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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-11-06
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Good bye old Pepper good bye
Anew feature at the Baptist
Sunday School is q ). s. choir
under the leadership of Miss
Cora Smith. Good music can be
expected.
Hon. w. q. Bennett, Of Wes-
ton. was defeated for circuit
Judge of that district by Capt. A.
NJ. Tombstone, of Buckhannon,
and Lewis county went Republi.
can.
The Grafton Republicans re.
greet that Doc Holt, Of Weston,
failed to get there to make his
last speech. They would have
gained fifty votes by Docs ha.
rangue.
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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-11-06

%. Il REED q Co. HARDWARE.
NoTIuE1 VIII not be resron-
sible for any debts contracted by
Wallace Whitman after Nov. 81
ll1ss6. Mrs. q WHITwAM.
Il. I. I1owndes has Just re-.
Eceived q fine line Of ladies eapes
and jackets. Be sure to examine
them before buying elsewhere.
Tonsupon tons of ballots were
least on the meme rable third day
LOT November, and Organism was
buried beneath them too deep for
resurrection.
We could not say too many
nice things about j. E Alexan-
der. He is true Republ ican,
and ready to do his part any
where and at any time.
- E1s ~ = 7
Frank Shuttle worth. Esq. is
one of the heroes of 's6. BE is
leader Of the South side Tam.
many and as 9 campaigner, his
work was fine.
Mr., r. 1. Lynch, one Of our
prominent citizens and farmers.
goes to Colorado to improve his
health, and to visit his sons re-.
siding in that State.
Mr.. Benz. +. Ramage. it sre.|
ported, was reelected circuit
clerk of Marion county by ma
iority of two votes. The entire
county ticket went Democratic
| by small majorities.
Any person or persons desir.
ling good boarding and nicely
furnished rooms or rooms with.
out board, would do well to call
on or address, Mrs. y. II. Far.
land. Main. street. 494t
Small bonfires in the streets,
and the sites where once were
fallen autumn leaves in profusionI
are now marked here and there by
q small black heap Of ashes. The
trees have dotfed their summer
habiiiments.- the bare idea makes
us shudderi
For SALE Thor oughbred'
Brown Leghorn eggs. Setting
of 8eggs, so cents. Pulsets lay
when 8 months old they viii
lay more eggs than any other
hen. Address, e. Z. MOORE, +.
q. Box 1856. 29-tf.
] win be at Steuart Bros In
cry stable, CLARK sburg, w. va,
Tuesday, Nov. 10th, 1895, to buy
two car load of horses and mares,
one for the Pennsylvania mark.
let, drivers and workers, one for
the southern market, from Q
years old and up. Will be here
to buy myself. / want them this
time. F. K. HAFER.
The ladies Of the Baptist church
will give a Birthday party at
Mrs. Mary COTS on next Tues:
day night, November 10th, to
which every one is invited Adj
mission. as nsa,sy pennies as you
are gears old. Supper served.
without extra charge. The OBJ
iect is to start q fund to furnish
the basement of the new church.
The scene on Main street on
the night Of the election was
truly q boy -sterious and high
leyrlous one. Torpedoes, tin
horns. calciumlights. skyrockets
and a variety of fireworks rend-
cred the scene dazzling to the
eye and deafening to the ear.
Until a late hour groups of en-
thusiastic partisans on both sides
marched, yelling here for Bryan,
and there for Mckinley. The
latter predominated, and late
that night they practically had
possession Of the town. As the
reports kept coming in atRepubli-
can Headquarters, the enthusi-
asm there was unbounded, and,
the sentiment Of the crowd seem
ed to We won't go home
till morning"
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04

