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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
The January MetrosoIitan.

The series American Finance" be-
gins in the January number Of the
Metropolitan Magazine with a COM
plete article on the October panic, it's.
causes and the interferences. by John
Paul Ryan This article goes behind
the scenes of great panic and for the
first time opens the doors OF the
secret conferences where the great
financiers of the United States pam
ned to carry the country through the
crisis In When We Shall Have
Wings" Camille F1ammarion, the fam
Gus French scientist, discusses the de-
velopment of the flying machine sand'
its effect on civilization. Charles Liv-
ingston Bull tells the first Of his
"Stories in the Fur Bearers" writing
charmingly of the life Of the ermins
"The Letters of General Charles s
Hamilton" are brought to an end.
'The Educational Alliance" by H E.
Rood, shows how immigration can By
turned into blessing for the UnitesH
States. There are other important ar
ticles.
The number is unusually bright vita
good fiction. including "OKeefe." %
Lieut. Hugh M. Kelly; Strength az
Woman" By Amos Burhans; The,
Tsrtentum Hooks" by Alan P AmesS
''The Border Breed" by Birdsall Bris
coe. If this number IS Indicative ~
what the Metropolitan magazine IS cd
Ing to furnish it's subscribers during
1908, its followers have dectdad
treat before them. ss
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
WANTS KINDNESS IN GREETING.
Poet Objects to saiutation Without
the Proper Spirit

The poet was quite cast down A
friend met BIN and asked after his
health. and this is what he said: Why
do people persist Ia saying Good
Morning when the spirit of Good
Morning Is not there? Why not give
blow? Then one could offer some
resistance to this Monday morning
sanitation from aaople who care not
whether the morning is good or not;
who only want to thrust themselves
upon you Better. far, a silent en-
trance than a greeting from which the
life has fed What does Good Morn
ing mean unless ii carries sympathy?
So many Good Mornings, and not
one little bit of kindness-how hard
and metallic most of them are. The
first one ! got was from gruff man
with harsh voice He has set all my
nerves to jangling, why could he not
leave me alone? Then, In a moment
der. Her voice was sweet and woman
ly. Her Good Morning soothed me-
One day came along Broadway.
The memory Of the Good Morning
/ received will never leave me. I
looked into eyes upon which the dew
OF the morning had fallen-out of
which the light of heaven had
streamed. 1t made the whole day diff
ferent believe Icould have smiled
back at the gruff man If had been
40 greeted to-day" But my good
poet" said his friend. in hurt tone,
rs that meant for me? Have | set
your nerves to jangling?" God be
thanked, no. You are the first man
I've met whom | haven't felt like
numbering Here. give me your hand,
let me shake 1t again, and get into
sympathy with my kind What an
odd fellow" said his friend, as he
watched the poet walk away.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
His Wish Came True.

Prof. Edgar l.. Larkin, the noted
astronomer. was discussing marriage
at dinner in San Francisco. Prof
Larkin believes that 1t is criminal to
continue for life marriages that are
unhappy why condemn" he said,
with a grim laugh, men and women
to such misery as afflicts our mutual
friends, the Blanks? We have all mu-
tual friends in the Blanks position
At the height of their nightly quarrel
the other day Mrs. Blank choked back
a sob and said reproachfuIly: L was
reading one OF your old love letters
to-day, James, and you said in 1t that
you would rather live in endless tor
ment with me than in bliss by your
self Well, | got my WISH Blank
growled"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28

Each year the people of the United
States smoke nearly s,0O0000,000 CT
gars, cheroots, stogies and all-tobacco
cigarettes, $500, 600, 900 cigarettes with
paper wrappers and consume 100000
600 pounds of smoking and chewing
tobacco and snuff. Every day we smoke
22,000,000 cigars and 100000 cigar
cites, and either smoke or chew 500
tons of tobacco, all of which costs
100000. Every minute of the is
hours day that we are awake we
make ourselves poorer by sS00--for
$4,000 cigars, 10000 cigarettes and a
half ton of plug and fine cut. 1t is
estimated that there are 1900, 900
deyotees of the weed, or about as
many smokers as voters. This esti,
mate is based on the assumption that
one person in each six of our popula-
ton is puffer of smoke
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28

HAD TO DISTINGUISH HIMSELF.
Jimmie Simply Reversed the Order Of
His Activities.

