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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-04-18
TO HEAL STATUES WAR WOUND
.Iackson,s Famous Uttcrance To Be
Restored to His Monument.

Memphis, April 11.-After an alb
sence of 43 years Andrew Jackson's
historic words THE Union Must be
Preserved will be restored to the
monument of Old Hickory in Court
Square. The bust of Jackson will be
repaired Immediately by the park COM
missioner.
During the civil war local conied-
crate patriot took a chisel and re-
moved The Union Must Be Preserv-
ed" said Col Galloway, member
of the park commission. Now that
the civil war is long past, and we are
all so proud of the Union, it seems 10
me that it would be only proper 70
put this language back.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-04-18
Knights Templars Move.

Palestine Commandery, knights
Templar moved today from the Robert
White to the Equality Masonic lodge
room.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-04-18
9. g. o. FIREMAN HURT


MIR. Harry Kearns, East Liberty
street a B. and o. railroad fireman,
met with a misfortune Thursday al
ternoon that will lay him up for
some time. He had hitched up MS
horse I'M the rear part OF his lot, Dut
the horse got balky and refused to
move. Mr.. Kearns having hold OF the
birdie at the time. Finally the horse
made a plunge and fell over on MI.
Kearns' leg, breaking it between ting
knee and ankle.
Drs. Oates and Hedges We're sum
moned and reduced the fracture.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-04-18
ARBOR DAY IN STATE.
Schools Of West Virginia Observe
the Day.
LIST OF BIRDS AND TREES
Day Fixed BY State Superintendent of
Schools and Not BY Legislative
Enactment

In most states OF the Union an Ar
Dor Day is provided by law, as Is well
known, but in West Virginia no such
measure has ever been enacted by
the legislature. However, for more
than a quarter OF a century the
schools of the state have observed Ar
Dor Day as appointed by the state SUI
perintendent of schools
The LIST of trees and birds found
IN West Virginia, as published here
with. will be of much interest to the
reader.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-04-18
West VIRGINIA Trees.

West Virginia Trees.
The following Is a list of the COM
mon names of the trees as compiled
by Charles s. Sargent, OF the govern
ment bureau at Washington.
Cucumber tree, tulip, or yellow pop
lar, linden, Eastwood or lime tree.
wildwood, prickly ash, broad-leaved
maple, striped maple, sugar maple.
black sugar maple, soft or silver ma
pie. red or swamp maple, box alder
or ash-leaved maple. black locust.
honey locust, red bud or judas tree.
wild black cherry, sweet-scented crab.
black thorn, Juneberry or service tree.
sweet or red gum, black or sour gum.
alder, persimmon, red ash, green ash,
hue ash. black ash sassafras, rock
elm, sycamore, butternut or white
walnut, black walnut, pecan hickory.
shell bark hickory, mocker nut, black
hickory. pignut, butternut red or black
oak, scarlet oak, fish oak, beech, iron
wood. sandbar willow, aspen o quak-
ing ash. poplar river cottonwood.
balsam, balm of Gilead, white or post
cedar, arbor vitae, red cedar, white
pine, black spruce.
4 :. West Virginia Birds.
Here is list of the more common
birds found in West Virginia. How
many of them do you think you
know?
Wood thrush, robin, mockingbird.
catbird bluebird, tufted titmouse, Car
DINA Ghicadee, brown creepeT, house
wren, winter wren, American titlark,
Nashville warbler, American redstArt.
summer yellow bird, small billed
water thrush. Kentucky warbler war
bling vfreo, cedar waxwing, purple
martin. cliff swallow, barn swallow
SIMMER redbird, pine grosbeak, purple
finch, English sparrow, lark finch.
field sparrow, chew!nk, indigo bunting
bobolink. cow-bird, meadow lark. or
rhard oriole. American raven, common
crow, blue jay, pewee, chimney swift
viii, poorwill, nighthawk, hairy wood
pecker, belted kingfisher, American
barn owr. little screech OWL pigeon
hawk. golden eagle mourn ng dove
wild turkey, American quail klldeer.
American woodcock, robin, snipe, YET
low legs, American coot, Virginia RAIL-
whooping crane, snow goose, maliaru'
pintaY. wood duck. canvas BACK, oou-
BILE breasted cormorant, white winged
gull. block tern, horned grebe, loon.
rea-throated diver, wood lbs, fish
hawk. bald eagle, black snow BIRD
prairie warbler, American cross-bil'
grass finch. Least flycatcher.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-18
A Greater Wander.