seemed to be different from the rest of
his tribe, and Mr.. Leon decided to keep
him as a pet. MIR. Leon, you may be
sure, is very glad that he discovered the
abilities of Bob at this early stage OF
his career.
One day after Bob had been in the mar
ket about four weeks, the door of the
coop was accidently left open and he
walked out. Instead of trying to leave
the neighborhood at once, as most
other healthy roosters would have done,
Fob calmly took walk up and down
the aisles of the market. Eeve:y few
steps he stopped and crowed Justify, as
if to tell the amused spectators that he
knew what he was about.
When Bob grew weary of promenad-
ing he went back to his coop, ate a
hearty dinner and took a nap. From
that day until the present moment he
has been allowed to go and come as he
pleases, and the marketmen all adore
him.
When business is dull at Mr.. Icons
Bob goes out to the sidewalk and at
tracts attention by Growing at the top
of his voice. This usually draws big
crowd to the place, and most of the peo
pie follow Bob when he leads the way
into the market and up to Mr.. Icons
stall. Many people stop to ask questions
about Bob, and most of these folks make
purchase.
The cleverest thing that Bob does in
the interest of his masters trade is TO
take one of Mr.. Icons cards in his bill
and walk up and down the sidewalk
where people can see him. In this way
he usually draws a considerable number
of buyers in Mr.. Icons shop, who fol-
low out of pure curiosity. bat who stay
TO buy things 1t is for this reason that
Bob will have a warm place in his
masters heart as long as the clever
rooster lives.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
FROGS AS BAROMETERs.

Tho Little Amphibians Are More ReIia-
BILE Than the Weather Office.
Hans was in the garden making mud
pies. Suddenly he heard his father
call:
"Hans, come here; want to speak to
you"
what is it, father?" cried Hans, get
ting up from the ground where he had
been playing and going over to the
window where his father was.
"Hans," said he, Il want you to find
a tree-frog for me-like those you hear
in the evenings"
''NNhat do you want tree-frog for?''
asked the boy.
"I'll show you." replied his father;
''but get me the tree-frog first"
So Hans ran off wonderingly to the
back of the yard, where there were a
great number of fruit trees growing.
Here he searched for some time I'M
successfully.
Its always the way" said he to
himself. eff | didn't want one | could
find couple of dozen in quick time"
At last, as he was about to give up
the search, he found one-a big green
fellow-sitting quietly in an old hol-
low stump, its coat so mingling with
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
SOME FAMOUS BOYS.
Their Childish Actions Indicated Future
Greatness and Fame.

Their Childish Actions Indicated FutrrA
Greatness and Fame.
A Swedish boy fell out of a window
and was severely hurt, but with
clenched lips he kept back the cry OF
pain. King Gustayus Adolphus, who
saw the fall prophesied that that boy
would make man for an emergency;
and so he did, for he became the famous
Gen. Bauer.
A woman fell off the dock in Italy.
She was fat and frightened. No one
of the crowd of men dared to jump in
after her; but a boy struck the water
almost as soon as she, and managed
to keep her up until stronger arms got
hold of her. Everybody said the boy
was very daring, very kind, very quick.
but also very reckless, for he might
have been drowned. The boy was Ga,
rioaldi, and if you will read his life
YOU will find these we're just his traits
all through-that he was SO alert that
nobody could tell when he would make
an attack with his red-shirted soldiers:
50 indiscreet sometimes as to make his
fellow-patriots wish he was in Guinea,
but also so brave and magnanimous
that all the world, except tyrants,
loved TO hear and talk about him.
a boy used to crush the flowers to
get their color, and painted the white
.:de of his fathers cottage in Tyrol
With all sorts of pictures, which the
mountaineers gazed at as wonderful
He was the great artist, Titan.
An old painter watched a little fell
low who amused himself making draw
ings of his pot and brush, easel and
stool, and said: "That boy will beat
me some day" So he did, for he was
| Michael Angelo.
a German boy was reading a blood
and-thunder novel Right in the midst
Of it he said to himself: "Now, this
will never do. / get too much excited
c'er it, and / cart study so well after
it. So here goes!" and he flung the
book out into the river. He was the
great German philosopher, Fichte.-
Cur Dumb Animals.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
AN AMUSING CATTLE DRIVER.

