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Ministers Sons.
From Popular Science Monthly.

From Popular Science Monthly.
1t is probable that ministers sons have
exerted more influence in the United
States than in any other country. Among
teachers. lawyers, doctors, scientists. men
of business and in the church there are a
great host who have been the sons of
the manse OF the more notable men in
our history who were sons of ministers
we find in political life Cleveland, Clay.
buchanan Arthur. Quay, Norton Beve-
ridge. Hughes and the lamented Dolliver
of Iowa; among jurists. Field and Brewer;
among educators. Woodrow Wilson.
Faunce James, Carroll. Lounsbury; in
history and literature, Sloan. Parkman,
Bancroft, Holmes. Emerson, Henry
James. Lowell. Glider, Van Dyke; in in
yention and science. Cyrus w. Field.
Samuel F. Morse and Agassiz; in the
church. Beecher. Alexander, Hodge, Alb
bolt, Potter Jonathan Edwards; in phi
losophy, James. In the hall of fame fifty
one famous Americans are honored. Of
these fifty-one ten are the children OF
ministers: Agassiz. Beecher, Harriet
Beecher Stowe. Henry Clay, Jonathan
Edwards, Emerson, Lowell, Morse, Ban
croft, Holmes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05
When a Boy Wants to Study.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
An important step has been taken by
the Illinois Central railroad toward secur-
ing better training for young apprentices
in it's various mechanical departments.
In the companys shops al McComb,
Miss, a part time arrangement has been
made with the public schools by which
boys will devote one-half of each day to
school work and the other half to shop
work. These boys will receive special
training in the kind of skilled labor that
they select, supplemented by school in
struction definitely connected with their
shop tasks.
A highly successful arrangement of this
kind at the University of Cincinnati has
attracted much attention in the last five
years and has led to the incorporation of
plans for similar school work in the new
vocational educational bill which is now
being discussed widely in Illinois.
There are obvious advantages in a
scheme of education which utilities a
boys immediate interest in his daily
tasks. In most cases a boy will not study
applied mathematics or applied art on the
vague assurance that some day these sub
jects may prove useful to him. But Wien
he actually enters upon trade and then
finds that he needs to know how to read
a working drawing or make rough
sketch or figure out shop problems. ms
interest is at once engaged in the right
way and he is eager to take up subjects
that he formerly neglected.
1t is equally obvious that the teacher
to whom the boy comes at this stage
should not make the mistake of giving
him the same course of study In arith-
metic and drawing and other subjects
that the boy has recently finished in the
regular elementary school. All these SUBJ
jects, even on the theoretical side. should
be vitality related to the boys trade. The
new center of interest must not be lost
sight Of The boys trade Is what has
induced him to return to school with a
desire for higher efficiency and it would
be inexcusable to disappoint his fair and
reasonable expectations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05
The Tibetan and His Tea.
rom Harper's Weekly.

