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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-30
PowHATrAN COLLEGE
Holds Annual Commencement in Col
Iege Hall.


Charles Town, May 27.-The grad
.uating exercises of Powhattan Col.
iege took pace in College Hall Tues
day morning. The class, which was
addressed by Tracey L. Jeffords, Of
Washington, D. c.. is composed of the
following: Misses Mary B. NJ. Mitchell
and Louise Bland. Of Glencoe, Md;
Marguerite Moore, of Stoney Bottom,
w. Va: Bee Funk. Harrisonburg, Va;
Brownie Bass, Mount Scion, Va; Eliz'
abeth Revell, of Marley, Md; Mildred
and Efie Weaver, of Waynesboro, Va I;
Nellie Speer, of Bonneville, N. G.
and Lucy Guard. Berryville, Va. Miss
Mary B. M. Mitchell graduated with
first honors.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-30
FIRE IN PICKER HOUSE
Much Excitement Caused For Time
At Crawford Mill.

A slight fire at the picker house OF
the wooden mill caused some excite
ment among the employees there this
afternoon, but was gotten out before
much lamage was done. The fre de-
partment was not called out.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-30
Senator EIklns Denies story,

Washington May 27.--Senator and
Mrs. E.kins both emphatically deny
chat an engagement existed between
Stephen EIkins, jr.. and Mrs. George
Law. Of New York.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-30

The municipal election Is all over
but the contest. On the face Of the
returns the republican candidate for
mayor, Mr.. John T. Paulding, defeated
the democratic candidate, Mr.. G. G.
/ Cushwa. by one vote. The vote for
mayor is so close that it will take the
official vote to decide the result.
This may probably be followed by a
contest.
The republicans elected three coun-
cilmen the democrats one and the re-
suit in the fourth ward is a tie.
In the first ward s. R. Snodgrass
democrat, defeated w. r. McQuilkini
republican, by 81.
In the second ward H. P. Thorn, re-
publican. defeated J. G. Hutsler, DEM
ocrat, by SO.
! In the third ward J. d. Matthews
republican, defeated G. L. Keller,
democrat, by 81.
In the fourth ward William Com
miskey, democrat, and c. H. Alderton,
republican, each received 134 votes.
In the fifth ward Edward Branden-
burg, republican defeated Thomas
Youtz, democrat, by II.
The election passed off quietly,
there was no trouble and very little
discussion. There was hard work
done by both sides, and the result was
In doubt until the vote was announc-
ed.
There were 1895 votes cast for may
or and the republican candidates for
council received 1856 votes and the
! democratic candidates 812, making a
total of 1893 for the councilmen. 3
more votes than the number counted
for the mayor.
& The republican majorities foot up 1S1
i against 81 for the democrats, making
a majority OF IA for the republican
councilmen.
The vote for mayor two years ago
! was 1850 Mayor Harrison was elected
by a majority of 1872. The democrat
ic majority for councilmen was S.
!. The city council will meet on Satur-
4 day as a board of canvassers and
canvass the vote. The democrats Will
4. ask for a recount of the vote by the
4 council and upon that result will
i depend future developments. What
changes in the vote will take place Is
/, hard to forecast. There are upon the
Mace of the returns three ballots that
+. gwere not counted for mayor. If these
are all democratic it will give Mr..
Cushwa a majority of 2, if they are all
republican it will give Mr.. Paulding a
majority OF 4. If one Is republican
and two democratic it will result in a
L tie and council will decide the contest,
and as that body is democratic, it will
seat Mr.. Cushwa.
There are some ballots. It is under,
/ stood, that have been thrown out. but
it is thought that these are about
equally divided and would make no
change in the result.
], In the fourth ward 1t is said that
there were no ballots thrown out, and
II the official count shows a tie coun-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-30

Among the soioists at the annual
May festival OF the Central X. M. G.
A. orchestra and the Cumberaand
OratorIo society In Cumberland yester-
DAY, was Mrs. W. D. Mccurdy, Of this
city.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-30
LEWIS HiTE INJURED
Fell While at Work on Sewer and
Received Injuries.

