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Evening star., 1909-03-13
A Faulty Poem.


Il have a serious criticism to offer against
this exquisite little sonnet entitled The
Charge of the Light Brigade said Rom
deau Rimer. producing his monthly gas
bill
How is that" asked the cashier.
well you see the meter is wrong"
Evening star., 1909-03-13

good 1t was for just such rainy street
scene as this. 1t will be remembered, Itldt
Mr.. Warner was awarded at an eXnipi!ioli
of the Washington Water Color Cup a
nrize and nv which he is represented in
the Corcoran gallerys permanent collec-
ton.
THE Society Of Washington Artists
! opens its annual exhibition next sat
urday evening with private view and re-
ception in the hemicycle hall OF the Cor
coran Gallery of Art. and the promise Is
of a good display. There has been much
excellent work done in the local studios
during the winter, and the best will un-
doubtedly find its way into TINS eShipi-
tion To be sure, it comes late IN the
season but only a week later than the
National Academy Of Designs show,
which opens in the Fine Arts building,
New York, today. 1t should awaken VIDE
interest and be given hearty support
NEXT Thursday evening. March Is a
~ lecture on William Hogarth and His
Ensravings'' will be given in the Audi
torium of the Masonic Temple. before the
National Society of the Fine Arts. by MY
John Frederick Lewis of Philadelphia MT.
Lewis IS the president OF the Pennsyl-
vania Academy of the Fine Arts and an
ast,Ite collector of prints. 1t has been
his pIrpose to bring with him and exhibit
n. the time of his lecture some of the ex-
amples of Hogarth's work in his own
collection
KHANY have paused to wonder ana
kv1 some 20 inquire the meaning OF the
great boxes and concrete heap which at
present dlshgure the little triangular
park bounded by Connecticut avenue, NJ
and 18th streets This is where the Long
fellow statue is to stand and these are
the tokens Of its speedy erection. In
deed the foundation for its pedestal has
already been laid. and the statue. which
is finished, will be unveiled in the early
Evening star., 1909-03-13

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Mr.
Evening star., 1909-03-13
BOOKS RECEIVED.

STEPS ALONG THE PATH. BY RATHER
inc H. Newcomb. author of Helps
Evening star., 1909-03-13

summer 1t is the work OF William Couper
of New York. the sculptor who modeIed
the bust of Mr.. {. S. Noyes, which mas
been given permanent place as a
memorial in the District building. ana IL
represents the gentle American poet
wearing an academic gown ana seateu II,
an armchair. One hand Is raised ana
supports in a measure. his head-in the
other he holds an open book. Judging
from photograph. it is strongly mooeied
and gravely dignified-a monument Which
will really do honor to the poet ana Inc
nation. In its way this is pleasing IN
noyatIon for but scant tribute has been
publicly paid to our great heroes OF peace
rARLY in April a group OF MISS NatH-
Z crime c. Critcher's paintings Will, py
special invitation. be shown in the as
sembly hall of the Cosmos Club. For
number of years Miss Critcher. VINO is a
daughter of the late Judge Critcher OF
Alexandria. and a pupil OF the Corcoran
School and the Art Students League or
this city has conducted an art schooi III
Paris. but for the past winter she mas
had a studio here She makes specially
of portraits and paints with force ana
virility One of her paintings study
of a young girl-was shown In tne tot-
coran galerys recent exhibition and an
other is now on view in the Pennsylvania
Academy. At her studio last week some
of her recent work was informally eH-
hibited, among which may he mentioned
as Of special interest portrait or
young girl In a blue gown half kneelins
beside handsome greyhound
X
An interesting exhibition of photo
\ graphs Of Greece and Greek life Is in
progress at the Public Library. Especial
attention is directed to those transcribing
Greek landscapes which are peculiarly
strong. pictorial and characteristic. That
nature poignantly influences the develop
ment of art Is generally admitted. and il is
easy to believe that such scenery as
Greece affords would have engendered
noble aspiration. This is a side of art
not frequently touched upon and yet Of
definite significance.
LEILA MECHLIN.
Evening star., 1909-03-13

kTO money has been appropriated for
mural decorations in the New Ma
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-01-23
NOTICE.