An inspector was examining very
youthful class of Scotch boys. ant
among other subjects he requested the
teacher to ask her pupils few CUES
tons in nature knowledge. Desiring
her class to do her honor, she decided
upon the simple subject. Chickens"
"Now. children" she said, 81 want
you to tell me something very wonder
full about chickens
How they get out of their Shells"
promptly responded one little fellow.
WELL" said the teacher. that is of
course wonderful. but | mean some
thing more wonderful STILL"
There was a silence for few Sec
onds. Then up spoke little Johnny.
"Please. ma'am, it's mair wonderful
hoo they ever got intae their shells."-
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-18
eoIhna Fsats.

The Scottish golfer who undertook
for a wager to drive a ball mile in
dozen consecutive shots probably set
himself an easier task than some of
his predecessors north of the Tweed.
Among the most interesting wagers
of this kind was one taken in the
Burgess Golfng society in 1913 that
no two members could drive ball
over the spire of st. Giles steeple.
The feat was attempted by a Mr..
Scales of Leith and Mr.. Smellie, a
printer, each being allowed six balls,
and both competitors succeeded in
sending their. balls well over the
weathercock, height of more than
$50 feet from the ground.
Some years later Donald Mclean, a
writer to the Signet, won substan-
tial bet by driving ball over Met
ville's monument. in st. Andrew
square, while several Scotchmen have
performed the difficult feat of driving
the ball from Burntsfield links to the
top of Arthur's seat, species of golf
ing steeplechase which requires con-
siderable stamina as well as Skill
Westminster Gazette.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-18
Freedom Of the Pesss,

The battle for free press in the
full modern sense was fought out be
tween 1764 and 177t, beginning with
the prosecution Of Wilkes for attack
Ing Butte in the North Briton and end
ing with the successful resistance to
the proclamation by which the COM
mons had forbidden the publication of
their debates. Six printers who had
infringed the proclamation We're sum-
moned to the bar of the horse Five
obeyed. and the messenge of the
house was sent to arrest the sixth
The lord mayor sent the messenger to
prison. The house of commons sent
the lord mayor to the Tower but he
was released at the next propagation,
and the day on which he left the Tower
marked the end of the last attempt to
silence the press.--New York AIneri-
can. 81
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-18
STICKING TO THE POINT.
The Question That Won e0od poe-
ten For q Boy.

A lawyer wanted ~ apprgutice an
placed an advertisement IN the toea
paper numbe~ u boys replied. 3
be gathered then al together In hi
ONCE az once md looked them over
He found = pretty hard to make i
choice. but al length a happy ides
struck him
Once upon a time. be said. "a
farmer vas very much annoyed by 8
huge rat thar made a very comfortable
living by feeding upon his grain and
other products. He tried traps Of al
kinds 10 catch Il. but the willy rodent
evaded them all and apparently en-.
joyed the game Of hide and seek thai
the farmer had devised for its recrea.
ton. One day. however. as the farmer
turned the corner of a haystack. car
rying a gun in his hand. be spied the
troublesome rodent at the edge Of the
hay. Instantly raising his gun. be
fred. but the blazing gun wad dropped
among the hay
Here the lawyer stopped, and. look
ing at the boys. he said. III any of yov
want to ask a question. write it on 3
piece Of paper" Each did as sug
gested. and here are some of the ques
tons that were asked:
did he set the hay on fire.?
''Was the stack burned to the
ground"
did the farmer have his hay In
gured?'
"Was the fire engine near at hand?"
"Was the rat killed?'
The boy that asked the last question
was chosen because he STUCK to the
Photography.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-18
Ready Far the Dollar.