Lewis Hite, while at work on the
sewer under dry bridge fell from a
,'rd. used In wheeling stone and
bruised his leg below the knee. DR..
Eagle was summoned and the injury
was dressed. after which he was taken
to his home on North High street.
While not seriously hurt the injury is
very painful and it will be several
days before he can resume work.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-30
MR.. SPARROW PROMOTED

Transferred To JACKSONVILLE, Fla, ano
z. NJ. Rodrick Also Promoted.
Mr.. L. l.. Sparrow, son-inIaw, Of Mr..
ID. w. Rodrick. East King street, who
has been chief division engineer Of tho
Atlantic Coast Line railroad, with
headquarters t Rocky Mount, N O..
has been transferred to Jacksonville.
Fla. Mr.. K. N Rodrick,. formerly Of
this city. vas also transferred. he
being assistant chief engineer.
\. Mrs Sparrow and family arrived
here today. where they will spend the
summer with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. d. W. Rodrick..
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29

contained more than "a per cent of
meadow fescue and rye grass seed to-
gpther.
Kentucky Blue Grass.-Of the 429
samples of Kentucky blue grass seed
obtained only were found to be free
from any trace Of Canada blue grass.
In most of these samples the trace of
canada blue grass found was imma-
ture seed. showing that it was harry
@ted with the Kentucky blue grass
seed The seeds of the two plants not
Hpening at the same time, it is i'm
probable that mature seed of Canada
Due grass would be harvested with
kentucky blue grass seed. In ITO
samples, however, Canada blue grass
seed was found in quantities exceed
Ing . per cent, 80 of these being Can
ada blue grass seed misbranded as
kentucky blue grass seed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29
THE DEMANDS OF AN IDEAL.
By Henry F. Cope.

ny aenTy 4. Sope.
"Sell whatsoever thou hast and give
to the poor and come take up thy cross
and follow Me. Mark 10 81.
Ideals are our treasures only SO long
as they are also tracks in which we
tread. The visions of things great and
worthy are not given that we might
have something beautiful to 7contem-
plate; they are calls to serve, to endure,
to toll, to bear burdens and meet diff
culties.
The dreams Of greatness or of good
ness that go no further than dreaming
leave US weaker, poorer, less than if
we had never seen them. He who
sees the height and does not strive to
attaia it is less than he who seeing
it not at all lives toward his lOwlier
vision Our dreams must determine
deeds. Life were empty without its
dreams it were emptier still if it were
nothing but dreams.
Yet how easy it is to be satisfied with
aspiration; never to make the in
vestment of endeavor, to paint pictures
of life's crowns but never to be will
ing even to pay the price to gain any
of them. SO many imagine that they
must be saints because they have
thought so often of seraphic joys. 1t
takes a good deal more than looking at
heaven to make the heavenly life.
Now every sincere man is asking the
question, How may l realize the ideal?
Every sincere idealist is seeking for
means Of practical expression of that
which is visioned before him. He is
not afraid of paying the price. He
knows that it will be high if the end
is also high. There is an easy descent
to the things that are below; there is
no facile grade, no means Of sliding
up uncoDsciously to the higher levels.
Every attainment means so much
loss every gain so much giving up.
No man gains the crown who grasps at
every shining pebble by the way. We
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29

Garden GleaninES.
Are the garden and truck patches
well drained?
Wet soils are cold in spring. The
evaporation of surface water cools
them
To make the garden soil warm drain
off all the surface water possible. Use
underdrains and overdrs1ns
The best way to secure very early
n,ants is to start them in the seed box
ar hotbed. then transplant to two-inch
flower pots as soon as the seedlings are
large enough.
Don't work the garden and truck
match while the ground is wet in the
haste of starting an early crop. Moth
ing is gained, but much is lost, in work
ing wet soils.
The garden should have two gates
ono small one and one large one. The
small gate should be convenient to the
house and the large one convenient 10
the barn for hauling manure and en-
tering with team and tools.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29
Farm Notes.

