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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-08-29
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4.
2:35 Pace-I,nrse 500.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1.
2;35 Pace-Purse 800.
Chestator. The Keyser Farm, Key.
ser, w va.
Matte D., The Keyser Farm. Key.
ser. w. Va.
Manardo, W. C. Talbot, Buckhan.
non, w. Va.
Virginia Billy. W. E. Hull, Church.
vile, Va.
Ny Lady Dainty. Riverside stock
Farm, Weston, w. Va.
Flora F., II. w. Colville, Utica, o
Euba, L, G. Dodds, Beaver, Pa.
direct Hal, Jr., "A. S. Rodney, Ro.
chester. N. Y.
Lillian summeri, Charles Roush
Athens, o.
Just Bud, Camden sommers
Clarksburg. w. Va.
Ben Greet, A. ID. Parr, Clarksburg
NJ. r. D., VIM. Branigan. Chenille
Ohio.
Bertha W. Sam Workman.
Ashgrove, Hiram Gaines, Grafton
Harry W, H. II. McGovney, Wash.
ington Court House, o.
ESQ Trot-Pursc 500.
Grace Onward, III. w. Colville, Uti,
ca, o.
Alice Brennan. Riverside Stock
Farm, Weston, w. Va.
Nellie Crane, Riverside Stock Farm
Weston. w. Va.
Imbay, The Keyser Farm, Keyser
Billie Patchen, "A. FriedSan, Fair.
mont.
Carlos, Pleasant Field Farm. Ger.
mantown, Md,
Kinsterette, Pleasant Field Farm
Germantown, Nd.
Spring Beauty, w. NJ. Hathaway
Bellaire. o.
Charles E. Allerton, C. E. Manley
Fairmont.
Miltax, Camden sommers, clarks,
burg.
Media Direct, $. f. Earring. Rich
mond, Va.
Grace W., S. E. Earring, Richmond
Va.
s:12 pacc-PurSe 800.
Big Boy, w. L. Cottrill, Elkins.
j. b. Hanlon, Pinnickinnick Stables
Clarksburg.
Mimic, The Keyser Farm, Keyser.
Harrison, The Keyser Farm, Key.
ser.
Princess Hal, II. 5. Mitchell, odes.
sa, N. Y.
Lady H.. F.. W. Martin. Buckhan.
non.
Reelfoot, Guy NJ. Lee, Union city
Tenn.
Kenneth NJ. A. D. Parr. clarksburg
The Imitator, The Keyser Farm
Keyser.
Belle Hopkins, Scott Willis, Clarks.
burg.
Crystal Belle, A. D. Parr, Clarks.
burg,
Sophia W.. S. E, Earring, Richmond
Va.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER g.
2:2O Pacc-Pursc 800.
Letcher, A. S. Rodney, Rochester
NY.
Direct Hal, A. S. Rodney. Roches.
ter, N. Y.
Auto Jack, J. N. Kavanaugh. Har.
risonburg, Va.
cayce Jones, Guy NJ. Lee, Union
City, Tenn.
Bonnie Belle, Guy NJ. Lee, unior
City, Tenn.
Perry X, NJ. ]. Welsh, Agt., Cum
berland, Md.
Allie B., Harry McHenry. Hagers
town, Md.
Judge D., ]. G. Cheney & Co.
Waynesburg, Pa.
Lady signor, H. J. Mitchell, odes
sa. y. Y.
woodbower Burns, Charles Roush
Athens, o.
Montague, 5. E. Earring. Richmond
Va.
George H.. C. II. Saul. Norfolk, Va
Beaut GIenna, Geo. W. Green, Sc
dalia, O.
2:1O Trot-Pursc 800.
Belle Smith, George r. McCray
Washington Court House.
Ozar, J. J. Robert. Waynesburg, p
Humboldt, ]. NJ. Kavanaugh. Har
risonburg, Va.
Baron spanker, Perry Yates, Park
ersburg.
f'lashlight, the Clemens Farm
Kenia, o.
Klnslee. Peasants Field Farm
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TopAY,s GAMES

ToDAY'S GAMES
Fairmont at Uniontown.
Clarksburg TT Connellsvllle.
Grafton at charleroi.
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SUNDAYS GAMES.

Grafton at Clarksburg.
chaTleroI at Fairmont.
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cHARLERoI. Pa, Aug. 2s-The
home team defeated Grafton in a
loosely played game yesterday by the
following score:
Chartered. O12 OOOOOO1-411 2
Grafton ..OO1O1OOO1O-8 Z /
Mack and Daley; Cornelius and
Bouldin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-28
Saving Farm Seeds.

