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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-01-25
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"A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER
Published Every Saturday.
Dfiicial o.. gan of the Republican Party
in Berkeley County.
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los East Martin street.
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-01-25

You do not gather figs from -aistNs
nor dividends from watered stocks.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-29
PRESENT SYSTEM BAD
DR.. Edward J. Goodwin Urges
Better School Training
For Children.
TOO MUCH is USELESS.

Albany, n. Y, Nov. 2s.-The present
system of instruction in public schools
is severely criticized by DR.. Edward J.
Goodwin, president of Packer institute.
He emphasizes the necessity for trade
and industrial schools and courses.
In presenting his views before a con-
vocation of the University OF New
York, DR. Goodwin said:
"A second system of education for
the United States is yet to be worked
out. When completed 1t must pro-
vide for both character development
and adequate equipment for the bat
tie Of life In recent times the Amer
lean school has not kept pace with
national progress in production and
methods of doing business. The major
ity of children need a different train
Ing in the public schools from that
which has been in vogue. Both the
secondary and elementary schools
are seriously defective In the matter
Of adjustment to present conditions.
While there has been some broadening
of the scope and improvement of the
quality of instruction, educators still
largely ignore the interests of that
great and growing class of boys who
are to be wage earners and tradesmen.
The indictment against our pres
ent scheme of elementary instruction
is that 1t overburdens the memory
with uninteresting and useless mate
rial. Something must be done to in
duce these pupils TO stay in school
and finish courses that will prepare
them to perform well t heir parts In
the practical affairs of life The con-
ception Of trade schools, industrial
and business courses, is the only
thing that will do this.
There are two great reasons for the
establishment Of trade and industrial
schools and courses. The first is the
good of the youth themselves; the sec
ond Is the welfare Of the nation in the
upbuilding of its industries.
What are our high schools doing
today to meet the growing demand for
skilled workers of all sorts? Practical
ly nothing. They contribute in New
York state. for example. less than two
per cent Of the men who yearly enter
the so-called unlearned professions
There Is need of skilled labor in the
development of the country's re-
sources. The time for system and
science in business is here. We must
meet it or suffer disastrous conse-
quences."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-29
Proposed Conservation Sys-
tenn Would Stimulate
Expectation.
UNIMPROVED AC REAGE.
MIGHT BE MADE TO BEAR ENOR-
NOUS CROPS BY APPLICATION
OF SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES OF
FARMING.

Chicago, Nov. 2S.-An addition OF
Over $1,000, 100000 annually to the for
eign trade Of the United States
Through the efforts of the farmers of
the country is the rather startling
proposition which will be advanced by
the governors of the Mississippi Valley
states at the meeting of all the state
executives to consider conservation
measures at Washington next month.
Recent experiments in crop rotation
and scientific farming have convinced
Experts in Chicago and elsewhere that
by such methods to counteract exhaus-
tion of the soil the annual crop yield
of the country can be doubled.
The suggestion that steps be taken
to insure this result was first made by
James j. Hill at the White House
conference last spring. Were any
statesman to show us how to add sew
en- billion dollars annually to our for
,eign trade" he said lit would be the
sensation of the hour. The way to do
farm products of the United States
IN 1905 were valued at So, 194 600. 900.
and in 1907 at 81 100000. All of
IN value to the foreign trade of all the
nations combined, Is supported and pal
paid for by the land. OF our farm
area only one half Is improved. 1t
does not produce one-half of what it
could be. made to yield; not by some
complex system of intensive culture
but merely by ordinary care and in
dustry intelligently applied 1t is the
capital upon which alone we can draw
through all the future, but the amount
ut the draft that will be honored de-
ponds upon the care and intelligence
given to its cultivation" ..
Since fhis statement was made the
problem 20 fsoil exhaustion and farm
improvement has become the especial
object of government investigation,
with the result it is understood that
many facts have been discovered
which. when they are announced will
be of very great Importance to the
$4,000 O0e persons in the country
who are engaged directly in agricult-
0ral pursuits.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-29
Richmond Business Men Dodge Jury Service
Invariably Excused the Plea of Urgent Business Whereas
Interest Should Be 7akenfarmys Must Suffer Consequence

