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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-21
A Shrewd ssyino.

An old sage has said that the best
present that one can give another Ii
something that will last a long time
and keep the friendship Of the donor
always fresh in the mind Of the person
to whom the presentation is made
That is the very sort Of Christ
mas present a years subscription to
the New York Sunday World viii
prove to be. Order from your news-
dealer while there is yet time
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-21
Mill Closed by Sheriff.

The Leedy s. Depew Companys mill
at Peachers Mill, two miles west OF
Harpers Ferry. was c'osed on Friday
by Deputy Sheriff Shugart on an at
tachment issued by the circuit court
at the instance Of the Harpers Ferry
bank to satisfy a deed of trust.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Women are as changeable as men
are monotonous.
1t takes a dry goods box philosopher
to make a set sreech
A man who is able to keep his face
closed saves lot Of time.
Learning to be content with what
we have is what iolts most of US.
Inability to obtain seat at the 20
litical pie counter begets reform
Chicago News.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

A woman has eyes for others to
see.
The way to agree with woman Is
not to be married to her.
The man who wants to stay out
nights wouldn't if he had to.
woman can have good time do
ing anything that makes some other
woman mad because she isn't doing
IT.
When a man buys an automobile he
is erkied for his prosperity; when he
gives it up he is admired for being
sensible New York Press
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-21
BIG HOG SHIPMENT.
Ten Fat Porkers Average Four Hun
dred Pounds.

Mr.. |. d. Van Metre, OF the Arden
district, made two big shipments of fat
hogs today to the Potomac Packing
Co, at Halfway. Md.
One was bunch of ten porkers that
weighed 1000 pounds, an average of
400 pounds They were purchased
from Mr.. Luther F. Seibert, Of the
Hedgesville district. The other ship
ment was a carload of porkers from
Bunker Hill.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-21
Dedication Of Church Chandelier

The new chandelier being placed IN
the Lutheran church this week will b.
dedicated next Sunday morning at the
IL o'clock service. The sermon will be
delivered by the pastor The choir will
render special anthems assisted BY an
orchestra
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-21
sIeiahIna Time Here.

Snow fell during Friday night. 1t
began about midnight. By morning
there was covering of about four
inches. After daylight the fall turned
to rain and sleet II the weather
keeps cool, slelghs viii be running and
the sleigh bells jingling.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-21
A Whole Army Of Aliens.

immigration for year ended June
80, 1907, vastly greater than in any
previous year.
Total arrivals, 1.2S5,349.
Aliens rejected. 1854
immigration from Japan has trebled
Hundreds of Japanese coming in by
stea TIL
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-21

In the obituary article in Mondays
World it was stated that he was the
son of George w. Seibert, deceased 1t
should have been the son Of Henry J.
Seibert, deceased.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-21

Hurry up. or Christmas will over
take you
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-21

The newspapers all over the state
say it was the coolest morning.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-21

The constant sufferer is often the
cheeriest in the family group.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-21

This beginning of winter gives
promise of an old fashioned one
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-21

It's time to have that horse of
yours roughed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-21

Centre your energies If you would
meet with success,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-11-30
CHARACTER SKETCHES !. ].
REV. CHARLES s7E[zlE
Press Opinions Containing Some
thing Of the Personality Of
the Machinist Preacher,