The teacher In the kindergarten
gave littIa talk on helping mother
explaining that children who were al
most ak years Old could at least dress
themselves. a number 0f children told
what they had done in the way Of dry
ing dishes, etc All this seemed To Inn
press little Jimmie very much. The
next morning he proudly announced
In the circle: Il dessed myself dis
mornin or course Jimmie received
the highest praise and other children
we're urged 10 go and do likewise. The
next day Jimmie again announced: Il
dessed myself dis mornin," and SO
proud was he that at every frequent
intervals during the morning he tri-
imphantly repeated this. SO 1t con-
tinued on the third day, until the
teacher answered that she was very
glad to hear It, but thought that a
boy who was big enough to dress him
self ought to be able TO sit quiet with
out interrupting so often. Jimmie,
however, continued to inform the
kindergarten at every possible mo-
ment that Il dessed myself dis morn
in" Finally the teacher told him
that II he interrupted again he would
have to leave the circle. Jimmie soon
forgot and the teacher sent him be-
hind screen in the corner. minute
later the principal entered with a
visitor and was surprised to see little
head poked out from behind the
screen. The teacher explained and the
principal, crossing the room, pushed
the screen to one side. To her horror
there stood Jimmie with not even his
shirt on. Il didn't dess myself dis
time he said tearfully Il undessed
myself"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE SAID
Lucky for Poet That American Won.
an Was Not His Spouse.

A witty and popular American lady
was recently dining with literary
coterie in London. when some one
started conversation about the meth
DDS Of working adopted by authors.
Among the many instances given was
that of a well-known poet, who, it
was said, was in the habit of writing
at night and in the early morning, and
who was wont to rouse his wife and
exclaim about four o'clock: Maria,
get up; have thought of a good
world" Immediately on receiving this
signal. the poets obedient helpmate
would arise and make a proper note
of the thought-of word. About an hour
after a new inspiration would seize
upon the bard, and he would then
call out: Maria. get up, get up
I've thought of better word" The
company generally listened to the
story with admiration. but the bright
eyed American remarked: well, if
he'd been my husband, | should have
replied: 'Alpheus, get up; I've thought
of a bad word LONDON Tit-Bits.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
oreqon Apples Sold at 81 Zach.

The recent sale of a number of
boxes of winter banana apples at
Hood river at IS box has brought
up the question of record prices for
apples. The horticultural annals of
the state show that in 1856 one box
Of Spitzenberg apples grown in the
Willamette valley and shipped to San
Francisco Melted the shipper $50 In
the same year three boxes of winesaps
We're sold in Portland for s102, or 1874
box. In 1855. 5000 boxes of apples
grown in Oregon were sold at prices
which Melted the shipper $50 to $50 a
bushel In 1854, 500 boxes were sold
at from 500 to $50 a box. The first lot
of apples grown on grated trees were
sold in Portland by the grower,
Henderson Luelling, at 81 an apple
Los Angeles Times
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
SOME ERRORS OF THE TYPES
Really Amusing BIunders Of Which
Record Has Been Kept.

An author who has scrapbook de
voted to typographical errors was
showing the articles to a friend One
item concerned a dance The word
BONNER was misprinted, with this
deplorable result There was no bon
Ter ladies present than the mayors
own daughters, and this fact was
further emphasized by the perfect
fit of the shepherdess costumes they
wore" A country paper, after telling
how a COW got in front of train,
said. AS the safest course. under the
circumstances. the engineer put on
full steam, dashed into the COW and
literally cut it into two calves A
New York society editor, misprinting
the word Chill published this state
ment: Mrs. Astor was unavoidably
absent from the reception, being kept
at home by a bad child"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
Test satisfactory-to Himself.

