b.sp
,ro, 49,, ~ S ~ Co''1 % % ~ ny, ~ 49,
an, Iii SoiiieolG - matGmEls suui t
thoso ,nl,ro ~. o,a.s ~
80 .il.'i We o. az l', nns
- we t'ie SOWING seeu' 70 you not
s Nntm oI api'ie ueaI hStle eltl ti no. d
pel iaps some uee'l nt,ie sciiooi
djoe Sou, "itose ao.e ~ : Junt uuo
sowing l, one eyil seed in the pure innocent
tile aihe Va, ,"lS. "oula IKE VI Gear Au alld
3 3oi ~ peliiit me space e. ,ha,ih eL.t
u ,n+te, cousins VINO Wrote me arter my lasI
soqld s not PIT POSSIBLY answer all yopr good
nstierS' pUt 'neE We're aIpIecil,eo, Gall
pl9ce. owltown IS merely a country post
co,,,,+ ~ G,iIi 49, X
y@@ $50 81 on ,l"s ss q onn sodie a
T WT1's me- ne a Inele sam Is 2rd 2d
nee. an 4,,i,,, M, sSil1 ,i1q
9s ~ III Slsie .e WoaS' 81 2t'f we m'gLlr
ali t5jni, 5d oi' [v,oM ,f
Ca,,sin (.enreo 9 ,.an ~ MI ~ '3ato
~ hie a. ,'iiH ~ ;'i,.{ts
w. cousin @eor1~ hosers' write again
! Dewitt and Herbert Maxwell. Kvleton.
Aia-Dear Junior ISM it too bad TO
have TO sit nnon hard bench an dav
IN n school house an . nublic road win
vnnr ewes on .vo,,r hook and cam look
s,,t +ba ,aGDla b,,goioe ana ,r,e,,,e
oe' %ov me naslg oPf vo DpsH % Won nm nrst ans
swe, innerfel.t We have = eooG kind
teacher. ma we love her hut she makes
~ foe tho mark and mamma saws that,s
rjebt ottrn tiDd myself dreaming over
thongfts.
Ch7ifsrna. * coming with frolic and fun.
Away win the arithmetic and great
lone @nm
Santa is comine with candy and TOYS.
Win oranges and apples for the girls
ana th. boys
Thev say he is proving around every
night
! Even pecning throueh cracks 10 see we
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14

Which is the best. country or city life?'
He had tried the country. and then he
came in to try the city. but. alas. what
comes to many others who try this. came
to the possum. He came to grief, and
now he will make good dinner for some
one. Moral-Try and DC content with
your lot in life. Remember the old adage
Let well enough alone.
This is what I say: have a few
pigeons. and We feed them under my
dining room window. The other morning
looked out and there We're four little
kittens taking breakfast with the
pigeons. I don: know who they belonged
to. but after a while a cat came along
and called them. and they followed her
across the street One Of them walked
rather slow. and | found it only had
three legs Did you ever hear of a kitten
born with only three legs? That is what
we cali "a freak OF nature. Now, as
Uncle VIII has some useful information
for you, I will say goodby ours
AUNT ST SIZE
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THE TWO FARMERS.

Farmer Joe was as jolly as jolly could be.
He borrowed no trouble-no. no, not he;
II twas cloudy today 'tvouid be clearer
tomorrow;
Life was too short TO waste It in sorrow.
II the weather was bad and his crops
wouldn't grow,
Twill be better tomorrow" said Farm
er Joe:
II the bugs were too plenty and ate up his
grain
'All right" said Joe. well plant it
again."
It was not that way with Farmer Pete.
lie grumbled at all he happened to meet:
'Twas too hot or too cold too wet or too
dry
Things didn't so right. however he'd try.
The pigs got NANCY, the hens wouldn't
il he hired men to work they were likely
to play;
He always was careful to plant in the
But things wouldn't grow, and he got out
of tune.
The cold weather came ere he'd hauled
any wood.
And when for his cattle he'd gathered no
food.
His wife couldn't please him in getting
his dinner
In short. Farmer Pete was wretched old
sinner.
The result may be guessed without any
u I1o,, .rot,I,Tac no
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NOT FORGOTTEN.

