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The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

excited crowd to the side of the chairman,
demanding:
"Do yer mean. Abe York that yer ain t
Eoin' ter give us that boat club arter yer hcv
footed us into comm here"
II hope we shall be able to start the club,
Sam, later on Just now
"Wlat yer putin it off fer? Nows the
time. We Is down here fer that express pup.
pose, an we amt gon' ter be put off, nuthcr,'
looIung calmly over the gathering, Abe
could sec that six boys, at-lcast, evidently
sympa!hilCd with tho speaker, who lad al
WaNs been a troublesome person at the lhnery.
No d0uht he was prompted to take the posi-
uun he d'd now iuI tn" reason that he had
been the leader Of the older boys Of the place
until Abe had come. The fact of Abcs easy
supremacy over him had ncttlcd him not a
Little, and he had hccn impatICntly waiting
for the opportunity to come when he could
assert ms Independence, and II might be re-
gam his former control over the rest.
Can you sign the papers, sam
"Nhat has that got ter do with n boat
Club. ! should like ter know: What fool
notion has got inter yer head. Abe York;
What has crow s. fouts scratched on paper
got ter do with rowIn Loats% Yer hcv jest
got rs d"0n here ter make fun OF MS; but
the quicker yer gt md o that idCc, the bet;
ter. So 60 ahead with yer boat club, an
wen all unc IN. Won't We boys"
Ills friends gave a hearty ''yCs, which en-
couragcd the big fellow to stand his ground
with increasing confluence IN himself
"Nat til next Wcdut sday evening. SAM
| can tell you better what ! shall do thcn.'
$50 yer raun.u this crowd now, be yer?'
And sam ,lcnrhCd his fists, while his eyes
snapped au6 glttercd
II am running the boat club, replied Abe.
"Gou can come in or not just as you wish.
! think
# should like ter know what we hey all
come here fer, an if We amt got some rights
ter be sgccted'
"Donl let him bluff yer, SAM" said some
one behind him,
1t looked as if there was going to he trou-
bic, and Abc'S friends began to push their
way to his side when he sad quietly:
AN this .snt called for asked YOU to
come here to talk over having n boat club in
Pncry and we've done il. But don't think
it best to organize tonight, and the meeting
is adjourned till next Wednesday evening.
Then as many of you as wish to can come,
and we will talk it oyer some more. II you
wish to start club tonight sam, | am willing
you shOuld So-long! am going home now"
II should hike ter know how long it has
been scncc we hev had ter ask YOU what we
might do?' howled Sam, shaking his fist in
Abe's face. IL wanter tell yer, Mister York,
that yer plumIn yersclf fer the biggest lcliin'
yer over got in yer hfc. DO yer hear me-"
II could if you didn't speak quite so loud,
Sam | wish you goodnight now
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the midst of which big Sam Fluttcrs was
pleased to say:
"Dad,II make tn" club fer yer, Abe lie
can max" the best yer ever sec. He'll do it
fer notmn', an find the hickory!"
"Ordcr!' called out Abe ats boat club
we want to start All who are in favor Of
helping to make 1t a success hold up Il hand
long enough to be counted.
Every hand in the crowd instantly shot up.
Ward' and there was no need tor Ate to stop
to count them, for 1t was plainly unanimous
Mo ahead, Abe, We are with you"
lie first thing will hr to elect a chairman
some one 10 run thc meetings, you know -
II run in Abe York;" cried on Oates, when
the rest chCClud.
IAN right, SAID Abe. "Now, | want YOU
to rcmcm"cr that the chairman is boss Of the
mr"tng, aud aS your chalImau I'm your
boss. Nhairyrr ! say you must do When
l say order, You must stop all loud talking
and b" STILL The next tluug will Lc to eject
rI"ik som" fellow to write down what is
don" ut the meetings. VIII some one please
Abe felt that he had done himself credit
with th's part and hc irlt conscious pride
III the lhou,ht.
But II" one seemed to understand his last
request 50 Il" repeated it with further ,N-
PLANTATION. when OII Oates, seeing that no
one els" took any acton, and doubtless hay
InE a strong desire to he with Abe at the
head, called ont.
uOHlIIhlc hlsrIl Tor Clrrk
Abe, who drsIcd hun tor lhr position as
much as any one, and nl,Iug that no other
nomination Was likely To- be- made. put the
question to vote, when OH was unanimously
elected.
"Now, what have I got to do1" asked the
newly clGct"d clerk. "Got to spout, same as
you dO!'
"No. sad you must keep It record Of the
d"ng7 OF IN" meeting. Write Gown every.
thing that happens.
but | can't Wutcl' declared OH.
Abe was amazed.
"Ihrn We >hMl have to elect someone else.
Ou am sorry; hnt 1t has got to be some,
one "ho can write.
II -louId hike To- 'Enow who you could get
out "i thus crowd, lInnt Ihrrr amt one as
can write 4 word, it he was On the galIus,"
Thus was Il dilemma Whl,h .NIy had never
dreamed Of meeting, and he slowed the sur
prise Inc trIt
'I' It true that among yon all there is not
one who can write. that we can have him
for cI"rk: We can't have club without
|"rh,, and "" can't have clerk unless he
IL reckon tuu't our fault, rctortcd win
TuNy, sullculy. I'VE amt had emmy school,"
Nv hy not
"too the teachers wcrnt emmy good. We
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SOME NORTHERN HAWKS