The newspapers throughout = the
country have recently been giving
considerable attention to Charles
Stelzle, the neutrality-suspicious., whose
articles have been appearing in the
Labor World. H.. ..
The Philadelphia Press said, editori-
ally:
PLAINLY, he's the man for the job.
He looks more like a labor leader OF
the John Mitchell type than a.
preacher. Dressed in simple bust
ness suit, with a quite, reserved man
ner, he appears to be what he Is, a.
modest man used to doing things"
Reporting mass meeting Of work.
ingmen. addressed by Stelzle, the
Trenton Gazette said:
zone understands the power Of the
big labor leaders better after he hears
such man as Charles Stelzle. talk
In his talk in the Y. M c. A. hall
yesterday he did not tel how or why
he entered the church, but 1t was easy
/ to see that If he had decided to be-
come labor leader, pure and simple,
he had in him the force and ability
to make for himself an International
! name as such. Scores Of gifted men
have occupied the Y. M. c. A.. plat
form, but none who have taken a
, stronger hold on the audiences than
did Mr.. Stelzle yesterday. He made
no pretense to entertain by startling
phrases, gestures or mannerisrns. He
seemed devoid Of all the usual frills
ne IT,,
what he was saying that alone inter-
ested. 1t was a. man speaking who
| would be listened to with respect by
the court Of errors and appeals Of New
Jersey, and at the same time his
| speech was that which in its si1npli-
city and sincerity held each listener
as in wise. SUCH man would gain
an audience almost anywhere, which
| would follow him to riot, were he in
such business"
In a syndicated article for the daily
| scribes our correspondent:
This man Stelzle is the Invest wire
| in present-day organized Christianity.
| He Is bringing more things to pass
! than half dozen boards, noary with
! age and dignity. He has made good
on one Of the stiffest propositions that
| ever confronted a religious body. This
| is because he understands the essen
! tial art Of linking up the desirable to
the possible; relating what he knows
| to what he can do; crystalizing theory
! into actually. This is the lesson
learned at the machinist's bench. To
use term of the trade in an enlarged
sense, he Is 'apractical man. Theories
about capital and labor. interest him
! less than actual methods, of getting
the two forces to pull together for the
! welfare OF both, and Of getting them
both, to stand on a Christian platform.
! Quite possibly there are some ency-
clopedic scholars, With big sl1ce. OF
the alphabet strung after their names,
who know more Of the history and
| theories Of the labor question than
does Sickle; but he knows more
workingmen, than all these savants
put together and multiplied by ten.
Further, he has done more to bring
the big, portetous and vital labor is;
sue before the churches Of America,
than any other living person or
agency"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-11-30
DESIRABLE CHANGE
IN STREET CAR PLANS
The Improvement Wonderfully
Facilitates Traffic in larger
Cities.
- :. :.
Just the Thing That Has Been
So Long Needed in Du-

The latest kink in street cars has
been introduced on the Madison ave-
nue. line in New York. It Is a car so
constructed that passengers may
leave by either the front or rear plat
forms, but may. enter only at the
rear. The back platform is large and
roomy and is divided into two parts,
one for leaving and the other for en-
tering passengers1J The conductor
stands where he can take the fares
Of those. entering before they go to
their seats. As soon ais the foot rails
are clear; he gives sthe signal to go
ahead, and PROCEEDS Ito collect The
fares of those who have just got ON.
Standing always ton2tne rear platform,
he wastes no time. as conductors In
Duluth do, while collecting fares up
In front; waiting Tor some friendly
passenger on the rear platform to say
"All rignt."''> And as passengers may
alight from either front or rear. the
conductor is not Obliged to plead with
them to move up the aisle, please"
Similar cars are in use in Chicago, al
though they do not provide an exit in
'front.'
improvements along these lines
would facilitate street car traffic in
Duluth wonderfully and they should
be brought, to the. attention Of the
street car company: It may not be
possible to give every passenger a
seat during the busy hours, but if
every passenger had chance to get
off easily and quickly, and if the cars
were not held up on every crossing
by the struggles Of passengers to get
on and Off, the strenuous daily task
Of getting to and fro. would be Won
derfully lightened. Incidentally, the
company would lose. fewer fares from
the inability of the conductor to get
them all.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-11-30

M Mr. Union Man Off your cloth.
ier that thS sBsll hons y Unfair
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-11-30
MANS DEPENDENCE
upon THE CLOCK
Is Born, Lives and Dies BY This
Faithful, Old Compan-
ion.

