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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-03

He has always commanded a certain respect even
from those who denied him In their estimates any
OF the sturller qualities OF sates"nmsp ENGAGING
social qualities lie has likewise ccr,an pnrios
Ism that goes with good position, anu n,"es.i',Ss, M ,S
harder uses Of public oihce lie Is approachanie
on too many sides by shrewd men laying ana P"'
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06

gong onrtor several years, and have
been completed only recently. So
soon as they were finished the labor
market was overstocked with Eng
lan's West Indian colonies and many
Of the colored workers who had been
making good wages and had been
able to put some money aside set
sail for the United States and have
located In New York.
Many Of them are masons, brick
layers and carpenters skilledi in their
craft, and as building operations are
going on very actively this year
they have not had to wait long for
employment. They are sober, in
dustrious, and have one recommend
alton to some employers which other
workingmen lack-they take nopart
in labor movements and labor or
CARNATIONS, and relieve contractors,
therefore, from the menace ofstrikes
and lockouts. Heretofore there have
been very few skilled colored me-
chanics in New York and very little
demand for any.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06
TRAINED CATS.
An English Snowman Has Large
Number of Them.


A Snowman in England, Clarke by
name, has succeeded in training q
large number of cats to perform re-
markable tricks. One Of these is to
walk over a long line of living rats,
mice and canaries, stepping carefully
between the huttering little bodies
of birds and mice, aud harming
none Of them. Another cat climbs
by rope to the roof, seizes the
handle Of parachute, and descends
byit TO the ground from consider
ableheight.
Mr. Clarke repeats, what is well
known, that the cat is the most diff
cult of animals to train to the per.
Torrance Of tricks. He has trained
bears, lions, leopards,, tigers and
other wild animals, and finds them
teachal,le aud submissive when com
pared with cats. The cat, indeed.
can never be so far conquered that
her performances can be depended
on. Mr. Clarkc's entertainment in.
cludes only thirty trained cats, but
be has to take with him sixty, in or
der that he may have substitutes for
those who will not perform.
he calls the cat hopeless bun
die of sensibilities. Strike her
once, though only by accident, and
she will never perform again. Kind
ness is not only polite, but absolute
ly necessary. Some of his cats it
took him four years OF ceaselcss eff.
fort to train.
Mr.. Ciarke's cats are extremely
fond of him. When he enters his
cat stable" the mewiug is pro.
digious, and he is instantly buried
IN u moving mantle of cats.
The difficulty in the cats training
does not lie in the animals intelli.
gence, but in her disposition. She
is as clever in her tricks, if She likes
TO do them, as a dog. But she does
not wish to subordinate her will Ia
tnat oil any living creature She
does what she wants to do only. and
will perform, ifshe performs at all,
only to please herself.
Those who have seen cats engaged
in boxing matches will not be sur.
prise to learn that Mr.. Clarke has
succeeded in training two cats tc
box very scientifically They amuse
great numbers of people nightly with
their pugilistic encounters.
The animals which walk over the
chains of rats, mice and canaries
without touching them are only six
in number. Any of the Others
would help themselves to these an.
petizing creatures without com.
Functions. These six were brought
up from their earliest infancy in
cages with rats, mice and birds. and
live with them constantly. Youths
Companion.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06
COMMISSIONERS SALE,

