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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-05-30
WON TWO GAMES
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mes ON satnrdar.

mes on saturday.
shenheFassown, May rs Shepheri
|C llefe opened their base ball sea- 0 j
at SharDsburg on Saturday. By defeat
ing the team OF that place by scofe
of 13 to q.
A second game was played on Il 9
college grounds here with the team
from harpers Ferry in the afternoon.
They defeated the visitors by the score
of 6 to @ in very interesting game,
which adds much to Il Q laurels I + the
college teaul.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-05-30
GERMAN AGRlcULTURISTS.

Recall In Pleasant Manner heir Visit 20
This city-Lsfters. to Prominent Men
who Helped TO Entertain the Party.
The party of German arricultnrists
who visited Martinsburg on May are
pursuing their course westward. and
have reached the Rocky mountain re-
gion, there they are stopping at va
rious points OF interest. On Monday
and Tuesday of this week they were
iii Colorado. and from all reports were
having good time. Ii il evident,
however, that they haven't forgotten
the splendid manner in which they
were entertained while here, and re-
member it with great deal of pleas
ure. Yesterday Mayor George b.
Evans and Postmaster Alex Clohan
received COMMUNICATIONS from Her
Won Fluegge one of the distinguish
ed members of the party. who re-
called their visit to this section ano
again thanked them, on behalf of
the party, for the oaurtesies ex-
tended. The letters are as tollows'
Denver. Col. May 10.
To Hon. George f Evans, Mavor Ct
Martinsburg. W. Va.
Dear Sir:-The German agricultnr-
lists wish TO thank you again for the
kind reception given them by you and
the citizens Of YOUR charming little
city.
For the delegation of German agri-
culturists,
Very sincerely. yours,
Won Fluegge.
To Mr.. Alexander Clohan, President
horticultural Society:
Dear Sir:-Before proceeding on our
journey, we wish to thank you for the
kind reception and profitable time in
the orchard region near YOUR city. We
assure YOU that we were deeply inter
ested in what we saw, and that the
hospitality we received in YOUR section
made lasting impression.
For the delegation OF German agri-
culturists.
verv sincerely, yours,
Won Fluegge.
1t is, of course. matter of gratifi-
cation to the members of the Horticul-
tural society, who had charge of the
arrangements for the reception and en-
tertalnment of the visitors, to know
that the impression made upon them
was such as to bring this further mark
of appreciation from them, after thew
had travelled nearly across the conti-
nent, and it serves to recall the incl
dents of the visit in a very pleasant
manner.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-05
AWAITS OUTSIDE NOTICE.

Decadence of Small Towns of Connecti-
 cut.
 The Boston Transcript says: Further evidence of the decandent tendencies of the rural towns of Connecticut is sup piled by the recent annual report of the bureau of vital statistics of the state for the latest analysed calendar year. In more than two-flfths of the country communities of the commonwealth the undertaken does larger business than the midwife. ,..,...~. - In 56 of the 134 towns whose popula- tion is less than 5000 the deaths ex- ceeded the births. In other words, in AIS percent of the small towns the ohit-
 uary department contained more sub jects than the birth column. Moreover, in five towns-Bridgewater Canterbury, | Ki1lingworth, Salem and Union-the statistics of births and deaths exactly offset each other. & The total number of births in these l fifty-six decaying small towns during l the year was 1,117, while the aggregate 1 mortality figure was 1,526. The excess I of deaths over births was nearly 37 per cen.. ~-@-s
 Degeneracy and Decadence.
 The town of Ashford, which the Rev. Henry L. Hutchins in his notable ad-
 dress cited as a striking illustration of moral and intellectual degeneracy, dis played decadant drift in it's vital sta ! tistics. Its sixteen births were more than balanced by twenty-five deaths. Ashford is community in which the l infusion of foreign blood is very small In the cases of the sixteen births the parents except in a single instance were all native Americans, while nineteen oi | the twenty-five decendents were born | under the Stars and Stripes.
 The town, picturesquely located ir
 Windham county in the northeastern
 corner of the state, has been dwindline | for over four score years. It attained the climax of it's development in 1920 when the population, now fallen to 757 was 2.77S.
 Another Windham county town which l typically indicates the trend toward de- | terioration in rural Connecticut commu- | mites where the rural native stock still predominates is Chaplin. The six births in that town during 1901 were all issues
 of American-born parents, and of the
 eight persons who died in the town, only
 one was foreign born. In, 1880 when the | first census was taken, after the incor-
 poration of Chaplin, the population oi | the town was S07, but the line has been ! steadily falling, and in 1900 the census
 enumerators found only 529 inhabitants
 Lebanon, characteristic hill town in l New London county, indicates tenden-
 cies which are operating in many rural sections of. the state. The deaths in 1901
 numbered 25, and twenty of the dece-
 dents were native Americans, while the
 figure of births was only beggarly ii,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-05