The average worker regulates his
life by the clock to an extent that he
does not. realize unless he stops to
think about it. If he is not awak-
ened by an alarm clock or called out
of bed in the morning with an anxi-
Gus thought Of What time is it?"
He dresses by the clock and eats
breakfast by the clock. He gets his
train or his street car by the clock.
All the time he Is saying anxiously
to himself, What time is it,"
At the store or office he punches q
time clock, perhaps, and all morning
he thinks more or less Of the clock
as he works. At lunch time by, the
clock he drops his work and hurries
out, punching the time clock again
as he goes. -.
The clock is still his companion
during the afternoons work; and ne
studies it anxiously as time to Duff
comes on. He catches his train by
the clock and goes home and eats
dinner by the clock. If he gets sleepy
at o'clock he will not go to bed until
10, because 10 o'clock is bed time II
He Is ever so wakeful then he runs
away to his room because the clock
says ,''bed time" -,
The average man, an observer esti-
mates, will look at his watch or the
. clock 695 times a day, always with
more or less anxiety. $780,.
When man is born his father stands
outside the door, watch In hand, and
when he hears the rst faint cry he
notes the time in his dairy and waits
{ for the nurse to tell him whether It
Is; boy or girl. az zz.%5 :5;. /: :., / (
&, And SO man was born by the clock,
!; He courts his girl by the clock. She
looks bored ! at II O'clock IL father
hasn't made signs Of distress before.
| And when man. gets married,ythe cab
man makes him pay carriage rent by
{ the clock and all the guests broke
/ their necks to get to the church on
I time. p=.@ ts}s 81, Fl Fl 81 :$5 Fl
Man win die some day and the ru-
neral announcement will read, Ser
vices will be held at 2 clock "S:.
And when . man dies the cock
stops.
W. 4 m Notify gyul,ri raeai]
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-11-30
PREssMEN CONTINUE WORK.

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 2e.-All Of the
union pressmen in Minneapolis and
st. Paul continued at work last week,
although an order to strike on Mon
day, November Is, providing the eight
hour day was not. granted on that
date, was received several weeks ago.
1t is not known exactly what the re-
suit of this action by the twin city
locals may be, but there is talk that
he two charters may be taken up.
Many members Of the, local union
feared action by the courts should
they resort to strike in the face OF
the Cincinnati injunction. =. ;.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-11-30
RIDDLE OF HuMPTY DiIMpr>

RIDDLE, OF HUMPTY DUMPTY. +"
Humpty Dumpty sat on wall,
Which was built OF tariffs wonderful
tall, -. -
And as often as people dared ask
about that ~@>. ~@-.,. =. ::
He raised campaign fund and made
them stand pat, -s.>. s@@
And so Humpty Dumpty kept his feet
In the trough. ~ t5*3
And all the kings oxen couldn't make
him come of. s* t> T. .a 5s:4.s 55!
So ss# Puck. 81
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-11-30

Mr.. Union Man:-Notify your baker
that the Bell Phone Is Unfair.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-11-30

Mr.. Union ~Man:-Notify your laun-
dry man that the Bell Phone Is Un-
fair.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-11-30

Mr.. Union Man:-Notify. your barber
that the Bell Phone IS Unfair:
The Washington herald., 1907-12-20
A Diplomatic Near.sensation

one Emil Witte, who, we are told is
"a person not unknown TO the newspa-
per world of New York. and not without
admirers for the fertility of his Jour
nalistic Instincts" has written a book
which win certainly amuse and, perhaps.
interest diplomatists at this Capital, and
official Washington generally Its title is
Aus Elmer Deutschen Botschaft." The
author asserts that for ten years he was
a secret attache of the German Embassy
at Washington, and his recital of the al
legged underground happenings of the Pc
riod, especially during the incumbency Of
Won Holleben, is rich, rare. and racy.
Any attempt TO describe or anaIyze
Mr.. Wittes lurid tale of German diplo-
macy as conducted throughout the dec
ade OF his secret service must be as
futile as an effort 20 sweep back the
waters of the sea or induce Secretary
Cortelyou TO talk for publication. Only
by reading the whole of the story can
one fully appreciate its beautiful weird
ness, its relentless showing up or a sort
of diplomacy compared with which the
shirt-sleeves variety. even in its infancy.
was conventional. ordinary, and regular.
OF course, we do not pretend to know
anything about it, but we incline to the
The Washington herald., 1907-12-20