BY virtue of decree of tho circuit
court of Taylor couit,. T'ca. Y.rginin.
entered on the Goth day of September,
1850, in a chancery cause therein pend
ing, entitled Silas p Baileys' Execu-
tors VS.. b. Franklin Bailey At ais. de-
PENDANTS, the undersigned, Special
Commissioner, will on
MONDAY, OCTOBER I, 1895,
ut one O'CLOCK p. M. at the front door
of the court house of Barbour county,
Mt the town Of Ph;lippi, West Virginia,
proceed to sell Mt public aution, to the
highest bidder the following real estate
to-wit All those three certain tracts
OF land composing the home farm of the
said Il. Franklin Bailey, situate about
one mile north west of the town of AS.
tor, in Taylor county, the said lands
lying partly in the counties of TAYLOR.
Barbour and Hurrison. The first OF
said tracts contains about II acres and
was conveyed to said b. Franklin Bal
ley by George Shay by deed dated the
2ith day OF May, 1850, and of record in
the office OF the clerk of the county
court OF Barbour county in Deed Book
No %, page S5i. The second parcel
contains % acres 3 roo1s and 0 poles
Bailey by Reese Shay by deed dat
ed the Sd day of April 1876 and of re-
cord i'll the office of the clerk of the
county court OF Barbour county in Deed
Book No. II page 4l5 The third par-
eel contains sG5 acres, (the coal under
lying this land is notincluded nor to be
soldl, and was conveyed to the said B.
franklin Bailey by James e. Bailey,
Daniel ID. Bailey and Thomas NJ. Bailey
by deed dated the first day OF March
1875, and is OF record in the office of the
clerk OF the county court OF Barbour
county IN Deed Book No. 1G page 500.
The parcel of II acres and the parcel of
- acres rods and 6 rods Will be sold
separately. The parcel of 26j acres has
been partitioned by survey as herein
after Indicated aud will be offered in
parcels and Us whole and sold in the
manner that the most money can be re-
allied therefor. The parcels OF the 2G5
acres are as follows rirst. the part
lying on thesouthwest side of thecouuty
road where the house stands. Second.
a parcel of thirty five and one half acres
known as the Locust GroveCut from the
part of said land lying on thenorth and
east side of the said road Third, the
residue OF said 2G5 acres lying on nor I'll
and east side OF road.
Plats of said land can be had by cali
ing on said b. +. Bailey, or on said COM
missioner Mt Grafton, IN Taylor county,
West Virginia. Special reference is
made to the deeds hereinbefore referred
to for more particular description of
said lands.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06
TRUSTEES SALE or LAUNDRY

By virtue OF the authority vested in
the undersigned trustee, bv a dscd n
trust executed by Byrd Evans and
Clarence NJ. Evans, her husband n me-
as trustee On the l4th day OF june 1s sa1
to secure the Clarksburg Steam LAM mn
dry Company the payment of two notes
each for three hundred and fifty dnIIsrs
with interest from date OF deed and ~
record in the office of the clerk AZ NJ th ~
county court of Harrison conntv ' IN
Trust Deed Book L page .. / viii IN -
SATURDAY, SEPT. ii. ISM
at the front door Of the court borso 30
said county proceed to sell 10 tn, hish ~
est and best bidder, at public anctsnn
the following described property I nsed
for the purpose OF carrying on the bns;.
ness OF Laundry and nov in the bniI mid
ing lately occupied by the ClarksSnss,
Steam Laundry Company, that il In aay
One boiler and engine, one washar
one extractor, one combined iron"r ~.
collar and cuff IRON. one starch Lst 1he
ore Gull and collar starcher. ono Alter
and all other machinery and 6xtmres
used IN the laundry business and now
in said builditg. "''" LOW
Terms of sale cash.
- .. HARVEY W, HARAlER
Trustee.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06
[ COMMISSIONERS SALE.
J. Q and W. ;. Dayton Is. w F.

y. Y and w. IL Dayton VS.. w. +.
Block and Others, in chancery.
By virtue OF decree entered In the
above styled cause on the 10th day of
May, 1895, by the circuit court OF Har-
rison county, State OF West Virginia,
the undersigned who was therein APP
pointed Special Commissioner for the
purpose will sellat public outcry on the
18TH DAY OF SEPT. 1896,
between the hours of 10 O'Clock d. m,
and O'Clock p. m. ut the front door OF
the court house of said county Of Har.
rison. the house and lot situated In the
town OF West Milford in said county OF
Harrison, and being the same sold and
conveyed to said Block on the 10th day
of August, 1903, by Andrew NJ. &L. III.
Freeman and deed therefor recorded IN
the office OF the clerk of the county
court OF said county OF Harrison in Deed
Book so page 1898 to which reference is
made for fuller description thereof,
This lot contains little over one
quarter OF an acre and has upon il
commodious two story dwelling house
containing six rooms and has suitable
outbulldings, and is q neat, coy town
property.
West Milford is town OF considera,
bio Importance and is in one of the most
wealthy and prosperous sections OF the
county and is pleasant and desirable
place IN which toresiae.
TERMS OF SALE
Onehalf cash in hand on day of sale
and the residue upon credit OF twelve
months taking from the purchaser his
note with interest from day of sale with
good personal security and retaining a |
lien upon the lands to recover the I'M
paid purchase money.
LEWIS O. LAWSON.
Special Commissioner.
State of West Virginia, county Of Har.
rison, ,to-wit
1, p. NJ. Long deputy clerk OF the CIR.
cult court for Harrison county, West
Va, do certify that Lewis q. Lawson
special commissioner in the above styl-
ed cause Las executed bond with 40.
proved security as is required by law
Given under my hand this the l4th
day of August, 1906,
Pm LONG,
4O-4t. Deputy Clerk.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06
long Before the Bell Telephone.