dawn till night. He acted as policeman
among the pountry, stopping all fights
and disorder. He would stand by a
horse when left in cart, and prevent it
from moving by peclling it's nose and
screaming. A turkey and gamecock
were found fighting, whereon the crane
first fought the turkey and then sought
out and thrashed the cock. Meantime
it always "herded" the cattle, not al
ways with complete success. On one
occasion the crane went back, drove up
some tagging heifers through the
street, and then frightened them so
much that they broke away and ran
two miles in the wrong direction. The
bird could not bring them back, but
drove them into field, where it guard
ed them till they were fetched. 1t
would drive out trespassing cattle as
courageously as dog, and unlike most
busybodies, was a universal favorite
and the pride of the village.-Cornhll
Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
A FROG BAROMETER.

the colPr of the wood that he would
have passed it by had it not uttered a
croal1 of displeasure at being disturbed
With a cry of delight the boy picked
it up by the hind legs, for, though
Hans was not cruel boy, he was some
times thoughtless, and then he was a
little afraid of frogs. He carried it to
his father who stood waiting for him
on the porch.
Mynheer Voost took the frog from
his son and went into the house, close
ly followed by the boy, who was anx-
ious to see what his father was about
to do. When he reached the work
room he saw on the table jar which,
10 him, looked suspiciously like one of
his mothers preserve jars; and beside
it lay a small ladder, about eight inch
es long, made of wood, and having four
steps, each an inch wide.
His father took this ladder and
placed it in the jar, the top and bottom
resting against the opposite sides. He
then put the frog in the jar, and
screwed the top down, making the un-
fortunate frog a prisoner.
Now" explained his father, when
he had finished, 81 have barometer.
When the weather is to be clear and
fine Herr Frog will go up the ladder,
step by step, till he gets to the top; but
if storm threatens or the clouds are
lowering, he will gradually descend
to the bottom and remain there till the
storm or rain is past. His position on
the ladder, you see, will show the kind
of weather we are liable to have for
the next "a hours"
This style of barometer is much used
in the lowlands of Germany, and,
strange as it may seem, they are said
to be better forecasters of the weather
than any barometer that can be
bought, as the frogs seldom make a
mistake in their ndications.-Leslie'e
Popular Monthly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
TWO TAME CRANES.
They Knew How to Drive Cattle and
Swine to the Pasture.

They Knew How to Drive Cattle and
Swine to the Pasture.
Won Seyffert has pair of tame cranes
which soon lost all fear of man and of
domestic animals, and became strong
Iy attached to the former. Their life
in German village, in which agricu]t-
ure was the sole employment, and the
communal system of joint herding of
cattle and swine and driving them to-
Gether to the common pasture pre-
vailed, was very much to their taste.
They soon knew ali the inhabitants in
the place, and, until the female crane
died, used to call regularly'at the houses
to be fed. When the female died the
survivor at once took as a new friend a
bull. He would stand by the bull in the
stall and keep the flies off him, scream
when he roared, and dance before MIN
and follow him out with the herd. in
this association the crane saw and re-
marked the duties of the cowherd, and
one evening he brought home the whole
of the village herd of heifers unaidcd,
and drove them into the stable.
From that time the crane undertook
SO many duties that 1t was busy from
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04

so arranged as to provide for the remov'
al of the seed, and, although beautiful
ly formed, are small, but in some for.
eign species they are truly formidable
If the fruits of the martynia, found in
Louisiana, get hold of an animal they
are most difficult to remove.
A kind of grass grows in Australia, in
which the mass of inforescence forms
a large round head, and is thus driven
for miles over the dry sands till it comes
to damp place. when it expands and
soon takes root.
small annual, with rounded pods,
is met with in the sandy places in
Egypt, Syria and Arabia, which, when
dry, curls itself up into ball or round
cushion, and is then driven by the wind
till it finds damp place, when it IN
curls the pods open and the seeds drop
out.-Golden Days.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04

