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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-21
FEARFUL AND WONDERFUL AySwERs
From The Boston Budget.


Since wit has been defined by Noah Webster as
connected, so as TO produce pleasant surprise"
may not the pupils OF some Of public schools.
who gave the following answers 10 their examina-
ton questions. lay claim TO II? The record here
week at the graduation exercises OF OF the
leading grammar schools OF this city:
/. Who were the Pilgrims? \ dirty, nlthy set
who lived under the ground.
2. Name domestic animal useful for clothing
and describe It, habits: The OK. He don't have
any habits. because he lives in IA stable
3. II you were travelling across the desert whore
would you choose to rest? would rest n stool
4. Mention five races OF men. Men. women chill
dren and babies
3 Describe the white race and show that II IL
superior 10 the other races. white will nod
at you when he meets you on the street.
G. OF what Is the surface OF the earth composed!
Dirt and people
l. Name a fruit that has its seeds on the outside.
Name five forms Of water. Hot water cold
O. Name and locate the five senses. The are
In the northern part OF the face and the mouth In
the southern.
not answer these questions. Science only can
II. Define finch and use II In Il sentence. Flnch
to drink Flannel hInches when II IL washed.
IL. By what y the earth surrounded. and by
what Is 1t lighted? II Is surrounded BY water and
IL. Name six animals OF the Arctic zone. Three
polar bears and three seals
r. What Is yeast? Yeast IL a vegetable flying
about in the air, and hi,ching itself on TO any
IT, Why do you open the hampers In a stove when
lighting fire? To let the oxygen in and the nitro
Is What did the Constitution do for the country?
II What are the last teeth that come to man!
False teeth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-21
"TRh1yIyG" FOR BICTCLE RIDERS.

When Corbe,t. always rugged far Deyohd M
fellows. goes into training. no exactng e1e'c h
mentors fear the evil consequences OF oyercxer,
ton. The young men OF the iaic ana ma, va,
exercise gently all winter IN ,nr mnn the
water and even then the solicitous coach permits
no man TO reach the limit OF his endurance Ilm-
norman. king OF the bicycle as Hanlan was EN-
pcror OF oarsmen for many years. trains IN pre-
ciseIy the same manner. When out OF form In
consequence OF long period OF inactivity ne r o
fatigue and overvexation. Every few days MS
task is slightly Increased. and ~ course OF time
trained TO It's utmost capacity, and reserve OF
strength his 70 p n;ma nf
What a contrast there is between all this and
the reckless expenditure Of energy by the young
come enamoured OF the bicycle With no previous
training OF any kind and no attention to det be.
through the country. Keeling OF miles by tens
and twentes and then go home overstrained and
almost In state OF collapse. to recuperats slowly
and repeat the folly when they have sufficiently
recovered to drive nature to another dangerous
test. AS bicycle enthusiast OF long standing
and one alco experienced in various amateur sports
and exercises. the writer can scarcely be accused
exaggerate the dangers attending over-exeron
by weak immature persons. There Is such a
persistent tendency In some quarters to deny the
existence of any danger that n word OF warning
cannot he entirely out OF order.
The strained eyes. drawn lips and excessively
y riders on so e Tn and o on the
country roads natures signals Of distress;
They Indicate excessive exertion on the par, m OF
a young woman these Indications should be OBJ
can be induced to ride gently until some strength
is accumulated. her friends should compel ner nGs
20 :Dsnda m wnsn Of USED sSd
hut II abused II is a veritable Juggernaut capable
Of innictins the most grevous injuries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-21
THE DIAMOND SHOALS LIGHT.
FAILURE OF THE LATEST ATTEMPT TO Lessen
THE pERIs OF HATTERAs.