State Of West Virginia, County OF
Berkeley, SIS;
I. E. A. Hobbs, clerk Of the county
court OF the county and state aforesaid
do hereby certify that at a special
session Of the county court of Berk-
eley county West Virginia, held at
the court house thereof on the II day
of January 1909. the following order
was entered upon the minutes there
OF.
In the matter OF the application Oh
the Winchester and Washington City
Railway Co. for a franchise to erect
its poles and string its wires over
the public road in Berkeley county be-
ginning at the boundary line of said
county and the county of Jefferson
where the road leading from Kear-
neysville to Martinsburg known as
the Charles Town road intersects said
boundary line ana thence to Martins
burg.
Application having been made by
the Winchester and Washington City
Railway Co, for the consent OF this
court to erect it's poles and string itf
wires with the necessary connection:
therefor for conducting current o
electricity for light, heat and power
on or along the public road above
mentioned the clerk is ordered to hav'
notice Of said application publishe,
in the Martinsburg statesman an'
Martinsburg Herald in compliance
with chapter 10 acts Of 1901 and tina
same will be considered by the cour
on the 10th day of February, 1899 a
100 o'clock p. M.
In testimony whereof have here
unto set my hand and affixed the sea
of said court this 10th day Of Januar
A. D., 1909
1-2s-4t E. A. HOBBS, clerl
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-01-23
GET REAL BUSY.

The news through press dispatches
last week to the effect that the enter
prising business men Of Fairmont had
secured the location there Of an inn
mense steel plant that Will probably
give employment to twelve hundred
men gives inspiration for an activity
Of local trade bodies and business in
terests that might well be awaited Of
Surely Faimont can Offer no greater
natural inducements for the location
OF Industries than Martinsburg. This
is a practical era, and local capital
must not be tinid to venture some
thing in enterprises that are knock
ing at the city doors. The business.
men Of Fairmont besides donating q
site for the proposed plant, quickly
subscribed 100000 to the capital
stock of the enterprise and the bar
gain was closed Here is food for
thought When the business men are
ready to prove their faith in the
future OF their city by taking stock
in enterprises that require capital to
push them to success, they viii see
Martinsburg grow in wealth and IN
crease population by leaps and bounds
that will bring returns to them many
times over. The gods help those who
help themselves When town people |
are willing ana eager to take shar-
ing action in the responsibility and /
work Of the progress OF a community
the advance Of all common interest /
and general. prosperity will not be
hard to perceive.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-01-23
GOOD WORK.

That the battle against the white
plague in this state is to go on with
determined effort seems to be now
an assured fact. Dispatches say that
the state capitol is to be thrown
open Friday for demonstrations and
lectures on this subject, which viii
be Witnessed and listened to by the
members of the legislature. as we'll
as by many others interested in this
great and good work. This should
prove a great stimulus TO legislative
action
The Carskadon commission bill has
been introduced in the legislature
contemplating the establishment of
a sanitarium at Terra Alta. 1t has
the endorsement of the governor, who
has given the subject much thought,
and is in hearty accord with every
movement that tends to check and
wipe out this dreadful disease.
The Charleston Gazette urges ac
ton as follows, and every resident
who has the public health at hear
as well as a desire to protect his own
agrees with what that newspaper
1 says on the subject
1--WE believe that tuberculosis is
preventable and a durable disease
The physicians OF Charleston are nov
administering a remedy which i
working wonders. IT has been trie'
and tested to an extent that almos
enables the physician TO promise
cure with sanitary conditions to aid
The world is on the eve Of announC
ing that this plague has been master
cd. no tax is TOO heavy, no sacr
fee too great, it, by submitting, GU
people may be freed from thi
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-01-23
CHARTER BEFORE LEGISLATURE