A correspondent, noting the item
recently published relative to the
granting of a pension by the Ger
man emperor to Miss Refs, who, it
is claimed by the Germans, is the
real inventor of the telephone,
writes the Boston Journal, that
in the National museum atWash
ington may be seen o Refs tele-
phone over which speech has been
successfully transmitted, and which
was unquestionably invented when
Prof. Bell was a boy in school.
For SIZE AM, SHAPE.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06
HARVEY w. HAMMER


i. Henry Raymond, clerk Of the
circuit conrt OF Harrison county do
hereby certify that Harvey W. Hammer
tile commissioner whose n me is sign
ed to the foregoing notice OF sale has
given the bond required OF him in the
order directing the said sale.
HENRY HAMMOND, Clerk.
August l2, 1885: 4U.4t.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06
LEWIS O. LAWSON.
Special Commissioners.

Don't forget when you come to
the fair next week to examine
the elegant line of samples, which
Messrs. David & Long, Sales
Agents for the Royal Tailors.
Chicago, and Wanamaker &
Brown, Philadelphia. will be glad
to show you. 422t.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06
Here is n Bargain.

A splendid business yielding
81, 10000 per annum; only 81, $50.
on easy terms. Address, The
SOUTHERN REAL ESTATE Ex-
CHANGE, CIarksburg, W. Va.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06

The Royal railors, OF Chicago.
will-be pleased to have you call
at their local agency, and look at
samples, get prices, learn meth
DDS, and find out what kind of
work they do. To do this will
cost you nothing but your time,
and if you conclude to place an
order with them, you will learn
later on, that it was time we'll
employed. Long & David, Sales
Agents. 1926.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06
G. BULL
ALLEGHENY, PA.
For SaIeL

Iwish to dispose of my inter.
est in the Excelsior Bottling
Works at Clarksburg. Good
winter trade. Best paying bust.
ness in this section. Thoroughly
established trade, Reason for
selling, am the inventor of a
shipping case for bottled bever,
ages and want to engage in the
manufacture and sale of same,
FERNS reasonable. Address 4
g Mcdowell, Clarksburg. 1otf
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06
L. NJ. LAFoLLETTE,
Special Commissioner.

Bond and security has been given by
said Special Commissioner as required
by the decree of sale rendered in sale
cause as required by law.
FREDERICK ]. 3URDETT,
As.td. Clerk.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06

odnPER MONTH SALARY. A few
pfU energetic ladies aud gentlemen.
wanted to canvass. Above salary Omar
anteed. Call on or address LOUIS q
SNYDER, State Agent, Laurel Point
MonongSlia county, W. Va. 4a.8n.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06
.TERMs oFsALE

One third cash in hand on day Of sale
and the residue upon credit OF six aud
twelve months, with interest from day
Of sale, said commissioner taking from
the purchaser notes with goodpersonal
security for the deferred payments and
retain a vendors lien on the land so sold
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06
NOTICE OF COMMISSIONERS
IN SALE OF FARM.

By virtue Of the authority yestedin
the undersigned commissioner blythe
decree OF the circuit court Of Harrison
county, made aud entered at the AfGy
term, 1885. in the chancery cause Of
James A. Harrison VS.. n. q. Morgan,
administrator OF Lucinda John, decd,
and Others, will on the
l0THDAY OF SEPT. 1895,
at ie front door Of the court house Of
the said county, offer for sale and sell
the real estate mentioned and described
in the said decree and the bill and pro-
ceedings in the said cause, consisting
OF u tract Of COL acres Of land lying on
Rock Camp III Sardis District and the
same landconyeyed TO Lucinda John by
james A. Harrison and wife by deed
dated the 21st day OF March 1882 of re.
cord in the proper Office, in Deed Book
Nm an mage 2Hl
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06
TERMS nF SANE.

Sale will be made for one fourth cash
and the residue on credit of six,
twelve, eighteen and twenty-four
months the purchaser to givebonl with
good security for the deferred pay
tnauFS
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06
pIDUCIARY NOTICE.