from harper weekly.
Father Hue. the missionary and ex-
plorer of Tibet a century or more ago.
depicts in his delightful book "avalanches'
Of laden yaks pouring down the noun
tain sides. The early critics of this book
pronounced this very amusing, but to be
taken merely as a picturesque relief to
what the worthy priest feared would be
a dull narrative. Nevertheless, 1t is now
known to be quite true. Yaks still make
the glissade on the icy passes when
carrying tea over the mountains from
China to the interior of Tibet. The Tibe-
tan must have his tea 1t is his main
stay. his life. The nomads of these lofty
plains have absolutely no crops. They
have no pigs nor fowls. Their herds OF
yaks and their flocks of goats and sheep
furnish them with meat. which they eat
fairly often, and with milk, cream. and
especially butter. which they consume
in astonishing quantities. The national
dish, indeed. is a sort Of Cruel made by
boiling parched barley meal and mixing
into it as it cooks a goodly proportion OF
buttered tea.
All the tea and most of the barley
used in Tibet come from China, and
nearly all by single road. which leads
across the rough mountains of SZe-Chu-
an. 1t is the best road in western China
because most travelled and cared for, yet
on the mountain paSses-one 1000 feet
high-the tea carriers In winter must
wear climbing irons, and pack horses
descend mostly by falling on the glary
trail and rolling and gliding. load and all.
until they bring up gently in loose snow
and bushes at the bottom. The Tibetan
yaks know better. They sit down on
their launches, as Hue tells us. and
skillfully slide.
This precarious road is traversed by
an endless stream of porters carrying
bales of tea west and bales of skins. etc.
eastward-bales which frequently weigh
300 pounds. They form a guild very
jealous of their caste and will not allow
any horses to be bred or used on the fer
tile plain of the Min river, near the bor-
der. for fear Of encroachment on their
monopoly-a trade union centuries old.
In addition to the usual traffic via Tat
sien-lu great caravan of tea goes twice
a year from Song painting to cross Tibet
as far as the great Lake kokonoor All
the nomads know of it's coming. and at
each hating place families assemble from
far and near to buy half a years supply
of tea in exchange for goatskins. yak
hair, etc. These travelling merchants
(Chinese) are in no danger from the
tribes through which they regularly pass
to whose chiefs tribute is paid, but are
as likely as any other caravan to D.
robbed by outsiders, SO that military pre-
cautions must surround every movement,
since nowhere on earth is society COM
posed SO wholly Of Ishmaelites as that of
eastern Tibet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05
VANDALISM IN NAMES.
Protest Against Attack on Yerba
Buena Island.

From the San Francisco Argonaut.
If the United States geographic board
can change the name of Yerba Buena
island to that of Goat Island. then there
is nothing in the way OF nomenclature
that is beyond their reach If the name
of California island can be vuigarizeo
and nicknamed for the conven ence OF
some executive board in Washington. why
should the process be allowed TO stop
there? Why not vulgariZe and nickname
all of the fine old Spanish names SO as
tinctive of California and every one or
them equivalent to a volume OF history
The post office did indeed attempt some
such feat a year or so ago. 1t proposed
to abolish the beautiful double names
like Palo Alto and to ccndense them into
ON. ugly and meaningless word but the
imrertinence was checked IN time Now
If seems that the sec graphic board would
liz. to try its hand these Linguistic
barbarisms. and 1t begins with ferpa
Buena No doubt the word Goat comes
a little more trippingly to the lips OF ig-
norance 1t may even save little time,
hut then the time of the geographic
board is not valuable. Californians them
selves are busy people. but they are not
so busy as to invoke the abbrevlating
zeal of Washington clerks with mod
Yerba Buena is probably one of the
oldest Spanish names In California. IL
was certainly given to the island before
it was given t.. the cove, and therefore
long before il was gwen to the settle
ment that attclwafo became San Fran
cisco The GOV" lay between Clarks
point and Rinoon point and Included the
present corner of Broadway and Battery
streets, extending to Montgomery street
between Washington and Jackson The
settlement of Yerba Buena on feroa
Buena cove was planned by F1bueroa In
1888, and six years later the Hudson Bay
Company opened a permanent agency
there and placed 1t in charge OF Mr.. Ray,
son-in- law of DIR. Mclaughlin. who played
so large part in the development OF
Oregon. The settlement of Yerba Buena
is thus intimately associated with great
historical epoch of the Oregon country
as we'll as with the Spanish occupation OF
California. Yerba Buena cove has prac-
tically disappeared. Yerba Buena settle
ment has assumed the name OF San Fran
cisco. But Yerba Buena Island was SO
called before either the cove or the set
Element and the retention OF the name.
apart from its euphony, thus assumes
peculiar Importance. When the early
traders began to come into the bay II was
their habit to liberate upon the island
the few remaining goats OF their lresh
meat supply, and so the name OF Goat
Island became common among careless
and ignorant persons. But 1t was not
the name of the island, 1t Is not now the
name OF the island and Ii never VIII be. !
Alcatraz Island for similar reasons was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05
Spectacular Executions.
rom the Manchester Union.