When the wheels get so dry that
mey rattle. have the tires properly set !;
10 not try to chink up the spokes.
With all classes of stock the value of
'ne feed is the same, whether it is sup
pied to the scrawnies or the best of
horoughbreds
Teams that have been partially idle
'Vf some time should come into work
again gradually and their shoulders
Oa'Aed with salt water.
Inc cutworm is the larvae of a
IoIh; the Worm is of a brown color,
IdI ard sluggish. about an inch long,
0H feeds only during the night.
For humble-foot in poultry laint the
corn literally with tincture of iodine
u'.Ly for a week. If this is done in
TIE early stages the corn can be spread
given before the hogs get past
me eating and drinking stage, the fol-
""inS IS claimed to be an infallible
'uFe for hog cholera: To a barrel or
Sooo Stop add one pint of Venetian red
"ud one pint of kerosene oil. Mix We'll
ihe first rule for getting good
p'ont from poultry is to get the chicks
nalehed early. and the next is to keep
'loSe chicks growing so fast that they
VIII reach laying maturity before the
announcement of cold weather.
10 easily remove the handle from an
aAe place the blade on top Of heated
'0'e and leave it there till the iron
1ouhd what is known as the 'eye" be-
"hes quite hot. Heat expands the
5Oh' making it an easy matter to drive
'Ne handle from the blade.
Inc garden should contain most or
al OF the common medicinal and flavor
us NERDS. Most of these can be grown
=. "''n very little trouble, and the herb
s'"I should include such useful plants
- sage, hoarhound, caraway, saffron,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29
ouaIity of Seeds.

.bo result of tests of alfalfa, red
and grass seeds secured in the
~" market Chief Galloway of the
..,on Of plants Industry makes a re-
that IS certainly of interest to
bners 49,, or ,,,,,,
dover seed secured 400, or one
~ ", contained seed of dodder, 424
.oirod traces of yellow trefoil seed,
~ f95 bore evidence of having orig
mated in Chile.
ITfoIfa-Of the 800 samples Of al
,Ifo seed secured 191, or about one
,,If contained seed Of dodder, 135
,t.inpd a trace of yellow trefoil
.J 100 contained a trace of sweet
5rar seed, and 16 contained a trace
4 bur clover seed.
Promus Inermis.-Of the IS samples
.. Rromus inermis seed obtained Is
n,toinpd seed of cheat, or chess, %
rn+oDed from to 3 per cent of seed
4 the wheat grasses, several con-
,fnpd seed of meadow fescue and one
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29
DoN'Ts FOR CHURCHMEN.

Don't plead justification when you
know your plea cannot be justified.
Don't get so much versed in doctrine
that you fail to get religion.
Don't give so much attention to de-
tails that you become absorbed in
trifes.
Don't regard doubt as sin. Honest
doubt is often the door to some higher
truth.
Don't expect God to own you as
His child so long as you are not God
like.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29
Raising Rhubarbs

Rhubarb requires a deep and very
fertile soil. The great secret of sue
cess in raising it is high manuring. 1t
is a gross feeder, and requires a lib
eraI application of manure every year
A grower whose small patch produces
rhubarb of enormous size explains his
success from his practice of throwing
soapsuds over the ground on washing
DAYS. He had sold $50 worth from
patch of two and one-half rods in
single season.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29
Seed Termination

It requires from 20 to 80 days for
asparagus seed to terminate; beans,
0 TO III days; borecole, broccoli, Brus-
seis sprouts, cabbage and caulifower,
8 to II days; carrots, IA to p DAYS !:
celery, IA to 20 days; corn salad, IA
days; corn, 8 to IA days; cress, curled,
3 to days. cress, water, II to II
days; cucumbers, to 10 days; egg
plant, 8 to 20 days; endive, to Z
days; lettuce, to 5 days; melons,
cantaloupes, to 10 days; melons,
water, 8 to 10 days; mustard, 8 to 6
days; onions, Z to IA days. parsley, 20
to 30 days; parnips, to IA days; peas,
5 to 10 days; pepper, 8 to 90 days.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29
HORT METER SERMONS.