A recent number of Simplizlssimus
tells this STORY with a moral: The
Union Bank OF st. Petersburg has its
own police service. One night the di-
rector was sleepless. He wondered
whether the bank police were really
trustworthy. He concluded to make
a trial He disguised himself and
rushed, pistol in hand. into the bank
vault The police were good for moth
ing. They looked on quietly while the
director pocketed 2,0OO,00 rubles and
carried them away, Since then no one
has seen the director"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28

Cen Miles used to tell of a surgeon
at a certain post during the civil war
who was chaffed great deal for his
flowery and extrayagant style of ex-
preston. both written and oral. On
one occasion it appears that the col
onel of the regiment had appropriated
the surgeons tent for a mess-table.
without the usual formality of stat
Ing his intentions. Whereupon the
surgeon sent a complaint to the Of
ficer in command Among other things
he said II have not so much as fly
to interpose between my head and
the star-decked heavens above me-"
This unique document followed the
regular routine and eventually re-
turned TO the unfortunate surgeon
with the following endorsement: Col.
Brown will cause a fly 70 be inter-
posed between the head OF the com
plainant and the star-decked heavens
above him as soon as possible. IL
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
Mahometan Graves,

The Mahometan may be uncertain
Of many things in life, but in death he
is sure of one ,thing-that his grave
win never be disturbed on any ac-
count whatever. With view to re-
moving the slightest chance of any
grave being defiled, a cypress tree is
planted Immediately after the inter
ment, which makes the Moslem Gem
eteries resemble forests In the island
of Timor burials are much delayed
owing to the necessity OF gathering
funds for the burial feast, which in
most cases means ruin to the family.
After the feast, the burial Directly
the grave is filled in, young cypress
tree is planted on it,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
CRUDE METHODS or SPINNING.
Which Were Long in DispIacin3 the
Spindle and Distaff.

The invention Of the art Of spinning
was ascribed BY the ancients to Mi
nerva, the goddess Of wisdom, says a
writer in The Housekeeper. The date,
1900 b. c., is given as tisat Of the be-
ginning Of the art in Greece, under the
direction Of the king of Arcadia. but
pictured inscriptions on Egyptian mon
uments show that the use of the spin
die and distaff was known in that
country much earlier The first dis
taft was simply stick, around which
the fiber to be spun was loosely coiled,
held in the left hand; the spindle was
a sort OF top set in motion by twirl
Of the hand, the fiber passing between
the finger and thumb of the right
hand This invention was improved
upon in the course of time by placing
the spindle in a frame and making it
revolve by mechanical action OF the
hand or foot in connection with a
wheel or treadle--thus giving the true
spinning wheel. The first recorded
use of this was in the early years OF
the sixteenth century, but it was prob
ably made and used long before this.
The first spinning jenny, a machine
working eight spindles, was invented
in 1867
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
But Seeing is Believing.

Three business men of Chicago. one
of whom is said to be rather "close"
in financial matters. were on their
way to luncheon one day. when they
we're stopped by several sisters of
charity, soliciting aims. Each one OF
the three men contributed something (;
but when one of the sisters inadvert-
emily solicited from the close" man
second time, he protested politely
that he had already done his part. AS
the three continued ON their way, one
whispered in the ear of the other. II
believe him, but | did not see it, II
saw him do IL" whispered back the
second man, but don't believe it,
Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
Shorter Dinners.

Nothing has done more to shorten
the over-elaborate dinner than the Gus
tom of restaurant dining. In a cafe
one feels easy at inviting people to
steak with two vegetables, salad and
cheese and coffee At home oysters
and soup entrees and dessert would
also have been deemed necessary. So
many people dine in restaurants now
that this simplicity is creeping into
the cheerfully selected little home din
ner. One may invite even ones formal
acquaintances to dinner without tax
ing. as someone puts 1t, either the
limitations of the cook. the hostess
the family purse. or the patience OF
the guests"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
LOST ART OF LETTER WRITING.
Men and Women of To-Day Have No
Time for Such Occupation.