From the Manchester Union.
In a large number of states the ten
dency has long been to remove as far as
possible the element of the spectacular
from the execution of the death penalty.
Public hangings were abolished, and lat
err, in a considerable number of states.
where capital punishment was not done
away with altogether. the electric chair
was substituted for the gallows. Out IN
Utah. however the law attempts to make
the punishment fit the crime. and under
this law a hold-up man who killed his
victim has been executed by shooting.
it may be seriously questioned whether
the form of his punishment will act as
deterrent to other men as desperate as
himself Shooting, in the view of such
men. appears o be the most natural and
approved method of dying. The irksome
restraint of life Imprisonment would be a
much heavier punishment. If punishment
be the object, and the dread of 1t might
very likely be more effective deterrent.
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coo toward the 500, 600 which is to be
raised for the London School Of Tropical

The interesting region of the Arizona
petrified forest has been surveyed by the
United States geological survey. This
survey includes the Forest National
Monument, q reservation created by exec
utive order to protect those natural
wonders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05
Woman Rabbis.
From the American Hebrew.


It is now some years ago that We were
threatened with a woman rabbi. Miss
Ray Frank claimed to have serious pre-
tensions to the rabbinate. going SO far
even as to attend lecture or two at
the Hebrew Union College at Cincinnati.
OF course 1t would not have done for the
interesting young woman with a message
to wait until she became a full fiedged
rabbi before entering the pulpit. SO in a
meteoric passage from the Golden Gate
to the Atlantic coast Miss Frank was
heard in many a Jewish pulpit.
After reaching New York she sailed for
England, where we believe she married
happily. and the threatened invasion OF
the rabbinate by woman was halted. Dur
ing the time Miss Frank was In the pub
lie eye other Jewish women believed they
had a message to give from the pulpit
and they got the opportunity to be heard;
but in recent years Jewish women have
been content to leave the pulpit. as they
are ready to leave their religion. to the
rabbis.
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Science Notes.

The sun has commenced his north Inward
march and during the first week in jan
uary its distance from the earth Is o.
10000 miles, At this time larger
groups of sun spots are visible on
the solar disc. First seen on the
eastern limb December II. the group was
nearly central December II. its length
being about one-tenth of the solar diam
eter: on the latter date a second smaller
group appeared in the northwest quad
rant.
At the recent international time con-
ference. which convened at the Paris Con-
servatory, It was agreed to use Green
witch time universally to send out signals
at exact hours and to arrange that there
shall be no overlapping. An agreement
as to the most suitable wave length to
employ in the transmission of the signals
at
The countries represented at the con-
ference were Austria, Belgium, Brazil.
France. Great Britain. Greece. Holland.
Sweden, Switzerland and the United
States. and 1t Is to be proposed to t en-
that a Commission Internationale de
Heure," with an executive bureau in
Paris. shall be established. With other
functions the bureau will endeavor to
get uniformity at the different stations.
and will compare the various signals re-
ceived with the object of improving their
general accuracy. Nine sending" sta
tons distributed around the globe have
been selected. and the times for each to
send out signals have been arranged. 1t
Is proposed to inaugurate the general
scheme July ]. 1913.
The question Of the perturbation Of
interchangeable signals by atmospheric
agents is. we learn. to be especially
studied at a powerful station now being
constructed at Laeken.
The United States was represented at
this International time conference by
Prof Asaph Hall. U. s. NJ, the senior
astronomical professor of the United
States Naval Observatory.
At the State University of Kentucky
DIR. Joseph H. kostte has been appointed
director Of the agricultural experiment
station and dean of the College of Ag-
riculture.
DR.. James A. Honelg. Cambridge has
been appointed assistant physician at the
leper colony. Penikesse Island. He will
have use Of the laboratory Of the Harvard
Medical School and will make q study
Of the fifteen cases Of leprosy now on
the island.
Mrs. A. D. Quillord Of New York has
given 5000 to Colorado College for a
new gymnasium as memorial to her
father, the late Frederick III. Cossitt.
Austen Chamberlain has received $780,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05