and in ten of the cases the parents rep resented native Yankee stock.
 Hartiand. rural town situated in the northwestern corner of Hartford coun- ty, on the Massachusetts boundary and isolated from railroad accommodations. is another town which is undergoing the processes of slow decay. Although the six deaths which occurred during the year were nearly offset by the five births, the nativity of the decedants and of the parents of the babies was largely Americans.
 For a century the population of the community has been on falling market and the census figures of 1900, which were 1,31S, had contracted to 592 in 1900.
 States Smallest Town.
 Marlborough, which is located in the southeastern part of Hartford county, and which is now the smallest town in the commonwealth, had record of two births and three deaths, and apart froin the fact that one of the decedents was a German, the birth and mortality certifi- cates all related to pure native stock. The town, which celebrated it's centen- nial in August, attained the full flower of it's growth in 1880, when it's popula- tion was SS9. It now has only 322 in- habitants.
 The little town of Sherman, which touches elbows with the New York state border, and which forms part of the watershed of the Housatonic river, shows that the same forces which make for rural decandence in many of the eastern sections of the state are like wise operating in the western counties, The ratio of, deaths to births in that town was to 13, and foreign stock fig ured very rarely either in the cradle or the coffin.
 In 1915 the population of the town was 9S4, the largest in it's history, but each subsequent, deeade has showed a slowly shrinking census. and in 1900 the num- Der of inhabitants was 65S, ......,.ss.. .s.s-
 These citations which might be null tiplied and which are merely selective, indicate with striking force the drift toward decline, if, not, in sooth, toward degeneracy, in many rural sections of Connecticut. Of course, many of the agricultural towns located near mar kets and railroads and having a soIr which when tickled with the hoe will not decline to smile with a harvest, are. prosperous, thrifty and growing, but the vital statistics form two-fifths oi the small towns of the state suggest large patches of deterioration. gT
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-05
PRoEEssIoNAL COACHING.

The question of professional vs. anna
 and fro like very shuttlecock of argu- ment; yet it shows no sign of being worn to a standstill. Although brought recently to the front by certain senti-
 ment in Harvard, in a dramatic out
 burst of principle inspired by gloomy series os .reverses on the water, the topic has been live issue-dormant
 at times-for many years. But the
 declaration of preference to be whipped
 under the direction of amateur coaches rather than win with the help Of a professional or paid Instructor, while it sounds a shrill not of ideal aspiration,
 is not the final opinion in the mater It settles nothing, either on a basis of theory or practice. If. gentleman or graduate. coaches can be found to make the heavy sacrifice of time and effort needed to handle university crew through the six months training season then they are the men to be in charge,
 provided they are equal to the responsibility. z.z..
 1t happens, however, that in this
 hustling land of ours, a university
 graduate who can give half his time to coaching is a rare bird" and when found even the undergraduate world is likely to say that he cant be good for much" else he would not be putting in half his year with crew. There can
 be no half-hearted programme in the heavy task of hammering a raw Ameri- can college eight into shape for a. four mile race. It is strong mans job for six solid months of the year. In the ideal system the stroke and style are so fixed and traditional that a number of graduates can succeed each other in short stretches of coaching as they can spare the time through the season. But such a condition does not exist, and there are no established standards to guide a school of re-enforcing gradu- ate coaches This must be an evolution of the future.
 ; + resolves itself into the undeniable fact. thrashed out of long experience,
 that there must be centralized head of authority and responsibility in the difficult and monotonous labor of coach- ing university crew. and there is no leisure class in this country from which Ito recruit such coaches. with any certainly of maintaining the system on a stable basis. To say that English .sportsmen have set a higher standard in this respect is nonsense. Gentle
 man coaches have the leisure in that country. but on the other hand their material comes to them in the shape of finished oarsmen and the task of shap- ing it up. is trifiing compared with the
 labor involved in this country, where rowing is still an infant industry.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-05

by the money received from the fair The society put the money into the walk and the place. selected was in a spot where it was thought it would do the most good, from the depot towaTI the fair grounds. The patrons of tie fair will thus receive the benefits as well as Orange folks as after wet weather the walk from the station to the grounds was disagreeable. :A.e.,4 .,.-. ...sc
 The Orange fair has become an an- nual event, looked forward to by great many people from this section of the state whose interest is kept alive by the many attractions which the. fair 5nlanagements has always provided ir E the past and which it promises for the future. ~Hsgs> s<:s$,r a-ts.g
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-05
ORANGE PEOPLE
Busy Preparing for Fair