Dear Children: You must not think
have forsaken you because let Uncle
VIII write 50 often, hut he is 50 good
and feels So sorry for me about my eyes.
that he is willing to help me an he can.
and I think what he gives You can not be
betten-it is just good enough
I wanted to tell YOU two funny things:
One I heard. and the other T saw myself
J have gentleman who helps me in my
Sunday school class, and that just reminds
mo to tell you I had forty-one boys and
girls IN my class last Sunday Is that
not a nice class? They listen 10 every
word say and behave beautifully Well
Sunday. after the lesson was over the
gentleman whispered to me and said:
Last night hard something at my
chickens. and 7 went out to SEQ about
them and I want You to guess what it
was" guessed A Niger. a dog. and
then stopped, for ne said NO it was
'possum Now. what do you think Of
that? A 'possum in the center Of the city
Of Atlanta
! expect the old fellow had been read
ing the Junior page and the discussion.
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Wonderful Sense of Smell.


(From The London Mail.D
How infinitely minute must be Che par
ticles tina, cmanate from the object which
the dog IS tracking Yet matter is eX-
tremely Invisible. The tenth part of a
grain of musk will continue for years
to fill a room with its odorifarous parti-
cles and at the end Of that time will
not be apprecably diminished In weight
by the finest balance. A cubic inch of
air rising from the flame OF a Bunsen
burner has been found to contain no few
er than 489 600 900 dust particles. A drop
OF blood which might be suspended from
the point of a needle contains about q
million OF red hattened corpuscles. Still.
though matter is so marvellous,y dvis-
ble, the olfactory nerves are infinitely
more sensitive. Much has yet TO be in
vestigated with regard to the difreren
tiation Of the points in these nerves, so
that they may discriminate with such
apparently miraculous accuracy; yet even
the results in the scent of dogs show how
fine is their discriminating
power. Our sense of smell. unless in the
trained chemist. is not even SO acute as
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14
TO CORRESPONDENTS

Maggie Painter, simpsonvtlle, 6. c.
Your letter could not APPEAR, as It wa7
written on both sides Of your paper Try
again.
F'encia, Melton, Ark.-Write under goer
real name and not with pencil and we
viii be glad 10 receive you
W. P Niece Pine Forest -Le,tce
so indistinot from pencil could not read
it. Try it over.
Mae ana Esther HornbuckIe Elm. Als-
Try again aud don't use a pencil.
Minnie Hughes, Midland Ca Such
nice letter, but six pages In pencil. Dont
be discouraged.
Mildred keenan,, Humholt. Tenn.-Yo1
say: II have written once before but
did not see my letter in print" You vii
be disappointed at not seeing this Las
one. but pencil marks almost rubbed OF
Try again.
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LOO gallons

Both Of these are easily made. but you
do not need that information now Oxy-
gen IS a little heavier Than the air and
nitrogen a little lighter
Carbonc acid, like the other has no
color, but has a little odor. and a slight
" sour taste 1t Is so much heavier than
air that we can pour it into tumbler
filled with common air as you would wa
ter
Nothing can breathe it and 1t will put
out fire quicker Dian water. All fire
departments in cities have several ma
chimes for making It, so as to extinguish
small fires 1t cannot be breathed but
when in water makes a healthy drink.
1t Is this, that is used In soda water,
that the young people are fond of.
The watery yapor is the steam or Va
p0r which we see o. cannot see. If you
leave a pan of water In the sunshine it
disappears very rapidly and helps 70
make the vapor OF the air
The largest quantity. OF course. comes
from the sea. where il is drawn NJ by
the sun.
told YOU before that carbonie acid
was heavier than air but II it remained
near the earth nothing could live But by
some law that no one knows God makes
II go EDNGfO Wlttle IL Cfti 40 Nv tltti H.
The winds blows OF storms come 2nd air
rises up in right proportions. IN Java
aud I have heard at some parts il2-the
wess they have valleys filled with this
gas in which nothing can live In these
pla<es the gas from some cause comes
from the ground as fast as Il can go mp
into the air
The air "a said 70 extend about forty
five miles above the surface Of the earth
hat becomes thinner 50 that at about
tive miles human hcing could hardly
live. The weight Of the air is about If
toen pounds 10 the square inch. # You
had a thin glass globe and ta%e the air
out of it with air pump it would
crush from the weight Of the air Did
yos ever think that on $our bodies YOU
are carving . load Of fifteen pounds to
the square inch? There are 50 many in
teresting things 10 be said about the air
how the dew comes. vain fails the light
ming aud thunder etc. bat already with
these few things 7 have written enough
UNCLE WILL
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that of the semi-savage. The aborigines
OF Peru can, in the darkest night and in
the thickest woods, distinguish respective
~ a white man, negro and one Of their
gained by civilization; but not without
some loss to our bodily energies and
senses. Mans recuperative power aftar
an injury is in the inverse ratio TO his
social advancement. Similarly he seems
10 become less acute and delicate in tha
sense Of smell. as he fares better and lives
moro comfortably. The faithful dog puts
him q shame.
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Better Than SnankinZ.

