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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-20
Ia DESERVED I'M.
Reason for an Increase in a Lads
Wages.

Reason for an Increase in Lads
Wages.
Several years ago when W. F.
White, the present traffic manager
of the Santa Fe, was general passen-
ger agent OF the same road with
headquarters at Topeka, Kan, be
had in his employ an office boy by
the name of w. ]. Young. He was
an orphan lad about fourteen years
old, and, with another brother, kept
house in a little room on the out.
skirts OF the town.
He was very Industrious, and
often when his work required him
to stay after the other clerks had
gone home at night, he would sleep
on his desk in the office and would
be found busily at work by the first
clerk who arrived early ir the morn
ing.
One day Mr.. White found a care.
fully written and sealed letter on his
desk marked personal Opening
it he read the following brief com
munication:
"MR wHITE-At present my salary is only
ten dollars per month. aad can only cat two
meals per day. You know this is not enough
for o growing boy. / would like TO have my
pay raised 10 fifteen doll IRIS month. so / can
cut three meals q day. II you cannot give me
fifteen dollars month will work for ten dol
lars month W. ]. YOUNG"
well, l guess the boy will have
to have three meals day." laugh
ingly exclaimed Mr.. White.
Young remained in the service OF
the company many years, being pro-
NOTED from time to time until he oc-
cupied the position of city passenger
agentof the road at St. Joseph, Mo.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-20

DIR. H. R. Fish, of Gravois Mills. Mo.
practicing physician OF many years
experience, writes De Wits witch
Hazel salve has no equal for indolent
sores, scalds, aud burns. 1t stops pain
instantly, heals burn quickly and
Lleayes no scars Sold by Crisis
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-20
For Sale!

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.
Terms reasonable. Address j.
G. Mcdowell, Clarksburg. 19tf
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-20
Spring
M edicine

4 . necessity because the tonic Of winter
cir u gone, and milder weather, increased
moisture, accumulated impurities in the
blood and debilitated condition of the
body, open the way for that tired feeling,
nervous troubles, and other Ills. The
akin, mucous membrane and the various
organs strive In vain TO relieve the im-
pure current Of life. They all welcome
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-20
SEaEEEEEEEEEEe
Susanna.
Dr. L. A. DAVIDSON.


On August 81, 1894. my little bow
Wallie p, aged months and IL DAYS
was taken with Cholera Infantum VIC.
ently attended with painful and slow
detention OF teething. We used all OF
the remedies recommended by the lead.
ing authorities and all of which we were
acquainted after fifteen years prac-
tee of medicine. still my baby was
rapidly growing worse, After a con.
yersation with my wife we decided to
procure bottle Of Susanna. We claim
that Susanna did the work of saving his
life. aud we heartily endorse aud RECON-
mend this medicine to all parents hay
ing children suffering from all bowel
and stomach disorders.
Respectfully yours,
II, =. BRYAN, N, d.
Churchville. W. Va.
The above practitioner Of medicine is
graduate OF Jefferson Medical Col
lege. 44-tf.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-20
Asbe.tos Clothes for Flrem.,.

Firemen's clothes in England are in
the future to be made of asbestos or
mineral wood. The efficiency Of suits
composed of this material depends on
three facts. 1t is noncombustible, a
nonconductor of heat, and in no way
injured by water.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-20

The cats Of the Isle Of Man Az as
destitute of tails as If they were guinea
pigs. II has never been accounted for.
but in spite of being unsdentific il Is .
fact.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-20

Are you all tired out do You have
tired feeling or sick headache You can
De relieved of all these by taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-20
Long & David are also aoent

Long q David are also agents
for Wanamaker & Brown. Phila.
aelphia, Penn, and have just re.
ceived an elegant line of fall and
winter samples, of both made to
measure and ready made cloth.
ing. A q.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-20
For Sale.

