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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02
SNAP SHOTS.
The air has cooled again.

| The air has cooled again
The autos have been very busy this
week.
Look out, or Jack Frost will catch
you yet.
That overcoat was rather comfort
able this morning.
The San Jose scale is little talked
of as yet in this section.
An extra blanket last night was
just the thing for comfortable sleep.
Better take in the tender plants, or
cover them. The cold may do them
hurt.
Senator Camden leaves all his large
estate to his immediate family No
public benefaction.
The little groups of men on the
street corners have as the subject OF
their discussions the several c2ndi-
dates.
~, IN INnlnngdot- bo
republican state convention gave the
Roosevelt administration unqualified
endorsement.
Philander c. Knox 5 Pennsylvania's
favorite son. The Harrisburg repubi-
can convention gave him enthusiastic
endorsement
Better stick to your flames Tor
awhile yet even though during midday
they may be inclined to stick too
closely to you.
State Senator Harry e. Baker is APP
pointed c,erk of the Washington ooun-
ty (Md) court TO. succeed the late
Clerk Oswald.
Congressman Hughes, of the fifth
congressional district, was renominat-
ed by the republican convention in
Huntington. This is the fifth time.
The parties have done well in nam
ing candidates for the Office of may
or. Now let the names stand Let
there be no calling off in the interest
Of any other.
! It required 800 ballotings TO elect a
temporary chairman of the Cumber-
land republican city convention. 1t
was a deadlock that took three ses-
sions to break.
Harry Thaw is not likely TO gain his
freedom for a while yet, Judging from
present indications. The physicians in
charge, it is reported, are unwilling to
make oath that Thaw is fit person to
| be at large.
/
The weather probabilities are very
uncertain. We are still liable TO frost,
and snow and ice Frosts in May
are not an unknown quantity. Today
we fee like shedding the undergar-
ment, tomorrow the overcoat may feel
comfortable,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02

The cold storage men are going to
get together in Paris next July and
talk shop. The big name for the
gathering is International Congress OF
the Refrigerating Industries.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02

Discount Day, Tuesday
DR.. w. &. MiNGHlNi,

DR.. w. &. MiNGHiNI,
-Martinsbure, West Virginia.
Will practice Dentistry in all OF its
branches. Gas and local anaesthetics
administered. All work guaranteed
Prices Reasonable Office in
Gettinger Building. Queen ST.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02
CURIOUS COMBINATIONS.

The fishhook cactus is the compass
OF the desert, for it always points to
the south.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02
DR.. c. W. LINK


Dental parlors over Merchants &
Farmers Bank, Martinsburg. w. Va
Phone No. 112 No. 1877 8. Queen st,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02

supscrloe lor The Herald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02
\. POOLE

Will give prompt attention to all
business entrusted to his care.
Special attention given to convey
ancing and settlement of estates.
Office Over Merchants q Farmers
Bank. Martinsburg, West va.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02

Harry Thaw is not likely to gain his
freedom for a while yet, Judging from
present Indications The physicians in
charge, it is reported, are unwilling to
make oath that Thaw is a fit person to
be at large.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02

The San Jose scale is little talked
of as yet in this section.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02

That overcoat was rather comfort
able this morning.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02

An extra blanket last night was
just the thing for comfortable sleep
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02

It required 800 ballotings to elect a
temporary chairman of the Cumber
land republican city convention. 1t
was deadlock that took three SEES
sions to break.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02

Better take in the tender plants, or
cover them. The cold may do them
hurt.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02

Look out, or Jack Frost will catch
you yet.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02

The little groups of men on the
street corners have as the subject OF
their discussions the several c2ndi-
dates.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02

Senator Camden leaves all his large
estate to his immediate family. No
public benefaction
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02

The parties have done We'll in nam
ing candidates for the Office of may
or. Now let the names stand. Let
there be no calling off in the interest
Of any other
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02

StiM in favor. On Wednesday the
republican state convention gave the
Roosevelt administration unqualified
endorsement.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02

The autos have been very busy this
week.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02
". II. LAMON.