The farmer and the gardener al
often save money by saving his own
seed instead of being obliged to go to
the scotsman for his supply each
spring, and he can also have better
seeds, and increase his crop each year
if he takes sufficient a r in selecting
his seed stock to grow it from. There
is a value in breeding seed for better
crops as we'll as in breeding for better
stock, and while those who are a
ket gardeners generally know this
and save their seeds accordingly,
many farmers pay. little attention to
the matter.
1t is said that in one of u leading
corn growing States the crop per
acre and the total value of the crop
in the State has been increased, the
latter to the value of millions of dol
lars per year, by the efforts of one
man, who offered premiums for the
best ears Of seed corr sent in to the
State and county fairs. Such interest
was taken in the mater that many
strove for the prizes, and it is said
that single ears from those that re-
ceiyed the highest prizes were sold
at what seems e~Xtravagant prices,
even as high as $25 pee ear having
been reported in n case, and from
81 to SIS per a in many cases.
American Cultivator.
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ACCESSIBILITY of Planting Trees.

From time to time this department
has contained advice regarding the
Importance of farmers planting a for
est upon their now waste lands.
Especially in the New England
States, upon the deserted farms, We
see many so-called pastures that are
practically a useless waste, that
could be planted, as We might say,
into a chestnut orchard.
Not such a great while ago we gave
a very full account as to how this
fruit might be grown profitably, and
anyone familiar with city streets in
the fall OF the year could readily
Judge for themselves their standing
from a commercial point OF view.
Right here is a way Of having, after
every fall that is almost sure to hold
it's price, and then after the trees
seem to outrTn themselves can be
sold at fully fifty times their original
value.
This country alone is said to be
using 422.400,0 600 railroad ties on
it's railroads, and these ties have 10
be replaced about every five years.
This alone ought to suggest to every
farmer the fact that in time to come
there is almost sure TO be 4 shortage
OF timber suitable for this purpose,
as the railroads are continually on
the increase and the timber lands de-
creased by the woodman's axe or the
ra:ages Of forest fires.
OF course the argument could be
used that in the course, of time some
thing will turn up that will take the
place of wooden ties. This may be a
possibility, but we should remember
that nothing is a certainty. Business
men take risks in all sorts of things;
but the planting of these timber trees
we could hardly call A risk. for if the
trees when maturcd could not be
turned into none as railrnad tics
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Diversified Farming.

In diversified farming it is essen
tial that we give due attention to. the
claims of each branch that is being
followed and seek to harmonic them
all. We must select only those
branches which will At nicely into our
scheme of farm management and
eliminate every waste. g
If a man fully intends to gain
something by adopting the practice
of a soil robber and buying large
farms, dreaming them and selling to
another farmer, he may succeed in
making money. 1t is little wonder
that American farmers are often
called soil SINNERS.
They make more money as a rule
than the farmer who puts his money
into Improvements, for they have
more cash to speculate with. But
which men ere the most useful to
their community: The one who puts
his whole time and energy into CLEAN
ing every possible dollar from the
soil and putting it in the savings
bank, or the man who improves his
property, adds 20 the assessment list
of his township and helps to increase
the valuation of adjoining farms?-
ELitomist. " y
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Living Close to God.

If we live near our heavenly Father
We should strive to realize His con-
slant companionship. Wherever q
devout soul meets God is a. sacred
spot, whether it be like Jacobs pillar
of stone or q Sabbath sanctuary. We
may make the workshop, the count.
ing house, the study, the kitchen and
the farmers field sacred with Gods
presence. The nursery, in which the
pious mother trains her children Is
one of Gods dwelling places; and 1
have seen many a sick chamber that
was the vestibule to Heaven.
Happy the pastor who, returning
to his study for his years work, finds
both his Bible open and the mercy,
seat close beside him, with precious
promises strew thick about It! The
nearer he gets to his Lord and Master
in that study the nearer will he get
to the hearts of his people, both In
his pastoral work and in his pulpit.
The man Of business who gets a little
time with God in the morning, over
his Bible, or on his knees, will go all
the stronger into the tumult of the
day. To him the day with prayer
will keep it from raveling out into
many a folly or sin. Stout old, Luther
used to say that he @could not get on
without two hours a day In prayer
and close fellowship with Cod"
The ~higher life" is simply living
close to God, on the Sabbath in His
sanctuary and through the week in.
our own dwellings and places of busi7,
ness. 1t is keeping u citizenship in.
Heaven and our eyes above the blind
Ing mists Of worldliness and our
hearts in close touch with our Divine
Master.
They that thus wait or God shall
renew their strength; they shall
mount up as eagles. Their outlook is
wide; their spiritual atmosphere ts
bracing; they rehearse a great deal
of Heaven before they get there.
Close to God here, they will find the
gates of pearl opening to them allin
good time, and they will go in to be
forever with their Lord. "-Episcopafi
Recorder.
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RECOGNIZING Our Best Friend.

