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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
VIROQUA, WIS, June 13, 1917.

Resetting of tobacco plants COM
menced dNSaturday under very checkered
conditions. Some growers report their
beds are in perfect condition, plants
large and free from rot, while others
report small growth and much rot. =
Censor.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-16

ingly time enough has gone by and
things enough have been proved or
disproved to give certainty to the
word that Woodrow Wilson has found
Edward NJ. House an advisory asset.
There hardly can be much of real
mystery about a man who twice since
this great war began las been sent
abroad as a special commissioner for
the president of the United States. Col
onel House has been twice in Berlin.
five times in Paris, and frequently in
other of the great European capitals.
Some day it may be that Woodrow
Wilson will write what may be called
an photographed review of his nd
m~inistration. If he does it Is entirely
likely that the part taken by Colonel
House In the shaping of some of the
policies of the president may be given
the page place which many men be-
neve that 1t deserves.
No Mystery There.
While living In New York Colonel
House resides in an apartment not
very far uptown. It Is a homelike
place where good books are found and
where good friends may come. 1t is a
genial place and 90 curtain of mystery
hangs over the door of any one of its
rooms. Men go there and are well
come. They go and they talk. Man
learns as much from man as he learns
from books and more perhaps If we
believe the ancient saying about the
proper study of mankind. .
/ asked Colonel House what his rec
reations are. He said, "Friends, read
ing and walking" His library shelves
show the kind of books that he has
read, still is reading and will continue
to read, for those in the book cases
are made the companions day by day
of the others as they come from the
hands of writer's worth while.
No man probably can read politics,
legislation, economics and history con-
stantly without getting some Of DIR.
Dry-as-Dust's characteristics. So 1t is
that Colonel House does not read the
four f~ormidables constantly. He turns
to fiction and here one finds something
of possibly more than passing human
interest.
George Frisbie Hoar of Massachus-
etts was one of the scholars In politics.
1t was said of him that he had read
everything from Aristophanes' Frogs
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-16
SEEMS TO FIND LITTLE JOY
Possibly Premonition of Its Fate
Makes the Turkey Such a Con-
fTrmed Pessimist.

The turkey Is a serious bird. The
expression written on his bill, as he
looks m%ournfully out over the world
or walks solemnly, his long neck sway
ing here and there in search Of the
passing g~rasshopper, is that of a set
tied melancholy due to the certainty
of fate and to the hereditary loss Of
his illusions.
For, ever since the days Of theNPil-
grim Fathers, the lives of countless
generations of the turkey family have
been cut short in their prime by sud-
den and bloody tragedy. What would
be the effect upon the minds and
hearts Of a human family If every
member Of it for 300 years back had
met a violent and bloody end just upon
reaching maturity? A pail would hang
over the annals of the house. Despair,
fixed and settled, would be written
into the very constitutions of its menu
bers, and life would become a burden,
a curse almost too great to be borne.
It must have been that one of the
Pilgrim Fathers, viewing the end Of
the turkey as symbolic of that Of
man, wrote that cheerful ditty which
our ancestors were accustomed to
sing in their gathering for divine wor-
ship:
Thy years are one eternal day,
And must thy children die so soonf
Minneapolis journal. :
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-16

to Locke's "Human Understanding"
and from this latter book of "dismala-
ties'' to the lighter minded reader,
down to everything heavy and semi
heavy which was published to the
week of his death. Senator Hoar kept
his mental condition balanced by turn
Ing not merely from the heavy to the
light on occasion, but to the actual
featherweights of fiction. He read
mick Carter"
Woodrow Wilson, 1t Is said, turns
away from the studies of states, past
and present and In prospective to the
reading of what the English call penny
~ireadfuls, and what the Americans in
the old days called yellow backs. IT
Is said that the speaker of the house
of representatives, Champ Clark, stops
frequently his mental digging into all
kinds of history to take up for relief
purposes books of the kind which
make a boy happy.
Reads Good Fiction.
In the library Of Colonel House
there Is plenty of good fiction. He
does not turn to Nick Carter, nor to
1.-THE Hidden Hand of Mrs. e. d. ..
N. Southworth, nor yet to "Owl Face,
The Pawnee" of Beadle dime novel
fame, but he manages to keep the men
tai balance even by an evening lamp
hour or two with the writer's of fic-
ton who can lay claim to what the
book reviewers call literary merit.
Today Colonel House is entering up
on the work of preparing material
which one day, perhaps far in the fu-
ture, will be serviceable to the Ameri-
can commissioners at the great peace
conference. Another has written this
concerning the choice by the president
of Colonel House for this work: HE
Is peculiarly qualified for it by his dip
lomatic experience of recent years, by
his study of political problems which
the war has raised and by his integrity
of mind and character"
Sherlock, will you take on the
House Mystery Casef"
Mystery? my dear Watson, there
Isn't any,"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-16