rAuJ,Rr OF THE LATEST ATTEMPT TO Lessen
THE pERu.s OF HATTERAs
From The Washington Post
L,ror, observations made by the Lighthouse Board.
IL appears that the second attempt 10 erect 'ish-
house on the DANGEROUS Jms, wbat stems viii
NOV, he taken to guard the important coastwise
trafc against the perils OF this place. vertable
sr,vsvsrd Of sh.ps has not been determined. These
shaois lie of Uatteras about ten miles. and In bad
weather when aids to Navigation are most neces.
sary the powerful Hatteras sn, Is unao'e 10 . ras
aSanst disaster to ships. Some years ago the Light
house Bureau. obtaining a large appropriation from
arm OF lighthouse builders 10 erect lighthouse on
these shoals The plan OF construction was TO sink
vast cylinders OF heavy boiler iron clear down
,Srougb the water and the many feet OF shifting
ga nds below TO bed rock. These cylinders were Z?
be filed with concrete. and made practically solid
rock upon which the lighthouse was to be erected.
The constructors took the job at their own risk, but
after making severa. expensive attempts they threw
ny last year the Lighthouse Bureau undertook the
work Itself. this time on new plan. This was
based the use OF heavy IRON plies Iriven py ny
draulic Jets deep down In the sands through which
the seas were to be allowed full sweep while the
lighthouse perched far above the waters on top OK
the png. few weeks OF hnc weather last Iai,
enabled them tc put In u quadranRu.ar pyramid
upon which supsrstructure was erected ana AZ this
point the fall storms came along ana the WORK was
was had recently. preparatory TO resnming .ns
work II was found that the great waves had played
Observation-Disclosures and the ping that stood twist:
ed into corkscrews The effect or the surges on the
ironwork was sufficient to convince the inspectors
IT, The piles appeared to remain firmly In the
sand ut the bottom, but at the surface. where they
received the full swing OF the waves, shey were we're
device. -
So the Diamond Shoals Lighthouse is stlll prob
been encountered far exceed those overcome In the
case OF the celebrated Eddystone Light.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-21
WITH A SPIRAL TERMINAL.
SUPERVISOR DAHLS PLAN FOR AN EAST
RIVER BRIDGE.

IT SHOULD BE FROM wALL-sT., NEWBORN ~
THE EDGE OF COLUMBIA HE1GHTs-A DE-
VICE FOR AVOIDING LONG APPROACHES.
number OF Brooklyn business men. headed oy
supervsor H. A. c. DAHL OF the Third ward are
agItating the question OF new bridge to span 'he
East River at a point In the vicinity OF "aii-st
ferry on the New-York side and the storage ware
houses at the edge OF Columbia Heights IN brooA-
lvn The ag,ators assert that the present Bridge
will not meet the demands OF the travelling public
and within five years, II some steps are not taken
to give proper facilities for journeying between the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-21

-. o..,..., 49,. ,r,,, and c,os.,
men the court mas lhishe" me "'"i anu ''''
the doors OF the against all but its members.
4, examines tho evidence and arguments and votes
upon each specification OF each charge separately.
The vote OF the members IS maze III "'H"s upon
SIPS OF paper ana no one ~ p',"'''" W NV"
now MS associate mas 'o'eu nor u "''''e" 'e'
ora OF the votes kept except by UNANIMOUS '''e
OF me court me court mus, nndnr anu Then
the members vote upon the punishment to be in
ncted after the same manner az they have voted
upon me spernoa,iomS o, me sne "raad imam h
reIu,s'e hunprr shan .,ot INV nsir,' uP' v ,n
nature n ana Irsree %, .ne Pu h , W Nth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-21

Balance Of the manufacturers production Of
beautiful Dresden gros grain Ribbons will be
closed out on Monday at the following prices:
Nos II Is
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-31
cattle WITH wEEps.
They shnuld He Killed rsefors the R.ru.
lar crop IL Planted.