1t IS a well-known fact that nobody
writes letters nowadays. 1t is true we
spend a vast deal of time at our writ
ing table, that we consume untold
quantities of ink and nibs, while our
stationery bill is by no means the
most modest item of our ever-increas-
ing expenditure. But we neither
write nor receive letters. The utmost
we do is to dash off notes" in an
swer to invitations, to "scribble a few
lines" of congratulation or sympathy,
as the case may be, with friend; to
express briefly but forcibly our salts
faction with our dressmaker, or our
surprise at our milliner's account AS
for our absent relations, on the rare
occasions when we remember their ex-
istence at all. we send them our love
on a post card with few details
about the weather, ending in tearing
haste with the hope that they will
write soon and tell us all their news.
OF course, they never do, which is just
as well, as if they did we should in
all probability never have time to
wade through their letters-L' Incon-
nue., in Ladies Field.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
LOCAL CASES AFFIRMED
At Recent Session Of Supreme
Court Of Appeals.
SCHOOL BOOK CASE COMES UP
Two Cases Of Hannis DistiIIin9 CO
vs.. Berkeley County Court Are
Argued and Submitted.

At the recent term Of the supreme
court Of appeals Of West Virginia an
alternative writ Of mandamus sought
Dy CHM & Co against the Berkeley
County School Book board, formerly
refused BY Judge Faulkner, was
Drought up. The decision Of Judge
Faulkner was upheld by the supreme
court. This case has received much
attention throughout the state and the
action of the higher court will be not
ed with much interest
-Four cases from this fud cial district
we're argued and submitted to the
court Three of these were from
berkeley county. The first case was
that Of the Hannis Distilling Co. vs.
the County Court Of berkeley county,
an appeal from the assessment of 1906
placed upon the whiskey stored in
the bonded warehouses Of that com
pany in this city. There was also a
second case of the Hannis Distilling
GO. VS.. the County Court, similar to
the foregoing, for the year Of 1907.
The other case from Berkeley coun-
ty was Margaret v. Roush VS.. D. 8.
Griffith, ct al, executors of NJ S.
Grantham. A decree had been grant
ed Mrs Roush by the circuit court for
a balance which was due her from
N. s. Grantham her late guardian.
The one case from jefferson county
was that OF the First National Bank
Of Jefferson County vs.. Jennie Thomp-
son and others, which involved a
fraudulent transfer of real estate and
personal property
The decisions of the circuit court
were affirmed in al Of these cases by
the supreme court.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
Remedy for pear Rllaht.

The Bureau Of Plant Industry Of the
United States Department OF Agricul-
ture recommends wintef pruning OF
pear tr,es to prevent blossom In
lection in the spring The larger the
district covered in the winter the less
will be the Infection the following sea-
son. Frequent aud prompt summed
cutting is to be practiced, and il not
exposed to extremely abundant in
lection, a pear orchard can be profits
ably maintained in good condition.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
Red Tape in France.

There is now lying in the Paris
morgue a mummy that is the cause
of dispute between the police, who
insist that 1t is an unidentified corpse.
and the owner, who is quite sure that
1t is piece of furniture. The dispute
is the sequel to fire in fiat. The
firemen found the mummy amid the
ruins of cupboard. 1t was placed in
sack and conveyed to the morgue
for Identification" The owner OF the
fiat has done everything possible to
get 1t back. But the police reply to all
representations with the question, rs
a mummy a corpse-yes or no?"
Yes, says the owner, but" There
is no but" declare the police; "a
mummy is a corpse, and this is the
place for corpses.'
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
channIna a business Emblem.

In a Brooklyn suburb barber rent
ed a shop that an undertaken had
vacated Among the belongings
left behind by the proprietor of the
mortuary business was weather
beaten wooden representation of a
monument. with base, pedestal, shaft
and capstone OF pine, which stood in
front of his show window. The barber
repainted the monument. lettered the
base with his name and "tonsorial ar
fist" painted sanitary red crosses on
the faces of the pedestal, put spiral
stripes of red and white around the
shaft, and painted the cap pea green.
Then he was ready for business.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
SHE SEIZED THE OPPORTUNITY.
Family Didn't Often Get Chance to
Have Photographs Taken.