opinion that our Teutonic brothers reve-
lations concerning. for example. the part
played by the Washington embassy in
connection with the relations between
Germany and England during the Span
ish-American war, and with reference to
the Samoan question, would vastly sur
prise the graybeards Of the foreign offices
Of both the two countries If brought 70
their attention. Probably they would
surprise Won Holleben himself We are
told. among other things. that the Ger
man Embassy. in order TO shape public
opinion and affect the relations afore-
said. engaged the New York agent of
VOLTS News Bureau 10 secure the pub
lication of certain portentous matter
through a leading news agency in this
country. But the plan failed. Tie dis
patches did not get into print. because the
subsidized correspondent went off on a
protracted beer journey" and neglected
his vitality important work. Thus we see
how the shock of awful war Is some
times averted, or international alliances
cemented forever and a day.
But Won Holleben never did have any
Witte. When Berlin began to believe
again according to whitehall President
Mckinley was entering into a secret pact
with Great Britain, and that war be-
tween the United States and the father
land was inevitable. there was set on foot
a propaganda having for its object the
creation of anti-British sentiment among
German-Americans- Much was done, but
the movement was not as successful as il
should have been, because of the en-
bassy's lack of tact in dealing with cor
respondents of the press. Only two Of
these molders OF public opinion-whoso
field is Washington both Germans, and
one a person Of rank-wcro pcrsonae
grata at Mr.. Won Holleben's official resi-
dence. For the others. the Ambassador
had ouly the curt admonition not 10 write
anything hostile 10 Germany If they de-
sired to remain on news-getting foot
ing with him, and this message, convey
ed to the writer's by Chancellor Kinne.
who knew little English. became substan-
TALLY as follows. ass the Congressional
reporters say: Hounds, the next time an
attack on Germany and the Kaiser ap-
pears in your paper, III throw you out.'
There is a great deal more along the
same line; but what's the use2 Evi-
IDENTIFY Mr.sWitte and his publishers eX-
pected the book to be a diplomatic sensa-
ton. but we fear they are doomed 20 dis
appointment. Our own opinion is that
goodly number of the startling state
ments made In the volume are. at least, as
much exaggerated as that tme-worn re-
port OF Mark Twain's death. We do not
anticipate that any wars viii be declared
because OF Mr.. Witte's disclosures.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-20
Looking to the New Year.

From the Wall Street Journal
People differ as TO the length of the de-
preston. but there is a weIl-informed sec
ton of the business world which pins its
faith to rising star. and looks for a
fairly active season for trade from New
Year TO the opening Of the spring. They
base their views on the fact that con-
sumption, outside Of luxuries and high
priced necessities, is going on steadily:
that the consuming world as a whole has
not lost its purchasing power to any
great extent. and that as business
Throughout the country up to the time Of
the panic was on a substantially sound
footing the resumption OF activity is only
a question Of how soon the banks can be
placed on a cash basis. Yet il is quite
as generally conceded that though prices
may come down somewhat there will be
no rapid drop for the present at least.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-20
ROOSEVELT VS.. BRYAN.
Arkansas Paper Thinks Nebraskan
Could Beat the President.

From the Arkansas Gazette.
The Washington Herald says that IN
its opinion the new nO-third-term p-o-
nOuncement Of President Roosevelt does
not change the situation materially. for
Mr. Roosevelt is left precisely where
he was before-in the hands Of the peo-
pie
The Herald says further that +. stu
looks forward 70 the probability OF
ROosevelts nomination in 1906. and be
lieves that Roosevelt and Bryan Will
be the leaders in one OF the greatest cam
paigns in American history; a campaign
Of radicalism, in which party lines viii
scarcely be recognized, and the outcome
Of which no prophet or son Of a prophet
viii be able To foretelL'
Roosevelt and Bryan would certainly
make an interesting campaign. There is
hardly an issue championed by one that
the other does not also champion. except
that Roosevelt might be able TO refrain
from plunging into the initiative-and-
referendum abyss
But if both the Republican and the
Democratic candidates were extreme rad
icals a natural result would be the nom
NATION oy some ConNenLOn or pOtlIical
grOuches OF conservative ticket This
happened in 1886. when Palmer and Buck
ner were nominated within the Demo
cratic party: in 1903 cold mOlasses Repub-
ucans might get UP a movement with the
object Of sticking a knife in the ribs OF
radicalism.
Despite the great popularity Of Theo-
dOre Roosevelt there are grounds for put
ting faith In the expressed belief of some
politicians that Roosevelt would be an
easier man for the Democrats 10 beat
than would any one OF several other Re
publcans who might be nominated: for
the East might lay down" on Roose-
velt- His nomination for a third term
would not necessarily mean his election.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-20