Faith is never forced.
Your estimate OF others is often a
verdict on yourself.
Sacred things are those things that
serve life i'm a worthy way.
The venomous tongue cannot cover
its guilt by calling it candor.
One Of the worst hypocrites is he who
appears to prosecute sin while he is
accepting it's retainers.
There is not little comfort in re-
membering that the man who poses as
an angel goes to join them shortly.
Some men think they are full of
faith because they are so fearful that
the Omnipotent cannot take care of
Himself
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29
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=-SesS
NO SHORT CUTS TO TRIUMPH.
BY Rev. George Clarke Peck.


And King David said to Ornan, nay
but l will buy it of thee for the full
price, Chronicles 81: "a.
Thus did one man decline to take adj
vantage of what the world would call
a bargain" Such refusal, however,
might be little better than Quixotic.
One needs a good reason when he per
sists in making things costly to him.
self. David evidently thought he had
such reason.
He had gone up to Ornan's thrashing
floor for the purpose of there erecting
an altar at his own expense. The
shame of his recent crime was so keen
that he was willing to pay any reason
able price for expiation. Judge then
his surprise to be offered the property
to economize!
But David knew thing that we
sometimes forget. The souls processes
can never be cheapened. To shave the
cost of one altaris to cheat ones self.
Life has no real short cuts to triumph.
God appoints no bargain days on which
the shrewd trader may enrich himself
at the expense Of the Almighty. To at
tempt the payment of ones spiritual
debts in the property of another, to
without personal drain, is a specious
fraud.
What is the spelling" Of a child?
What but the payment by parents OF
the price which the child ought to pay?
my child does not know the meaning
of self-denial,' said a mother overload.
Pity such a child! Missing the mean
ing of self-denial, he will miss all the
real prizes Of life. l knew a young
man who made "hit" at his first pub
lie venture. But that first hit was his
last: he has never found the range
since. Easy success ruined him. The
short cut was blind alley. The sOr-
REST thing that ever happened Cole
ridge was when his friends guaranteed
him against a rainy day. His muse
sickened with the absence of bracing
airs. Hardship had kept his soul
awake, but ease drugged him. Oh, the
cheats we practice against ourselves by
our economies!
The last place for man to save mon
ey is on his gifts. Let him wear the
old overcoat another season If need be
let him reduce the length of bill OF
fare but let him not shave the cost
of those affairs which love builds. The
dearest economies we ever practice are
those which touch our benefactions.
Our loss is greater than that Of the
cause we refuse to help. Charity can
better stand my Withholding Of help
than l can stand Withholding 1t. To
let another do my giving is to let him
have my blessing. If Ornan builds my
altar for me he also takes my joy.
That man who asks how much he
must give up in order to be good man
has gotten hold Of the wrong end of
the matter The question rather is how
good he wants to be. A disciple who
finds that his path includes no crosses
may we'll pause to ask which master he
is following. LIES real affairs repre-
sent the shedding of blood.
To repeat then, David's great renun-
citation at Ornan's thrashing floor, to
hold bravely to the sacrifcial quality
of human life at it's best, to refuse all
ignoble Tightening of loads, to bleed
that we may bless-in spite Of all COM
placent voices to the contrary-this is
one of the rich truths of life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29