Senate Bill No Is. that's the mum
Der, and introduced to the state body
on the 18th. Let it come forth from
committee and legislature promptly,
we believe is the earnest wish Of the
great majority Of Mart.nsburg citi-
zens. While there should be clear
and intelligent discussion and know
ledge of the idea of expansions Of our
city limits, and the contemplated adj
vance Of general Improvement by all
the citizens, the fact is beyond dis
pute that Martinsburg needs to be
UP and doing along exactly these
lines, or remain for time incalculabie
In the rut and trailing as a modern
city government. not only as compar-
ed to the country at large, but when
observation and thought are directed
to the many cities in the old state
of West Virginia that are directing
all their energies and efforts on we'll
defined and proved modern lines.
There are many features of The pro-
posed charter that will undoubtedly
appeal strongly, and among others
may be cited the fact that it is esti-
mated in the matter of fees and
costs their will probably be an an
nual saving of approximately $1,000,
while under the new order Of things
there is a. clear Saving OF $500 year
" on council, and the usual spring
elections changing to every two years
calculates a saving of possibly an
other thousand Here, in faw items an
approximate saving is shown of ST.
500. This would so long way If
available for diversion to general inn
provement.. The energetic forward
movement must come If hope is TO be-
entertained of putting our city in the
rank 1t deserves as an industrial COM
munlty. DEMONSTRATION is the thief
of time. Let all our good people work
in accord and in harmony AMI look
4 beyond the present for the great good
I of our city and all the people.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-01-23
Physical Director Arrives.

Mr.. Frank T. Cartwright. newly
appointed physical director IL the Y.
M. G. A. building, arrived here this
morning from his home in Mounds
vile, this state, and at once assumt
ed charge of the gymnasium AS told
in another place in this paper Mr..
Cartwright has had such. practical
experience in his line of work as will
enable him to successfully perform
the duties OF his position.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-01-23
THE GRAND OLD MAID.

The present presidential admins
tratior. like Napoleon, attributes mer-
It to a woman in proportion to the
number OF children to whom she has
given birth. The neat administration
will rank the individual woman IN
merit in accordance with what she
does to develop herself in body, mind
and soul, irrespective Of her birth rec
ord. Roosevelt lauds the prolific
mother. Taft in his southern speech
champions the grand old maid Evil
IDENTIFY there is one policy or doctrine
of the Taft administration OF which
the Outlook wilr prove a savage crit
c.-Washington Star
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-01-23
PERFORMANCES BILLED
AT THE OPERA HOUSE
Saturday and Next Week.

| Martinsburg's favorite minstrel
troupe win be the attraction at the
Opera house Saturday afternoon and
night. Report has it that they are
producing a greater show than ever
and that means something. for the
company is popular wherever they APP
pear. They have one of the best sing
ing aggregations in the minstrel line
on the road and their specialties are
fine. You can take the ladies to this
show and and have no fear of being
offended. They are patronized by the
best people everywhere, and it is a
guaranteed attraction. They have al
ways had large houses here and
should have one this time
First Class Repertoire Company.
Chas. X. Chanpplin and his big rep
ertoire company opened a weeks en-
gagement at the Academy of Music
last night, to a packed house present
ing David Higgins masterpiece, "At
Piney Ridge" 1t was the of the best
productions ever given fere by a rep
ertoffe company and far ahead of the
majority of so-cal1ed high class attrae-
tons. mr. Champlin has taken Ha-
gerstown by storm. His company
this year is the strongest and best
repertoire organization ever seen here
"At Piney. Ridge" was a splendid
special scenery and
electrical effects being used in every
act.
Between the acts vaudeville fea-
lures are introduced. These vaude-
vile features are in themselves more
than worth the price of admission.
The four Everetts are the greatest
team ever seen minis city. The
valpos, musical team play on al
most every known instrument and
when the curtain raises the stage is
filled with all kinds OF
novelty instruments. John J. Kennedy
Is billed as the funniest of all COM
adians and he well deserves the title.
Thomas Schaefer presents fine cleo
.rical illustrations OF trip around
he world. Dot Kennedy, child artist,
sings and dances. Lulu Morrison does
| beautiful electrical butterfly dance
md Charles Oakley sings all the hat
.st illustrated songs-Ha gerstown
Exchange.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-01-23
DIkES IN GERMANY.
They Are Built With Great Care ane
Exactness.