The accounts of the following named
Fiduciaries are before me for settle
ment
Clyde Bailey and Hattie Bailey adj
ministrators OF John Bailey, deceased.
J. B. Cunningham executor Of J,sse
Pigott, deceased. = $50
J. B. Cunningham agent Of Jesse
A. Q. Hall guardian of Iva Coffman.
Given under my hand this 9lth day
of August, 1895,
JAMES n. DAVID
Commissioner OF Accounts for Harrison
county. West WI. ~ st
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06
OFFICIAL COUNTY DIRECTORY

JIM. Hagans. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Judge
Henry Raymond. Clerk Circuit Court
2. NJ. Long. Clerk County Court
Chas. w. Lynch ...... !. Pros Atty
i'll. Alexander. ........,.. Sheriff
9. o. Denham .... Deputy Sheriff
w. II. Alexander Deputy Sheriff.
Jesse Hagerty. Assessor Lower District.
Pierce Sidebottom" Upper
j. ". Bailey ........,...... Surveyor.
z Circuit Court convenes on the second
Tuesdays Of January, May, and Septem-
Der.
County Court conyencs in March,
June, September and December Of each
year, always on the second Monday.
The Federal Court holds two sessions
annually in Clarksburg, conyening in
April and again in October.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-21

And now an equally strange scene is
being enacted at the opposite side of the
cook tent where the company of freaks
from the side show are beginning their
evening meal, for they never eat until the
Congress of Nations has finished. Here
comes the bearded lady, with a yellow
covered novel III her hand. and some line
diamonds on her fingers. She is quite an
intelligent person, and interesting TO
talk to after you have grown accustomed
to the long Silken hair that covers her
face. Next, Jo-Jo comes in wearing d
black veil all round his head 10 guard
him against unWelcome remarks from
outsiders, for he is the ugly dog-faced
boy, unpleasant TO look upon. Removing
his veil Jo-Jo takes his place next to the
man who has no arms, VINO IS evidently
hungry, and is feeding himself rapidly
and deXtrously with his two bare feet,
lifted easily above the table, as has be-
come natural for him from long habit.
Strange to see him reach for the salt ana
pepper, sprinkle them on his meat, ana
then taking knife and fork between his
toes, go on with his meal serenely. y
little farther down the line sits the snake
charmer munching green corn and carry
ing OH an animated conversation with
Laloo. he who bears two bodies in one,
his OWN and that OF d little sister whose
head was left by some strange fate in
side his breast, her body hanging out.
Then there is the human ape, with body
Of huge strength, and low recedlnS lore
head. There are also the midgets, poor
little men, carried in and out by tnelr
manager. who never leaves them. Mid
gets are a little out of style now SO Mr..
Hager the manager of the side show tells
me- The public is weary of giants and
fat women. What is wanted now are
freaks" and for these the management
will pay generously. 1t is enough to dis
courage an ordinary clerk or bookkeeper
at SIS or so a week with being normal
weel formed man TO learn that this poor
wretch Jo-Jo draws $50 week for mere
" standing in the circle of monstroSitleS,
while LalOo, with his velvet clothes and
languid air, is paid S275 d week and all
expenses. All these and others eat regu-
larly in the cook tent, and usually with
hearty appetite.
D. m. the Orientals eating first. BY >
o'clock their tables are gone. By go
the three rows of tables for the circus
laborers are gone. The dishes are. all
packed. the boards and boxes loaded on
the wagons At o'clock the freaks"
are still eating. but the rest of the big
tent shows only bare ground BY $40
everything is packed and loaded, even
the tent has disappeared. and the three
cook tent wagons, weighing six or eight
tons EACH stand waiting the siX-horse
teams that will presently haul them away
to the circus train. Thus is great res
taurant packed away in boxes every
twenty-four hours.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-21
HERALDs ri. PAGES

their troubles, for they must know exact
ly what each of these heather groups will
or will not eat. None of them. for in
stance, except Malay girl with finger
nails very long on one hand and very
short on the other, and renegade der
wish will eat pork, which they call babee,
pronouncinS the word with scornful tone
ana gesture. Babee no good,'' they will
all tell you. And the Nepaulese and
Kings extend their aversion to all kinds
OF meat except mutton and I will tell you
in all seriousness if you call the inter-
prefer that the devil has his favorite
habitation in beef They all eat mutton
except the Sinks, who believe that food
prepared by Christians is accursed, and
would not on pain of their lives touch a
morsel in the cook tent, nor eat anything
prepared by other hands than their own
This curious prejudice caused the circus
management much trouble at first as the
Sinks simply refused to taste of the dish
es put before them, preferring 10 starve
rather than be false to their creed An
noyed and worried, one circus proprief or
undertook 10 argue the question: but the
spokesman for the Sinks, Il learned man.
SO 1t was said, and a philosopher in his
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-21
written for The Herald.)

