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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

WASHINGTON, June 1.--Cleyer, intense,
womany-there in three words is Mrs.
Frances HodgsOn Burnett. / put clever
ness first, but it is the last thing one
thinks of, not being thrust forward. The
dominant note in this fine nature is in
tenseness, almost girlish at times in buoy
ancy and enthusiasm. Here is a woman
whom success has not spoiled; who is
neither languid nor blase; who cultivates
no eccentricitles; whose impressions are
vivid and fresh; who can enjoy, hope and
suffer as keenly as ever she did; who
likes people. likes living and has uni
versal interest and sympathy.
There is nothing to Mrs. Burnett's home
which marks it as the abiding place of
genius. From the outside the house is like
any other house on fashionable street.
You see in the window physicians sign
telling his Office hours-Dr. Burnett. Per-
haps you were not aware there was such a
person, or that he was one of the best oc-
uiists in Washington. The colored man
asks il you want to see the doctor. No,
no; of course you don't. The question
irrltates you, as if 1t were slight to the
woman you admire. The rooms are fur
nished like the rooms of ordinary taste and
means. You notice Japanese idol in the
square hall. some etchings of foreign
scenes, but nothing design ed to make an
impression.
Now Mrs. Burnett enters. She wears a
black gown and has yellow hair. The
skirts have the orthodox swish-swish and
train along the floor; the hair is a tossed
and tangled mess. She has well-groomed,
wholesome look and the chic of women
who spend much of their time abroad.
Why give the catalogue of her eyes, nose,
mouth, chin. with their various shapes and
colOrs? Who ever got anv idea of per-
son from mere adjectives? She looks very
much like Miss Ada Rehan. In repose
her face is severe, but 1t never STAYS in re-
pose. She smiles in two ways-with deep
ening lines at either side of the mouth /;
with diverging fan-shaped lines from the
junctnre of the brows. Oddly enough, too.
she has a mania for collecting fans.
Mrs. BurnettiS not an American. She
was born in England, loves English people
and their ways. speaks and looks like an
English woman. Her voice has the Eng
lish sOftness, her complexion the warm
English col0ring. American wnmen who
speak as she does are usually affected.
Mrs. Burnett prefers Washington to any
city in America.
One will pass through many places with
out finding such a ialker as the author of
Little Lord FOuntleroy." She speaks
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

years ago when one of them, of his own
accord. offered to pay a higher price for
per stories than she had been getting from
him. She was then Young girl of liz ann
he might have had the stories for half The
amount he paid. but he did not take ad.
vantage of her ignorance. Now she has
far greater demands on her pen than She
can fulfill. and whatever she chooses to
write and as much as she can possibly
write brings her 10 cents a word.
That means that earning S20O or s9oo ia
an easy mornings work for her.
AT that rate one wonders why she does
not work morning. noon and night. AS
matter Of fact she is n lot even able To work
continuously during the mornings. In anv
event her afternoons and evenings are
gwen TO other duties, to her family and to
society. although she cares little for the
latter. But her mornings she sets apart,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
CLOUD OF WILD MONKEYS
The Curious Awakening Which a
Tourist Had at Paradeua.