When dixie is TO be built-and they
are still IN places making dikes-it Is
first mapped out by the neatly sharp.
ened stakes. a long straight causeway
leading out from shore and widening
into rounded head va h abuts on
the red line of the channel. Then a
ground sin or foundation mattress OF
willows is woven and sunk at this
head and pinned down and held In
place by the sharpened pegs. Their
wattles are woven and sand filed In
and in places rock, and then, rounding
up neatly out of the water and FORM
ing tight covering to the whole, the
hand squared blocks of stone are laid
as closely as a city pavement, all over
the head and back along the neck &c
the old shore. 1t is as permanent and
stable as the Harvard stadium, the
dixie so built, and the river. abandon
ing the space back of the tip to slack
water or to be filed in with sand
flows ON with entire grace in the re
stricted channel beyond the tip.
The care and exactness with which
these dikes are made would be laugh
able If 1t We're not so successful. In
land where hand labor is very chear
days are devoted to doing what II
America would be roughly cast by ma
chinery In couple Of hours. But the
result is so admirable that one re
members regretfully the ugly pile
bikes, the horrid fringes Of the i'm
proved "off channel" banks of the Mis-.
sissippi.
Where the dikes have accomplished
their purpose and generally ON the
banks opposite to them the river is |
reverted above middle water. This
too, is done with the hand squared
stones, and as result the Elbe where |
completely finished resembles broad |
canal between stone lined banks, the |
stone rising few feet above the wa
ter. and above 1t the green slope of the
fields or a fringe of willows. 1t is all
complete and generally beau
tiful, with at least the beauty Of util |
ity where it lacks that of ruggedness
and wildness. Boston Transcript
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-01-23
GILA MONSTERS BITE.
The Reptile Turns Over to Get Venom
Into Its Victim

INTO It's Victim.
1t was his turning over habit that
led me to the discovery as to the bite
of the ella monster. This creature
more like short, stocky snake with
legs on than anything else, has no poi.
son fangs, like the rattlesnake, yet his
bite may be Just as dangerous His
poison teeth are in his lower jawsand
the poison comes from gland under
the tongue. If he bites without turn
ing over the wound is not serious, but
if he turns over there is great danger
DR.. Snow of the University Of Kan.
sas wrote me some time ago of an ex.
periencef he had with the bite of Q
Giia monster.
The 'rertiia was caught and put in q
bucket. the top Of which was covered
with paper. The bucket was then put
in the Wagon in which the doctor was
driving. AS the road was somewhat
rough, the bucket was bounced up and
down, and in order to steady 1t DR.
Snow put his hand behind him and
took hold of the bucket, thrusting his
NAt iiSNSPupSA WV
on its top so that he could hold 1t Sc
cure. Suddenly he felt the monsters
grip on his fingers, Startled and some
what alarmed. he carefully pried the
Jaws of the reptile open and released
himself The wounds were such as
any ordinary bite would have made
! and he suffered no more Inconvenience
than might have been expected.
There are many stories current II
Arizona and Sonora as to deaths thai
have occurred from ella monsters
bites, but it is hard TO get at the facts
Careful experiments made with ami
mails show that when the reptile bites
and turns over, so that the poison
flows down the tooth grooves into tn
wound, the bitten creatures die in {
short time.-Suburban Life.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-01-23

The byways as well as the highways
Of church life furnish much In the
way of wit and humor. What, Tor IN
stance, could be more mirth provoking
than the naive confession OF the COOK
of a London vicar who, being allowed
to choose a hymn for the family pray
ers. was complimented on her choice
by the wears wife?
what a nice hymn you chose" SAID
the latter to the cook.
Eyes, mum; it's the number OF my
policeman
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-01-23
Boyd F. kilmer Committed Suicide
at Home Near HedgeAlIIe.
MONETARY INSANITY
INDUCED BY WORRY
Sent Wife to House Of Neighbor and
as They Reached Kilmer Home the
Fatal Shot Was Fired-Was Mem
Der Of Well-known Berkeley coun-
ty Family.