Good house and lot, 2 good
business rooms, 6 room dwelling,
lot 63 feet, on Pike and 674 on
Main streets. For terms enquire
OF j. w. Odell, Clarksburg. So
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-20

There is one medicine that will c,,ro
Immediately, We refer to De Wits
Collie and Cholera Cure for ali summer
complaints. No delay, no disappoint.
meat no failure, Sold by criss. 30
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-20

]. W. odell s Go. can please
you in furniture-also repairing.
Prices low. West End. 27-tf.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-20

Amos Payne en- furnish YOU
sections for any mower. 87.tf
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-20

G. W. Mofrett, Notary Public, Convey.
ANGER and Pension Solicitor. PROMPT
attention to all business. West Milford.
w. Va.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-20

I n. DAVID. Justice of Peace and
~. Commissioner OF Accounts. Office
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-20
Purifies
he Blood.

al have taken Hoods sarsaparilla and
found that 1t gives me an appetite. It
strengthens me and purifies my blood"
Miss LYDIA MADDOX, Partlow, Virginia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-13

curiosity many time when it was a
mere lump OF immovable bronze, with
paws rigidly set that now parted and
| closed, and eyes benignly gazing that
now glared with the zest of a coming
meal
! And he was sure the beasts head
was swollen with expectation.
Holy Virgin he exclaimed again.
| and crossed himself, expecting each
second to see the animal spring. 70
feel its hungry breath and the blow
| Of its striking body.
But the panther did not spring. II
! only moved its massive jaws and bel
lowed and beloved until the garden
echoed with the blasts, and CailIot's
head began TO swell and his nerves
to grow limp. He was sick unto flee
ing, but his feet We're glued. He could
have fallen PROSTATE in u fit of ter
ror, but the rain refreshed and pre-,
served him. SO he stood where he
was, fascinated, as a bird to the tor
tuous gyrations Of a snake, and gazed
/ upon the panthers head until, as he
looked, the animals. jaws shut to and
remained closed, the believing ceased,
and instead he heard a voice that in
cultural tones snapped out an imper-
ative command:
Count six, monsieur
Caillot made no reply. His senses
had been so supplied by the sight OF
the living statuary that he did not
realize the meaning Of the words I'M
til another sound reached his ears and
terrified his brain into action.
The statuary moved. The panther
was preparing to spring, he was sure
of it.
Count six, monsieur The COM
mand was repeated.
Holy Virgin, save me-" entreated
Caillot. Il will give
Count sixr' interrupted the voice
imperatively.
And Caillot INCREASINGLY counte
And Caillot INTERESTINGLY counted
them as coherently as his chattering
teeth permitted.
In an instant he was surrounded by
friends. Every tree and statute in the
vicinity yielded one, and before Gail
lot realized the meaning of their grin
ming faces and knocking railleries
Roussell leaped from the pedestal at
the rear of the panther and blew a
heavy blast upon a tram car horn.
m. Caillot,' he shouted gayly,
courage is exhibited under unfayor
able conditions. 1t is terror makes
a man amenable to the dictates of any
buffo0n."
Then he removed in sections. the
false plaster jaws of the panther,
which he had himself cast and
bronzed for Caillot's benefit and man
ipulated -crouching down at the rear
with wires.-Good Company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-13
JEFFERSON'S SWEETHEART.

Mrs. Nellie E. Stockton, widow of
Captain E. G. Stockton, United States
navy, a direct descendant of Richard
Stockton, of revolutionary fame, re
Gently received a valuable and interest
ing treasure in the portrait of her
great grandaunt, Rebecca Burwell,
historically known as ''the lady love"
of Thomas Jefferson. His great-grand-
daughter, Sarah Randolph, in her book
on domestic life, gives a letter of his
when a college boy to John Page, a
friend for whom he entertained life
long devotion, dated 1852, of which the
following is an extract:
Write me very circumstantially
about the wedding. Was she there?
been at the devil for not being there
too. If there is any Jews stirring the
town or country, such as deaths, court
ships or marriages, let me know it.
Remember me affectionately to all the
young ladies Of my acquaintance, par
ticularly to the Miss Burwells. l would
fain ask the favor of Miss Becca Bur
well 10 give LIE ttuOLu6I WdlCu paper
of her own cutting, which 1 would es-
TEEN much more were it plain round
one than the incest in the world cut
by other hands. l am fraid she would
think this presumption after my suffer
ing the other to get spoiled"
1t is also related that he priced high
ly a pair of CARERS presented to him
by Miss BurweH, the unique gift,
doubtless, instigated by che style OF
dress of the gentlemen of that period
the knee breeches, silk stockings and
silver buckled shoes. Faint heart
never won '.fair ladye," and Jefferson,
although a giant in intellect, was shy
and awkward in his affairs OF the
heart, and, while cherishing dreams OF
success in winning the beauty, his
hopes were destroyed by her marriage
TO a son of Governor Page, her sister
afterward marrying his brother, who
was the Observation-Disclosures of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-13