They should He Killed Befors the R.ru-
lar Crop Is Planted.
Weeds. have not yet appeared. but
they will he Ipandget start 20 early
in the spring as to completely cover
the ground almost before II Is warm
enough. Weeds are an enormous tax ON
farmers. They not only compel them
70 do more work than shonid be neces-
sary, but they rob the soil. crowd out
the plants that come from the seeds
planted by the farmers and appropri-
ate moisture that Is required by crops.
They seem to spring up in night. are
adapted TO all soils and thrive under
the greatest difficulties. So many va.
rieties Of weeds exist that to exterrni-
nate one kind is but TO make room for
another. Spring weeds, summer weeds.
fall weeds. dry weather weeds. wet
weather weeds, and weeds that stub
bornly hold on at all times confront
the farmer when his labor a the
heaviest and his expenses the greatest.
Weeds seem to be a curse ON farmers 10
remind them Of their own lack Of man.
agcmcnt. for when the farmers make
mistakes the weeds seem to see their
opportunities and take possession OF
the farms.
Weeds come from seed. and they pass
through the winter safely. In fact.
the farmer carefully preserves and pro-
tects them, giving them security from
frost. and turns them up To receive tile
warm rays VI the sun in the first DAYS
~ Al.
not all killed by even reaching into the
fence corners and other harboring
places for them they produce Seeds,
which are scattered in every direction.
The farmer comes along. with his pillow
in the fall and turns the seeds under
giving them covering for the winter.
keeping them safe from the frost. and
in the spring lie turns them up to the
surface. healthy and nearly ready to
terminate. Before the seeds which
produce the crop can be planted the
weeds get under way and are able to
destroy the crop by crowdine the
young plants The farmer, therefore.
protects the weeds and keeps his farm
well stocked with never-failtng sun
ply.
1t is not un easy matter to kill out
weeds after the regular crop is planted.
One OF the best methods is to pillow
early, harrow the land and let the
weeds grow. When they are Just an.
pearing harrow well and plant again.
by the time corn planting arrives. the
weeds will have been well thinned out.
After the crop is planted the cultiyator
and wheel hoe, or even the hand hoe.
may be relied upon 10 keep them down
ifthe work is done when the weeds are
young. Never let one weed produce
seed. Some varieties produce millions
ofseeds from single plant, hence
every weed killed means less labor the
succeeding year. 1t may entail heavy
expense 10 endeavor to destroy all the
weeds. Int the expense the next sea-
son will he more than reduced CORE.
spondingly. What should be done
early is to give the weeds an opportun-
ity to grow and then destroy them
Philadelphia Record.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-31

stairs under Mr.. Baxter's pillow. In
the kitchen they found some cucumber
seeds, and from these theytook a table
spoonful and deposited them in the
pocket Of MIR, i.axtcrs vest. which hung
upstairs on nail. In one night they
took cighty-fvc pieces of wood from a
box of beehive fixtures and laid them
in corn box. The following night
they took about two quarts of corn and
oats and put IT into the box from which
the beehive fixtures came. Once Mrs.
Latham missed handful of pecans,
aud they We're so thoroughly hidden
that She never found them. About a
year later the rats realized that Mrs.
Latham lad given 1t up, and 10! the
pecans suddenly appeared one day upon
her hed!-Prof. W. T. liornaday, in st.
Nicholas.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-31
sMARTEsr oE Gals.
.Mrs MnrElns" KuIs Rats Just for III
Glory There Is In II.

.Mrs MngElns" Kills Rats Just for tho
Glory There Is In II.
A family living ont in the suburbs
thinks it possesses the smartest cat in
the country. The father ofthe family.
after long hours Of office work. has the
habit when he gets home in the even.
ing of walking the floor for exercise.
AS soon as he begins his walk Mrs.
Muggins" falls into line behind him.
and. with head erect aud tail wavinpin
graceful curves marches up and down
and back and forth through the room,
only varying the proceedings once in
awhile by rolling over on her back AS
the man turns round and plays with her
with his foot When the walk is over
and Mrs. Muggins" secs her master
start for his big rocking chair she
makes one bound. settles herself in the
chair before he can get there, and. with
countenance that speaks as plainly as
words, looks up at him and saws: did
yon ever get left?''
Mrs. MugginS' is very good nlouser.
and occasionally she will catch - great
big rat ont in the barn. OF this feat
she is always very proud. and invariably
brings the rat. after it is dead, to the
I house. where every member of the
family must see it. and praise and
pet her for being such good,
brave eat. The first time this o.
Cured one Of the members Of the f;lmily
took thu rat up on shovel and threw
it over tile back fence. but in II very
few minutes Mrs. Muggins" had il
back again; again and again it was
thrown away. but every time ii was
brought back. At last the two com.
promised matters by allowing the rat
to remain just outside the back door bv
the side of the step. There ii stayed
all day until evening, when ii was
found out why Mrs Muggins" Oh.
jected 10 having it thrown away.
The fathorhad been home onlya few
minutes when Mrs. Muggius walked
proudly into the sitting-room with her
head nloft aud the big raj dangling
from her mouth. She went up 10 the
man and laid the rat at his feet. Looked
up. in Ills face and waited To he
caresScl and praised After She re.
ceived the desired attention She al.
lowed the rat 10 he carried away and
cared nothing more about it.
Now the rats that are caught are all
ways allowed to remain near the house
until all the family have seen them. :
Cincinnati Tribune.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-31
srpH vlEw a. roLnINa erAIRs.