Is God our last hope, or u first!
Many a man has turned to his heaV-
emily Father only in his extremity, as
q last resource. Men who have not
prayed for years have dropped upon
their knees-or asked some one else
TO do so-on the deck of a sinking
ship, or when the last hope In the
universe, for this life and for the
aext, was God. Other men, in the
midst of physical safety and pros
perity, are nevertheless turning to
God daily and hourly, not as their
last, forlorn hope, but as the glorious
assembling of all their hopes; as
their richest blessing beyond all
other blessings in this present hour
of blessing. How much more the
Father can do for those who are
ready to find in Him every good
thing, than for those who leave Him
antil every other hope has been tried
and proved false! He will do all He
can for those who turn to Him last;
but His greatest blessings are o
those who seek Him frst.-Sunday-
school Times. ID.
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SiIage as q Horse Feed.

I know silage is a good feed for
horses, for l have tried it. I have
not, however, fed to any great ex-
tent, because I did not have as much
silage as I wanted for COWS and
horses both, and as I thought more
of my COWS than 1 did of my horses,
the COWS had all they needed and the
horses had to go short. One winter
we had a brood mare that was fed
silage all winter, probably twenty
pounds a day. She had some hay
and straw to go with it, and no grain
except what was in the silage, and
she came out fat and with a glossy
coat in the spring and had a fine,
healthy colt. Horses like silage as
we'll as cattle do after they get accus-
toned to it. A man in Michigan a
few years ago wintered two hundred
horses on silage and straw exclusive
~, with no grain. They anne through
in fine shape and the brood mares
all had fine, strong colts. The Ohio
station tried feeding horses on silaSe
through the winter ana reported that
they came through until spring in the
best condition. Mr.. w. c. Bradley,
of Hudson, Wis, says that n year
during spring work he was out OF
hay and the only coarse fodder his
horses had during all that period of
hard work was silage. He says that
his horses never stood work better
G. F.. McKerrow in the Weekly Wit
ness.
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The Home Doctor,

ASSSe

In view of the adoption by tile Dsv-
onshire County Council Of the medical
i~nsnecticn of children, several indig-
mani mothers have written to the
head mistress of one of the schools,
claiming exemption from the opera
ton of the act. One emphatic protest
comes from a parent, who writes:
Dear Madam objects to my chiiu
being overorled by a doctor. l clears
his blood vessels regular with brinl-
stone and ~treacle, and he don't want
no more doctrine. "-Westminster Ga
zette.
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Rise, Let Us Be Going.

Though the past is irrevocabie. IT.
Is not irreparable. In the garden
of Gethsemane our Lord said mourn
fully to the chosen three, "Sleep on
now, and take your rest;" but He
instantly added. "Rise, let US be;
going" In the first sentence He
taught the irrevocableness OF the
past; they might as well sleep, for
any good that watching could now
do. But in the second sentence He
taught that there was still a future
before them, with new chances and
opportunities and hopes. So shall It
ever be. God Himself cannot undo
the past. But He can, and will for
give. He will mention the past; but
give Us a fair fresh start. He VIII
even restore the years that the
canker worm has eaten" He will
give US new opportunities of show
ing how truly we repent the
decisions of the past, and how 10y
ally we desire to serve Him IN the
decisions of the future. He will not
ever mention the thrice denial; but
He will give us three opportunities
Of saying how much we love Him, as
He thrice bids us tend His flock.
'The King is dead!"-that Is the
proclamation Of the irrevocable past.
iLong live the King!"-that Is the
announcement of an available II
ture.-F. B. Meyer. Ii
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Waits Forty Years For q Debt.