W. IT. Ia NUN,
Chairman.
L. Dew GERHARDT, Secretary.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02

Philander C. Knox S Pennsylvania S
favorite son. The Harrisburg repub,i-
can convention gave him enthusiastic
endorsement.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-02

Congressman Hughes, of the fifth
congressional district, was renominat-
ed by the republican convention in
Huntington. This is the fifth time.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
To Uplift the Farmer.

I cannot remember that l have ever
been so happy over al action Of a
president Of the United States as I was
made by MI. Roosevelt In his appoint
ment Of the famous farm commission.
This is far and away above politics
and is a part in a noble and uplifting
movement that will live long after he
and all Of us are dead. This commits
sion Is composed Of educators, who
will, Investigate intelligently and gym
pathetically and report. what can be
done In making farm life more happy,
more beautiful and more filed with
contentment. The day is passed when
any one can SCOT at this step 10 Inn
practical. All those who think ct III
now know that the most practical
things are the most ideal. Being prac-
teal does not necessarily mean being
base. ss
] am particularly gladdened By III
action, because ! have long drsanSsd
IL Il and advocated Il. Tho scopSsof
tn inquiry should b broader than
imsesly % e affects the farmsrssl t
should taks a. The bsautifyins of sIand-
seapss, of Villages hc1sassd s6al
M = III country. ara should tt66!l1ieh
- eeod roads md fogeshy Gll11yzoi.
fNrll1-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
THE DEATH RECORD.

A. Russell Peabody, n of the at
torneys who had a leading part in the
defense of Harry K. Thaw for the MUIR
der Of Stanford White, died suddenly
ut Babylon. L. l., Of pneumonia. He
Was thirty-1ve years of age.
Robert Davis Hughes, seventy years
old, general superintendent of the
American Express company, is dead
at Chicago. He was n of the best
known men in the railroad industry
in the Middle West.
DR.. Frank Huntington Snow, former
chancellor. of the University of Kan.
a and an ~entomologist of worldwide
reputation, is dead at Bellield, Wis,
aged sixty-eight years.
Isaac O. Weir, who, as IKE" Weir,
the Belfast Spider" won the feather
weight championship of the world
twenty years ago, is dead at Somer.
vile, Mass.
General Charles A. Miller, president
of the United States Army Aid associa,
tion, is dead at Brooklyn. He served
in the Civil war.
F. M. Howarth, n Of the best
known comic artists in the country,
Is dead at Germantown, Pa, aged for.
ty-three.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02

for grubs or eggs. the little black eyes
rarely missing a mouthful Of food.
Birds even swing head down from the
branches that the underside may not
escape inspection. Nuthatches and
brown creepers explore the trunk and
with their long. sharp bills dig many
an insect from its winter quarters.
The woodpeckers have a work all their
owl. The small, downy w~oodpecker
is a good representative of his family.
His bill is strong and sharp. His tail
feathers are stiffened to serve as a
brace while he clings upright against
the trunk. He cocks his head to one
side, and his quick ears hear a borer
under the bark. A few blows with
the bill and a hole is dug; then a long
tongue barbed at the tip is shot out,
and the borer is speared and snatched
from its resting place.
As insects increase with the coming
Of warmer weather, birds return from
the south to fight them. One watches
the cheerful robin hopping over the
lawn. He listens an instant, then
pokes his bill deep into the ground.
Up comes his head. and he has cap
tured q worm. The flicker, though a
woodpecker, is an imitator of the robin.
He is fond Of ants, and his big bill
makes a good pick to dig them from
their hills. Meadow larks and quails
live entirely on insects found close to
the ground. Were these birds strictly
protected in the southwest instead of
being hunted the boil weevil might not
have things quite so much his own way
in the cotton fields.
The trees when in foliage r full Of
birds. Small warblers and viroes take
care Of eggs and little worms, while
thrushes, orioles and catbirds attend to
those Of larger size. The rose breast
ed grosbeak earns the right to favor
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
FOREIGN NEWS.