once called Bird island. although it may
be indiscreet to mention that fact lest 10
provide the geographic board with an
other opportunity to distort and devas-
tate.
The whole tendency to abbreviate ANA
to nickname ought to be frowned upon.
1t is hateful enough as a colloqulallsD.
1t becomes unbearable when II Is made
the excuse for official effacement of his
torical landmarks. If the post office ana
the geographic board are to be allowed
to do as they please with the ancient
California names. We shall find presently
that the abomination of Frisco has
been sanctified by some WASHINGTON clerk
who likes to believe that his time Is
precious. And the best way to prevent
this Is to cultivate among ourselves an
accuracy of speech In such matters that
will be a perpetual bar to official vul-
garities of this kind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05

b. noque-lf svse needed money I
DO now and you once told me IL ever
wanted anything you'd come to my
s s:4p Il Il vas tie last thing you ever
q. WaAd-Yss, yes! Too bad have
- msny thlngS . DO nnt. Good dag.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05
Constantinople's Ill Luck.
From the Westminster Gazette.

From the Westminster Gszetfe.
Herbert Vivian the other night alluded
to an extraordinary superstition connect
ed with the famous wild dogs of Con-
stantinople. These dogs were supposed
by many to bring good luck to the city.
and though a dog is deemed unclean by
all good Moslayns. they were well treat
ed by the populace.
But the powers that be one day re-
moved the dogs to an island where they
were allowed to de in awful torture by
starvation, and with their disappearance
has departed the good luck of CONSTANT
NOBLE. Certa My the Turks have fallen
upon evil times, but whether the wild
dogs have anything to do with the fact
is quite another matter.
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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-01-03
MORGAN COUNTY FORMS
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

At meeting in the Office of Yer
non f. Johnson at Berkeley Springs,
w Va, the Morgan County Horticul-
tural Society was organized with the
following officers: President, 5. H.
Fulton; vice president w. II. Som
mers; secretary. Vernon r. Johnson;
treasurer. II. w. Boyer; directors. S.
Fl. Fulton, n. w Fulton, w H. Som
ers. Vernon E. Johnson, II. W Bayer.
and Joseph Fearnow. Because Of the
increasing importance of Morgan
county as a fruit growing section, il
is felt that organization and coop
Grafton are essential Berkeley
Springs, Paw Paw and Sleepy Greek
are the important centers. At Ber-
kelley Springs is located mammoth
cold storage plant for fruit.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-01-03
POISONOUS MATCHES
SEEING LAST DAY

Washington, Dec 31-"A godsend
to humanity" was the way Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Sherman
Allen today described the Esch law,
prohibiting the use in this country of
the white (poisonous) phosphorus
match after January l.
The new law prohibits the manu-
facture of the poisonous phosphorus
match. 1t also prohibits the impor-
tation of poisonous matches and after
January /, 1914, will exclude from ex-
port the same commodity.
When the Esch bill was passed
Congress was convinced that the old
style match was not only dangerous
from combustion but causes many
deaths from 'phosy jaw" So all
matches used in the future must be
non-poisonous and will ignite only
from friction against the box in which
they come.
1.-The new law will be a godsend, as
it will not only prevent 'phosy jaw
but stop the source of hundreds of
fires and lessen other dangers that
accompany the use of the oldstyle
match" said Secretary Allen today.
Today the Treasury department
notified custom officers that the old
style match no longer will be entitled
to importation requesting them to
guard against the same after We'd
neSday
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-01-03
WEEK Of PRAYER
BEGINS JANUARY )
Program Arranged BY Local Clergy
For Services In Various Churches
Next Week.