"
 The bills for the Orange fair have been printed and are being distributed The fair this year will take place Sep tember IS, F and IS, and promises to be one of the most successful ever given by the society. Active preparations are going on, those in charge of the ar. engagements being pretty well occupied in attending to things pertaining to the fair Carriages are being trimmed and there will be more floats this year than any previous year.
 The. fruit and vegetable exhibitions will be more interesting this year than last and the display of dogs, fowls and other animals from all indications will surpass that of other years while the fancy work will take up more space than in other years, R
 The society has planned to do some work about the grounds so that patrons of the fair and those who bring animals there to be exhibited will be better ac- commodated. Cattle pens will be con structed and water will be run, to the fair grounds So that the comfort of the cattle win be assured. As racing will be one of the chief features of the event the track will be put in fine shape for trotting and special care will be, devoted to this part of the entertainment, which will be provided for the public.
 The objects for which the Orange fail l is held yearly are worthy one, and il can be said truthfully that of the pro. eeeds not a cent goes into any one mans pocket, but are devoted to the improve, ment of the town.
 The tar walk from the depot to tht Congregational church, which has beer l built for some time. was made possibl
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-05

Sold Everywhere. In boxes 1Oc, and 25c.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-05

The solution of the question is based on condition and not a theory. and a great deal of moonshine has been sifteo over it. The young men who make heroic sacrifices to train for their uni yersity eights deserve all that can be done for them within the limits of clear sportsmanship and the ardor of gentle men competing for their alma mater. Better for them to be in charge of ar able experienced veteran who is paid a salary to give all his care and intelli- gent ability than to be sacrificed to the misguided zeal of an indifferent anna teur, even though he has more enthusi- asm than knowledge of Watermanship. illustrated Sporting News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-05
A NoTRR DAME LADY

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-06
A TEcHNIcALlTY
Kansas City Journal,

4 AA<'AASe1o@ SAIy -JOuIlldl.
1t is noted by the Philadelphia Post that.
as result Of the populist movement in the
west, a man by the name of Kirby was
elected to congress. The Post is generous
enough to conceal the fact that this man
was elected from Kansas and that his
name was not Kirby, but Simpson.
AS every one knows, the long suit Of the
populists was "feenance,'' and that every
pop had most violent ideas about money,
During Kirbyfs first term bill came up
for discussion which had to do with the
issuing offsa neW series Of paper money
and the retirement and maceration Of the
series then in use:
: Kirby was furious about this, notes the
Post. Here we see the government di-
rected from Lombard street, in London,
withdrawing billions of money from cir
culation and nnacerating it, whatever that
is, he shouted in speech one day.
Never in the history of the United States
has such an outrage been perpetrated.
With our children crying for money, these
creatures Of the Wall street octopus are
Withdrawing billions from circulation; bill
lions, gentlemen, say billions p -.
Don't You mean millions 2" asked Rep
resentative Culberson.
There you co." yelled Kirby, shaking
his arms in the air; ''there you go; just
like all the rest Of them; you are trying tc
win this fight ons technicalities.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-06
Books and Authors
COME BACK TO PLAGUE


Since DR.. Crichton Browne and Alexander
Carlyle have claimed that in their volumes
OF new letters and memorials Of, Jane
Welsh Carlyle, they have disposed Of the
story about the unhappiness Of Thomas
Carlyle and his wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle,
by kind of post norton study anu scru-
tiny, Mr. Froude's inclusion Of James let
tiers full of reproaches against her phil
osopher husband, will perhaps be assailed
more violently than ever. Sir James
Crichton Brownies investigation, however
does not seem to have bettered the case
very much, for he discovered that Jane
Welsh from girlhood up, had diseased
body and mind, increasing in impairme
to her maturer years. This ne,Irasthenic
condition was hereditary and there is no
doubt that Mr.. Carlyle's 5querulous letters
indicate tendency which dominated the
greater part of her married life and the
fact that Carlyle himself was a hope
less dyspeptic suggests that the married
life of the pair could not possibly have
been one of ideal bliss. Froude has been
terribly abused for publishing those letters
OF Mrs. CARLYLE, but he honestly and con-
scienctously believed that it was his duty
to show Jane Welsh Carlyle as she really
was and not deceive anyone as to her
characteristics. Carlyle himself has gen
orally been dealt with that way.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-06