Marjorie, aged nine. had not beer
having very satisfactory reports from
school. Her father finally said. Mar
jorie, for the first hundred you get III
give you a dollar" Time went on
and the reward could not be claimed
One day the child was taken violently
Ill. Her mother sent for the doctor.
When he had gone Marjorie said.
Mamma, am very HIP
mo. dear; your temperature is a lit.
tie over hundrsd. but the doctor
thinks you will be all right in day or
So"
Smiles broke through Marjorie's
tears
Now, mamma, can have my dol
lar. Papa said he would give it to me
If could get hundred in anything
Delineator.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-18

-
couldnt Recall Who Tsid Il.
Il heard a very fuuus s.ory tie Otllel
night about Horace Walpole. said
Airs Elake. \ wish could remem5ei
who told It. Heary. can you remem.
/ bere Was il Alr. Sellprsg
mo" said Blake stliiiy. 1T wasn't
Sellers
Il wonder If it could have been Mr.
Windsor"
~NO." repeated Blake; lit wasn't
Windsor"
Before Mr.. Blake had a chance to ex-
press an affirmative or negative opin-
ion Of that hazard as TO the source Of
the Walpole anecdote Mr.. Barton came
IN Mrs Blake, being by that time
sure Of herself, tried on him her rec
Ipe for winning universal affection.
"oh. Mr. Barton" she said. Il am
very glad to see you. have hardly
stopped laughing since 1 saw you the
last time"
Mr. Barton. cadaverous man with
solemn eyes. looked rather foolish.
"IndeedT" he said. May 1 ask what
aboutY'
"oyer that funny story you told
about Horace Walpole," said Mrs.
Blake.
"M-m-m-Horace WalpoleT' STAN
mered Mr. Barton. II am afraid you
must have got me mixed up with some
body else. don't know the first thing
about Horace Walpole, and If l diu
know anything funny about him !
couldn't tell It, To tell funny story
is beyond my powers. Even if 1t was
funny to start with 1t wouldn't be by
the time got through with it,"
Mrs. Blake's spirits were somewhat
dashed by her fiasco in finding an
owner for the Walpole story. but she |
bore up courageously. and later when |
Mr.. Markham came In she drew him !
Dut of earshot of Mr.. Barton and dilat- |
ed on the pleasure his story of Horace
had given her Mr.. Markham
was not cast in the funeral mold that
gave to Mr. Barton his grave aspect
but he protested himself totally inca
Fable of telling a funny story about
Horace Walpole or anything else.
Presently Mrs. Blake left the room
% prepare the sandwiches. Mr.. Blake
her.
"For the love of the Lord" he said.
don't make fool of yourself again
" trying to get some other idiot in
here TO father that Walpole story. |
old you that yarn myself"
Mrs. Blake stood still, with carving
.nife poised in air. ]
your she said incredulously. "And !
was so clever too."-New York G
lines. Z
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-18
Earth and Moon

The moons real diameter is 2,160
miles, not much more than fourth Of
the earth's. Her surface Is 100000
square miles. or between thirteenth
and fourteenth of the earth's. The
earths volume exceeds the moons
nearly forty-nine and one-half times,
but the moons material is lighter than
the earth's. for the earth's mass ex-
ceeds hers not forty-nine and one-half
times only. but nearly eighty-one and
one-half times-New York American.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-18
HANNIBAL HAML.lN.
How He Won the Title 1.-THE cartha-
gilman of Maine"

How He Won the Title THE Cartha.
gilman of Maine"
Among the many stories of Hannibal
Hamiin's early experiences In the
Maine legislature none is more animal
ed than his tilt with John Holmes, in
teresting. besides, because it gives the
origin of 1.-The Carthaginian of Name
a name that stuck to Hamlin through
life. Holmes had been in the United
States senate. and at this particular
time, wrote General Hamlin, member
of the state house of representatives.
was endeavoring to domineer over it.
Hamlin disputed the leadership with
him, and Holmes attempted to crush
his young opponent by coarsely ridicul-
ing his swarthy complexion. Instantly
Hamlin jumped to his feet and, point
ing his finger at Holmes, retorted: IF
the gentleman chooses to find fault
with me for my complexion, what has
he to say about himself? / take my
complexion from nature. He gets his
from the brandy bottle. Which is
more honorable?" This retort was
greeted with great applause and cries
of go on!
Hamlih then continued. pointing his
finger at Holmes: Il will also tell the
member from Alfred that he is more
conspicuous for trying to run dryshod
over young men than for trying to en-
courage them. But as long as they
are true to themselves and to nature
and as long as the member from AL
fred sticks to the brandy bottle they
need not fear him. As soon as the
cheers of the house could be sufficient |
" silenced Holmes retracted his |
words and made manly apology. |
'The young Carthaginian routed the |
old Roman" was one humorous COM
ment on the incident, and from that
time Hamlin was thus frequently char
Journal
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-18
A CHEMICAL FURY.
Fluorine 10 Rabid Gas That Nothing
Can Resist.