Spanking does not cure children Of bed
wettng- If it did there would be few
constitutional cause for this. Mrs. NJ
Summers. box 404. Notre Dame. Ind.
will send her home treatment to any
mother. She asks no money. Write her
today If your children trouble you fin
TINS way. Don't blame the child. The
chances are it can't help it.
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Fremont DOYLE. Marion Ind.-~R r D.
40 7.--Dear Junior: AS have not seer
any letters from this state for some
time I will write I will take for my
subject. Cruelty to Dumb Animals. -
but | guess will have to begin my dis
cusson with story. 1t was d fine
Sunday morning and all nature seemed
at Its best y bunch Of fat porkers
were grunting with satisfaction as they
eagerly devoured their corn. a young
man might be seen vending his way
along the dusty road and going in the
direction OF the neghboring church AS
ne came past a little grove he noticed
some young men raising quite distur
bance. and as he drew Vet nearer he
saw one OF them take aim up among
the green branches with a small pea
scooter and FIRE. IN few moments a
HAle sparrow came tutterina to the
ground and as ii turned its little bright
eyes upon it's cruel tormentor it seemed
10 say. God forgive them, they know
not what they do. Correspondence
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W j., ''aF'oSon' Cuoa' Aia.--leaf Jun
lof; mere mas been a great Improvement
made upon this page since my letter was
published I'm tho eartv part of the gpriney
Manv intorosfir, ,nd instrnctice latto~s
,',,.n $1,000, :. .,,', ~. 49,,
n''e 'ppV"'0V On y a'Ice 1i"' t'ilN'
How gifted some OF the Young writers
are How eloquently can they put forth
their thoughts mon the smooth white
paper. Oh that I possessed the talent
that I might move my pen as my mind
dictates. but my hand Is numb to this
i, refuses to resnond to the thoughts
wish 10 write. So Won must excuse ms.
fo, mt eboosine, = ,,3hiect tbie ti,,,c
christmas is heya mon us once more
ana what have we TO show for the manv
h,,jght DAYS? What have we accnmnIieh
on in 1909 C,an We look baci, over ot,r
49, 1,,~ino 49, - r,-itIo11f ra,+,.,t,o
% we not have some sad Thoughts IN
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CHARITY LIST.

Austin NJ Nicely Huffman Ark
cents. Minnie Hughes Midland, Ga. o
cents; DeWi,, and II rbert Maxwell.
Kyleton. Ala.. 70 cents; Mary S VIII
lians Pearl Ma. cents; Mollie
Knowles Moody Ark. 10 cents.
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Henry Clay Trumbull, Philadelphia
Philadelphia, December s--Henry Ga,
TrumhuIl. editor of The Sunday school
Times and known throughout the worli
as an author died today IN this city.
aged 80 years He was stricken by ap-
pOpleXy yesterday
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14

AIayme Johnston. Owltown, Ga-Dear
Junior: Tonight while looking over this
~eek's Constitution my eye fell and rest
ed for awhile on letter from the pen Of
Mrs A. f. Bonham, Chibronie, Va. What
good advice she gives In only few words
What is more degrading to the character
than to be termed even 4 user Of slang
TO say nothing of using such language
as this lady mentions? was never
brought up 20 use or handle slang" aud
nothing brushes me 50 much as 10 hear
lady use slang expressions. What kind
Of an opinion did the gentleman have Of
the college girls" he heard cursing? Did
their charming college manners Gf they
mad any have any Impression on him
afterwards? The very idea Of lady