Willie Collins has never left his black
little room, full of foul smells and as
bare as the back of your hand. Those
who remember him when he was baby
say that he was very bright and good
tempered. Surely it would have been
much better for him if, like Mowgli,
he had been stolen by the wolves and
reared under the free skies, going
wherever he pleased and breathing the
fresh air Of the woods. Even now he
walks about on all-fours and snarls
when you toss him a bone.
Neighbors of Mrs. Collins often COM
piained to the police of Oakland that
she was abusing her son, for they fire.
quently heard his cries in the night.
Bat in all those years no one has done
anything to bring this unnatural
mother to justice. An investigation OF
Willie's case has been made. Mrs. Col
Inns will probably go to Jail, but Willie
V Ill probably have to spend the rest of
his life in the insane asylum, where he
has just been placed. The doctors say
that light and good food and sunshine
have come to Willie Collins too late.
His Iain. once bright enough. is now
a blank.
Such is the true story of the Ameri-
had none of the privileges of Mr..
Kipling's young hero, who never knew
2 mothers love. and who must end his
life in chains even as he began tn.
Y. Recorder.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
INDUSTRY OF BIRDS.
Some Build Their Nests and Rear Three
Families In summer

Some Build Their Nests and Rear Three
Families in Summer.
Birds are the most interesting of the
lower order creatures with which men
have to deal, and they are also the most
industrious, though according to the
ideas of some men their notions of in
dustry are sadly perverted.
The English sparrow is AN Industrious
bird, but its industry is not appreciated
to any favorable extent save by natur-
alists who are not prejudiced. The
English sparrow raises several broods
of chicks every year, the female begin
ming to build a new nest almost as soon
as the young are out of their shells, and
leaving them to the care of the male
while she hustles for new location and
new material for nest.
Many of the minor birds build extra
nests. The robins may sometimes be
seen these days putting up nest, hav-
ing built one and got rid of first brood.
Blackbirds are occasionally Industrious
in this way, and the warblers are like
wise good breeders.
The little field sparrow and it's cousin
the song chip lay eggs in the spring and
in summer, and their young are still
under tuition in September.
The woodcock, the ruffed grouse and
other large birds sometimes build late
nests as well as early ones. The late
broods are probably those of birds
whose first lot of eggs was destroyed by
fox or some other predatory animal.
But the early broods may be safely as
cribed to a young pair of birds, year
lings, who think the first pleasant day
of springtime to be a harbinger of many
such days.
Hawks and predatory birds are the
powers of bird society. They live by
the lives of the weaker birds. They are
aristocrats, almost ranking with the
eagles and herons. Their children are
few but mighty, being princes of the
air when young, and becoming kings
and queens before their parents die
N. Y. Sun.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
Sine Askad For Information.

Children-girls as well as boys-are
born experimenters, and are fond of
verifying the statements of their elders.
A little city girl had been told to keep
off the street car track, as the cars
would run over her. The other day she
marched out to the side of the track and
hailed a car as it came along. The car
was stopped and the conductor was at
hand to help the small passenger on
board. II didn't want to get on" she
said. II was told that the ears would
run over me, and want to know If you
would do such a thing. "You go
home," roared the conductor; and the
little girl went home, wondering why
she had been refused the aslxed-for in
formation.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
Hunter Attacked by Cranes.

While an Indiana man was out hunt
ing he had a desperate fight with a
lock of cranes. He had shot and
wounded one crane and attempted to
capture it alive. The wounded bird
fought furiously, striking him repeat
eddy with its beak and trying to peek
out his eyes. In addition it made such
an cutlery that the rest of the flock re-
turned to its assistance, and all sur
rounded the now frightened hunter.
He actually had to fight for his life,
and it was not until he had killed or
disabled II of them with his dubbed
gun that the rest left him. Then he
was completely exhausted, his cloth
ing in fragments, and his face bleed
ing in score of places
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
SEED DISTRIBUTION.