eyes as quick or as sharp to see a fish on the
surface or below the surface as this bird has
when he wants a meal he launches forth
from his eyIie, sailing out over the sea, his
head bent down, and sometimes turning TO
the right and to the left
sometimes he skins along thirty feet above
the sea, and often. as many yards above it.
But distance seems 70 be hardly any bar to his
VISION. lie hutters in the air, stops, his eyes
glaring straight beneath him.
am sure that If man were in his place
up there and looked down, he would see no
thing, Tor the water is generally an invisible
or bottle'grccn, and quite Opaque. But the
osprey sees something down in the dark sea,
and he desCcnds like a bolt plashing the
water so high and thick about him that you
can hardly see wehther he has gone under or
not lie does not remain half n second in the
water, but curves upward holding a gasping
fish in his claws.
In northern waters his prey may be said to
comprise herring, mackerel, tom-cod, "bll-
fish and caplin. | have seen him, however,
trying to struggle out with small sized cod,
but the lift is usually too much for him
a brother sportsman tells me that one day
he saw an osprey plunge down among a
breach" of cod plash into the water and
fall to come up again.
My friend was in boat at the time, and,
rowing over to the spot, soon saw the osprey
floating, and dead, his talons driven into a
thirty-Eound Goldfish. He was unable 10 either
lift his quarry or withdraw his claws.
The hsh-hawk is fond OF shellfish, and will
readily open the large black horse musscl
found along the coasts. But the morsel that
he most coyets is the sea.urchin, very pretty
univalve, the shell of which is covered with
sharp spikes. There is only a tiny opening
in the shell, and it will not admit the beak
of the marauder.
have often watched the osprey. fitting
along above the shore till he spied one of
these urchins, when he would descend rising
with the creature in his claws, and fly along
till he saw a fat rock beneath him. Then,
releasing his claws, the urchn would fall
and its shell become broken into fragments
The osprey would then dcvour the precious
food at his leisure.
He is also a notable egg thief, devouring
the eggs of guls, guillemot cormorants and
aulis Sometimes the Cormorant gives him
a had drubbng and he retreats with shalxy
and irregular fight.
Labrador fisherman informed me that
he was once looking on when fshhawk
bounced upon a cormOrant's nest. The great
bird tapped its lazy wings, pccked at the
enemy and filed the cliff with it's peculiar
cries. The osprey, however, was the victor,
and gorged itself with eggs. The cormorant
mopcd by it's nest, and went no more abroad.
Three or four days afterward il was dead,
and when the fisherman, out of curiosity,
climbed the cliff to its nest he found thaS
the hawk had in the battle torn the eyes out
Of his large adversary.
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COPYRIGHT ny JAMES ELTERSON