4
| The fury of the chemical world is
the element fluorine. although. strange.
| ly enough, it exists peacefully In com
pany with calcium in duorspar and
also in few other compounds
Although this element was known
resisted the efforts of chemists to iso-
late it--that is, prepare it in pure
state. unmixed chemically with other
substances-for the instant the com,
pound containing it was torn apart
the free fiuorine attacked and combined
with whatever substance composed the
vessel containing it. 1t was finally
isolated by the great French chemist
Moissan
F1uorine is a rabid gas that nothing
can resist. 1t combines with all met
ais, explosively with some. or If they
are already combined with some other
nonmetallic element it mercilessly
tears them away from 1t and takes
them to itself.
In uniting with sodium, potassium.
calcium, magnesium and aluminium
the metals become heated, even to red
ness, by the fervor of its embrace
Iron filings slightly warm burst into
brilliant scintillations when exposed to
it Manganese does the same. Even
the noble metals, which at melting |
heat proudly resist the destinations OF |
oxygen, succumb to this chemical siren
at moderate temperatures
Glass is devoured at once and water
ceases to be water by contact with this
gas, which, combined with its hydro
gen, at the same moment forms the
acrid, glass dissolving hydrohuoric acid
and liberates ozone.
Even hydrofiuoric acid eats into and
destroys every known substance ex-
cept platinum and lead.-Exchange.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-18
PROUD OF THEIR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
MT. PLEASANT FOLK ARE RE
JOGGING AT OPPORTUNITIES
FOR THE CHILDREN.

| MT. PLEASANT, Tenn, Sept. 10
The enterprising Board of EducatOI
4 of Mt. Pleasant deserves commend
ton for their successful efforts in Ell
tablishing system of city frel
schools here. They procured the pull
chase, by the city, of the old Hal
Long College property, located on q
eminence in the western suburbs an
have had it repaired, repainted AM
Irefurnished, and wednesday the fOi
NAL opening of the first absolutel
free school in this city took place
Prof, G. w. Johnson of Alabama
Principal. The opening exercises tod
place Wednesday morning at
o'clock in the presence of a gooQ y
number of patrons and about 14O r
pills.
Mt. Pleasant also has the frss
school recently established by ny
Seventh Civil District of Maury con
ty. The district officials with the "
proyal of the County Board of Eog
cation, purchased during the p1
summer the property of Howard
stitute, in the northern suburbs
town and few days ago it was olsS
ed as a free school for pupils Oh w
Seventh District outside of the CP
limits. This school retains the nam
of Howard Institute and is sun uu's
the charge of Prof, James A Bos'.s
Mt. Pleasant is justly proud Oh
most excellent schools and Of tns
portunity offered to all its reslosD.
to obtain free education for Wv
children. AS a result there is Nv
single vacant house in town MOI -
where nearby in the country
The City Board of Education :
sists of DR. S. s. Hill, Presi9eS" !.
B. Young, editor of the Record, T.. = g.
DR.. C. Y. Clark DIR. j , ?"
pas and John Il. Brownlow az
whom are leaders among our '''
Jrising business men.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-18

Cornish humor is often unconscious.
ia writer in the English illustrated
Magazine says, and, proceeds to fur
nish a concrete example.
"Gwain to larn your boy the fiddle,
are 'ee?" asked one Cornishman of
another.
"Iss," was the reply.
"He WANT never play the fiddle
tall"
SOW shouldn't awT
"'Cos his heads too big"
go on with 'ee. The bigger the
head the more tunes he'll hold"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-18
Glaciers.

1t has been demonstrated that the
glacier does not move in one block.
but flows, accommodating itself to the
channel in which 1t moves. Professor
Tyndall planted row of sticks in a
straight line across glacier, and after
a few days the line had become a
crescent, with the concavity upward,
showing that the middle of the glacier
moved faster than the SIDES just as in
river the stream is stronger in the
center
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-18
LOWERING THE FLAG.
The Regulation Method Of Half Mast
ing the colors.