would you care to study, Charley
Would you like to learn all about mer-
camille affairs? If You could keep
books and write letters, l think could
make good use of YOU
why, Mr.. Worthy" said Charley,
that is the dream of my life! But l
can't afford the time or the money TO
learn these things
well, 1 shall attend to that. You
shall leave here every day at O'Clock,
and go to Professor Blank, Hudson
street, who will teach you all you Ie-
quire'
Six months after this converse ton
Charley became shipping clerk in the
New York office; the next year he be
came corresponding clerk; then book
keeper and cashier; then, in another
year, he was promoted to the Chicago
branch Of the business: and here after
a few months, his employer thought he
would try him as a salesman in the
place Of one who was absent. Never
was a man more agreeably surprised
than Mr.. Worthy. He found his
protege succeeded admirably Is q
salesman; he seemed born to please
people, to win their good graces, and
to sell them goods: and in this employ
ment he has now been permanently en-
gagged for some years. He sometimes
sells ten to fifteen thousand dollars
worth on a single trip.
To end my story, which is literally
true, let me say that Charley Nc
Gregor the illiterate factory-boy, has
now at least $4,000 year, an elegant
little home of his own, and the incest
little wife and baby boy that every you
saw.-Robert Waters, in New York
Ledger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-13
SONGLESS.

All! dull is the world and weary,
Chill winds and bleak skies gray,
And dreamfully l linger
u!BSe 9m on SuUIBU
fm Suuq L9A9u ueo sSuos 'uO
With bright-eyed yesterday;
Then, what is the use of singing,
Words cannot soothe the pain,
The sweetest words of the poet
Are not so sweet. | know,
AS the commonplace words she whis-
pered,
Whispered soft and low:
Then, oh! for world of signing,
For the heart can never sing,
When in it's depth is whitening
The rose of loves gathering
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-13
THE HONEST PENSION ROLL.

Chicago Chronicle:-Judge Gresn-
ANS name adorned the pension roll.
He received a era tuity of $50 a mon5h
because of grave injuries received in
the actual shock of arms. He suffered
from the wounds then received TO his
dying day, which came the sooner be-
cause of them. Modest about this
cOmpensat ton, he has not received this
stipend since he became secretary of
state. Happily the accumulation will
go to a well-deserying widow.
No fault was ever found in this
country because of the pensionipg Of
soldiers who did actual military SER
vice and suffered physically because
of it, Men who going brayely into
battle came out of it crippled. or act
ually war-made widows, have had
their names upon the pension roll with
the full consent-indeed, with the
hearty cOncurrence-of the people of
this republic. No protest has been
made in any quarter against pensions
so paid. The criticism that has been
made upon the policy of congress, its
lax legislation whereby undeServers,
men who really never heard hostile
gun, men whose service was of short
duration and never involved peril tt
themselves, widows who were not ye
born when the surrender was made
at AppomattOx, grew out of the feel
ing that the undeservers, the rrea-
ture of the claim agent, was disgrace
ing the pension roll and plundering
the treasury.
The soldier who actually received
wounds or in the line of duty incurred
permanent physical disability. and the
widow who was made such by the
fortunes Of war, have had the sympa-
thy of the country. Their names have
made the pension roll one of honor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-13