John R. Runnells, of Hanover, n.
H., had been awaiting the arrival Of
Samuel R. Foss for forty years when
the gentleman put in an appearance.
In 1868 Fcss sold his farm 10 Run
nells and went to Nebraska to live.
Later it was found to be encountered
by a mortgage of S1700. When Foss
arrived he went to the home of his
brother. where Lawyer Ed. Cook, OF
Concord, and Sheriff George II.
Stearns, of Grafton County, both rep
resenting Mr.. Runnells, appeared. A
settlement was demanded and made,
the sum being paid exceeding $1,000.
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TX.

What with the refreshing quiet
of the room in which she found her
self after the hideous nightmare of
turmoil and trouble through which
she had just passed, Gertrude rapidly
revived. Her new protector only
waited, however, till he saw that she
was able to take care Of herself again,
and then he left her.
He had a train to catch himself.
aud had waited till the last moment
on her account. And surely it was a
heart of gold that thus befriended
an unknown girl, because he had, for
sooth, a daughter of his own at home
about her age! Gertrude had not the
slightest recollection Of his face.
She would not have known him
again had she met him anywhere.
She would not even have recognized
his voice. Yet she remembered him
always gratefully, but always with d
pang.
In her preoccupation she feared that
she had let him go without a word Of
thanks. She never knew, and she
could only hope that if she had, he,
in his haste, would not notice tie
omission; but still, when she remem-
bered the incident, the dread was a
soirce of discomfort to her as long as
she lived.
1t was not at the moment, how
ever, that this fear began to trouble
her. lust then she could think of
nothing but her m object, and how
to accomplish it; feel nothing but the
bitter disappointment caused by hav-
ing missed the train.
The thought O. having been so
near 70 him without eve seeing him
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Preserving Shingles.

The Forest Service has studied the
single problem along with that of
the preservation of farm timber. 1t
is found that shingles treated with
creosote by a special process which
the service has invented warp but
little and decay slowly, because
water is kept out Of the tissues Of
the wood. One such roof will out
last two or three left in the natural
state to curl, spring leaks and fall
to pieces. The creosote used is moth
ing more than dead oil Of coal tar,
but it keeps water from entering the
pores of the wood and render it i'm
mune to decay for a long time.
A roof of that kind costs a
little more at first, but it is
cheaper in the long run Woods
which are usually classed as inferior,
such as loblolly pine, beech, syca-
more and others which are quick de-
caying, readily take the preservative
treatment and are given a largely in
creased value.
The preserving apparatus IS
neither expensive nor hard to oper-
ate. One such outfit will serve sew
eral farmers. The main items are
an iron tank Gan old engine boiler
will dol, with ~preservative fluid in
it and a fire under it. and another
tank of cold preservative. The shin
giles OF other woods to be treated
are immersed for a sufficient time in
the hot creosote and then in the
cold. Full details OF the operation
are given to applicants for informa-
| ton by the Forest Service at Wash
lngton.-Harper's Weekly.
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Flies and Sheep.

HllSS anu SiSSPs
Fly time is on, and sheep, especial
ly rams, should be watched closely
for maggots. All rams should have
liberal quantities of pine tar around
the horns, which will prevent the fly
from depositing her eggs. When
present t%urpentine or dip will dislodge
them and pine tar will keep them
away, writes an Ohio breeder in the
National Stockman and Farmer. The
Icing and middle wool sheep are
more annoyed by the common house
fly than the Merinos and should have
a dark woods or an underground
cellar or cave in which to spend the
day. A single fly will prevent one
of these sheep from thriving a whole
day.
The owner of a grade flock Of
Shropshires once took the writer to
the mouth Of a cave in which his
sheep spent the daylights of summer,
secure from flies and in a climate
very nearly like the native conditions
OF the Shropsh1res OF England. he
lamented the loss Of the manure, but
the loss was more than made up in
the condition of the sheep.
Look out for the gadfy. Her eggs
are deposited in the nostrils of the
sheep and almost as o o as depos-
tied move up into the sinuses of the
head, and the sheep has grub in the
head. Tar on the nose or even dust
will warn the mother fly that such a
place is not a promising home for her
future family.
In the absence Of bare ground a
furrow plowed in the pasture will
supply the dust. Sheep sailed in. a
V-shaped trough. with tar on sides
OF trough is practiced as a preventive
by some fockmasters. Sometimes I
think that between gadfies, stomach
worms, lung worms-indicated by
the sheep standing with their heads
close together with their loses on the
ground and by running ticks-foot
rot and billiards we have a strenuous
time. "
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RELlcloUs fEADMc
FOB THE QUIET HOUR.
If
JUDGE NOT"