ror and went to the court house He
told the court he was busy and that
was enough. He was excused. The
railroad men say they haven't time to
be bothered by serving on juries.
There may be nothing in the law
to bring about any change in these cir
cumstances, SO l for one agree with
Mr.. Noel in the belief the laws ought
to be changed. Take cases that come
into the circuit court. We have a
smart man charged with crime He
is represented by able and resourceful
counsel. But the jury that hears the
case is composed of men of only fair
intelligence. They may be all right
in their own pursuits, but they are
Germ the subtleties of attorneys and
are misled. The office Of juror is
one Of the most important in the land
The court instructs a jury and the
members are expected to judge accord
ing to law and evidence. But there is
something in the Indiana constitution
that is to be considered. 1t specifies
that jury may determine the law, If
the emergency demands, and this
gives 1t power practically to create
new laws governing the case at the
bar Is this not sufficient reason.
why local business men ought to show
a willingness to serve on juries and
thus give the community the benefit
of their capabilities?
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-29

terday: There is little reason to be-
lieve that in Richmond, the business
men, who heard Mr. NoN, will find any
personal application in his remarks
concerning jurors. Every Richmond
man who lis in business, tries to get
out of doing jury service. He claims
his time is too valuable. The farmer
does not have the same opportunity
When he is called he has to travel sew
eral miles and then, unless there is
Illness in the family or some other Sc
rious matter to offer as an excuse, he
must stay. He can not say MY corn
needs husking and l must get it in now
or 1t will be damaged" He might
say it, but he knows it would do no
good, SO he has to submit. althugh all
the time he is spending on the jury is
costing him more than he is paid.
But take the Main street merchants
from this city. 1t is very seldom they
are asked for jury service and then
when they are, they are usually ex-
cused. The court knows these men
have their business obligations. but
lions should be considered of greater
importance than those of the farmer?
Then there are the men In the rail-
road offices. Why, these men feel alb
solutely walled about from Jury SER
vice. They say they never are re-
quired to serve on juries. Only re-
Gently a foreman was served as a jul
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-29
A WEEK OF PRAYER
Local Churches Will Observe
The World Wide Event
Beginning Today.
SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S

Today marks the opening of the
week of prayer, not only in Richmond
but throughout the entire world. The
week of prayer had its inception at a
meeting of the seven lay brotherhoods
of the Episcopal church held at Chica-
90. January %, 1908. The suggestion
has been adopted in all the leading
churches of the land and durig the
week special services will be held ev-
cry day, although in Richmond the ST.
Paul's Episcopal church will be the
only one to conduct services every day
Here the prayer, service will start at
i2:05, and will conclude at 1925. They
will be conducted by the Rev. D. C.
Huntington and the Rev. j. Everist
Cathell. At all the other churches
special attention will be given at the
midweek service on Thursday evening
and today. --. ----. ...---s ---..
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-29
Real Estate Transfers
Furnished by County Recorder Mos
bdugh.

Luke D. Fisher to John l.. Replogle
PIT. S. w. 27-1s-13, Perry Twp, So
acres, $6,475.
Margaret E. Spekenhier to Jas. A
Spekenhier, PIT lot %, Mordecai Par
rvs add city; 81 and other considera
lions.
Jno. A. Spekenhier to Frank F
Spekenhier, PIT. Lots % Mordecat
Parry's Add. City, 81 and other consid
erations.
Dickinson Trust Co. to Mary NJ
Knight, lot AZ Earlham Heights Add
City. $50
Samuel H. Lashley to Perry c. Sha
die, PIT. N. w. 32-16-14; 80 acres. $3.50
Robt. w. Hall to Arthur A. Lively
lot II, Cambridge City Land & Inn
Co.. add to Cambridge City, $3.50.
Lycurgus w Beeson to Barbara E
Hoffman, Pit S. w. 23-15-12; 6s acres
Center Twp, $4,000.
Charles Davis to Thos. J. Bennett
PIT. S. E. 11-17-13; 20 acres, Greer
Green Twp, $4,000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-29
LEAD NE TO DEATH"
TELL, NEVER
ExiIed Refugee Defies thu
Court.