Crowd-O. They've stopped plying.
What shine. Wonder what the next
piece is s'pOSed to be?
Amiable Youth (on chair, ingratiat-
ingly to talkative girI-Get some ARE
rum names for these bits Of music,
miss, don't they? Cavailleria Rustic
(tolerantly)-Foreign piece apparently
OFFERS program politely.
laxative Girl-Fan-cy! Why, L do
believe that's the very thing my eldest
sister plays. She's awfully clever, you
know.
Amiable Youth (who doesn't know
L desSay.
laxative Girl-O, really, there's
nothing scarcely she can't play. You've
only to say, ERE, Alicer' and plump
down a piece of music in front of her,
and, my word, she'll-she'li-
Amiable Youth-Play it:
Talkative Girl (shivering costa tically)
%, play it like anything. She's a
masterpiece. that's what she is. Some
times 1 say to her "Alice, wish 1 was
clever like you" and then she'll say,
'.Ah, Mary Ann, but you've got the
looks"'
Amiable Youth (reminiscently)-
uncle of mine used to keep music
shop once, and
Talkative Girl-O, how odd! 1 had
an uncle that used to keep a shop, jest
off Lisson Grove it was, and father
used to say-father's very fond of .his
joke-he used to say that the shop
kept him Goggles. lAmiable Youth
laughs, and says approvingly, Its not
so dusty 0, but that's father all
over, bless you. When he's in the
mood for it, I've seen father keep d
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-13

Freytag was better known in Ger
many for one play, The Journalists,
than for all his readable novels which
had so great vogue in England and
the United States. He accompanied
the crown prince as a friend during
the Franco PrllsSian war.
Ex-Congressman John G. Tarsney
of Kansas City, who is about to make
a tour of southern Europe, said the
other day in speaking about politics:
II don't think that Missouri is half so
wild on the free-silver idea as some
people pretend to represent. Ger
tainly we will not follow Illinois and
call a state convention to put forth
a free-coinage pronunciamento."
A San Francisco paper says that the
original of Rudyard Kfpling's "Pri-
vate Mulvaney'' is William McManus,
now of San Francisco. He was for
merly in the British army in India,
and afterward "bossed' a gang of
natives who were constructing a rail
way line McManus claims to nave
known Kipling well, and refers to
him as "a plrcky, inquisitive little
fellow in the civil service, whom l
first met at Cawnpore, where he
passed his bottle around among US
privates, and then got US to tell ell
the yarns Of the barrack-room. He
had little, stubby, black 1nustache,
and wore specs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-13
THE JESTER.

Professor what did Xenophen
owe his reputation?
Student-Principally to the fact that
his name commenced with an Y and
came in so handy for headlines in al
phabetical copy books.-Pearson's
Weekly.
1T seems to me that you want an
unreasonably high price for this joke"
said the editor.
But" said the famous humorist,
1t is an Irish bull. And when you
consider the present high price of beef,
you must see that | am demanding
nothing more than ruling rates.
Cincinnati Tribune.
Landlady-Johnson says the true art
Of memory is the art of attention.
Boarder-What'S that to do with me?
Landlady-Why, if you would give
some attention to the bills l send you,
you might remember to pay me some
time.-Detroit Free Press.
Mama" said Jack, may l go out
to playa"
No, you must sit still where you
are"
Pause.
Ma, can't go down in the kitchen?"
You may not. / want you to sit
perfectly quiet
Another pause.
NANNY, mayn't | sit on the floor
and play marbles?"
Now, my dear boy, l have told
you twice that I want you to sit
just where you are and be quiet, and
| mean exactly what l say
Third pause.
MA, may I-grow ?"-Harper's Young
Visitor Gin New York census Office
Got new baby in my family-arrived
last night
Chief of the Census Bureau excited
ly)-Hey, there! stop the presses on
that census report! Stop 'em, l say.
We've got to make corrections or that
report will be all wrong.-Chicago Rec
ord
Little Miss Hubb-If you come to
see me, I'll take you to Cambridge,
and show you our old homestead"
Little Miss Gotham-That will be
nice. And if you visit me, I'll take
you to cemetery, and show you the
grave of the janitor of the first fiat
we ever lived in.-Street & Smiths
Good News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-13

John Scheer of Sedalia, Mo-, has a
peach tree in his yard which is puZ
zling local fruit growers. Each stem
has upon it a double peach. It is not
uncommon TO find single instances of
such d freak of nature, but fruit
growers say that they have never be-
fore seen a tree with all its fruit
hyphena ted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-13

Mrs. Stockton, the present owner of
the picture, which until now has been
preserved in an old family homestead
in Yorktown.-St. Louis Dispatch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-13
NEAR THE BAND-STAND.

Park on Sunday evening. Top-hatted
orchestra playing on band stand,
lighted by gas lamps perched in
trees. Around and around enclosure
dense crowd walks. Band stops;
animals in adjacent Zoo roar appre-
ciatively.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-24
Their Clothing Burned of.