I'm not your Judge.
Nay! God forbids'
Me Judge the record o.. your deeds;
But tells me wait, with ready hand.
To love and help and understand.
Pm not your judge.
Nay! I'm unfit
God plainly tells in Holy Writ;
But bids me raise and Lift. you up,
Then pass, to you, the loving cup.
I'm not your Judge. r.
Nay! One on high
Will read your sentence by and by
But while we journey, side by side,
I am your friend, whate'er betide.
I'm not your Judge. :
Nay! On His throne
So over oil your faults I cast
Charity's mantle to the last.
Sarah Spencer Ruff, in Home Herald.
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Farmer Was Still Flowing.

Kasson P. Stanard, of Sheffield,
Mass, was blowing twenty-five years
ago when an insurance agent from
Pittsburg induced him to take out an
endowment policy on his life for
$1,000. The policy matured recently
and the same insurance agent found
Mr.. Stanard still blowing when he
rendered him a check for the amount
of the policy.
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Poultry Pointers.

Whitewash is better than paint for
TIC interior of a poultry house. Be
liberal in the use of whitewash, and
put in a little pulverized glue, thor
oughly dissolved in warm water.
Do not be deceived into believing
that practical qualities and fancy
points can not be bred in the same
bird. This is a ~favorite cry with
some; people who can't raise good
ones and who want to sell their culls.
If you feed your chicks around the
kitchen door, you may be sure that
they will always hang around there
watching for something to eat. Keep
th:m away from the house by feeding
them away from the house.
Keep the drinking vessels filled
with fresh water. More or less food
escapes from the beak of the little
chick while it is drinking. This food
soon becomes sou in the warm
weather and water Is foul.
When you whitewash the interior
of the poultry house mix a liberal
amount of some good disinfectant or
crude carbolic acid with the white
wash just before applying it. This
will insure the destruction of all lice
and mites with which it comes in
contact. ,t -
Be sure that the roosting quarters
are we'll ventilated at this time Of
the year. Pure air is free and mex
pensive and will enter every nook
and corner of the poultry house, if it
is permitted. 1t Is one of the very
essential things to the profitable rails
ing of poultry. Close, stuffy quarters
are very Observation-Disclosures
News.
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Vary the Food.

Don't depend altogether on corn
when fattening your market hogs.
Feed them some green stuff as an ap-
petizer. Best of all it is If you have
some artichokes or some roots, say
mangels or rutabagas. Failing these,
don't disdain pumpkins. Anything
that will give variety to the rations
will keep up their appetite and there
is then no danger of a standstill in
the fattening process from the hogs
being "off, their feed" a condition
which always is Threatened when corn
is fed exclusively.-Farmers' Home
Journal. ] I'D.
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Silent Threads Of Gold.

Little nameless acts Of kindness,
little silent victories over ~favorite
semptations-these are the silent
threads of gold which, when woven
together, CLEAN out so brightly IN
the pattern of life that God approves.
-Farrar.
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Panama Elects Three Vice. Presidents.

The Assembly of Panama elected
Jose Augustin' Arrange. Carlos Men,
doza and j. M. Lambert, First, Second
and Third Vice-Presidents of the Re-
public respectively. Bills presented
included one providing for the estab-
lishment of a national agricultural
bank and another for the establish
ment of colonies of immigrants.
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Thorough Churning.

In order to have as thorough
churning as possible, the tempera-
ture of the cream should not be over
ffty-eight degrees. While the but
ter is in the granular form, the
churning is to be stopped. Then
draw the buttermilk from the churn
and wash, then butter and salt while
yet in the granular form. For the
taste of most people, one ounce salt
to the pound of butter is about right.
-Epitomist.
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Feeding the Pigs.

Tests at the Indiana Experimental
Station indicate that pigs make bet
ter gains when the grain Is fed dry
than they do when it is mixed with
water. This would, suggest that
those who take the trouble to mix
grain with water before feeding
waste their time, and, to a slight de-
gree, the food value of the grain
Epitomist.
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For the Greatest Success.

Life is greater than any series OF
surroundings that may affect it, and
tlse greater success in life consists in
following the possibilities of our
highest selves.-Ridley.
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Whipped For Wife Beating.

At Denton. Nd, a sentence of nine
ty days and twenty-five lashes on his
bare back was imposed by Magistrate
Wilson on John Carpenter, a negro,
for wife beating.