I. CasSer. civil engineer OF Vienna,
Austria, who for two or three years has
been travelling almost constantly, relates
the following:
"a most singular thing befell me near
Paradeua. Ceylon." he said II had gone
with friend into the great botanical gar
den there. This is probably the finest
botanical garden in the world. You hear
many compliments about one or two other
gardens, but believe none of them are so
large Tor so entirely unique as this.
In this great garden, oddly enough.
there were many wild animals. As a rule
they are not supposed.t to be savage, how
ever. Well, one day it was extremely
warm-hot, you may sag. even for Ceylon.
l at length became tired and stretched
myself on the ground under some india
rubber trees.
''My friend, meantime. left me, and l
gaZed for time up through the leaves of
the trees, catching CLINT once in while
OF lie sun, and fell asleep. must have
slept an hour, when suddenly | was
awakened Ivy queer uncanny feeling and
opened my eyes.
Judge If my surprise when / saw
perched upon my feet, body, and even
upon my shoulders, lot of little MONKEYS.
while about me ana heaming upon me-
"
and ages. 1t seemed to me there were
myriads of them. 1 was frightened, for |
knew those monkeys were wild, and In
their wild state did not know what thew
might do.
II gave one leg a twitch. however. and
then the other and bounded to my feet.
thro wing off all that were gamboling over
and about me. In second the MONKEYS
vanished, and only peering from the tops
of thu tall bamboo and rubber trees could
| see any at all. Even these did not re-
main long. In few minutes they were
all gone. l was much alarmed, for the an
pearauce of SO many of them was entirely
unexpected. Ii was week before ! got
over my fright.
ut appears, however, that the queer an
finals had meant no harm to me. The con-
gress had been called. and their examina-
tion of Inc as | lay upon the ground was
merely out of curiosity to divine what
kind of an object | was. l suppose if /
had been addicted TO intoXicants | might
have received such shock from the cloud
of monkeys that l might never have re-
covered from it.
LAS it was. voted myself in luck and
vowed never to go to sleep again in wild
tropical forest even If it were called bo-
tanical garden"
What Suilied His Forefathers.
Alec Irsty-Do you believe in electro
cutidn?
Foggarty-No. sir: do not. The old
fashioned way NJ hanging that suited nv
fire a saAa 80, n 4, sY, IA D,..,.
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titled "Auimals 1 Have Known" She
would include in it ponies. cats, cows,
dogs, etc.
This whole talk about pets was precipi-
tated by the sudden appearance of the
cooks very unintelligent but affectionate
little dog" which came romping into the
room unbidden. l owe that dog debt of
gratitude.
Here is another instance of the way in
which Mrs. Burnett's quick mind seizes
on the slightest clew to develop forthwith
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

some theme of remarkable interest A
word about her "reminiscences of child-life
now being published in Scribner's, called
up food of memories of her own child
hood from the day when she. a tot OF
5. formed an unfavorable opinion of her
nurses intelligence. because the latter
tried TO deceive her in the matter of hold
ing her baby sister. The precision with
which Mrs. Burnett remembers her own
mental states at such an early age, and,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-09-29

Have you seen the new goods
at the Bargain Store on Pike ST.
opp. the P. o. 1927.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-09-29
DIED

Near Wallace. Harriet Talk.
ington. wifeof Geo. W. Talking
ton, on the 18th of September,
1898, aged So years.
She had been a consistent
member of the Baptist church
80 years or more. and expressed
a Willingness TO golf it was the
Lords will. She leaves aIarge
circle Of friends who mourn her
loss, also her companion and
several children who will miss
her as a loving companion. a
kind and devoted mother. Her
physicians said her death was
caused by a car. buncle on her
cheek. AS friends and
neighbors we extend to the be.
reayed family our warmest sym
pathies. II. d. L.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-09-29
Dragged BY 4 stIrrup.


The passengers on the Graf
ton accommodation were forced
TO look at a shocking sight last
Friday evening.
The train was west bound and
was running between Smithton
aud Long Run. Near the track
is a road that runs parallel with
1t for some distance. AS the
train nearad this the engineer
noticed q girl riding horse and
they were close to the track.
The horse at first did not mind
the train which was not whistling
or making an unnecessary noise.
But when 1t got even with the
horse the animal frightened
badly, jumped and started to
run. The girl was thrown off
and her foot caught in stirrup
and she was dragged for some
distance before her foot was re.
leased. The train was imme.
diately stopped aud the little
girl was picked up by The engi.
neer. Her head and shoulder
was crushed in and she was
left in an unconscious condition.
Slate Journal.
A TELEGRAM representative
was told by conductor Picket that
while it looked as though the lit
tie girls head was crushed, it
proved to be a scalp wound. She
was taken on the train to the
next station and DIR. M. r. Grit.
fin dressed her head. She was
the daughter ola farmer named
Hit and will recover.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-09-29
Palrmont Loeals.