have to learn to choose, to discriminate,
to reject even many good things that
we may gain that which is best. None
can gain all of everything; all may
win all of something if willing to lose
other things.
Riches are not curse of themselves;
they are a curse and cause Of the
deepest poverty when we choose them
before some better things. The young
man in the story must sell his posses
sions because they stood between him
and the attainment of his ideals. SO
long as they were the chief good to
him he could make no progress toward
any greater good.
Here is the imperative demand of
every ideal, that 1t shall occupy first
place. The things you set first in your
endeavors, in your affections are the
things you will attain. No matter OF
what good things you may dream, it Is
the things you really, at bottom Of all,
desire that will be yours. 1t may sur
prise some of us to see the prizes with
which we shall at last be found, and
yet they always will be those Of our
supreme choosing.
But the ideal demands more than the
giving up of things that conflict; it de-
mands service, expression through
work, through activity. 1t is not
enough to give up the things that him
der; these things must be made to
serve the lofty ends of the worthy ideal.
Where unworthy affections have been
cast out there must be no empty places;
love still must be there, but directed
into new channels.
If you would be great you must do
great things. You must not sit down
before any task simply because it is
high Duties are not to be admired;
they are to be done. The first price OF
achieving is attempting. Better the
humblest effort to do some great thing
than the most highly developed pictur-
ing of the ideal that satisfies itself with
the picture alone.
In a subtle way high idealism be-
comes the foe of worthy realities. How
easy it is to substitute dreaming about
heaven for any attempt to bring
heaven to our everyday lives. How
easy to praise the love of God as a
substitute for the practice of the love
Of man.
The religious life is the life that
sees the high visions of life's possibili-
ties, cherishes these visions and stead
lily, at any cost, with this as the
Supremacy worth while aim of living,
seeks their realization, counts all
that fullness of life may be found for
ones self and made possible for all
others.
It's not the man who dreams the
dreams of coming glory, but the man
who daily does all his little deeds in
the light of that glory who is doing
most for this world and for his ideals.
The great questio, is not whether you
can talk poetry, but whether you are
willing to pay the price of the ideal
life
The world is full Of people who wish
it we'll; it needs more who will work
for it's veal, to whom it's welfare the
realization of it's highest good is the
supreme thing in life, that for which
they are willing to sell all else and to
take up any cross. BY their deeds
shall their ideals be known.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29
Wood Ashes.

Ashes made from hard wood are
more valuable than those made from
soft wood. 1t is claimed that some
ashes from soft wood have not enough
value to make it worth while to bother
with them. 1t has also been discovered
that the value is largely governed by
the part of the tree from which the
ashes are made. 1t is declared by
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29

penhyroyal' tansy and others that will
suggest themselves.
a horse will never run into any other
ouihihg building besides his own. or
even pass bonfire if he can help it
out when once he scents danger he
'iles TO get to his stall-his home-and
When once he reaches there can only
oe driven away by fright or shock su-
perlor to bis dread of fire.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29

On Jan. IA, 1908 DAILY Consular and
Trade Reports), one of the German
steamship lines owned and operated
100 ocean steamships, of $4,000 total
gross register tonnage, employing 12,-
600 persons. This company is aew
building seven steamships Of $4,000 ag-
gregate gross register tonnage. It's to-
tai tonnage exceeds that of the entire
seagoing merchant marine of each of
land, Italy, Russia, and Sweden.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29
} HYMNS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW I
In Heavenly Love.

In Heavenly Love.
In heavenly love abiding,
No change my heart shall fear;
And safe is such confiding,
For nothing changes here
The storm may roar without me,
My heart may low be laid,
But God is round about me,
And can l be dismayed?
Wherever he may guide me,
No want shall turn me back;
My shepherd is beside me,
And nothing can lack.
His wisdom ever waketh,
His sight is never dim,
He knows the way he taketh,
And | will walk with him.
Green pastures are before me,
Which yet l have not seen;
Bright skies will soon be DER me,
Where darkest clouds have been.
My hope l cannot measure,
My path to life is free,
My Savior has my treasure,
And he will walk with me.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29

chemists that the ashes of young twigs
are of more value than the ash of
the trunk Of the tree, while the ash
of the leaves is still more valuable.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29
Lime ms nm Insecticide.

Dry hydrate of lime formed by siak-
ing fresh lime with just water enough
to crumble it into a fine powder is
used as an insecticde. 1t is still very
caustic and fatal to the larvae Of as
paragls beetles, slugs Of currant, pear,
plum. etc, and other larvae having
moist surface. Applications are best
made in the morning. while the plants
and insects are yet a little damp.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29

building hryfou
The foundation
keeping with the floor and the piers
the lower three inches being
the
The alley running
building feet wide with crowned floor
perfectly
the alley to the
outer doors
partitions quarterback boards cut into
placed upright position the bottom ends
similar material The
materials meal
be srelhe as likely to become contaminated
The Illustration shows the pus which the doors and
the right
the andve left side closed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29
rbrae Horse Doubletree.

Three Horse DOubletree.
doubletree attachment to binder
or sulky pillow can be made according
to the plan shown. The dimensions
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29
Garden G1eaninEs

can be varied slightly to accommodate
horses of different sizes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29

High sounding-church bells.