The annual Week of Prayer, begin
ming Sunday, January 5, win be OBJ
/ served in several of the local church.
/ es in accordance with the outline of
I services, as follows:
/ Sunday-"The Person and Work of
the Holy Spirit"
The following subjects will be pre-
scented on week evenings The pastor
named will deliver an address of TWEEN
ty-fve minutes to be followed by gen.
eral discussions and prayer. You are
requested to read the scripture refer
/ ences on each topic and offer special
prayer daily.
Monday-"The Relation of the In
dividual to the Extension of the
Kingdom John 1851 Acts ga
First T. B. church, Rev. B. w. Meeks.
Second U. b. church, Rev w. P.
Brooke.
Tuesday-"The Condition of Prevail
ing Prayer" John 15:1-7. John IA
1916 Second Baptist church, Rev.
B. F. Dotson. Christian church, Dr.
Wednesday--"The Family, and Its
Relations to Church and State" Gen.
1918. l Sam. 2:27-36; 3:11-14 Ephes-
ians Clio. NJ E. church, South, DIR.
F. NJ Woods.
Thursday-"The Supreme Need of
the Church-Vision and Sacrifices.
Phil. 2:5-11. Isaiah 6:1-S. Presby-
terrain church, DR. c. S. Trump.
Frlday-"C Christianity and World
Movements" Ps 2:1-S. Dan. 2:44
Rev. 11:15-17. Reformed church, Rev
b. V. Switzer.
Sunday January II at o'clock
The anniversary of the Berkeley Coun
ty Bible Society, First NJ. f. church.
Address, Rev A. M. Gluck.
Your presence is desired at all
these services.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-01-03

and Special Correspondents
The legislature of the state of West Virginia
has been called by Governor Gasscock to meet in Extra
ordinary session at the capitol at Charleston Thurs
day, Janua1y2 1913
Sen. Gray Silver Of the Fifteenth Senatorial
district and Delegates Cleveland NJ Seibert and W. B.
Lnghamfeter of Berkeley county left this afternoon
for Charleston where they will act for their constituents
at the special and regular session of the legislature.
Davis Elkins Isaac Mann and Emmett M.
Showater candidates for the United States Senate have
opened their headquarters in Charleston and the members
elected to the law making body from other parts of the
state began to arrive at'the Capital today.
The election of United States Senator to
succeed Senator Clarence W. Watson together with i'm
portant legislation will make the coming sessions in
teresting event in West Virginia.
The people of Berkeley county and the adjoin-
ing countless well all sections of the Second Con-
gressiona district will be anxious to learn as early as
possible of the doings of the legislature.
The World will have staff representative at
Charleston during the sessions and will give to the read
es of the paper all the up to the latest possible
minute.
Special features Wrlteups and interesting
events will also be found in The World These features
will be supplied by the various press agencies we'll
by this papers special representative.
The World has always been in the lead in Civ
ing to the people of Martnsbug and Berkeley County
the best and latest past sessions of the legislature
and no expense effort will be spared this year give
the best that it is possible to obtain.
During the last regular and special sessions
the reputation gained by The World for it's excellent re-
ports of the dongs of the legislature most enviabe
and it's service called forth many concentrations and
compliments.
The World is not unmindful of the apprecia-
ton of the public of the service rendered at that time
and has made every arrangement for better and more
elaborate service than ever before given and thus its
large constituency is assured in advance that there will
be nothing that will be superior or in any way
comparing with The World in the dissemination of the
a-mpOrtant matters that will come before the legislature
The people of this community should not lose the oppor
tny OF keeping thoroughly posted what their representatives
doing and the do is to at send subscrp
ton for The World you not already subscriber.
telephone call to the business office card dropped
IN the post office will bring door copy OF The World daily
that will give all the happenings at Charleston well the
news of the whole world told in an interesting
The World gives you all the the day it is news.
subscriber The World reads his paper The
World tells you what going the world from twelve fifteen
hours before you read it in any of the city papers.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-01-03
THE COUNTY COURT
HOLDS LAST TERM
Business of the Old Year Concluded
day-Judge Lemaster
Retires.

To-Day the county court concluded
it's work OF the year an dadjourued
until the It'll OF January, 1913. When
THAT body couyenes then Judge L.
master VIII be absent as his term OK
pires today He will be succeeded
by George A. Whitmore, of Mill Greek
district and for the first time in sew
eral years the court win be Demo
cratic
Today the court visited the aims
house. The usual bills We're allowed.
the largest being that for the elrc-
ton which amounted to $3.36O52 E.
r. Lewis qualified as justice OF the
peace for Hedgesyille district. r II.
Boyd qualified as trustee for the cred
itors OF Elias George.
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CUMBERLAND VALLEY r. r..
TIME TABLE

In Effect Sunday, November "a.
*Daily xDaily except Sunday