Joseph Z. Sands was in Clarks.
burg last week attending the
funeral of D. S. Thompson.
Edward Phillips was severely
injured in the coal mines at Shaw
recently. He was buried under
about five tons of rock. He was
broken and bruised. but 1t is
thought will recover.
Married, on the 10Th of Sep.
TENDER, 1899. in Palatine. oy
Rev. w a. Wiley, Mr.. Harry
linn to Miss Morris, all of this
county.
A tramp was arrested at the
depot Saturday night and put to
work on the street Monday morn.
ing. but while Sergeant Morgan
was overseeing some work a
short distance away the tramp
skipped out with two days
board ahead. -lnder.
On last Wednesday evening at
8 o'clock Miss Bessie Martin and
Mr.. j. Herndon Abbott were
united in marriage in the pres
ence Of only a few relatives at
the home of the brides mother.
Mrs. Sidney Hesley. beloved
wife Of Abraham Hesley, died at
her home on Walnut Avenue. ON
last Friday evening at 6 o'clock,
at the age of So years.
Mrs. Josina Knight. the wife
of Richard Knight departed this
life on Wednesday. September 13,
1898, in the Gath year of her age.
She had been confined to her
room nine months with dropsy.
Saturday night young wo-
man named Williams. living at
James Wright's in South Nor
gantown, after retiring. accident
ly dislocated her jaw by yawnlng.
Such an accident is a singular
one. DIR. Kelley was called and
adjusted the dislocation. Both
sides of the jaw were dislocated,
and the young lady suffered great
pain for while. shewas speech
less and remained with mouth
wide open until the doctor ar
rived. Free Press.
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=.
Mrs. George Peck, OF Romine's
Mills, Harrison county. spent
Saturday and Sunday with rela.
tiyes here.
David Pinnell, who has been
visiting relatives and friends in
Buckhannon, returned to his
home at Romine's Mills vester.
day.
r. L. Latstatter, of Newton.
passed through town on his way
to clarksburg. He is tobe mar.
ried on the eth INST, 10 a Miss
Bean, Of Randolph county. The
ceremony will be performed at
the residence ofhis father in that
city.
Mrs. j, L. Hurstreturned from
Hagerstown. Md, last Friday.
She had gone there in company
with her daughter Mamie. who
has entered college at that place.
Delta.
On Sept Goth, 1893, Miss Sue
u. Summers was married TO j.
Whitsall, of Lewis county.
Miss Lee Kiddy, amost charm
ing young lady of this place, will
be married on Wednesday, the
9th, to Mr., Pat Berry of SUIT
ton. The bridal trip will take in
the Worlds Fair at Chicago.
Banner.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-09-29
THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING.

Fifty seasons have rolled
away! Fifty springtimes with
sweet flowers and singing birds
fifty autumns with waving har-
vests and golden leaved
forests! Such tells how Father
Time has dealt with Col. and
Mrs. Andrew S. Criss. Entering
upon a life of welded bliss just
fifty years ago, how pleasant it
was when on last Wednesday
evening there were gathered at
their cozy home on Mechanic
street, their large circle of
friends and relatives. 1t was
their Golden Wedding" ami
nersary and the evening was a
Joyous one for the large number
of invited guests, which included
about all the prominent married
men of the city and their ladies.
The presents were very pretty
and many of them were costly
and most appropriate. The re-
freshments were delightful, con.
sisting of fruits, cakes. ice cream
and other delacies. The happy
hero and heroine of this occasion
the former 70 and the latter 20
years of age, wore bright faces as
the brilliancy of the surround
ings carried them back through
fifty years TO the time when
Marian L. Robinson became the
wife of Andrew S. Criss. Mr..
Caiss has always lived in Clarks-
burg, being long engaged in mer-
camille pursuits. He has served
his fellow citizens as county as
SCISSOR, city councilman, crier of
the o. S. Court and in other
places of honor, always with
credit to himself. He was a
Colonel in the State Militia in
1s4f; and is probably the Oldest
Militia Colonel living in the
county. Seven of their children
are dead and they have yet at
home with them two daughters
and a son-Maud, Iva and Fred.
May their remaining days be
filled with peace.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-09-29
Harrison County Bible society.

There WILDE a meeting Of the
Harrison County Bible Society
Auxiliary, on Tuesday evening,
october1. at half past seven
o'clock at Golf Chapel. A sermon
adapted to the occasion will be.
delivered by Rev. DR.. Forrest.
Rector OF Christ church. All
pastors are requested to take up
a collection at the morning SER
vice for the Bible cause.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-09-29
STATE ITEMs.