down their handiwork. The wall can
be demolished by anyone who tries to
get at the foundation of the fiction.
Edward M. House lives as open a
life as that of any American whose
profession or business does not call
him daily into the places where men
throng. If one wants to know about
him through motives other than those
of the fdleness of curiosity he can see
him and talk with him, and the
chances are that he will be told every
thing concerning the subject of his in
curing curiosity that any man of
modest mien and inclination naturally
would be willing to tell. Colonel House
Is a genial man who seemingly eve
has sought to define for personal use
the meaning of either of the words,
GOODNESS or austerity. He has a sense
of humor well developed, and a tenn
peramental warmth.
Secret of His Power.
In Houston, Texas, In the year 1858,
Edward M. House was born. He was
educated at the Hopkins grammar
school, New Haven, Conn.,, and at
Cornell university. He has been active
all his adult life in Democratic politics,
but never has been q candidate for Of
fee.
Add to these admittedly meager de-
tails one fact and unquestionably you
will have the secret of this mans pow
er to attract other men to him for the
purpose of consultation on really high
public matters. From the day that he
was old enough to undertake serious
study, Edward M. House has been deep
In the books of politics, economics and
legislation. He has marshaled In his
mind all the greater events which have
happened In these three words. More
over, he has the men, the things and
the motives connected with each case
constantly in procession before him.
He is quick to trace a cause to an eff
feet, or to go the reverse route. He
has been a student of human nature
as 1t has shown itself In many of the
great problems of human life. This
means that he has In him, OF at any
rate men believe that he has in him,
the qualifications which go to make
up a sound diplomat.
Through successive administrations
In Texas the governors of the state,
one after another, consulted Colonel
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-16
JOY In Thanksgiving.

It is a pity that so few pious PEG.
pie have learned how to participate
In the deep happiness that is COM
tanned in thanksgiving to God for
events that bring joy or for happy
days. If some joyous event comes
quite Unexpectedly or long desired
into our life, If father or son returns
from the war, If convalescence comes
at last, If a victory is won. how warm
and generous then rises the impulse
from the souls depths 70 seek a
Spirit whom one can thank for 1t
ALI Happy he who knows then the
way to the throne Of Godl Then the
vibrations of the soul ring out a Joy.
Gus thanksgiving to God. This
thanksgiving to him to whom in faith
we attribute the event gives 1t its
significance, gives 1t place in a vast
er, holy process, that is above all 9th.
er things.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-16

House on public matters. How deer
an impression he has made on Texai
legislative history never may be knowr
definitely, but there is enough salient
to make Texans know that they are
right in attributing to him many Of
their public welfare acts.
Though not accounted wealthy in
these days of huge fortunes, Colonel
House is quite we'll fixed financially
and is not engaged In business of any
kind.
Has Studied Hard.
I have talked to Colonel House and
have learned things which make me
feel that I shall not go wrong when ]
try to put an Interpretation upon some
of his methods of doing things. He is
free enough to say that he has studied
hard at economic, political and le2is-
lative subjects. He probably even
would be willing to admit that he
thinks the results of these studies con-
,tinued and their results retained, have
enabled him to be Of some service
when men were seeking information
concerning events in the past which
have relation to events in the present
OR events expected in the future.
Therefore, there is here a man who
has held what he has studied, who
has collated and correlated the hap
penings Of history. who has drawn
lessons from them, who takes an In
terest as deep In the living present as
he does in the dead past, and who men
believe is able to make his knowledge
serviceable, for old as it is let us say
1t, history repeats itself.
Woodrow Wilson did not meet his
friend Colonel House until the days
when he was holding office as COVER
nor of New Jersey. It is said by
friends Of Mr.. Wilson that almost In
stantly he came to understand why
the Texan had been Of service along
constructive lines to some Of the gov
ernors of the state in which he has
lived most of his life. For six or sever
years Mr.. House has been the comb
dant and the counsellor Of the presi-
dent Of the United States, and SEEM
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-16
Unofficial Counsellor of the Pres
ident Is a Modest But Well
Posted Man.
STUDENT OF WORLD AFFAIRS
Now Gathering Data on Economic and
Other Problems Which Must Be
Solved at the Peace Tahle-Has
Qualifications That Go to Make
a Sound Diplomat.