a HERE are no birds inhabiting the
H coasts Of Newfoundland and Labra-
dor that | have taken so much pleas
IL urc in watching as the hawks, and
~ Of these chiefly the lIsh.hawk and
the marsh harrCr. The latter bird
nests in the marsh, or in some quiet region
covered with heath and moss. The parents
arc very kind to their young, and go scurrylng
above the barrens and Marshes looking for
prey. 4 very choice morsel is the grass
mouse, which tunnels along among the quiet
knobs and holows to his coy nest.
The harricr knows the kind oil ground which
his prey mhabIts, and, having selected a SPOT
for quest, hovcrs above it, pcerIHg far down,
sometimes indeed forty to sixty yards.
The very movement of cricket do be-
heve, will not escape his eyes at that distance,
and as soon as he sees IA mouse moving he
begins to wlnnow violently with his soft,
nOlsClGss wings. Then he stops, his wide
wings spread out to their utmost and he
seems as something without life, spread out
up there in the air.
But he has mar ked his prey, and as soon
as he knows it to be sure, suddenly folds his
wings pretty close to his body, bends over
and plungcs down like a bolt but, as he
gets within a foot of the ground, he spreads
his wings, and with scoopng motion rises
with a tiny thing wrigClng in his claws.
SO far as | have heard or seen, the hawks
do not touch their live prey with their beaks,
but clutch it with their strong claws, often
piercing it with their sharp nails
But the dantiest of all morses for the har-
ricr is the little pink baby mice, before the
hair has grown upon them. The harrcr will
take away four Of these, if he can get them,
two in each claw, and lay them before his
hungry young ones in their nest; and how
the poor little mice squeak. as they are borne
away from their cozy home through the air!
/ have often heard them for great distance,
and careful searching has shown me the poor
mother mouse, running hither and thther in
the grass looking for her lost ones and also
sQucaIing pitcously.
But the harrier does not confne himself to
mice. He knows where the grouse, the sand
piper and numerous other buds Law their
eggs. He is fond Of eggs and win thrust
his bill through the shcl, dcvouring the con.
tents. Sometimes he will carry away young
bird for his own offspring.
Rats are also part Of his Qnarry. and many
n one have seen him whisk squcaIinI through
the air, without feeling n pang Of regret
Along the bare upIands, especially by the
brow of the cliffs wcasEcs are numerous and
the harrier frequently carries them of: but
the weasel sometimes proves to be danger
ous animal to medcf1c with.
One midsummer dav ! was ting on the
bleak brow Of Labrador cliff. looking at some
cod that were preaching below 4 barrier
hawk wheeling above my head, and nutter-
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and figures rise to the height of fifteen feet.
Some of them, resembling fossil trees, throw
out naked branches, on the ends of which
crystal fruit seems to gIisten. The outer rim
OF the dome is upheld by massive columns of
crystal the surface of which shines like mar
Bile
Pushing on, the visitor finds that the roof
begins to rise and the walls to diverge. To
the left mighty column of onyx, twenty feet
IN diameter. seems to bar the way This
room Is magnificent in the beautiful tracery
OF It's outlines and the delicate tints of its
walls. In grandeur and stateliness, it re-
scmbICs an old cathedral, while its towers and
mnarcts OF stalagmltcs suggest a Turkish
mosque
Entering small opening at the right side of
tine column. You find another dome. Seventy
ieet from the floor hangs an immense stalac-
ute, resembling group OF carved candGlabra
RIch tapestry OF stalaCtitc rock hangs around
IN graceful ease; below rises an ONYX altar
eight feet high while to the left of the altar
and surrounded bN narrow rim of ONYX and
crystal Is the baptistry-d pool of the clearest
water, two. feet in depth and six feet in d.
amctcr.
Added to all this. a faint strain of music
caused by dropping water, pcrvadcs the vast
chamber, and sounds like the distant tones of
"A cathedral organ.
The roof is literally covered with staIac
ttes, and from the walls and galleries slcn.
der columns, with crystal capitals, reach down
to onyx bases.
II is sunless world in which all these
wonders have been wrought through the cen
turics, but it is world of enchantment
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drmmcd the last one out Of town, an the
On" alor" him we whppolcd an the one
otorc him we duckcd in the river. GccwhiIi-
kin! How he kicked and holcrcd! llev
you tcrgot algut it, sam Fluttcrs?'
"G"u are a pack Of hcathcns!" exclaimed
Abe, regardless Of the dignity Of his office.
"Nou ought to be ashamed Of yourselves. that
every ON" oi YOU can't write. WHY, | never
W mt to school a dav in my lie. but can
writ" 50 you can read It. | learned Of my
aunt. How do lou suppose We can have a
boat club II there can't any OF us wutc?'
II didn't know V" had to write. to know
how to row boat, said on Oates "Thcre
IS Joe DuHnn. Il turrihIc good hand with the
oar, and he has to make hs mark when he
signs us prns;on papers
ray ' II. I@n I, l|"I, rSg'r%b AnG. ~Bnt some, me-
can tell what we are DONG. I hats the busl-
ness way, aud It ha. got to Ec done. You re
bpgrr ,humps tnau ! thought."
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weasel ran up, gave The harrier a hard
blow upon the head with the stock of my
gun, stupclying himA Then | released the
weasel, which had hardly life enough left to
crawl off and hide itself.
next examined the hawk, and found that
the weasel lad burrowed a hole under his
wing, cutting a large tendon, thus disabling
his CaptOr. Occurrences of this sort | have
since learned are frequent.
The hsh-hawk has different methods and
different haunts, and seems to me to be a
bird OF greater power and strength of pinon.
along the brow of some precipice, and in
spot that commands a view OF their prey.
No fisherman that ever sailed the sea has
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ing. attTaCtcd my dttcntIon. Presently he
seemed to fall out Of the air as if he were
dead, but speedily arose dozen PAGES or so
distant, holding in his claws some animal
which did not then know.
turned to watch him as he flew rapidly
inland, and as | continued to look at him
saw him sacken his speed, swcryc to the right
then, as if struck with shot, fall TO the
ground
crpmmed two cartridges into my gun,
and made off after him. lie had flown about
a quarter of a mile, and was upon marsh
Tapping one of his wings.
AS drew near | saw that the bird was
disabled but he was holding fast to his prey
(which turned out to be very large brown
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-
be discovered in this country
Southern Missouri is believed to be especial
ly rich in hidden caverns and grottos, and
have often told of dogs being lost and deer
escaping in what were supposed to be under
ground caves.
From the Missouri River south to the Ozark
Mountains the country is from 1000 to 1900
feet above sea level. and many geological pc
riods are represented 10y the surface rocks
A cave was recently discovered in Camden
county, Mo-, which, according to the stories
of those who have visited it. is one of beauty
and grandeur The entrance, which is fifty
feet from the Osngc River is six feet high
and five feet wide, being Over-archcd by an
immense ledge of limestone.
For at least hftv feet the passage continues
with the same dimensions as the entrance
At the end of the passage the darkness is in.
tense, but the light from torches soon dspclS
IT. and room is disclosed 20 feet high, 125
feet wide and 300 feet long.
The walls and ceilings are of rough lime
stone, shadowy galleries occupy the Sides and
the vaultcd roof seems as if it had been
wrought by man. The floor is of fine polish
ing clay, and the walls echo every sound.
At the end of the room the cave becomes
narrower, but the height Of l25 feet is still
have been caused by the action of water,
winds its way into the heart of the bluff.
Every few steps reveal a sparkling stream of
water, and suddenly you enter another large
room, circular in shape, and arched with an
immense DOME from the centre of which
hang myriads of white staacttes One OF
them, twelve feet long and fhntastcally
wrought, looks like the ghost of a giant.
From the floor, stalagmtcs of various shapes
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Chapter Six
SAM FLUTTI>RS MAKES TROUBLE.