49, - 'At'N 't-sAn9'
side is hinged to the side Of the build
inte at { while the lower end is hooked
TO the floor at d. A rope ~ is attached
to the stairs, passes over two pulleys
and is there fastened to weight (r),
which is just heavy enough 70 raise
the free. end of tire stairs up to the
ceiling. When the lower end of the
step, is released the whole folds M
closely ng,iust its upper floor and is
entirely out Of the'waY. Two or three
feet "f the rope are allowed TO danglc,
as seen at 4, by which the whole APP
parains is again pulled down into
position The weight tel should slide
up and down close to the side of the
building, 81 as to he entirely out of the
way. -orange Judd Farmer.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-31
\ Small Ynn,h.. I,..r..,

The pompous schoolnaster sometimes
finds himself in position which is not
entirely To his taste. \ great English
wit. Mark Lemon, once wrote ii book in
which he told Of IL chuhby.fuced little
urchin who passed his conceited in.
strnrtnr upon the street without how.
ing. The Schoolmast"r stopped and
frowned.
Whit has become Of your nanners,
sir!" he roared. 1T seems /" me that
You are better fed than taught.
"les. sir, replied the little hoy.
That's because You teaches me-; but /
feeds myself. Sir"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-31
Hull frightened by an rmhrell..

A Maine man declares. he owes his
life to his umbrella lie was taking n
short cut across II pasture lot, when a
hull came believing at him. He ran
as fast as he could, but the bull gained
on him every jump. Then he turned,
in sheer despair, and suddenly opened
the umbrella in the bulls face. 10 his
delight, the furious animal paused, and
as the man gave the umbrella twirl
the bull retreated and finally actually
turned tail and ran away At the same
time the man does not recommend the
defense rs infallihln
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-31

Give the boy or girl something In
which 10 take an interest on the farm.
Remove the young stock off the farm
and much of the pleasure of stock
raising will he gone. A few bantam
chicks will create an interest on the
part of child that owns them, and the
stepping-stone TO a more active inter-
est in all classes of animals in the fu.
ture will be laid. Boys and girls will
stay on the farm without invitation If
their early days are made pleasant and
farm life attractive.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-31
PRANks % woop RArs.
Two OF the sociabIs Little Creatures PtAy
some Queer Tricks


The latest narrative Of the queer do.
ings Of the Florida wood-rat. the best
known Of them all. comes from Mrs c.
II. Latham, Of Nficco, Florida. Previous
TO the destruction by FIRE Of the old
Oak Lodge, year before last. II was
often visited by q pair Of very sociable
and quite harmless wood.rats. who
nested in palmetto hut near by, and
made Il their home until some cats
came into the family The wood-rats
were big-eyed, handsome creatures
without the vicious look Of common
rat, with fine. yellowish.gray fur. white
feet and white under parts. Inasmuch
as they never destroyed anything save
pair Of Mrs. Lathaln's shoe-strings,
which they had TO cut in order to get
them out Of the eyelet-holes, they were
tolerated about the premises. and here
are some Of the queer things they did.
They carried some watermelon seeds
from the lower floor and hid them up
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-31

Those who want to take out
shares of Building Association
stock should remember that they
can commence any time with the
Home Builders Building and
Loan Association. You don't
have to wait for the end of a
series or year. but the books are
always open at D. X Reed & Co.'S
store. 2ltf
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-31

stairs IL tie wagon housc Or barn so
arranged that they could be removed
quietly As this is not often prac-
ticable. tlie next best plan Is TO have.
them 80 constructed Us to fold up ont
Of tic way. t5cod method Of doing
IT Is shown in the accompanying
sketch. In which q shows one side OF
the stairs. the dotted lines REPRESENT
ing the various steps. The steps
should not he less than three feet in
length and eight inches wide The
upper end of the lower portion Of each
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-31
Potash for III. soll.