This is going to be a great year for
the sons of famous men. Heredity,
when it has political favor, seems to
be asserting itself with unusual force,
so much so that the sons of ordinary
men with aspirations for public office
had better make a careful study OF
their respective family tree and en-
deavor 20 bring to the surface some
ancestor who was a great man d lew
genera lions ago.
Summed I'D briefly, these are the
men who are now in search OF poilucal
honorS and whose fathers were great
men before them;
Z. Tecumseh Sherman, son of Gen.
eral William T. Sherman.
James r. Garfield, son of James a.
Garfield, the martyred President.
Robert T. Lincoln, son of President
Abraham Lincoln.
George B. Mcclellan, son of General
George Is. Mcclellan.
Fred D. Grant. son of General .. S.
Grant.
Allen Thurman, son of Allen G..
Thurman, the old Roman.
Incidentally, Benjamin II. Harrison,
son of President William II. Harrison
but that is an old story.
Some of those above named are just
about TO make their debut in the arena
OF pOnIlcS, Wnlle others can dlItdOS DS
cl2ssed as old campaigners
There is young James r. Garfield. for
instance. He is making Il comparative
" humble beginning and intends work
ing his way up the political ladder step
by step. He has never sought appoint
Tcent TO any Office, but hopes TO make
an entry to the realm of craftsmanship
through the votes of the people.
Odd Condolences.
He has been nominated for state
senator in the same district Of Ohio
ti1irty-six years ago. There are other
condolences which in Q, sentimental
way will help along the campaign OF
this young man. His father was ?,
years old and had bee-l married just a
year when he ran for the office that
his son is now working for. Young
Garfield is also % years Of age and has
been married a trifie more than a year,
The father and son were both gradual
ed from Williams College. but the son
had the additional advantage of q
course in the Columbia law school Of
New York, and moreover has Travelled
extensively abroad. He is also a rich
man, whereas his father at the same
time OF life was poor
There was some little objection to
the nomination of young Garfield on
account of his youthful appearance
but it was pointed out that the same
objection had been made when the
father had been nominated. Young
Garfield is anxious to go to Congress
and If possible from the same Ohio dis
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-21

from kelly" the largest Of the BOOM
erane- throWerS, while u. Dahomean Wo-
man. christened Smut Box Kate, t tS.d
to be placed as far as possible from the
fat E-squilno woman, the grandmother OF
little Columbia Palmer Thus arranged
the Oriental groups eating alone II .hs
cook tent every afternoon, presents
most picturesque appearance. one OIL ule
women or men in each group mas ailiiost
invariably prepared some queer 70 i've
dish with her own hands, ana is etterIlS
this to her friends with great PRIDE ut.
Kohl found it best to allow them inns
privilege and scarcely day passes out
some of the OrIentalS ask 1or eggs, on
ions, mutton, a chicken. or something elss
which. with mysterious additions or ms
own he deity transforms lpto olsieS
that would puzzle a Partisan cneL 10 an
Awe These little surprises brighten all
ewes and set their tongues gong, so tndI
there IS a perfect babble OF talk anu
laughter. 80, ,,,t, =; he
black hair, and wearing skirt ike q
woman. is offering mixture lhaI s.iIe ii
OF garlic TO the women OF ms sI tv
these later having no combs in tnelr mar
At5the Arab table, the women dresser III
red and gold, with many BEADS ana span
giles with white wells over their pisch
hair and glittering ornaments, LOOK loI
all the world as il they had just stepped
out of some Sultan's harem, nor would
anyone suspect that one of them was re-
love some years ago with one OF tne
Arabs, followed him to ms country
learned the natives ways and language.
and became to all intents and purposes
an Arab herself, so that she now speaks
English with an accent; Yet SO II Is, anu
between her and the Kabyl women on
the right there exists a constant feud,
which makes it necessary to keep the Ia
BILE between them. In this group is also
the bright-faced. Hthe-limbed Mounl, the
graceful Algerian dancing girl, whose
movements are a poem
Now the meal is drawing to its close
and a comedy Burmese woman passes
out slipping piece of ice down the neck