1t has often been remarked that the
statistics Of Industrial slaughter are more
suggestive Of reports from a sanguinary
battlefield than OF The operations of
peaceful bread-getting Mr.. Roosevelt
estimates that 5000 people are annually
killed in industrial accidents in the United
States. larger number as he remarks
than has been killed in al the foreign
wars IN which we have engaged from the
dawn Of our national government. Ten
thousand are killed yearly on our rail-
roads alone; and now comes the appalling
report Of the Geological Survey that in
seventeen years $50 men have given up
their lives in our coal mines. OF these
over 1900 were killed in 1895; and within
this month 800 men have succumbed 10
mine explosions. One Of the startling
facts developed by the public-service
commission Of New York City is that
over 200 persons are killed or seriously
injured every month by the urban rail-
ways under the Commissions Jurisdiction
and that the annual toll of deaths in acci-
dents IS between 800 and coo. We have
10 doubt that if similar figures were COM
piled for every city having street rail-
ways the total for the country would be
surprising And when we add to the
deaths on steam and electric roads the
casualties in mill and factory and mine
there will be little question that Mr..
Roosevelts figures come pretty close to
the truth.
Comparisons with foreign countries as
10 relative safety Of travel and Industrial
employment are invariably 10 our dis
advantage This is so. as everybody
knows, with regard 10 railroad accidents
Unhap7ily, it is also true with respect to
mine casualties. Three times as many
The Washington herald., 1907-12-20
Mr. RoosevcIt and Confidence.

From the Richmond News Leader.
The cry has been that Mr.. Roosevelt
was destroying confidence, but the truth
has been. and is. that he destroyed conf
dence only In those who had proved
themselves TO be thworthy of confidence.
We cannot get away from the fact that
this immediate crash, the run on the New
York banks, was brought about by the
discovery that the management Of the
great KnickerbOcker Trust Company was
rotten. and by the attempts OF the
Heinzes 20 engineer a juggle in copper
stocks. Citizens who refuse TO look at
the real causes; who, because they are
hurt. hit at the most prominent figure,
and begin TO cry aloud for halt in in
vestigation and regulation. are playing
directly into the hands of the corpora
tions and the trusts, and helping to pun
ish the man who has dared to offend
and stand against them. helping 10 re-
establish their grip on the country more
firmly than ever
The Washington herald., 1907-12-20
Cheer Up!

From the New York Herald.
The panic is behind US; fits wreckage
is being rapidly cleared away and there
are bright skies and good times ahead Of
US. Those who have been "hit'' should
cheer UP, and those who are unhurt
should loosen their purse strings. and all
Of us should present cheerful faces to our
neighbors and a cheerful word and gift
TO the unfortunate and make it for our
selves and others "a Merry Christmas. -
The Washington herald., 1907-12-20
At THE MANGER.

When first. her Christmas watch 20 keep
Came dOva tie silent angel sleep.
With SaCwy sandals shed.
BehOldirg BSSt his mothers hands
BAD wrought wish softer sTadding bands
She swathed the ssa q God.
Then. skilled IN mysteries Of night,
With tender yisioas of delight
She wrcathcd his resting place.
Til}, wakened by a warmer glow
Than heaven itself had yet 20 show.
He Saw his mothers face.
John 3. Tabb in the December Atlanti
The Washington herald., 1907-12-20
RennfifuI Modertr.

From the Chicago News
Beautiful lessons can be learned even
from the lowly octopus. For instance.
when the American Tobacco Company
swallows a rival. hide, hair. and boots. it
does not boast Of fits wonderful capacity
and powers OF digestion. but shows a
sweet modesty by concealing the facts.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-20
southern neIecntions.

From the Philadelphia Record.
IL will not be an edifying spectacle in a
pure democracy to witness u purchased
delegation from Alabama leading in the
roll call Of States to nominate the next
Republican candidate for President 1t
is not strange that such things should
cause the political gorge TO rise in the
sturdiest of party followers.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-20
ThonghffnI.

say, old man, give me n dollar. will
your" said Borroughs. Il want to lend
Il TO Jigley."
why should you lend it 70 Jigley?"
inquired Markley
Wen. he loaned me n dollar last week
and one good turn deserves another, you
know"
The Washington herald., 1907-12-20
Enthusinsm in OIsIahoma.

Prom the kmpOria Gazette.
In one county in Oklahoma fifteen mur-
ders have occurred during the past thirty
days. A reasonable amount Of enthu-
siasm over the Statehood proposition
misht be pardoned, but this is carrying
IL too far