AUTHORS NoTE-Men have made Q
mystery of the life and the doings of Col.
Edward M. House, the friend and adviser
of Woodrow Wilson. II there has been
mystery, it Is nene of the Colonel's max
ing. / venture the hope that whatever
may nave seemed to be bidder Is dis
closed in this article. the material for
which was obtained in the only way In
which such material can be obtained, by
direct personal contact, inquiry and
study.
Evening star., 1917-05-13

and bones and vital organs will be
weak. You will have big chickens, but
soft ones. At the end of ten days or
two weeks their bodies will be too
heavy for their bones and muscles. II
they once "go down on their legs
they will be stunted, damaged, de-
formed for life. Feed five times a day
for the first week. Keep them happy.
Many people lose big proportion of
the chicks hatched. They are permit
ted to run at large with the hen and
Shift for themselves. The result is
that Accidents of all kinds overtake
them. Special care, keeping the chicks
within proper bounds, at the same time
attending to their exercise, diet an,,
digestion, should bring from 90 to 95
per cent through in fine form to a
safe period. No chances should be
taken on the safety of the chicks The
caretaker should know exactly where
the mother and her brood are every
moment of day and night. He should
know: too. that they are absolutely
safe from all enemies, and from every
possibly weather emergency.
The mother hen should be kept with
the chicks until they are at least five
weeks old. II the weather is cold or
wet. and other conditions are unfa
vorable, she should continue with them
longer. The judgment of the caretaker
must be brought into exercise in every
part of this fine business. Some disap D.
po1ntments are bound to result But
If the subject is thoroughly studied
and the principles here stated faithful
iy practlced. success will be assured.
Evening star., 1917-05-13
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.

WINCHESTER. Va, May 12-Private
Wiley of Company I, 2d Virginia In
fantry, was brought to Memorial Hos
pital here with a bullet wound through
his foot, which is said to have been
inflicted accidentally while engaged in
friendly tussle with fellow guards
man near Stanley, Page county, where
they were on duty. Bugler Stuart
Wood. also of Company I, recently
shot himself accidentally through the
foot while cleaning his revolver and
is in the hospital.
Mrs. Mary Wood Setback, ninety years
old, died suddenly few days ago of
congestion of the lungs. NShe was i'll
only several hours. She was the widow
of John w. Setback and was a native
of Pennsylvania. She leaves three
sons. three daughters, twenty-three
grandchildren and two great-grand-
children.
The directors of the Martinsbure and
Winchester Turnpike Company have
let contracts for the rebuilding of the
highway between the two cities, and
which forms connection at Winches-
ter with the famous Shenandoah valley
pike. The roadway will be plowed up
in sections, after which stone will be
spread and rolled and then a heavy
bituminous binder applied.
Fire believed to have been of in
Evening star., 1917-05-13
Maryland and the Virgitlias