Important West Virginia News All
About our Mountain State and lis
People.
The Baltimore s Ohio EN-.
ployes at this place have decided
to go out against a reduction Of
z! per cent in their wages at
Waynesburg.
Miss Hattie Piersol. of Park
ersburg, while suffering with q
sudden attack of epilepsy, fell
into a spring and was drowned.
Archbishop Kenrick, of ST,
Louis has been deposed by au-
thority of Satolli and Archbishop
Kahn. late of Wheeling, w. Va.
his coadjutor, has been vested
with full archpishcopal powers.
A Mrs. Davidson, claiming to
be a niece of the great Confeder.
ate general. Stonewall jackson,
has been visiting towns along
the Ohio river below Parkers.
burg She has taken French
leave on several occasions, and
always leaving behind an unpaid
board bill.
The accidents and mlshaps Of
the past two weeks are sufficient
to characterize this period Of
time as fortnight of casualties
and horrows. Last Friday morn
ing a frightful wreck on the Wa.
bash road at Kingsbury, H.,
hurled twelve people into etern.
ity, adding one more horror to
the list.
The s. S. Stewart property at
Harrisyille was sold last Satur.
day. The Reucilie office, with all
Of its fixtures. was bought in by
Mrs. Stewart for $3.50. Mrs
Stewart is indeed avery persver,
ing woman and deserves great
credit for the manner in which
she has kept up her paper. Stew
art has, we are told, never been
heard from since he ran away TO
escape punishment for the al
legged forgery.
There are at present $3.50 pa
tents under treatment at the
West Virginia HOSPITAL for the
insane at Weston. OF this num-
AIS are females and 461 males.
There are still outside confined
in Jail at various points in the
State q lunatics, 2 males and q
females. These with the 35 at
the new Spencer hospital, and 10
colored patients who are not
provided for at the colored asy-
lum at Weston, constitute the
total number of the insane in the
State.
Two tramps entered the resi-.
dence of q. s. MarshalS. S. Vim.
son, which is situated one and
one half miles of this place, last
Thursday morning, and ransack.
ed the house thoroughly but
failed to find any money, which
doubtless was their object. None
of Mr.. Wilson'S folks were at
home excepting Miss Mary and
the servant girl. Miss Mary
was so badly frightened that
her nerves were affected and a
physician had to be summoned
to attend her. She is now con.
fined to her room with malarial
fever. When a report of the
attempted burglary reached this
place about twenty-five or thirty
men Immediately repaired to Mr..
Wilson's home to capture the
villains, but they had taken to
the woods and made good their
escape. Ceredo Advaace.
Looking backwards.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-09-29
West virginia Awards.

The following West Virginia
yards at the Worlds Fair have
en- made:
n West Virginia and Pittsburg
foad. Weston, timbers, sec
|aas, etc.
rarkersburg veener and Panel
apany, Parkersburg, wood
ssers and panels.
! r'srkersburg Mill Company.
SSersburg. brush and imple-
ut handles.
s'ate of West Virginia, Charles,
tree trunks and finished pan
hednoot Paper and Pulp Com
v Piedmont, pulp, pulp wood,
sfs, chemicals, etc.
"@oarger Lumber Company,
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Last Friday a great storm at
Chicago did lots of mischief in
the Worlds Fair grounds. The
loss is placed at $4,000, most of
the damaged goods being in the
French, Japanese, German and
Austrian sections of the Manu-
facturers Building.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-09-29
Looking backwards.

Twas all serene some months ago when
Grover took his seat,
And Democrats went marching round
with measured tread and beat.
OH how they prophesied good tines,
that they declared were dawninR;
But somehow they didn I calculate the
difference in the morning.
And now, when Grover goes to fish, the
silyerites combine,
And say he's after gold fish with his
little hook and line: -
Some time ago the sky was clear, but
now it's dark and strange,
And even IN his pocket Grover Cleye.
land feels the change.
Philadelphia AortA american.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-09-29
CEREMONIES
ATTENDING THE LAYING OF
THE CORNER STONE
For The First Presbyterian
Church.