Not only has the number OF cases OF
Asiatic cholera at. st. Petersburg In
creased but the disease has invaded
the aristocratic precincts. It has even
reached the winter palace In which
extensive preparations are going on
in the expectation that the emperor
and empress will spend part of the
coming season In the capital.
Major General Charles Edward Lu.
rad, retired whose wife wa mysteri-
ously murdered near London Aug. "a,
committed suicide by throwing HIM
self In front of a railroad train. His
body wal found later close to q rail-
road crossing not far from Watering
bury, Eng.
Astyphoon Of terrific velocity swept
through the central portion Of the
Philippine group Wires are prostrat-
ed and available details Of the dam
age done are meager. Il y evident,
however. that serious disaster fol-
lowed nsSthe wake of the sudden
storm.
During Dunnery d1ll ans.o q ths Big
Sttrret guns o. th0 yfench aSsuoIsd
csuassf IAtouohs TroSiluae exp1lodsd.
With tasTtase ytblenoa esenptQtep
wssokiinliII a &c. ~
sS
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
DWARF APPLES.
They viii 30 Grown on Account Of
Their co%nvsnisnos.

They viii es Grown on Account o.
Their convsnisnos.
g. T. Powell Of Columbia county, N.
T., has been conducting some interest
ing experiments on the value Of dwarf
apple trees In business orchards. It Is
the idea Of Mr.. Powell that trees Of a
low habit Of growth will be required
more and more because of the need OF
convenience for spraying and harvest
ing. The scale insects make It almost
impossible to thoroughly treat large
trees, and the cost Of labor makes a
saving at harvesting time Of great i'm.
portance.
Two styles Of dwarf trees are under
trial. The SO called Paradise is very
dwarf and is short lived. The Doucin
stock Is half dwarf, making trees six
teen to eighteen feet high, and prom,
Uses good results in commercial or
charding. The trees are planted two
or three inches below the union OF
stock and top. In Mr.. Powell's or
chard the trees Of Paradise stock are
set as filters between those Of the lar.
ger dwarf kind. The rows in the or
chard are twenty feet apart and the
trees ten in a row. The wide spaces
between the rows allow plenty OF room
for cultivation by horsepower, while
the trees in the rows will be thinned
out as soon as they become crowded.
The dwarf trees give fruit in a few
years from planting, and the amount
gradually increases. The small dwarf
kind lasts six to eight years and the
semidwa1fs for about twenty years.
For dwarf trees the spitzenberg, Jona-
than and Mcintosh are found success
full. They produce fruit of very fine
appearance and quality, suitable for
packing in boxes for the choicest trade.
For the half dwarfs the Northern Spy,
Roxbury Russell, Twenty Ounce. Astra-
khan, Baldwin and Greening are salts
factory.
The dwarf trees must receive good
culture, with plenty Of plant food and
careful cultivation. The soil is plowed
and narrowed in the spring and Is kept
in a cover crop Of clover during the
summer. Scale and other insects are
easily treated in the dwarf orchards.
The idea appears so promising to Mr..
Powell that he is pruning his larger
trees on the dwarf plan, cutting back
the tops of the standard trees in order
to cause them to spread out and to re-
move the high parts of the tree, which
make so much difficulty In spraying
old trees.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
LABOR NEWS.

After three hours Of arguments
Chief Justice Clabaugh of the supreme
court Of the District of Columbia d.
rected that President Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor should
reply to the questions regarding the
contents of the September number Of
the American Federationist in the
course of taking testimony in the CON
tempt proceedings against Mr.. Com
pers and other officers Of the fedora
ton.
The Canadian Pacific railroad engi,
neers have notified the company that
they will moi run engines longer than
another week II the strike Of machin.
lists Is not settled. In a letter to the
company they state they will lay the
facts before the railway commissiou
Ut Ottawa.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
Farm ana
Garden
USEFUL SONG BIRDS.