Onaneock, While excavations
were being made for the new homo of
W. H. Rogers recently, a thick brick
tremely large. In colonial days. when
AccomAc. known az aye Little King
dom Of Accaw Macke." was one Of the
eleven boroughs, Onancock was the
seat of the courthouse and clerks Of
flee. which stood on the lot where the
wall was found. 1t is probable that
the wall was a part OF one OF those
buildings.
Covington. va-D. W. Jones and s.
Garner. both of this city. have bought
the covington Sentinel from e. G.
Kinkaid.
matched from eggs Of a blacksnake. and
all 1iving-it sounds impossible. but
William H. Miller vouches for the
truth Of the tale. The guineas were
hatched on his farm near 5.a here e,;t what ny Is
black duck. and all are living. Here's
how It all happened: Mr.. Miller's wife
had set the duck on sixteen guinea
eggs. After the Industrious incubator
had been busily engaged for about
day and. putting her hand beneath the
duck, was horrined to grasp q Shiny.
repuIsive reptile. Her shouts called
Mr.. Miller from the house. gun In hand.
onancoch, va-Francis T. Rev died
recently at Parksley.s He is survived
by q widow and two sons. John X Kew,
a former member Of the house OF dele
gates. and J. Harry Rev, who now rep
FreelinR, Va-Forest fires ranged re-
Gently in Cumberland mountain near
the border line of Dickerson county
Notwithstanding the warning a, nnar OF orosse the
ing public place in this section. Fences
were burned. and losses IN valuable
timber were suffered by the holders.
u.--,.nuhure. ya-A spark from q
railway engine landed on a bedtick or
a motor truck, which was making 3
cross-country trip from Shenandoah
City to Weyers Cave with e load o.
furniture recently: the ensunenr ex dlS,
it. and, fearing an explosion Of tn.
rasoIine engine, he took refuge behint
a tree, at a safe distance. and watched
the furniture, truck and all burn up
A big piano was among the things de-
stroyed.
Martfnsbure, w. va-Two attempts
to damage railroad property have beer
frustrated in the vicinity of Harrison
burg, va, recently. A SUCK oi ayhd
mite with fuse attached was fount
Saturday in a coal chute on the Nor
folk and Western station at Elkton
eighteen miles east Of Harrisonburg.
Luray. ya.-David N. Cave, one mile
south of Luray, lost his barn and the
contents by fire recently.
Luray, va-w. ]. Irwin Cave, a con.
federate colder, aged seventy-nin.
years. died at his home near Stanley
recently, after an Illness Of severa
Evening star., 1917-05-13

Sarah Franklin Chapter, ID. 4. r., was
entertained by Mrs. Frank Morgan at the
recent meeting which closed its season.
Evening star., 1917-05-13
months from a general breakdown due

months from a general breakdown due
to old age.
Annapolis. Md-Two hundred and
ninety-three additional candidates for
admission to the Naval Academy as
midshipmen were found mentally quail
flied as result Of the examinations
conducted under civil service regula-
tions at the various stations through
out the country during the latter part
Of April.
Martinsburg, w. va-Gov. Cornwell
Sunday. May Is. as the date for the an.
nual observance in West Virginia OF
Mothers day, a celebration Instituted
in practically every state OF the Union
through the initiative of Miss Anna
Parvis. a native and resident Of this
state. which gives the observance OF
the day an especial significance In
West Virginia.
Martinsburg. w. va-when Bud
| Moorehead, alias Dick Harris. a negro
| Of Welch. said that three persons had
been murdered and their homes de.
stroyed by fire, no one took him sert.
| ouly. but after he had referred re.
to start a fund for a reward for the
| apprehension Of the murderer, an in.
vestigation was made and his story
| was found to be true. He was arrested
groes. consisting of Ed Dillon. his sup.
posed wife. Martha Dillon, and his
nine-year-old daughter, Bertha. were
beaten to death and the house set af1re
Brunswick, Md-Leonard Wilhelm
nineteen years old, son of Luther H
and Florence Wilhelm, was killed by q
Baltimore and Ohio train at wevertor
recently.
Charleston. w. ya.-Taking the
ground that there is no justification fol
| chronic idleness even in time of peace
much less in time of war, the state
council of defense announced that il
| would recommend to the special session
of the legislature which meets May Il
that legislation be enacted compelling
all men between the ages of sixteen anG
| sixty to find employment.
| Hagerstown, Md-Abram Bowman
eighty-three years old, OF Greencastle
several days ago secured a marriagt
| license here to marry Mamie Elizabeth
Mahafey. hfty.six years old: The
| widow. They married later.
Cumberland, Md.-The first step pre-.
| liminary to ending the regime of the
West Virginia and Maryland Gas Com.
| ell Monday. Upon the recommendation
of City Attorney David A. Robb. ar
! ordinance was passed providing thai
notice be given to all concerned of the
| intention of the mayor and city coun.
| Gil to take up for passage on May 1.
an ordinance to repeal the franchise
! now held by the company in this city.
Homecoming, Md.-Joseph Stewart
| aged seventy-six years, Union vet.
eran. died recently at the home Of his
son. William G. Stewart, on Big Weir
hill. from injuries received from a fall
down the concrete steps.
Evening star., 1917-05-13