From The World OF Wednesday.
The Hedgesvine community was
startled this morning to learn of the
the suicide of Boyd F. Kilmer a
farmer residing on his fathers farm
two miles south Of Hedgesyille. He
shot himself through the head with
80 calIber revolver. the act being
committed In his bed room shortly
before one o'clock this morning. He
was 80 years Of age and leaves wife
and three small children.
Mr. Kilmer had been to Martins
burg yesterday, returning home about
z o'clock in the evening. He seemed
to be much depressed in spirits and
told his wife that he thought ri
ously OF committing suicide to end his
troubles. This sort of scene contin:
ued until after 70 o'clock that night
when he told his wife to go to Mr.
James Donelson's, living nearby on
the adjoining farm, and have him
come over, that he wanted to talk
to him. Mrs Kilmer did as requested
and when she and Mr.. Donelson, who
had been reused out of bed, reached
Mr.. Kilmer's porch they heard a
pistol shot in the house. Rushing up
stairs they found him lying on the
floor of his bed room with bullet
hole in his right temple ana just
breathing his last
Early this morning Justice of the
A. C. Stewart and DR.. Ross. of
viewed the body and de-
cided that the deed was committed in
a At of momentary insanity and that |
IN inquest was not necessary.
Mr.. Kilmer was the son of Mr.. VIM.
Fl. Kilmer, of North Mountain, and
was one Of the best known men III
the Hedgesville district. He was &C
tive in politics and was a candidate
for assessor before the democratic
county convention last August. He
was of a. genial disposition and made
friends wherever he went. 1t is said
financial troubles had greatly to do
with the temporary mental derangc-
ment that caused him to take his
life. Much sympathy is felt for the
family. He was member OF the
Epircopal church and the Junior Or
der United American Mechanics,
Surviving, besides his wife and chill
dren. are his father and these brothers
and sisters: R. D., Hedgesville, Mrs
w. B. Lingenfelter and Mrs. VIM
Ellis, near Hedgesville; Clarence,
Huntington, and Miss Mary Kilmer'
North Mountain.
Funeral Friday at p. m. in the
Episcopal church ana interTnent in the
Hedgesville cemetery.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-01-23
A Dead Bird.

Samuel Butler, the witty but eccen.
trio author of "Erewhon," which
means Nowhere" and Of many Other
remarkable and suggestive books, Is
now more read than during his life
time. He died in 1902. Ii, one OF his
notebooks he tells this incident which
must have amused the great Charles
Darwin:
Frank Darwin told me his father
was once standing near the hippopota
mus cage when a little boy and girl
aged four and five, came up. The mp
popotamus shut his eyes for minute
"'That birds dead said the littl'
girl. Come along"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-01-23
home by reason Of the destruction
canseE by the war.

SoHf5s1N Wy biSS " a.
General Lee said to them:
As soldiers you served your state
faithfully; yon did your duty, you
risked your lives in the service OF
your country; but your state needs
you To-Day more than 1t needed you
in war 1t has hard problems to set
tie It's business interests have been
destroyed, and for these very reasons
III seems TO me your state has right
to ask you to .tand by 1t n these days
OF trial and to help to rebuild It's
fortunes. Consider whether you do not
owe to- your state, under these con-
liitions, the same devotion to it, the
same seh-sacrifice that you gave to
it at the cali OF war
If 1t had been possible for this
thought Of the great Confederate
soldier to have been carried out. and
If the hundred Of thousands Of young
virile men who left this section with
in few years after the war, ana the
two and half. million people who
have left it during the past 40 years,
had been able to find at home scope
for their energy, employment for
their stalents. whether Of brain or
muscle, what mighty difference
there would have been, not only In
the South, but in other sections! The
South would have gained the energy
Of these people and the energy OF the
children born to them, while other
sections which have been enriched by
their work would to that extent have
made less relative progress than they
have raade.v