As much as five hundred pounds Of
snlphate or muriate of potash may be
applied to an acre of ground. and while
it is hest to do so in the fall on very
heavy soils. yet early in the spring is
an excellent period for applying. II
good wood ashes can be obtained
cheaply they are better than salts. but
they lack in uniformity of quality,
some kinds being low in potash, whilc
the customer who purchases a large
quantity will incur the risk of proc,lr-
ing ashes that have been leaehcd.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-31

y. DAVID, Justice of Peace and
y COMMISSIONER of Accounts. Office
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-31
SKELETON STAIRS.

a Very Handy rhlnr to Have Around
Wagon House or Barn.
1t is often desirable to have the
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-31

Trains leave Weston Tor Buckhannon
at 1900 m. and 5:3j p. m. and re-
turn at $50 II. M. and 2:l8 p. m.
Leave Buckhannon for Pickens at
] 80 p. m. and 1:4G p. IN,
Trains leave Weston for Sutton al
2:95 p. m. and arrive from Sutton at
1880 a. nj.
Passengers leaving Clarksburg ut
1925 a. m. arrive at Sutton ut 4:41 ,. N.
Arrives at Camden-on-G auley at ! III
p. m.
No Sunday trains on the Weston and
Sutton Branch. Daily. tDaily except
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-31
9aEGEGEGHREE0

Positive Bargains IN Mems
Ladies, Misses and Children,s
Shoes and Rubbers at John T.
GrifIin's. If
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-31

DIR. H. r. Fish, of Grayois Mills, Mo.
a practicing physician of many years
experience, writes De Wits Witch
Hazel Salve has no equal for indolent
sores, scalds and burns. 1t stops pain
instantly, heals burn quickly and
leaves no scar. Sold by Criss.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-04-24
THE INCOME TAX.

The Supreme Court abolished
about half of the income tax and
did not affirm the constitutionality
Of the remainder of 1t. That is
about AS unsatisfactory result as
could have been arrived at; for now
those who are called upon to pay
the tax will necessarily feel that it
is unfair that they should have to
do so while the constitutionality of
the law Is still undecided. Many
will be indignant also at the thought
that while the Astors and other mil
lionaires whose income is derived
from real estate have been exempt
ed from their share of the tax, they
themselves have to pay it because
their incomes are derived from act.
ual labor; the very object of the law
being thus in a large measure de.
feated. Such persons should re.
member however that real estate IL
the principal object Of taxation by
State and local governments, ant
Is in that way probably paying it,
fair share of taxes; and that II tax
on rented property really comes in
the end out of the pockets of the
tenants, and not out of the pockel
of the landlord.
Some influential journals ar,
calling upon the President to sus
pend the operation of this tax unit
Congress shall decide whether t.
enforce the law in the mutilatet
form in which the Supreme Courl
has left il or to modify or repeal IL
Such action on the part of The
President would be an assumption
of power that could only be justice,
in an extreme case, especially il
view Of the fact that the income Il
be derived from this tax is mucl
needed by the Government. Be
sides, it is very important that thu
real question at issue, namely
whether Congress has or has no
the power to discriminate between
large incomes and small ones IL
imposing taxes should he decided
[ by the Supreme Court before III,
question comes up again in Con
gress in any form.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-04-24

hobby. Even If the revenues ur-
der the present law shall fall far
short OF the necessities of the Gov
ernment, the difficulty will prob
ably he cured without II general
tariff reviiion; but H., the Governor
make the most Of possible sltua.
tion. BY ringing the tariff changes
he may capture some Of Reeds del
egates In New Englund, where high
tariff Is Republican, watchword
Finally, he will probably land with
the New Englandtrs on the money
question. He will avoid the ques
tion altogether IL he can, but there
must come a time for him to eX.
plain unless lie is to drop out o
81 i, lit. -Enquirer.