The District Congress of Mothers and
farrnt-Tencher Associations will hold
rs annual meeting Tuesday There is
to be a aggression from the usual order
in the place and time of meeting. Mrs.
y. Lewis Dalby. member of the exc
cutive board. extends the courtesy Of
her house and grounds to the congress
and Its friends for use upon that occa-
zion. Mrs. Dalby lives at 1915 Long
fellow street, at the edge of Rock
Creek Park. 1t is directed to take any
18th street car north to Kennedy
street, then walk one block west and
one north. The meeting is to be held
in the open, following social hour.
beginning at IL o'clock with basket
lunch on the lawn at noon. Each per
son is asked to bring cup and a
spoon In addition to Individual lunch
a feature of the luncheon Is TO he
the "eongfess salad" prepared by Mrs
Leonard q. Doten. The fame OF this
salad harks back to the shad luncheon
given at Mount Vernon during conyen-
tion week in honor of the out-of-town
delegates.
This 10 to be the last meeting of the
year. Reports on the work Of the past
year are to be given by the officers.
heads OF departments and special COM
mittees.
At the close OF the meeting officers
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cendiary origin a few nights ago de-
stroyed an historic old brick building
known as the REORGANIZATION mill,
several miles east of Winchester. which
was owned by John Bush. 1t was one
Of the Oldest mills in Frederick county.
and during the civil war 1t made flour
for the Confederate army.
Many of the companies of the I'd
Virginia Infantry. now doing guard
duty in the Shenandoah valley and
southwest Virginia, have lost large
numbers Of men by reason of dis
charges because of the dependent
every company is far below the war
strength number. In order TO fill up
gaps, recruiting parties have been sent
| out by each company captain, and
every inducement possible is being held
out to young men to enlist in their
home companies. Lieut.. Fred S. An
derson of Winchester is in charge of
the work in the seventh congressional
district
The Island Park property of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad is being rap
| idly whipped into shape for the annual
| encampment of the cadets of the Staun-
| ton Military Academy, which will be
formally opened on May IS. There will
| De over 400 men in the camp, including
| the FACULTY and military instructors.
| ana the encampment will continue ten
| days.
Miss Gertrude Shepherd. seventeen
year-old daughter of Daniel Shepherd
OF Berryville, Clarke county, who left
home last week without telling her
parents where she intended to go, was
| located day or two ago at a boarding
house In Martinsburg, w. Va, where
she had registered as Miss Snapp, Bal
timore. Nd"
| A large number of young men of Win
| chester. Harrfsonburg, Staunton and
other cities in the Shenandoah valley
left today and tonight for Washington
to be ready to report Monday morning
at Fort Myer for the opening of the Of
ncers' Reserve Corps training camp.
| Nearly all the men from this section
who recently took the physical exam
| nations passed. and they expect to re-
ceive commissions at the expiration OF
| their training period. In quite large
! number of instances the young men
have given up lucrative positions and
| professions to engage in the work
Amos H. Foreman. seventy-eight
years old. died this week at the home
OF MS daughter, Mrs. T. b. Mckee, in
| winchester. He leaves eleven sons and
| daughters
Miss Louise ParshalI. a native of
PENNSYLVANIA, but for many years a
resident resi- OF Berryyilie. is dead. follow
three sisters and two brothers.
Disposing of an estate which, accord
| ing 10 her Will, was worth about 81 900
when she had only $3.50. bed and
s some ciothing. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Funk
houser. member Of a prominent family
who died recently, has created a situa
tion which is very unusual The an
praisement. just filed in court, shows
she left an estate valued at $3.50, al
though she made numerous beouests in
| her viii to certain relatives here and
IN Missouri Some of her kinsmen at
Warrensburg and Buneeton. Mo, hav-
ing reason to believe Mrs Funkhouser
| was possessed of considerable wealth
nave employed attorneys to represent
their interests here.
Evening star., 1917-05-13

be known az Nos 3 and 4: Silver
Spring. with the exception OF those re-
siding west of Rockville pike and south
of the '.triapgle." from Takoma Park
station. The section west of the Rock
vile pike will be included in route No.
2. and served from Chevy Chase branch,
which will be established by transfer
of route No. 3. Silver Spring. Route
No. l patrons. Hyattsville. will be sup
will be known as No. route, WASH
ipgton. The changes do not affect ad-
dresses.
The extension OF route No. 2 from
Alexandria. Va, to station G. Of the
Washington office, known as the New
York avenue station. and route No. I.
from Cherrydale, Va, to the George
| town station. have also been author
lied. effective May 16.