Easy to Show They Have an Actual
Money Value.
In his war against insects mans
most valuable ally is the bird. The
greater number Of birds live on in
sects. Even those which live on seeds
when fully grown are fed on insects
while in the nest. As young birds
grow fast 1t takes many a worm to
satisfy their hearty appetites.
A feature of the warfare Of bird on
bug Is the system with which 1t is
carried OF Nothing is haphazard, but
each species of bird has its own field
Of work and in many instances certain
insects to which it is partial. In win
ter, when there seems to be no activi-
ty on the part of the insects, M might
expect the birds to take a rest. but
there Is no cessation in the work of
those which live on insects found on
the bark Of trees.
Watch a flock of chickadees. They
alight in q tree and examine each twie.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
Of THE WORLD.
Important Events Of the Week
in Condensed Form.
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

~ With forest tires deSIFOyAA6
valuable property, the enforced sus'
pension Of. many industries. crops
ruined. live stock suffering, river nav
ipation at a standstill and numerous
small streams absolutely dry, q
drought which has practically peen
unbroken for over two months IS 1as'
assuming serious proportions IN west,
ern Pennsylvania, Eastern ONO d
West Virginia.
Adyices received from Alaska by
the United States signal corps at Sc
attic say that ITO men, including
nine whites, were drowned In tne
wreck of the American bark Star OF
Bengal on Coronation island, west OIL
the Prince of Wales archipelago.
Twenty-seven of the vessels crew and
passengers we're saved. The bark
carried a cargo of 4 5000 cases OF sal
mon.
Professor Gilbert Roth, Michigan
state forester, who has just visited
the forest fire districts of Northern
Michigan, said that 100000 acres OF
timber had been burned. He estimat-
ed the loss on standing timber alone
at $4,000, 900 and said additional
losses on merchantable timber, coun'
try residences and crops would run
the losses above $40, 000, 900.
After days of ceaseless battling with
the forest fires that have been de-
stroying thousands of acres of timber
land throughout the Adirondacks and
which threatened to spread to villages
and summer resort places the army OF
fire fighters succeeded in checking
the more serious fires and the situa'
tion is greatly improved.
Three deaths have occurred from
the ca%relessness of Mary Arthur, a
nineteen-year.old nurse at the county
hospital at San Diego, Cal, a fourth
death is expected and four others are
seriously i'll. Miss Arthur neglected to
throw out. water containing poison and
the patients used It in taking their
medicine. ,
st. Louis and San Francisco passen-
ger train No. 3O4, bound for st. Louis,
was wrecked near Carthage, Nc. Lew
Flood, the engineer, and Harry Ger
rouse, the fireman, pinned under
the engine in the steam and instantly
killed and more than forty passengers
were more or less seriously hurt.
A dense pail of smoke envelops the
state Of Maine as the result of forest
fires that are devastating thousands of
acres of timber lands and causing
grave anxiety in at least eight coun-
ties. Night and day large armies of
men are at work in an effort to place
the flames under control.
Fog was responsible for a headon
collision between two a r on the
Southwestern Traction company's line
between Philadelphia and Chester, in
which about fifty persons were injured,
several probably fatally.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
One Use Of Livery.