Chicago. Nov. 2S.-Ordered by Unit
ed states Commissioner Mark A. Foote
to reveal the identity of his comrades
in Russia, Martin Jurow, exiled reyo-
lutionist, shouted: You may lead me
to death upon the gallows if you will
will not betray my comrades in the
fight for liberty"
He was on the witness stand in de.
tense Of Christian Rudowitz, alleged
political refugee. whose extradition Is
sought by the Russian government.
Attorney William c. Rigby. counsel
for the Russian government, had de-
manded that the witness disclose the
names of his associates in the reyolu.
ton and the conspiracy to kill spies of
the government.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-29

1t is probable that when James Noel,
the Indianapolis attorney, was talking
to the business men of the city at the
Commercial Club banquet recently.
in regard to the need for revision Of
the jury system of Indiana, he did not
know how apropos his remarks were.
1t has been regarded for many years
by local court officials that the Rich
mond business men endeavor to dodge
jury service. This condition is SINH
lar elsewhere, according to Mr.. Noel
The fact jury service Is lodged by
many men. whose business calls them,
as they claim, has been a thing of
prominence in Wayne county. They
have been excused from jury service,
because of the only reason that they
are in business. AS the result, when
members of the regular jury are dis
missed, the sheriff and his deputy
goes upon the street and picks up
any one he may happen to find. This
much is to be said for Sheriff Mere
dith. however, and likewise his depu-
ty, they endeavor to avoid the pro
fessional juror" the man who hangs
about the court house, when cases are
set for trial in the hope of being given
jury job.
Speaking of existing conditions To-
cally, a man who Is we'll acquainted
with the conduct of affairs, said yes
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-29
DAVIS COMPLAINS.

A. J. Davis, father Of Indro and Ora
Davis, whose revolvers were confis.
Gated by the police department and
are charged with being members of a
gang of naughty youngsters, makes a
protest against the assertions of the
police. He says his son Indro was
not with the gang, but admits he was
relieved OF his revolver. The father
says the weapon was no good and the
boy could have done no damage with
it. The senior Davis wants to know
why the police did not tell the re-
porters about the boy, who got away
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-29
RAILROADS PREPARE
FOR HOLIDAY BUSINESS
Delays of Past Years to Be
ReCtified.

Arrangements are being made by
che Pennsylvania. the c.. c. Il L.. and
the Grand Rapids and Indiana, for the
handling OF the holiday business this
year. The railroads and express COM
lpanies which have experienced in the
ipast years some trouble on account of
the congestion at the principal sta
lions and deliveries. expect to arrange
connections that the business can be
HANDLED most expeditiously during the
approaching holidays
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-29
FIRED UPON
AMERICAN FLAG
Man Resented the Opening of
Mail by Government.

Superior. Wis, Nov. 2S.--Resenting
the action of the postoffice department
which he alleges. opened his mail,
George NJ. Marter yesterday fired
three charges of buckshot into the
federal building flag. Marter was ar
rested and held pending an investiga-
ton on the question of his sanity. He
was seen to take deliberate aim and
Are three times.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-29

Doing their best on the tariff bill,
lucky to get four months rest before
the converting of the first regular ses-
sion of the 61st Congress in Decem-
Der of next year That being the reg
ular long session it is expected to run
into June. If the Aldrich currency
commission makes it's report and en-
attempt is made to pass general cur
rency bill, the session probably will
last all summer.
The session of Congress at which
the financial system is overhauled and
revised Is going to be the most import
ant of any for many years. The task
will be a great deal more difficult
than the proposed revision of the tar
If. and there viii be more individual
doctors with individual remedies. 1t
is the hope of those interested in the
subject that currency and banking
legislation may be passed without be-
coming a party issue. though what
ever plan is agreed upon is bound to
meet with violent opposition in Con-
gress. Senator Aldrich made the pre-
diction in New York the other night
that when the commission had COM
pleted its work and Congress had TAX
en- final action, Americans would have
the most complete and satisfactory
banking system in the world. No in
formation Is given as to any con-
illusions the commission may have
reached but leading members of it
ar6 understood to be strongly CON-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-29