Pittsburg, Dec. 23.-This morning Philip Bowman (colored), Frederick Lear, Michael Kelley, William Mooney. Joseph Rodman, Anhaony McNally and David Scott were completing repairs at the top of Schoenberger' blast furnace stack, seventy-fve feet above the ground, when without warning the bell lifted and a, huge volume of iourning gas enshrouded the top of the structure and the workmen, burning the latter terribly. Men on the ground ran to the elevator and when they reached the top they found almost every vestige of clothing had been burned from the bodies of the men. Bowman and Lear had also inhaled the fumes. All were quickly lowered to the ground and aid was summoned Lear, Bowman and Mooney are thought to be fatally burn ed. Kelley is also in a precarious con- dition. The others will probably re- cover.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-24
DEATH OF sAMUEL D. BULL.

An Old Resident nf Bristol and Promi-
 nent Man-Funeral Yesterday, Con-
 ducted by Rev. M. w. Prince of This City.
 Samuel D. Bull, well known resi- dent of Bristol, died in that place last Saturday after having been afflicted with stroke of apoplexy since Decem- Der 9. Mir. Bull had lived in Bristol since 1864. In 1870 he began the livery business in Forestville, and since 1893 has been head of the firm of S. D. Bull & Co. He was a member of the gen. eral assembly representing Forestville in 1SS4-5, and was second selectman for twelve years. He was a member of the Masons, Odd Fellows, Red Men, and American Mechanics. He married Miss Julia Steele, daughter of George T. Steele, then of PlainvilIe, but later su- perintendent in the rolling mill of the Bristol Brass and Clock company, and two children besides his widow survive him, Miss Bertha Bull and George Bull.
 The funeral was held yesterday after noon and was attended by Franklin lodge, F. and A. M, the Odd Fellows. and Welch Fire company of Forestville. The interment was in Forestvllle ceme- tery. Rev. M. WSPrince of New Ha- ven, assisted by Rev. Charles H. Buck and Rev. J. H. Fitzgerald, omciated.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-24
FRUIT GRowERs TO MEET.

The State PomOlogicai Society Will Hold
 m Institute Meeting in Milford, Decem-
 Der 2s-Interestins Program Arranged.
 The Connecticut Genealogical society will hold an institute meeting at the town hall in Milford next Friday at the invitation of the Indian River grange. The sessions will open at 10:SO a. m. and 2 D. m. The subjects to be discussed are as follows:
 Irrigation in Small Fruit Culture" by J. C. Eddy of Simsbury and E. C.. Warner of North Haven.
 Insect Enemies" by Prof. Burton and Dr. F. H. Jenkins of the New Ha- ven experiment station. "Fertilizing Bearing Orchards by J. Norris Barnes of Wallingford. J. H. Hall and Prof. A. G. Gulley or Storrs college and others are expected to speak A question box will be pre- pared and there will probably be ex- hibits of fruits. A general invitation is extended to all farmers and fruit growers.
 A dinner will be served by the ladies of the Indian River grange.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-24
Nearly Killed by Footpads.

Norwalk, Dec. 23.--George Haight of Ridgefield, formerly of Norwalk, was passing by the Ridgefield Congregation al church on Main street late last night, when he was stopped by two men who asked him the time. He was found about an hour later by friends, bleeding and unconscious, and taken home, where it was found that his watch and money were missing The base of his skull was partly crushed in by sandbag. His injuries are serious, but not neces- sarily fatal. No clue to the identity of his assailants can be obtained and it is thought that they improved the time they had for a start on the police to leave town. Excitement huns high in the village over the bold assault,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-24
HIRTFORD,s BRIDGE.
Use a Ferry Boat To-day.

Hartford, Dec. 23.-Mayor Brainerd tonight sent to the city council a com munication recommending that the city take some steps toward the providing of temporary or permanent bridge over the Connecticut river. Some of the aldermen were of the opinion that it was none of the city's business, but g. resolution raising a committee was passed by the board of aldermen, the mayor voting to dissolve a tie. In the lower board. the resolution was passed with one dissenting vote, and con- mittee was appointed.
 No more of the bridge has been car- ried away. A ferry boat is to be ready for use tomorrow and it is possible that temporary foot bridge will be thrown across the river on cables.