-"." YI-Hr. - s
From my wabbly rustic platform
four thoroughfares are in plain view
a dirt road, two railroads and a riv-
er. The dirt road is by no ear the
least interesting Of the four. It is
chiefly used by hoboes and automo-
biles beating it out from New York.
Thus the two extremes of life pass
each other at close quarters, but do not
clash-at least, in the language Of e.
81. Hartman. mot yet"
The historic horse is not utterly ban
ished, but is used chiefly to draw huck-
sters' wagons and a few fashionable
turnouts. Again the two extremes Of
life-the tradesman and the people
who owe the tradesman!
The coachman on the wagon Of
fashion is a thing of glory. He is al
ways in uniform, even in the hottest
weather. He Is paid not only for driv-
ing horses, but for wearing clothes and
being uncomfortable. Down at the lit
tie village almost any morning can be
seen coachmen and footmen galore
suffering sartorial m%artyrdom.
l have often thought the principle
on which they are required to do this
is the same that makes people carry
gloves in their hands, on the end Of an
umbrella or protruding from a pocket.
They really must show the world that
they own gloves.
In the same way people have serv-
ants to hang clothes N. The masters
do not wear the toys themselves for
fear Of looking ridiculous or suffering
discomfort, so bedrape their coachman
just as a matter Of dress parade.
Well, W. are progressing slightly,
for q century or two ago it was the
master and not the a who was
most gorgeous. Now the head Of the
house has laid aside the tinsel, but
still makes his women and servants
wear it. a
If the clothes by proxy habit contin-
ues, may we not hope that in a few
years our fine ladies instead Of weight
ing themselves down with jewels will
have a dummy figure on which to hang
the glittering pendants. brooches. IT,
aras and crowns. just to show the
world they have these things. you
know?
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02

ments. That It will include this neces-
sary crusade for the planting and pres
ervation Of trees IL assured by the fact
that Mr.. Clifford Pinchot, the eficient
head Of the forestry department. ID on
the commission.
In my opinion the great development
Of the future is to be In the making Of
beautiful homes in the country and In
improving the life Of jewellers on farms
and in villages. With the increase Of
transportation facilities men will 60
more and more to live in the open
country; as nature intended. In keep
ing with this trend the conveniences
and Injuries of life will go to the
farmers. social and intellectual life
will be taken up by them. good roads.
forestry and landscape gardening
movements will be inaughrated by the
people everywhere, and in the course
Of a few decades we shall really learn
how to live.
The solution Of the slum problem
and of the congestion of N great cit
les is to be found. I am convinced, in
showing these people the beauty, the
contentment and the returns Of coun-
try life. The step will also, or should
also, find a way of stopping young
men and women from leaving the farm
for the city. Our system Of education
is partly at fault for this. In future
we must educate young toward the
country and toward nature rather than
away from them.
But it is not enough that one COM
mission alone should be working along
these laudable lines. There should be
q universal movement in these direc-
tons among the people themselves.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
The Louise eonne Pear.

A good midseason pear. the Louise
Bonnie, is one Of the best known mar.
ket varieties and has always been pop
ular in various localities because of Its
great productiveness and general good
qualities. The tree is hardy every.
where that pears succeed, and it does
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02

a city friend and his little son have
been spending their vacation in the.
country. "sWe must 80 home satur-
day" said the man. The lad sat pen
sive for a moment. "Don't 50 home
Saturday. he cried, with tears in his
voice. eco home next week or the
week after. Now. tell you what
don't 60 home TIL the last week n the
world. That = the week school COM
moncee.w
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02

nuals blossom planting plans o next
year may best be devised. When the
flowers are in bloom their effect may
be noted, and the change to te wrought
by new plants may be accurately cal.
culated. That is the time to get out
notebook and catalogue, figure out
what your flower beds and shrubbery
borders lack and decide what may best
supply that lack.
II a pink Towering shrub is needed
at a certain point, make a note Of it in
your book; better still. stick up a little
stake in the exact spot where the shrub
would look best, marking on the stake
the specifications, whether the plant
should be tan or low growing, the sea
son Of Towering, etc. Then when you
order your shrubbery for fall planting
your nurseryman can Oil your specif-
cations, and when the plant comes you
will know the exact place to plant It.
In grouping your plants take pains
to make them at IN with the neighbor-
ing architecture. The texture Of the
fsaage, the color Of tho 1swsrs, sea-
sen ee bloom ana The rapidity Of
Hpwth should Ill b !eonsidsFed carr
ta1y. ~ MT plA.s shrubs soseaDse
5&estA1R whsn tbayaars young Nat
vhop thy sttalnss IN ysa1 SssMth
tAsy v13bssso1oL