Church.
On Wednesday the streets In
the vicinity of the First Presby-
terrain church were filed with a
large crowd eager to see the lay
ing of the corner stone for the
new structure which is to occupy
the same spot as that of the old
building whose corner stone was
laid almost sixty years ago. The
day was cool and pleasant and a
bright sun caused all the earth
to smile with gladness and rejoice
on the occasion of the consecra.
ton of the edifice to the service
and glory of Almighty God.
After a few preatory remarks
by Rev. j. h. Flanagan, DID,, of
Grafton. who conducted the ser.
vices, Rev. B. B. Evans led in
prayer. Rev. Henry Runner, DID,.
Of Parkersburg, delivered an
eloquentand appropriate address
which we should like to present
entire had we space. 1t contain
ed many pretty thoughts and
was listened to with close atten.
ton by the large crowd. He
spoke of the early history of the
church, Gifts sturdy and devoted
members andpaid a feeling trib-
ute to its first pastor, the Rev.
Asa Brooks whose remains lie
beneath the new structure and
the exact spot of whose tomb
will be marked by a marble slab
in the floor. Then in closing an
impressive appeal was made to
initiate the laying of this stone
in building strong, stalwart char.
acters that shall cast their benef-
cent light over all around them.
AS you lay this corner stone
and dedicate 1t to the services of
the true God, remember that we
are building another temple. We
sreto build ourselves with clean
hands and pure hearts into a
temple not material, but which
\ shall live eternal in the heavens
and shall not pass away" The
stone was then lowered to its
place and set by Rev. Flanagan
and Mr.. A. B. Clark and Mr.. j.
A. Mcconnell.
The following articles were
deposited in q receptacle in the
stone Presbyterian Banner, N.
I Observer, Philadelphia Presby-
srina, Telegram for august I'll,
se9s august 5th, a so cent piece
p 1893, Columbian half dollar,
scents of 1898, 8 cent and two
arge copper cents, History of
harrisburg by Col. Henry Hay
Pond, old stamps by Ernest
!. sres, Program of Exercises, list
tchurch officers, contractor and
j, furch history and records up
. date.
y Among the prominent people
i resent from out of town were
Governor Judge Asa Brooks
a lening and Geo. NJ. Fleming,
4 andsons of Rev. Asa Brooks,
y y 90 IS mentioned above as the
st pastor of the church. The
ennittee, under whose charges
q e services were conducted, con
y sted of 7. G. Brady. chairman,
Il !. Corbly, j. L. Ruhl. j. N.
NJ VI avid and a q Smith
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-09-29

Congressman w. Breckenridge
has a very interesting and sensa.
tional suit on his hands just now.
His relations with Miss Pollard
are questionable to say the least,
and the old statesman will have
lots of fun getting out of the
scrape.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-09-29

The Ferris wheel is doing a
double turn and earning s., 900 a
day for its owners.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-09-29

1t is now claimed that the
meanest man halls from wire
grass Georgia. He is said to
Jump the feuce every day for
fear that frequent openingof the
gate will wear out the hinges.
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Dobbin, curly maple and samples
of cabinet wood.
A. D. Hopkins. Morgantown,
Indigenous insects.
U. B. CONFERENCE.

The Parkersburg Annual Con.
ference of the O. B. Church, met
in its 9th session at Buckhannon.
W. Va.
Opened September 20, at . p.
m. with Bishop E. B. Kephart in
the chair. After appropriate ex.
ercises G. W. Weekly was elected
president and @. h. Cox score.
tary.
The session was pleasant and
profitable. Ministers'reports show
great interest and hard work on
the part of some of the ministers.
while they show much neglect on
the part of Others.
The Bishop presided in mas
terly way. He knows how to
push the truth into a fellow if he
VIII only open his mind.
The following is a part of the
report of the stationing commit
tee:
PARKERsBURe DISTRICT.
S A Shanabarger, Pc; Park
ersburg St, G A Davis; Parkers.
burg Circuit, j Slaughter; South
Parkersburg Circuit, W E Grail !;
Pennsboro, E L Reese; Middle
Island, w NJ Burgess; Smithton.
w 81 Gandee; Freeport, j A
Davis; Tannersville, W d Hem
don; Cairo, A Wright.
BUcKHAsNoN DIsrRIrc.
@ Il Cox, P. E. Buckhannon,
d W Cunningham; Buckhaunon
Circuit, w Fl Albert; Barbour
Circuit, d Z Weaver; Upshur
Circuit f NJ Boyd; Freemans-
burg, ] Q Warner Lewis. II B B
Amos.
We have given above only the
stations nearest Clarksburg.