A philanthropic Cleveland man
heard the other day of a family down
in the fats who were in extreme need
of financial aid. He made trip down
to the poor, miserably furnished home
and found that the family was, indeed,
having struggle to get enough to eat.
He pulled three five-dollar bills out
Of his wallet and handed it to the
gaunt half-staryed looking mother and
told her to take it and spend it as she
thought best. A few days later he re-
turned to see how the family were get
ting along. All the members in sight
still looked poorly fed. Did you buy
some groceries with that 1857" he
asked. We'll, no." said the woman,
with some hesitation. you see, it was
the first time we had had so much
money all at once, and it looked like
such good chance that we each went
up and had dozen cabinet photo
graphs taken - Cleveland Plain
Dealer,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
The SECRET or SUCCESS.

! used to biow tas gar Ia A good Old
country CHOIR
| kept the bellows crowded fsat. AMI
never used to tire;
I seemed To catch a vision IT the hap-
py promised land
When that Sid organ Numbered under
meath the players hand.
Vow here's the point I'm making
please to notice where I'm at
That wind was raw material, aud
mighty raw d that;
But when It came 70 rushing that Old
organs piping through
1t then was finished product. way up
on its finish too
| did the raw hard labor-pamping in
the wind you see
The organist did bets4r-a skilled
worker, sir. was she
A hundred boys could hsaale mg pump
job at any day;
The church was minus music when
that woman stayed away.
And so in early childhood | pumped
out this settled law,
To dodge old composition, just quit
handling the raw
And learn to make skill Cd products;I
you win live to fnf yoGr fill
OF good things will be g@aatar as yoq.
cultivate your skill i
The folks who at the org stay, there
ever pumping wind,
Have hardly cause to gramble when
they tag along behind
Those folks who learn 70 handle ev-
cry pedal. stop and KEY
That lets the wind from prison Id a
flood of harmony
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
"What Is History"

What is history but the more or less
superficial opinions of certain men
with respect to the movement and
course OF events, some of which may
be doubted or denied or disputed?
There is a widespread opinion that
history is something apart, something
that gets itself done whether or no.
and windy orators have been known
to appeal to It's judgment. But 1t will
have to be written by men who have
been trained TO interpret 1t impair
tially.-Uncle Remus Magazine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
Homemade Sweets.

Crystallized Nuts-Boil together
slowly one pint of graduated sugar
and one half pint of water until it can
be rolled in a ball between the fingers
whe dropped into ice water. pour into
"a shallow, straight-sided dish that will
allow the syrup to be at least an inch
deep, then drop in nut meats, not al
lowing them to touch. Leave undis-
tnrbed in warm. dry place for "a
hours, drain OFF the syrup that has
not crystallized and stand the dish
in cool place until the nuts dry
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
MODERN WORK WILL NOT LAST.
Newspapers and Books Printed To
Day Have Short Lives.

''The men who wrote history on
tablets Of stone In ages gone had a
difficult task to perform, and had to
cultivate the habit 81 brevity.1 says
writer in a German paper, but
what they wrote was preserved. It will
be different with the newspapers and
books Of the present time. The paper
upon which they are printed will dis
integrate in few years, and the
records, historical, scientific and liter
airy, will become dust saw two
papers last week which told the
whole story One contained an ac-
count OF the death Of Napoleon Bona
parte. It was printed in 1921 was in
a state Of perfect preservation, and
looked as though it might last, with
ordinary care, hundred years. The
other paper was kept because its
leading article described the surren-
der of Sedan, which had taken place
a day before. Although 1t had been
printed nearlys50 years later, the
Sedan paper lad to be handled care
fully to prevent its tearing In the
creases One of these papers was
printed on old-fashioned paper. and
the other on the modern kind With
the two specimens before me | can
not refrain from urging once more
that a few numbers of all books and
newspapers. enough for all first-class
libraries, be printed on good paper
for the benefit OF those who will live
after us"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
tiiqh Character Counts.

High character counts in this, as in
all other communities. A good man
dies in the prime Of life, and in the
midst of multifarious activities, and
the representative men of the city
hasten to show their appreciation OF
his life-work. for no man of brains and
conscience works merely for himself.
He helps build up the community. and
raises the standard of conduct for all
other men.--Mexican Herald