All trains run daily. Sunday service
same on week days
Through vestibuied Trains between
Chicago and Cincinnati Double daily
service Through sleepers on trains
Nos. and 4 between Chicago and Gin
ctnnati
Fine Buffet service on trains / and 3.
For train connections and other in
formation call
c. A BLAIR, p. 4 T. A
Home Phone 2os.- Richmond. Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-29

mitted to the idea Of great central
bank issue, modelled after the plan of
the Bank of France, the institution
which has done so much to put
French finances on a stable basis
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-29
LOCAL OPTION FIGHT
BEGINS TODAY

Eldorado, o., Nov. 2S.-The first
gun OF the local option campaign In
this county will be fired Sunday eve
Of Dayton. "A Lawyers View of
County Local Option" or County Lo-
cal Option From a Legal Point Of
View" will be the subject CT Mr..
Barnes address.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-29
CLEARS MUCH MONEY.

Centerville, Ind, Nov. 2S.-The Cen
terville Women's Cemetery Associa.
ton profited largely by the dinner
served by it on Thanksgiving day
over s152.20 being cleared. The asso.
citation desires to thank all those who
SO literally patronized the event
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-29

his advice, and those who do not
seek it can be sent for on some pre-,
text or another 1t is not at all likely
that Congress will pass such a tariff
bill that Mr.. Taft, like Grover Cleve-
land, will find himself unable to ap-
prove it; but should situation of
sufficient seriousness arise, intima,
ton that performance had to square
with promise to escape a presidential
veto no doubt would have a salutary
effect.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-10-31
TITLE OF PRINCE FOR
DESCENDANTS OF SLAVE
Emperor Francis Joseph to Raise
Counts Potocky by an Ediet-.
Ancestor Sold by Turk

The descendants of Greek-Turk-
ish slave girl, the Counts Potocky,
will be raised to the princely dignity
by Emperor Francis Joseph. The
first to bear the princely title will be
Count Roman Potocky, and to this
Emperor Francis Joseph will add the
qualification of the royal prerogative.
so called, which means that Prince
Potocky and his successors will be
eligible to marrying into royal
houses.
Count Roman is direct descen-
dant of a Greek-Turkish slave girl,
whose extraordinary beauty, admired
by Car Alexander I. and by the first
Napoleon, is preserved by an un-
signed portrait hanging in the royal
gallery at Berlin.
The original of the portrait was
discovered about the time Of the
French Revolution by the then Rus
sian ambassador in Constantinople.
In one of the bazaars he saw hand
some slave girl of the Greek type.
She was about fifteen years old and
had just come to the Turkish capt.
tai, having been captured at Corfu
by Moslem pirates. The ambassador
bought her and sent her to St. Pc
tersburg as present to the Empress.
the great Catherine. Catherine had
the girl educated and later on gave
her to Count Potocky, who was in
the Austrian diplomatic service and
accredited at her court.
Count Potocky sent the former
slave girl to Paris to finish her edu-
cation, and later married her.
From this slave girl, whose his
tory reads like a romance, the new
Princes Potocky are descended.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-10-31
Night SWedtS & COuoh.