SAM FLUTTERS MAKES TROUBLE.
r0BE YORK, in his disappointment,
| "A spoke bitterly, but. instead Of calling
~ @ ,@ made 5sn $@s% Z "s n. d: %,
Noumdy- -'aIi- cms. Abc?' asked Oil.
"Nc shall all hc glad ter have you.
"Nrs; but here's the rules and bylaws
have written out. These must be signed IC-
fore we can have any club. | was gong to
read them; but what's the use Before there
is any club started. nj! who wish to Join it
have got to sign this paper When you get
YOU can do that, ! will read it to you, and
then you can IN It and VIC wlil 20 ahrad.'
II was an embarrassing situation. and no
boy felt II more kccny than Abe himself. All
through the previous month he had been
planning on this club and now to lr defeated
in thus way was a sore disappointment. Of
course he could go ahead without cculIninG
himself to such strict rules but that wasn't
Abr's way.
II s'posc we might sec how many would
like To- come IN when they can sign the pa
Irry' ,a,d on. II tell You, Abe, | am going
to learn jest Is soon ae | can, for | don't
want this club to bust up. | never s'poscd
writing was OF 80 much 'Count aforC"
| pom taking an informal vote, it was found
that sixteen present were ANXIOUS to Join,
even II TREY had to learn how TO write their
names before they could do it. Others stood
pumpIy by, without offering to vote either
Every we'll, said .ibe. I'VE will adjourn
this meeting ill next Wednesday evening"
when | viii tell you what we viii do then"
lie had barely finished speaking before Sam
Flmttcrs pushed his bulky figure through the
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-Mr.. Barner; That hen cats corn by the
quart"
Mrs Barner: "YOu must be mistaken. I've
been watching her eat, and she seems to do
it by the peck"
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An Underground Palace