The Regulation Method Of Half Mast
ing the coIors.
The method of showing honor to til,
J dead through the position of the dag
placing it at half mast-it is terme,
in naval circles. In the army, at hal
staff-is described in article Al, par
agraph 42S, of the United States army
regulations as follows:
Where the flag is displayed at lali
staff it is lowered to that position
from the top of the staff 1t is after
ward hoisted to the. top before 1t il
finally lowered
AT military posts, said a sergeant
of the army recruiting station. ~ here
the flag staff is planted in the ground
It is usually in two sections and about
eighty feet high. When the flag is
placed at half staff it is customary to
lower it to the middle of the upper
section. which in this case is consider
ed the staff At forts and other posts
where flags are on top of buildings the
flag. when placed at half staff. Is hang
ing from the middle of the staff. the
central point Of the flag, the lower
corner Of star section coinciding With
point midway between the top an0I
bottom of the staff
when flag is placed at half mast
in the navy" said a lieutenant of the
United States naval recruiting station
"the distance between the top of the
flag and the top of the mast is made te
equal approximately the SiDtance be
tween the bottom of the flag and the
base of the mast kansas City Times |
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-18
The Zeal vsrsion.

Napoleon sat inadvertently upon a
smoking cannon and scorched the seat
of his white trousers.
Il cannot turn back now" he NUT
tered to an aid as he hastily dismoun'
ed. Il have burned my britches be-
hind mer'
This historic expression has been
grossly corrupted by later writer's.
Pathfinder
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-18
on the Way Home.

A party of Scotsmen had been having
q little celebration in Canadian town
ship, and unsteady were the steps or
the home going in the morning. One
fell by the wa.sside and called for help
from another wayfarer The would be
good Samaritan tried to steady him
self as he looked down upon the fallen
one and then settled matters by saying,
81 Gamma help We up but I'll lie doom
aside ye.'
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-18
HUMAN MONSTERS


4 -. 49, 80 VIZ Ff~HN 49, - =
Deeds q Blssa.
M country Is FRYE from nightmare
creatures. twisted natures apparently
born without the slightest respect FOR
human life. Some. Indeed. seem &C.
tually 70 take a horrible delight ii the
destruction u their fellow creatures.
Such a one was Alfred Knapp. execut,
ed az Hamilton. O., IN August. 1908.
for the murder OF his wife and four
other women. After his conviction
and when be saw that no hope OF life
remained he coolly admitted that be
had been a stranger for years. pOunc-
ing on little children. throttiing them
to death and hiding their bodies
The human mole" was a German
degenerate whose horrible crimes
shocked not only Germany. but the
whole world Johann BobDe was his
name Though thin and weak looking.
his hands aud arms were abnormally
developed, and his finger nails were
simply claws. Without any other tools
than his hands he could burrow into
the solid earth.
He had a little tobacce shop In a
back street In Berlin, and here he ex-
cavated deep pit under the floor and
arranged a trapdoor over 1t. At the
bottom Of the pit was a huge iron
spike. He would decoy his victims
on TO this trap and hurl them down to
be lmpaled on the spike below.
No one knows the full tale of his vic
Tins. A deep pit was found in the
yard adjacent, which was half full OF
moldering human remains. Among
others was Bobbe's own wife.
Another German criminal Of a SIM !
ilar type was the schoolteacher Muel- |
Ter, who was arrested on suspicion OF |
murder at Duernburg, near Bayreuth.
Evidence against him was only cir
and it seemed that be
might escape till the magistrate had |
the remains of widow. who was sup
posed to be a victim Of his. dug up.
and Mueller was confronted with them.
Then be broke down and confessed to
/ string of murders extending over a
period of eight years. The details were
10 terrible that the court was cleared.
Ind later the magistrate himself came
,ut white and shaken London An
wers
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-18
woman,s wav.

When a man goes out TO buy col
lar he comes back with collar and
perhaps necktie or two. When a
woman starts out to buy a collar she
returns exhausted with new silk
waist. a pair Of gloves, some skirt
binding. cake Of soap. a paper Of
pins, some window curtains, sewing
machine and refrigerator Mark
Twain.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-18
The Supreme Test.

''You are all right" said the docto.
after he had gone through with the
regulation humping and listening
with his patient mot a trace of
heart disease. Fifteen dollars, plea< 80
The patient draw a long breath an.
remarked: Il am sure now have n~
heart disease. II had. should have
dropped dead when you mentioned
your fee