= GOOD many Americans thought were were
buying only an Ice; farm and a few seals.
She Is, moreover, q fairly good customer
& our country, and it's to be hoped that
she will continue to be such by setting
the door OF trade wide open in Manchuria.
IN accordance with her most. solemn
pledges. If she fails us in this matter,
there Is good reason to believe that there
may be some abatement in our friendli-
ness. Meantime, our government cannot
act in the imperative mood with respect
to Russia's inhuman treatment of the
Jews We can plead the humanities and
object also. on the ground of international
comfy, to the forcing by Russia Of her
six millions OF Jews to take refuge in
this country without regard to their quail
| ity and condition.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-06
SATURDAY EVENING,

flied by Its increased earnings. 1t is true
that the; dividend rate has not been In
creased, but there Is a chance for an
argument that the stock has been watered.
Nevertheless we are disposed to give Mr..
Hill nnstinted credit for his general ad-
vocacy and realization OF low freight
rates. There is no question that the pol.
Icy of establishing a fixed dividend rate
and giving the public the benefit Of in.
creasing earnings beyond that point In
better service and cheaper rates, Is the
ideal policy Of such a quasi-public or
ganization as a railway company.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-06
THE MAGAZINES

Tales From Town Topics for June con-
tains some fifty tales and poems of the
light and airy kind generally, which in
the, "leafy month Of June SO many people
love to read. The completed novel 1.-THE
Curse Of Hymen," is little tragical, but
with short stories of a most pleasing
kind, New York: 452 Fifth. avenue.
Town Topics Publishing company.
Burr Mcintosh Monthly for June is a
lovely production as to the many panel
grayure portraits of pretty women in the
highest style Of the art, and always at
'tractive in its examples from life of
coaching and automobile and athletic SUBJ
:jects.. In this number one may accom-
pany the public coach Liberty from
New York to Lakewood, and readily i'm
agine himself one of the happy passen-
gers. The Burr Mcintosh Monthly has
not much reading matter and was never
intended to have, but in this number it
breaks into verse and we have 1.-THE Sum-
mer Girl and Blossoms New York:
20 West Thirty third street.
The New England Magazine opens with
an interesting Illustrated paper on "The
Passing of the Boston Museum" whose
antiquity and thronging dramatic and
musical associations endeared 1t to the
Bostonese and to outsiders who love to
contemplate structure with which so
many great names are associated. DR..
Edward Everett Hale, under the captior,
Each for All and All for. Each, :. Illus
trates this principle: Whenever some
thing is needed for every member Of the
community, it is desirable that the COM
munfty shall provide this requisite. - Car
ried to an extreme this is a somewhat I'M
safe principle, but DR.. Hale does not seem
to think so. The venerable George s.
Boutwell, contributes a paper on the his
toric convention Of 1887 and there are
interesting papers on the work of wornen's
clubs in New England and the Chinese in
New England and attractive stories and
sketches. Boston: America company,
Park Square.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-06
each and two volumes are published each

each and two volumes are published each
year.
The Macmillan company announce ''The
Geography of Disease" by. Frank C.
Clemon, a leading investigator into the
ways by which disease is spread over the
earth's surface.
Flora Annie Steel has written new
book entitled 'In the Guardianship Of
God" which contains seventeen stories.
Meredith Nicholson, author of the clever
American story, ''The Main Chance is a
native of Charlottesville, Ind, which has
the reputation of being the cradle of many
of Indiana's literary felelrs."
White was annexed to the presidential
party at Santa Barbara in a rather in
formal manner. When the party reached
there, one Of the men remarked that he
had friend In town, Stewart White, and
that he was going to take an hour off
to run up and see him. .Is that the fell
low who wrote the eBlaized Trail?' -
asked the president. That's the man.
said Whites friend. do you know him?'
''No, but want to-" replied President
Roosevelt. II know his work WELL See
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-06
ZThe destructixa flnnds IL unner. nortion

The destructive floods in upper portions
OF the Mississippi valley this year are
likely to be the agency OF bringing the
national government to undertake the
mighty work Of curbing the old river.
Uncle Sam can do it, and the people OF
the southern valley states have long
wanted him to put his great strength and
unlimited resources to the accomplish
ment Of the task. Now that the floods
of this year have affected directly no less
than ten states. and indirectly the whole
country, 1t begins to be plain that the
problem OF regulating the stage Of water
in the Mississippi is a truly national one.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-06
TIE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

would seem to set the seal OF condemna-
tion upon such midnight orgies.
Plato. however. who thought the drink
ing ability OF his hero q mark Of the
strength and dignity Of his character
shared the inconsistencies OF his race
who, with intense love OF beauty and re-
finement Of taste. were yet familiar with
the vices Of human nature, and practiced
them. Some modern biographers, indeed
are also chargeable with carrying theii
hero worship to the extreme OF justifyine
their Inconsistencies and moral lapses.