Z. ". Walton, Condr. s. P. Ry., III
Van Ness St., San Antonio, Tex.
writes: During the summer and fall
Of 1902, my annoyance from catsrrh
reached that stage where it was actual
misery and developed alarming symp-
toms, such IS very deep-seatsd cough,
night sweats, and pains in the head and
chest. I experimental with several So
called remedies before finally decided
to take . thorough course of Peruns.
1.-TWO of my friends had gone 80 far ~
to inform me that the thing for me = do
was to resign my position and seek .
higher, more congenial climate. Every
one thought had consumption and l
was not expected to live very long.
Shaving procured some Peruna, de-
cided to give it thorough test and ap-
piled myself assiduously to the task Of
taking 1t, a. per instructions, In the
meantime.
1.-THE effects were soon apparent, all
alarming symptoms disappeared and
my general health became fully q good
- 1t had ever been in my life.
II have resorted to the use Of Psruna
on two or three occasions since that
time to cure myself Of bad colds"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-10-31
Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Wel-Informed in every
walk Of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best Of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it ceanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-10-31
the SAFE WAY TO BUY PAINT.

Property owners will save a deal
Of trouble and expense in keeping
their buildings properly painted, If
they know how to protect themselves
against Misrepresentation and adul-
iteration in paint materials. There's
one sure and safe guide to a pure and
thoroughly dependable White Lead
that's the Dutch Boy Painter" trade
mark which the National Lead Com
pany. the largest makers of genuine
White Lead. place on every package
OF their product. This company sends
q simple and sure little outfit for test
Ing white lead. and a valuable paint
book, free. to all who write for it.
Their address is Woodbridge Bldg.
New York City.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-10-31
WISE WORDS.

It is not at all necessary for tu-
Tor to blow his own horn.
Even the porch climber has an am
bition to rise in the world.
Remembering her birthdays en-
ables woman to forget her age.
The experience we get for nothing
Is worth just about what it costs.
Charity begins at home. and so.
unfortunately, does the lack of it.
Even when a man feels that he
can no longer count on his friends
he can count on his fingers.
THE automobile must go!' ex-
claims a rural exchange. Sure.
brother. 1t isn't worth much II it
doesn't.
The easier the job the harder to
get it.
High living isn't always conducive
to the higher life.
Lots Of animals multiply very rap
idly. but the snake is the only ad-
der.
Age brings wisdom, but the trou-
BILE is it doesn't leave us much time
to use it.
Suites to the sweet" murmured
the hotel clerk as he assigned the
newly married couple to the bridal
suite.
1t isn't always the stilted man who
refuses to be dOwned.
Look out for the fellow whose rec
ord will bear looking into.
Shooting folly as it flies is about
the only aim some people seem to
have in life.
Some men are so attentive to their
wives that you might think they
weren't married.
When a mother gives up all hope
of making a match for her daughter.
would you call the girl matchless?
A fish out of water must be about
as uncomfortable as a woman at a |
ball game or q man at a millinery
opening.-Philadelphia Record.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-10-31
An Injustice to the Peary Dogs.

An Injustice to the Peary Dogs.
What has become Of the posse or.
dered out to kill the wolves that kill
cd the deer ON Little Sebago Lake?
Nothing has been heard from the val.
liant hunters for more than a week
except report that the wolves were
not wolves ut all but were members
Of Commander Peary's collection OF
Esquimaux dogs. Now comes a de-
NAL that any Of the Peary dogs have
escaped to the mainland from the
island whore they are kept in order
to masquerade as wolves. It begins
to look a. II the animals which killed
the deer at Sebago would prove to be
as mysterious as the panther reported
from Saddleback Mountain In the
town Of Moscow and the"weird. Wild
wolf dogs" which years ago were said
to have devoured q boy on Jewelle
Island. the boy subsequently turning
up all right at the house OF q relative
Journal.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-10-31
Singers at the White House.

Max Winter. in an account of the
visit Of the Brooklyn Arion Society
to the White House recently. says
that the society was more highly hon
ored than the Vienna singers who
made a visit there last year. One
additional song was asked from the
foreigners after their program had
been finished, but three more were
asked of the Brooklyn singers. The
President said that he had never ek.
perienced so much pleasure in lis
tening to German songs, and he knew
that If the Arion did as we'll on their
forthcoming visit to the fatherland
their friends in the old world would
be equally we'll pleased.