ERYBODY has heard Of, and many
people have seen, the Mammoth Cave
Of Kentucky and the Luray Cave of
Virginia, but there are undoubtedly
more OF these natural wonders yet to
be discovered in ihIs cnmntry
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\ HERE are no birds inhabiting the
coasts of Newfoundland and Lahra-
dor that | have taken so much pleas
urc in watching as the hawks, and
J Of these chiefly the llsh.hawk and
the marsh harricr. The latter bird
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-08-12
scRAPPED WITH CONSTABLE.
Oscar Wild Objected to Going to
Squire Smiths

West King street, near the postof-
fee, was the scene of some excite
ment Saturday evening. When the
6:32 c. v. train arrived from Hagers-
town Constable J. l.. Broy arrested
Oscar Wild as he stepped of the train
on warrant sworn out by Miss
Kearns, North Martinsburg, charging
him with statutory crime. The Of
ficer and Wild got in cab to go to
the Office of Justice J. ID. Smith for
a hearing. but Wild got obstreperous
aad resisted the officer They scrap
ped till the cab reached the postof-
flee. Mr.. Broy was struck several
times and when Chief Rind interior
ed Wild kicked him IN the face.
When they finally got to Squire
Smiths Office Wild gave bond In the
sum OF 5000 for hearing Friday
evening at 7 o'clock when he will
have two charges to face.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-08-12
WAS TAFT DAY AT
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK
All Trains Stopped on This Division
Until Presidents Train Passed
On Way Back.

Monday was Taft Day at Noun.
tain Lake Park.
The President arrived on a special
train from Washington. At $3.50 D.
m. he lectured on International Peace
before an audience OF 5000 people.
His special returned to washington
after the eonciu .on OF his address.
The B. & 0. railroad took every pre-
caution as TO the Presidents SAFE
~. An empty engine ran two blocks
ahead of the special and another one
block behind to insure him a safe
journey.
The special bearing the President
and party passed through this city at
ITO the train. being drawn by engine
211S. In consequence of all trains on
the second division pefng Stopped un.
Ill President Taft's train had passed.
train No. is, due here at $50. was an
hour and half late.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-08-12
BIDS REJECTED
FOR SCHOOL WORK
School Board Finds Finishing John
Street School Will BE Very Elk
pensive Piece of Work.

The Board of Education met last
evening to open bids for the laying
of a concrete walk four feet wide all
around the John Street school build
ing, a wide concrete walk each from
john and College streets to the en-
frances to the building, the necessary
concrete entrance steps and a con-
crete retaining wall with limestone
coping Isl feet on the Joha street and
zoo feet on the college street side.
The bids We're all too high, in the es-
timation of the board--or rather more
than the board felt able to pay with
the funds available. So the board
went to work and changed the specifi-
cations so as to cut down the cost
about one-third and still make a good
job. The changes will be approved
by Architect j. w. Wolff. of Waynes-
boro. who designed the John Street
school building and made the plans
end specifications for the work at
the school yard as described above.
The board will meet again on Fri
day evening when new bids will be
submitted and when the contract will
likely be awarded. The work will not
all be finished by the time school
opens, but that will make no differ
ence, the one not interfering with the
other, and the walks win be made
first anyhow
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-08-12
mIDDLETowN HAS GINGER JAos.
Merchants Have Been selling concoc
ton go per Cent. AIconol.

Frederick. Md, Aug. 5.-For some
time number of mysterious DRINKS,
including few minors, have been nc
ticed on the streets OF Middletown. in
strong prohibition district. Recent
ly large number of empty Jamaica
ginger bottles were found labeled SO
per cent. alcohol. An investigation
showed that merchants OF the town
were doing land office business in
the connection. The stun had been
sold as medicine and was made In
Baltimore.
States Attorney Willard ordered
the vending of the medicine stopped
at once. H said 1t was not only vic.
lation Of the local but also OF the
Federal law. as the sale of such alco
holic stuff could be made only by a
Government license. About a year
ago a man In Frederick was convicted
and fined heavily for selling a ia.
maica ginger preparation, largely al,
cohol, from his soda fountain.
The discovery created considerable
comment among the prohibition peo-
pie of Middletown Several Of the
merchants who dealt In the medicine
had been selling II for years, but until
this time no complaint had been
made.