One of Natures Most Wonderful enc
Mysterious Operations.
In the hedgerows and along the coun
try highways, so infinitely varied il
their peaceful beauty, what wonder
full and diverse operations and design.
are taking place to secure the distribu
ton of the ripened seed-winged seeds
of suitable shapes for the wind to car.
ny and let drop here and there in cleared
space; seeds that hook themselves tc
the passer-by, so that perchance they
mas be conveyed 10 lit of ground
not overcrowded.
The wild geranium that grows here
and there SO abundantly, when it's pink
petals have fallen and the seed within
its seed-case are ripe, by simple me
chanism shoots it's seeds some little dis
lance.
The capsule of the common poppy
has little doors in the top, and when it Is
agitated by the wind, the seeds are
elected one by one through these small
apertures. The little doors are pro-
tected from rain by an overhanging
roof, and close themselves in wet
weather.
In tne autumn, a dry, bristly, round
ish thing about the size of large mar
BILE (the burr of the burdock) gets at
tached to our clothes or entangled in
the long hair of our dog, and can be
only got rid of with some difiic llty.
The burdock, wild parsley and en-
Chanter's nightshade, so common to our
woodlands, by means of hooks cling to
any passer-by who may chance toLnock
against them, using this method of dis
trlbuting their seed.
Seeds by adhering to the wool Oh
sheep have been conveyed in the fleece
TO other countries, and new and vigor-
GUS growth ..as result I'd therefrcms III
t,ic rlarts hive ranled the hooks nre
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
OAKLAND's WILD BOY.
Has Been Kept in Chains for Ten Year,
by His Mother.

Has Been Kept in Chains for Ten Years
by His Mother.
If you have read any of Rudyard
Kipling's stories about Mowgli, the
wild boy of India, you will see the point
of this true narrative, which is really
news, and is doubly interesting because
it is in our own country.
Mr.. Kiplipg's wolf-boy hero was
brought up by the wild animals of the
jungle, and very happy boy in his free,
fierce way he was, too. Willie Collirs,
about whom this story tells, was
brought up by a wicked mother, who,
in many respects, is worse than any
wild animal, for the latter nearly al
ways look out for the welfare of its
young, and guards them tenderly.
Willie Collins, as the result of his
mothers cruelty and neglect, is more
like wild boy than any lad eeer
brought up in a large city. Willie's
home is in Oakland, Cal, and what a
home it is! For the boy it has been a
prison and cage.
The doctors who have studied Willic's
case say it is the queerest one they have
ever heard or read about. For ten long
years young Collins has been kept in
captivity by his mother, who logged
him nearly every day, and kept him
naked and in heavy chains all the time.
Is it wonder that to-day Willie eats,
drinks and barks like a dog, or that he
should be pronounced by the lunacy
conlIrissi~, Of California as dam
70: olir. rav.Esy r-::i.ac.. X you were in
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
WONDERFUL ROOSTER.
only Fowl In the World That BOOssls Iti
Owners business.

Only Fowl In the World That BOOssls Its
Owners business.
The only rooster in the world who de-
votes himself to drumming up trade for
his master lives in California, and he is
the smartest bird alive.
They call this feathered fellow Bob,
and he belongs to poultry dealer
whose shop is on Pine street, in the city
of the Golden Gate. Bob is a great
fighter as well as a great hustler. Moth
ing alive or dead can frighten this fowl.
He will tackle man or a horse on the
slightest provocation.
But Bob's strong point is his ability
to bring in business to his master. He
likes the work immensely, and he is a
living example of industry for lazy
folks to follow. He has many ways of
doing business. 1t is now number of
years since Bob started out as a can
vasser for trade. He was brought to
Mr.. Leon in coop, with lot of other
chickens that have long ago been con-
verified into soup, but somehow ne
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
Rescued by an Elephant.

Babylon is one of the elephants in a
circus exhibiting in Chicago, and
"Growler" is a bear, which is chained
near the elephant. Not long ago a lit
tie girl, the daughter of one of the cir
Gus riders, was playing near the ele-
plants, when Growler seized her in his
claws. Babylon, who witnessed the cap
ture, promptly brought his trunk down
with crushing force on Growers head.
The bear was stunned by the blow and
released the child, who had tainted. The
elephant then picked her up and placed
her where the bear could not reach her.
Attendants then came running to the
rescue, but too late to deprive Babylon
of the honor of saving human life.